Meaningful Monday

AmyRI · February 2013

What are you thankful for?

AmyRI · February 2013

I'm thankful that I get to see the interaction between my 2 kids. I find parenting one to be a worthwhile and meaningful experience, but seeing a sibling relationship develop is even more awesome.

I am thankful for my husband's desire to help raise our kids. He shows me every day what it's like to be a good father. Only downside is the daily reminder of what my father-daughter relationship lacks.

I am thankful for good friends. I faded away from my group of high school friends when I bought a house, got married, and started a family young. Now they are settling down and we're getting closer again. It feels wonderful. I missed them.

asf619 · February 2013

I am thankful that both of my kids are feeling much better! Still a little residual cough and stuffed up noses, but back to their normal happy-go-lucky selves.

I am thankful for my friends who have joined me in losing weight and getting healthier this year. Having them alongside me on this journey really helps keep me motivated.

I am thankful for my relationship with my mom and my sister. So very lucky to have them in my (and my family's) life! I just wish my husband and kids could have had the chance to meet and know my father.

Brina105 · February 2013

I thankful for my family,especially my parents for putting the work into their relationship all these years, even when things were pretty dismal. I recently found out some information about my family that made me rethink the idea of marriage and family- and I am glad that even though we aren't perfect we have all stuck together!!

alicia glad to hear that your kiddos are feeling better...which makes me remember.....

I am thankful that i have been luckily able to keep from getting sick this winter, so far so good. I have been good about taking airborne when i start to feel run down, drinking lots of fluids and keeping hand sanitizer near by. but between the coughing people at the car show and the little boys that looked SOOO sick at target yesterday that ended up in every aisle i was in, i hope it can continue. I wish that parents with really sick children would keep them home. I know its not always possible, but that is how we spread sickness to others in the winter, plus it can't be good for the child. I felt so bad for him!! he looked exhausted and like he felt like crap. Not to mention, goodluck to the next parent that puts their child in the carriage after he was there.

micheleNYC · February 2013

I'm grateful that my daughter got a clean bill of health from the ENT and allergist. While I wish there was an answer other than "she's just sick," I'm glad she's not allergic to anything and that her ears aren't clogged with fluid.

I'm grateful for my awesome husband, helping me each day with our house/apartment search.

I'm very glad that zoloft isn't making me sick so far. I need to feel better and less anxious soon!

Brina105 · February 2013

Michele let me know how zoloft goes. I have a prescription for xanax that i take as needed but my anxiety has been insane lately. I keep waking up every hour on the hour and I had a panic attack a few weeks ago when I was on the plane home from a work trip. I mean the whole feels like your veins are on fire, want to scream. I just kept saying" I'm so trapped on this plane" to my husband, the guy next to me must have thought I was insane!! it is funny now to think about but scary at the moment.

The only good thing was the attack made me so exhausted, I passed out and slept for the rest of the trip!

I don't know why, it seems to have gotten a lot worse in the last year just a lot of triggers I guess. And taking half of a 12 mg xanax to "trick my mind" and deep breathing isnt really helping anymore.

micheleNYC · February 2013

I just started on a half-dose 2 weeks ago and the full dose Sunday, so we'll see. But so far I can say it has brought me down a notch even on just the half dose, so I'm excited to see if the full dose (lowest real dose, 50mg) works. I too had an rx for xanax but the prob is by the time I took it, I was already freaked out, so it didn't really do anything. I will have to get through the side effects this week like I did with the half dose, but hopefully by next weekend i'll feel good and will report back.

I belittled my anxiety and depression for a long time, thinking yoga, 'positive thinking,' running, and writing would somehow fix it for me, thinking I wasn't good enough or strong enough like other people who can do this on their own. But then I realized that it's ridiculous - and that I'm a strong person for asking and getting the help that I need. Oh, and when I blogged/wrote about my situation, i can't tell you how many people came out of the woodwork to tell me (privately most of them) about their being in therapy and/or on meds. it was hysterical.

So if you feel like you are unhinged more recently, talk to your doctor. Xanax doesn't do anything for me in terms of preventing the problem, only works if I am having a fully-blown anxiety attack and even then just makes me want to sleep.

Brina105 · February 2013

thanks! I appreciate the feedback. Right now, I am at that point. I don't feel anxious all the time.. but I just feel like it comes out of no where---so I have been trying to identify my triggers... but you are right the xanax is taken once I am already freaking out!!

I have found the more I talk about it to others, the more people open up that they have the same issues, or want to talk about it!

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