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Category Archives: Depression
Blossoming Blossoms
It’s springtime in Central Texas. My favorite time of year. Bluebonnets and 70-degree days. Last year, I was working too much, and missed most of it. This year, I’m taking advantage of a slow patch, and enjoying every bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Antidepressants, Attorney, BigLaw, BigLawBoss, Brintellix, Deplin, Depression, Diet, Exercise & Fitness, Flowers, Health, Mid-Life, Nature, Prediabetes, walking
Tagged Antidepressants, BigLaw, Brintellix, Central Texas, Deplin, Depression, diabetes, Divorce, exercise, Gray Divorce, Health, High-Cost Pharma, Low-carb high-fat, mental-health, nature, outdoors, Prediabetes, Reversing prediabetes, Texas Bluebonnets, Walking
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Better Living Through Science
I take back every bad thing I ever said about antidepressants. OK, maybe not everything. Abilify did make my hair fall out. Viibryd gave me sleestak dreams. Wellbutrin plugged me up until I began looking like a snake who’d swallowed … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Antidepressants, BigLaw, Brintellix, Cats, CKD Cat, Death and Grief, Deplin, Depression, Grief, Prediabetes, Subcutaneous Fluids
Tagged Abilify, Alcoholism, Antidepressants, Brintellix, Chronic Kidney Disease Cats, CKD Cat, Colonic, Colonoscopy, Deplin, Depression, diabetes, Health, LCHF, Low-carb high-fat, Mammogram, Prediabetes, Reversing prediabetes, Sobriety, Sub-Q Fluids Cat, Subcutaneous Fluids Cats, Texas Capitol, type 2 diabetes, Viibryd, Wellbutrin
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The In-Between
in-between : a state or position that is in the middle between two other things : a middle position Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2015. Transitions are excruciating. Sitting. Waiting. Seemingly stuck in the current place and longing for … Continue reading
From black holes to pits
I haven’t written about depression in a while. I’ve been acting as if I’d kicked it. Two years ago, deciding I was good to go, I ditched the meds. Drug free head, and all that. But depression isn’t a mind-over-matter … Continue reading
Posted in Antidepressants, Brintellix, Death of a sibling, Depression, Grief, Health
Tagged Antidepressants, Brintellix, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Depression, Grief, Health, mental-health
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Lawyers At Sunset
I read an article in the Texas Lawyer yesterday: The Graying Tsunami: As Baby Boom Lawyers Reach 65, More Choose to Work Into the Sunset “In the past 10 years, the state’s over-65 lawyer population has grown from 8 to … Continue reading
Posted in Antidepressants, BigLaw, Canada, Depression, Early Retirement, Lake Superior, Ontario, Photography, Practice of Law, Retirement
Tagged Antidepressants, Attorney, Attorney at Law, BigLaw, Canada, Chipmunks, Depression, Early Retirement, Gitch Gumee, Lake Superior, Lawyers, nature, Nature Photography, Ontario, Overachievers, Photography, Practice of Law, Quitting the Law, Retirement, Retirement from the Law, Sunrise, Sunset, Sunsets, Tom Petty
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Relections on One Hundred Days
Today is my one hundredth day booze-free. The quit has been a lot easier than I thought it would be. And a lot better. My big takeaway: I like not drinking alcohol. I like being clear-headed all the time. I … Continue reading
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
I’ve been worried about myself. My weight continues to creep up. I’ve been drinking two to four glasses of wine (or gin and tonics) nearly every evening. Sometimes more on the weekends. Walking, yoga, and meditation have been sporadic. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Abusive Relationships, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Birds, Body Love, Death and Grief, Dementia, Depression, Domestic Violence, Elderly Parents, Family Business, Getting Unstuck, Healing, Health, Intervention, Lawyer, Living Life, Meditation/Mindfulness, Mid-Life, Nature, Photography, Sobriety, walking
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Abusive Relationships, Alcoholism, Birds, Death, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Depression, Grief, HAES, Health, Health At Every Size, healthy-living, Lightroom, mental-health, Narcissism, Narcissist, nature, Nikon, Nikon D3200, outdoors, Photography, Sobriety
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Drug Free Head
Before my next Great Bear Rainforest post, an antidepressant update is in order. See my last update here. I know, I know. Not nearly as exciting as whales (and what else I have in store for you). But it’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Abilify, Alzheimer's, Antidepressants, Death and Grief, Deplin, Depression, Leukemia, Therapy, Viibryd, Wellbutrin
Tagged Abilify, Alzheimer's, Antidepressant, Antidepressants, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Deplin, Depression, Grief, Health, healthy-living, mental-health, Viibryd, Wellbutrin
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Viibryd Valedicition
It’s been nine days since I took my last dose of Viibryd. This post is a detailed account of what led me to this decision (it’s the side effects, stupid), how I stopped taking the drug, and my withdrawal experience. Because … Continue reading
Posted in Antidepressants, Deplin, Depression, Diet, Exercise & Fitness, Health, Therapy, Viibryd, Wellbutrin
Tagged 5k, Abilify, Antidepressants, Couch to 5K, Deplin, Depression, exercise, Fitness, Forest Laboratories, Health, healthy-living, mental-health, Running, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Sertraline, Viibryd, Vilazodone, Wellbutrin
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