Patience is a virtue...

The side effects of my meds are taking a little longer to go away than I anticipated, I'm still pretty dizzy from them especially in the morning hours. But I'm learning patience with myself, and learning not to panic about what might be happening to my body. Reading the labels on the medications helps to know that these are normal side effects and should pass after a couple more days. I'm also learning to be patient with myself in my recovery from codependency and other issues like that, and that's real important.

Diminishing depression

This new medication I'm on is really helping my depression, and even bringing my anxiety down a few notches! Hooray! Now that my depression is down a bit I can start to focus a little more on diet and exercise, at least once my coordination improves (a side effect of the meds that I'll get used to in a day or two), I know from experience that exercise definitely helps alleviate the symptoms of depression and anxiety. It's hard to believe that I actually want to do physical activities now, that's a real milestone for me, I hope it lasts! :-)

Side effects...

I haven't been posting much the past couple days because I've been having some strange side effects with my new medications, they're making it difficult to concentrate much or do any reading, staring at the computer screen is a little difficult. Hopefully in a day or two I'll be used to the new medications and can post some more experiences, I've got a lot more to write about as soon as things settle down inside of me a little bit.

Journaling...

I've been spending a lot of time journaling lately. Let me say that it really helps to get my thoughts out on the computer screen (I'm talking of both my on-line and off-line journals). Really helps me deal with the strong emotions I've been encountering lately, and then blogging my successes no matter how minor or small to this website is very therapeutic.

Added links page...

I added a page to the links on the left which has links to sites I find useful to me in my recovery. Later on sometime I'll add descriptions to the links about why I chose to include them.