Posted on 03/08/2014 2:46:05 PM PST by mgist
Your remarks about Mexican invasion and our policy towards Afghan poppy fields is spot-on. However, I disagree with putting too much blame on the other points.
I'm no fan of contemporary pop culture (haven't watched a TV show in years), but you can only blame TV and other media so much for an individual's actions. Case in point: the film Requiem for a Dream, based on Hubert Selby's novel, is a graphic and grim portrayal of how drug addiction ruins people's lives. To anyone of sound mind, watching it would be a "this is what happens..." deterrent. Now, if a bunch of high school or college kids watch it and think it's cool, and that engaging in self-destructive behavior is something to aspire to, whose fault is it? I say it's the fault of the teenagers and their parents, not the movie's.
I never had xanax in a drip but I do think it makes depression worse (I have that whether I'm on anything or not), just that there are degrees of it. I have what is called co-morbidity and had to make a choice. I said I can deal with the depression but not the panic attacks.
I did go off my only psych med for 2 years back in around 2003. I felt kind of like a zombie but kept to my routine and went for a walk almost every day. I couldn't do more that a little over a mile (I'm going to be 73 now). Now well my son committed suicide and i'm messed up for good. I shake so bad I can hardly write checks to pay my bills. My knees are shot. And more. That kind of grief affects your physical health. I don't want to whine about this any more.
I'm supposed to drink Gatorade or one of those drinks. They're heavy to tote home from the store with everything else but I got 2 big ones today. I don't want to go through a laundry list of what all is wrong with me but i'm really surprised I lived this long with what all I've been through. And I keep busy and am sad but try to stay task oriented, the things I can still do.
Thank you for your suggestions.
I got 2 bottles of cod liver oil and then never took it. I don't mind the taste. I was afraid maybe it would intefere with absorbtion of all the many things I have to take.
Aliska, you certainly have borne a heavy burden. I am doing the only thing that I feel led to do—to pray for you and for your load to be lightened.
God bless.
Wow Aliska! Stay strong love and God for direction. Stay away meds and eat as natural as possible, lots of water!! It’s tough but have goals , write them down, and know that with God all things are possible.
Yes! Prayers your way Aliska!!!
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