Information and opinions on health from Rena at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/56019/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/56019/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/56019/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/56019/136592/mind Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:57:27 -0400 Rena      I am going to have to revisit my medications and evaluate what is working and what is not working...Again!  I guess that is just going to be how it is for those of us with RA.  We start a medication and some work well and some have to be stopped due to side effects or etc.  Then...the ones that do work for a while, begin to loose effectivness.       It takes me a... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/56019/136592/mind http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/122483/group-meeting Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:55:35 -0400 Rena      I made it thru my 3rd group therapy meeting.  The 3rd group meeting was not an easy one for me.  I find myself relaxing more but, this meetings content made me think back.  I was not comfortable with that.  I struggled.  I guess I am still very weary of the next "sucker punch" that knocks me off guard and send me into a nervous, panicked internal frenzy.      The meeting... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/122483/group-meeting http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/121757/survived-group Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:04:27 -0400 Rena      I survived the second group meeting.  It was not near as difficult and painful as the 1st meeting.  It was hard for me to go, but I made myself do it.  I am determined to see this thing thru.  I know that it will help me a lot.      The meeting started off with a casual, friendly meet and greet.  My therapist asked everyone how they were and how the last two weeks had... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/121757/survived-group http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/120625/group-meeting Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:22:00 -0400 Rena      I went to my very first ever Group Therapy Class on 9-23-10 at 07:00 pm.  The session lasted for 1.5 hours.  There were (4) participants and my therapist.  The (4) participants consisted of an archeologist, a college professor, a successful business owner and me!       I am still recovering from the initial shock of it all.  I am not sure if I did well or not?!?!?!  I... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/120625/group-meeting http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/120482/group-meeting Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:55:44 -0400 Rena      Today is the day!  I will be going at 07:00 pm, to my very first ever, group meeting.  There will be five people total, participating in the group with my therapist running the meeting.  Four of us are women and one man.  My therapist is a woman.  I really like her.  She is very kind and immediately has a calming effect on me.  The man in the group owns his own successful... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/120482/group-meeting http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/120308/therapy-class Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:58:22 -0400 Rena      Two days till I start a group therapy class!   What the heck was I thinking?  I only started therapy for the first time every, in March.  Go Big or Go Home, I guess.  Personaly, right now I would like to stay home and crawl into a dark corner.  I knew I would do this.  I knew that when the time approached, I would get very nervous and consider backing out so,... I payed my $ ahead of... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/120308/therapy-class http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/110360/alcoholic Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:52:06 -0400 Rena As a 2010 new year's resolution, I was determined to, for the first time ever, see a Psychologist/Therapist.  It took until March for me to finally get the courage up to make an appointment.  I have now gone to see my therapist four times, with another appointment coming up in a couple of days.  I will just say it now, early in my post,...I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS AGO!      My psychologist/therapist pegged... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/110360/alcoholic http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/85161/mother Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:07:15 -0400 Rena      I've been taking Cymbalta for 3 years now, and I battle with depression everyday.  Maybe I've been misdiagnosed?  Maybe its Bipolar?  Maybe the meds are not working or maybe they are working and I just don't realize it?  There are so many days that I just want to stay at home and be a "Hermit".  I make myself get up, get dressed and go to work and function like a "normal human being", but it is... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/56019/85161/mother