Information and opinions on health from SlinkyBrain 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/979375/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/979375/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/979375/index http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113864/message Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:22:53 -0400 SlinkyBrain just got this message from someone, i sure hope it helps... i dont believe my depression is sever enough for this kind of treatment... others may feel differently... the message is as follows... MESSAGE: When reading the below, please remember that I am NOT A DOCTOR -- I AM A PATIENT JUST LIKE YOU.  Before I say anything else, let me say this:STOPPING YOUR MEDICATIONS OR TINKERING WITH YOUR MEDS CAN BE REALLY DANGEROUS!  TAKE THEM... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113864/message http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113750/connection Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:40:34 -0400 SlinkyBrain i got 4 days off this weekend... but i am sure glad to be back, i have put only minor thought into my crazy mother, last week almost became unmanagable, after a couple of weeks not sleeping well, my back hurting, arguing with daughter's father, dissapointed in Mother, waiting on test results of wifes cervical biopsy, and really needing a few days off, really took its toll on me tuesday night, i scratched, clawed, cried and screamed and... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113750/connection http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113234/feel-fool Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:49:10 -0400 SlinkyBrain I called my biological mother last week. It was the first time I have made any attemp to contact her since my daughter was 6 months old and she is now 4. I guess I was hoping that this time would be diferent, that she would really call me back and at least pretend that she cares. But as usuall, we talked for a couple of hours, said our miss yous and love yous and then she never calls me back. and when i try to call i get the answering... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113234/feel-fool http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113085/tomarrow Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:11:13 -0400 SlinkyBrain Thanks for lending an ear Love you all http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113085/tomarrow http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113084/post-talk-5 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:51:11 -0400 SlinkyBrain This is a continuation of ' post just to talk about my life...4' Last June my life took hold of a huge change for me... My daughters father had hit me for the last time. i was sick of it, he had finally gone to far... he choked me and headbutted me infront of our 3 year old and a couple of friends. He was mad about this girl i had been sleeping with for about a month, he is the one that pushed the idea, i didnt object to it, i liked her, but... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113084/post-talk-5 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113081/post-talk-4 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:18:30 -0400 SlinkyBrain this is a continuation of ' post just to talk about my life 3...' Shortly after we moved in with my mother, my step mom died of a brain anurism. My mother wouldnt take us up to the hospital and we had very little contact with dad for several months after the funeral.  I sometimes feel like it was my fault that dad feel into deep depression and his drug use hit its peak.  he really had no one to care for him or about him, i know in my... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/113081/post-talk-4 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/112882/post-talk-3 Sat, 29 May 2010 21:46:10 -0400 SlinkyBrain This is a continuation of 'post just to talk about my life...2...'   The second day of kindergarten... I remember thinking... why did the teacher tell us to pick any seat yesterday if she was going to assign us to a different table today?... i noticed that everyone was exactly opposite of where they had sat on the first day. dont know why it was that way or why i even thought about it then, but its the first thing i think of when anyone... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/112882/post-talk-3 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/112870/post-talk-2 Sat, 29 May 2010 19:17:39 -0400 SlinkyBrain This is a continuation of 'i wanted to start a post just to talk about my life...'   More crazy things my brain picked to remember... About the time i turned 4, we went to live with my dads older brother, he started me and my younger brother day care and my older brother was going to kindergarten.  I remember baby brother playing with the other kids and having fun while i sat in a chair at the lunch table, i had been screaming and... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/112870/post-talk-2 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/112799/start-talk Fri, 28 May 2010 20:45:15 -0400 SlinkyBrain I was born into a family that already had one baby that wasn't quite a year old yet. By the time I was 18 months old there were three of us. My parents devorce was final before I turned 3. I remember the day we left like it just happened,  we, ages 6 months, 2 years and 3 years, were playing in the front yard, my dad came home and my mother was past out.i remember her asleep on the couch while he got our stuff,Dad gathered up our... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/112799/start-talk http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/112797/didnt-throw Fri, 28 May 2010 19:55:44 -0400 SlinkyBrain This is the second day in a row that i havent thrown up over having to come to work... still real anxious and sick to my stomach, but i havent thrown up. I dont have internet at home, so i have been looking forward to making it to work to see whats new with 'merely me' and what kind of things everyone else on the connection are say about different things and just writing about my day, my life, my hopes, and my accomplishments. THANK YOU,... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/979375/112797/didnt-throw