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My doctor ordered a CAT-Scan which I have scheduled for Monday afternoon. It will look at the entire abdomen, not just the kidneys.

OK! I found some Urinalysis testing strips on Amazon. 100 strips for around $15. They cover 10 parameters with blood being 1 of them. Supposedly they are the same kind used in doctor’s offices. I received them Saturday. My rationale was if nothing showed up I wouldn't have to wait a week...

I know what you're saying and I'm telling myself all that and trying to do self-talk to not jump to conclusions. It's just the hell I went thru with my mom that's triggering me. See my therapist again tomorrow so maybe that will help. I'm going to distract myself with my quilting to keep me...

She said kidney stone, but just threw that out there, and it could be. If it is a kidney stone, why am I not having symptoms? I go back in a week and then it's on to a Cat Scan.

I know this isn't related to my original post, but I needed to say this somewhere. I saw my Internist today about these fevers I've been running for over 2 months. It was 100 this morning on my thermometer after being normal the past 5 days. Of course on their's it was only 99.3. So we...

First of all let me say I'm sorry you are in so much pain. Truly. I just posted about my psych doc calling me an addict because I took sleeping pills (that he prescribed). It was traumatizing. Some of the responses to my post said I was in denial and called me an addict. How long have you...

My trauma therapist got my in today as an emergency appt. and boy did I get a lot out. I told her about my psych appt. and that it triggered so many painful memories of when I was hospitalized before and after my breakdown in 2003. Plus there was a period where I was in treatment to get off...

I really like your suggestions and yes, I've heard many before, esp. after my sleep study at Mayo where I was dx'd with sleep apnea. If you only knew how many meditations I have it would boggle your mind, but I'm going to go onto ITunes and put some new ones on my IPhone. I do have a bedtime...

Thank you for your thoughtful response. I saw my psych doc Oct. 13th. I saw the nurse practitioner a week later due to the withdrawal I was going thru from going off the Celexa cold turkey. She's the one who advised me that they only advise patients to stop one med at a time, otherwise if you...

Will respond to the last couple posts later. I got in to see my therapist this afternoon. We will probably do some EMDR on my psych doc appt. At this point the letter I started writing him is probably 3 pages long. I just poured out all my feelings about how upsetting the appointment was and...

That's pretty much what my psych doc said at our appointment last week. These are his exact words, but close to what he said and meant. No more sleeping pills and if I don't sleep for two weeks I don't sleep. My body will eventually adjust. That was 3 nights ago and I haven't really slept...

My 1st response to your question was to say I’ve only developed a dependence, but I need to be honest. I’m both. With the Klonopin I’ve only been taking more when feeling overwhelmed and since putting my drugs into a weekly pill case have only reached for it 1 time in the last 3 weeks. I had...

I think it is always upsetting to get a new diagnosis. It takes time to wrap my brain around it. I not only have to take this new med, but make lots of lifestyle changes. I had to raise the head of my bed up 6 inches. Like I said I've been really sick since September and finally got some...

Thank you, this is so true.

I've been with this doctor for 5 years and have loved him. This is so unlike him. He told me yesterday he didn't think I'd have problems withdrawing from the Celexa because I was on such a small dose. I'm going to see him again in 2 1/2 weeks so will see how that goes. I've had 3 other psych...

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I needed to hear this. However, I’m not sure why you say I am in denial and clueless. I am trying and do understand. Before my Oct. 13th appt. I was reaching for the Klonopin all the time and abusing it to not feel my emotions when they felt unbearable...

To me it felt like yelling and told him so. He didn't deny it. He also knows I want to lower my meds and get off the Seroquel, so this all took me by surprise as he's been prescribing me sleeping pills for years. I've become resistant to all of them. My last visit we discussed my plan to...

I saw my psych doc today and he actually yelled at me and calling me an addict. History: The last time I saw my psych doc was Oct 13th and he took me off Celexa cold turkey and lowered my Seroquel from 300 to 200mg. I ended going into withdrawal and spent 2 weeks feeling like hell. He called...

I know I was extremely upset when I saw my dx on paper. I had been seeing a psychiatrist for a couple years and thought I was being treated for ADHD. I had a breakdown, was hospitalized. At discharge they told my husband and me I was rapid cycling bipolar. That was devastating. Then I was...

I was diagnosed with PTSD about 3 years ago. Serious abuse in childhood, nervous breakdown in 2003, in and out of the hospital. I've been in traditional therapy the last 12 years and my last therapist I would basically see once a month just to check in. I knew something was missing. By some...

I’ve found and purchased some fantastic EMDR audios on ITunes by “Liborio Conti”. They’re called “EMDR Guided Meditation”, “EMDR, PTSD Trauma Restorative Relief”, and “EMDR Therapy Sessions”. I love this woman’s voice. I try and listen to them everyday. The album has probably about 10...

Had a really rough EMDR session this week. In preparing for my appt. I continued reading one of my EMDR books written by Francine Shapiro. I started a chapter called “Emotional Bonding” (bonding and attachment). It stated the following about why a child might feel unloved by their parents...

Wanted to post an update on how I'm doing. I did call my psych doc and he called me in the 10mg Celexa as they don't make a 5mg. I'm cutting it in half. I told him what was going on and he confirmed I was having SSRI withdrawal saying "it happens". I love him, but am not happy with how he...

Just returned from seeing the Nurse Practitioner and she said I shouldn't be changing multiple meds at the same time, that I was having SSRI withdrawal syndrome from discontinuing the Celexa. Tomorrow I'm going to call my psych doc and get a script for a 5mg. I was taking 10mg. If I have the...

Went to bed around 9pm. Still awake at 11:30pm so took an lavender Epson salt bath. Took another half of Halcion, which I knew I shouldn't and meant I had now taken a 2 1/2 dose altogether. After the bath I fell asleep until around 6:30am, took my Vyvanse (which I need to take early so it...