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Mood crashed along with my work ability

Posted by Dinah on January 19, 2005, at 18:42:38

I'm just going to have to figure something out. My body is giving out on me. I can't do what I used to be able to do. I need to learn entirely new ways of working to maintain my ability to work consistently. Small snacks maybe, or scheduled breaks before my body decides to take one on its own.

Two and a half hours of intense work. That's all I could do today before losing my ability to think. There just has to be a better way.

I wonder if I can find a dietician who is willing to be flexible. Or a work consultant. Do they have work consultants? I can't help but think it has something to do with diabetes and stress, unless they both just happened along at about the same time.

I can't do what I need to be able to do unless I can master my body and mind.

I just can't stand to see this happening to me. My brain was the one thing I could count on. Being smart, I mean. Being very good at what I do. Being able to think creatively and efficiently. What am I if I can't get that back?

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah

Posted by Fallen4MyT on January 19, 2005, at 19:48:06

In reply to Mood crashed along with my work ability, posted by Dinah on January 19, 2005, at 18:42:38

I am sorry Dinah and I am also a diabetic as you know..the ONLY way you will be able to work around stess as a diabetic is to exercise and eat many small meals with NO refined flour or sugar low on the carbs,,,not what most dieticians will tell you the same only they will tell you to eat more carbs than you can really use, I have been diabetic for about wow 17 years now and I know how hard it is to do what you need to do and FEEL like a normal human ....get a flu etc and have to add worry on the bs going up or down...its a heck of a balancing act and I really pray you keep to a good diet and exercise MAKE the time to do it. Bless you ..I really know, I have been sick and its not easy with the stupid blood sugarys to worry on..If you see a dietician, I would cut your carbs in half they always say too much.

> I'm just going to have to figure something out. My body is giving out on me. I can't do what I used to be able to do. I need to learn entirely new ways of working to maintain my ability to work consistently. Small snacks maybe, or scheduled breaks before my body decides to take one on its own.
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> Two and a half hours of intense work. That's all I could do today before losing my ability to think. There just has to be a better way.
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> I wonder if I can find a dietician who is willing to be flexible. Or a work consultant. Do they have work consultants? I can't help but think it has something to do with diabetes and stress, unless they both just happened along at about the same time.
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> I can't do what I need to be able to do unless I can master my body and mind.
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> I just can't stand to see this happening to me. My brain was the one thing I could count on. Being smart, I mean. Being very good at what I do. Being able to think creatively and efficiently. What am I if I can't get that back?

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah

Posted by Susan47 on January 19, 2005, at 20:22:34

In reply to Mood crashed along with my work ability, posted by Dinah on January 19, 2005, at 18:42:38

You sound panicky.

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability

Posted by Shortelise on January 19, 2005, at 20:32:02

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah, posted by Fallen4MyT on January 19, 2005, at 19:48:06

Listen to Fallen!

ShortE

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability

Posted by Gabbix2 on January 20, 2005, at 0:36:54

In reply to Mood crashed along with my work ability, posted by Dinah on January 19, 2005, at 18:42:38

My brain was the one thing I could count on. Being smart, I mean. Being very good at what I do. Being able to think creatively and efficiently. What am I if I can't get that back?

Dinah I don't think you'll really believe me until it comes back, but I'll try to reason with you that it *will* come back. You have every conceivable reason to be brain fried right now. Can you try to look at what you've been through as if you were another poster?
My gosh, you have been through one trauma after another in the past few months, and before they happened was the stress of knowing or suspecting what was going to happen. Anyone would be wiped out right now, and stress effects your ability to think, that's not news, it's not grasping for answers, it's just what happens. I can't give you tips on what to do about your health, but please try to reassure yourself that not being able to function as well as you'd like is frustrating, and scary, but most definitely not something permanent.

((((DINAH))))

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Susan47

Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 6:59:49

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah, posted by Susan47 on January 19, 2005, at 20:22:34

I think I'm horrendously depressed about it. I was hoping last time was an anomaly. This is so much who I see myself as that without it, I don't know what I'd do. I was the little second grader with the run of the entire school library, class valedictorian in high school, straight 4.0 student in college (except P.E. darn that P.E. a B!), wunderkind employee who could be relied on completely. I know it sounds insufferable, but in a life where I don't really fit in socially and never have, am not terribly attractive, etc. etc. this was how I defined myself as a worthwhile human being. Shallow, I know.

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Gabbix2

Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 7:04:45

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability, posted by Gabbix2 on January 20, 2005, at 0:36:54

I so hope so, Gabbi. But it feels so *physical*. I think it's got something to do with the diabetes. Add stress to my life and my armpits start burning and itching and going raw and bleeding (yeast infections). TMI there I guess. I fall asleep after meals and lose my ability to think coherently between them. There were some foot problems too, but I seem to have fixed that by doing away with my beloved Reeboks and wearing Keds instead. Put that together with my long time migraines and IBS, and I just can't physically get it together in my deadline driven work. I never thrived in it, especially not since Daddy largely retired. It doesn't suit my personality. But now my body is letting me down and I don't know how to overcome that. I guess a dietician is a good start.

 

Mood crashed along with my work ability - ShortE » Fallen4MyT

Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 7:08:29

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah, posted by Fallen4MyT on January 19, 2005, at 19:48:06

Maybe I'll just stop by dropping large meals and snacking all day on high protein snacks. Maybe increasing my water intake. See what that does. I definitely see a connection to mealtimes. Last night after dinner, I crashed. About three hours after eating a late breakfast, I lost the ability to work. It used to be I could eat a big breakfast and that would hold me for several hours so I didn't need to stop and work. If I change that to grazing on high protein, low carb snacks, maybe it will make enough difference that I don't need to see a dietician. The last one made me cry.

 

I have an appt with a new nutritionist

Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 10:56:11

In reply to Mood crashed along with my work ability - ShortE » Fallen4MyT, posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 7:08:29

Who *says* she's flexible. We'll see... I'm a dietician's nightmare. Oh well, it's like therapy I guess. Keep trying till you find one that fits. At least I was up front with her and won't come as a surprise.

I also have an appointment with my therapist. Maybe his second career as a coach will come in handy for me now.

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah

Posted by jujube on January 20, 2005, at 12:40:17

In reply to Mood crashed along with my work ability, posted by Dinah on January 19, 2005, at 18:42:38

Try not to think "what if I can't get it back", but rather "when I get it back". I think it takes time to renourish our bodies, and by extension our minds, after we have gotten to a point where we are, and feel, depleted physically and emotionally. I have seen in the threads over the past few months that you have been through a lot. Please be as good to yourself as you seem to be to others by allowing and giving yourself time to heal. I know it is hard to put ourselves first and even accept perhaps some temporary limitations, but, taking the time you need now will not only improve and strengthen your physical and emotional well-being and quality of life, but will also allow you to continue to exercise the generosity of spirit that family, friends and colleagues have obviously come to know you for.

Be good to you and take care!

> I'm just going to have to figure something out. My body is giving out on me. I can't do what I used to be able to do. I need to learn entirely new ways of working to maintain my ability to work consistently. Small snacks maybe, or scheduled breaks before my body decides to take one on its own.
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> Two and a half hours of intense work. That's all I could do today before losing my ability to think. There just has to be a better way.
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> I wonder if I can find a dietician who is willing to be flexible. Or a work consultant. Do they have work consultants? I can't help but think it has something to do with diabetes and stress, unless they both just happened along at about the same time.
>
> I can't do what I need to be able to do unless I can master my body and mind.
>
> I just can't stand to see this happening to me. My brain was the one thing I could count on. Being smart, I mean. Being very good at what I do. Being able to think creatively and efficiently. What am I if I can't get that back?

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » jujube

Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 20:45:07

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah, posted by jujube on January 20, 2005, at 12:40:17

Thanks. :)

I'm doing my best to treat myself kindly, despite being scared, because I know that's the only possible way for things to get better. It's taken me several years to get to this point, and I guess it's not reasonable to want to get instant solutions.

I wish I were sure that things would get better though, or that it will be ok even if things don't. Maybe that's even more important.

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah

Posted by Gabbix2 on January 20, 2005, at 22:17:33

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Gabbix2, posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 7:04:45

> I so hope so, Gabbi. But it feels so *physical*. I think it's got something to do with the diabetes. Add stress to my life and my armpits start burning and itching and going raw and bleeding (yeast infections). TMI there I guess.

I'm sorry I wasn't of any help, but strangely enough that wasn't too much information, I was glad to hear it. That has been happening to me lately, and now I know it's related to the never-ending stream of antibiotics I've been on : )

 

itching...dinah

Posted by Fallen4MyT on January 20, 2005, at 22:24:50

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah, posted by Gabbix2 on January 20, 2005, at 22:17:33

I just saw this I seldom read all replies in any thread but that itchy stuff is from too high of blood sugars for sure....I was itchy but not bloody and thats and sleeping after I ate was what made me go to a doc and ask him to run test ,.I told him stright up I wanna be tested for diabetes and I was right on..sorry but please watch the diet and exercise...also those energy bars sux they taste bad just eat low carb...check packages HUGS

> > I so hope so, Gabbi. But it feels so *physical*. I think it's got something to do with the diabetes. Add stress to my life and my armpits start burning and itching and going raw and bleeding (yeast infections). TMI there I guess.
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> I'm sorry I wasn't of any help, but strangely enough that wasn't too much information, I was glad to hear it. That has been happening to me lately, and now I know it's related to the never-ending stream of antibiotics I've been on : )
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Re: itching...Gabbi and » Fallen4MyT

Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 22:51:13

In reply to itching...dinah, posted by Fallen4MyT on January 20, 2005, at 22:24:50

Glad my armpits could be of service, Gabbi. :P

Fallen, (and Gabbi), I was never more astonished than when the dermatologist declared the problem to be yeast infections. She was surprised I didn't have them, ummm.. elsewhere. I had thought it to be eczema or something. I don't know about blood sugars, but I can measure my stress pretty accurately by how my armpits look. :(

Gabbi, it makes perfect sense that antibiotics would cause the same thing. You might check into a cream or one of those pills. The dermatologist gave me one of those pills, but it really didn't give longlasting relief so I haven't bothered to refill it.

 

Re: itching...Gabbi and » Dinah

Posted by Fallen4MyT on January 20, 2005, at 22:57:21

In reply to Re: itching...Gabbi and » Fallen4MyT, posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 22:51:13

Yeah bummer is Dinah even with a good diet and all if we are diabetics get way stressed boom the bs ,,,,as in blood sugars go up.....sometimes down but usually up...sometimes to the level of needing more meds just till the stress be it grief, illness etc.....lets up. It can be a strain mentally to try to balance all. I do not get yeast much cause once I was dxed..I made a point of forcing myself to do all I need and then some..still when I am very ill I can spike a high blood sugar on zero food :-/ grrrrr diabetes

 

Re: itching...Gabbi and » Dinah

Posted by Gabbix2 on January 20, 2005, at 23:43:43

In reply to Re: itching...Gabbi and » Fallen4MyT, posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 22:51:13

> Glad my armpits could be of service, Gabbi. :P
>
You know, it happened about a month after I noticed all those ads for special moisturizing deoderant, and I thought "who the h*ll has armpits so precious they need a spa for them"
Then the itching happened and I thought perhaps it was a conspiracy...

 

Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah

Posted by Susan47 on January 21, 2005, at 0:17:06

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Susan47, posted by Dinah on January 20, 2005, at 6:59:49

I'm sure it's all still there, Dinah.
Give yourself a break.
You need to see yourself through positive eyes.
I'm probably speaking out of turn because I haven't read your entire thread, but just between you and I, I posted on Psychology about meeting my ex-boss yesterday. We'd always had a working relationship that felt very sticky, to me. I felt inadequate at times, and then I meet this man years after we both retired, and turns out my imagination and my own poor opinion of myself was the bogey-man.
Maybe it's that way for you, too, right now?

 

Scrap above, it's irrelevant Dinah, sorry. (nm)

Posted by Susan47 on January 21, 2005, at 0:21:10

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah, posted by Susan47 on January 21, 2005, at 0:17:06

 

No, not irrelevant » Susan47

Posted by Dinah on January 21, 2005, at 7:10:45

In reply to Re: Mood crashed along with my work ability » Dinah, posted by Susan47 on January 21, 2005, at 0:17:06

Definitely something to consider. But I have enough independent corroboration to know that this is an objective problem. :(

 

Re: No, not irrelevant » Dinah

Posted by Pfinstegg on January 21, 2005, at 11:31:35

In reply to No, not irrelevant » Susan47, posted by Dinah on January 21, 2005, at 7:10:45

Are you checking your blood sugar a few times a day?

 

Just started. So far so good. :) (nm) » Pfinstegg

Posted by Dinah on January 21, 2005, at 12:39:35

In reply to Re: No, not irrelevant » Dinah, posted by Pfinstegg on January 21, 2005, at 11:31:35

 

Wonderful that they're OK! (nm) » Dinah

Posted by Pfinstegg on January 21, 2005, at 14:27:08

In reply to Just started. So far so good. :) (nm) » Pfinstegg, posted by Dinah on January 21, 2005, at 12:39:35


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