Stress to vet office this is urgent or call emerg. vet.

• Need help with diabetic dog - trose
  • My neice had a similar situation.... - sm
  • Literally within 5 minutes of my post - trose
  • High blood sugar isnt as urgent as low sugar. - nm
    • That is what he said. - trose
  • If you are worried, call a different vet. - MslaMT
    • Doubt diff. vet will recommend anything without - seeing dog. nm
  • As a prior vet tech and diabetic, I wouldnt touch this - with 10 ft pole. To many variables, possibilities.
    • Stress to vet office this is urgent or call emerg. vet. - Can office call vet on cell phone? nm

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Wanted to gab to get some feedback.  Right now, it seems like everywhere this MT turns there's stress.  DH going through final hearing for child support his ex won't pay for years, she threatening to take the kids away so he has to pay child support, etc.  I just switched jobs within the last year, and although I am doing well the one I chose, it has been really stressful trying different MTSOs out to find the right one, or the fairest one. Top it off, my 2nd computer in 6 months just died today and my lovebird cage just fell down from the ceiling wrecking the living room, the cage, and scaring me and the birds half to death.  Last week, when my son went for visitation, he wanted to stay home and not go with his dad, he screamed so loud the police chased his dad down in the car, and they came here to make sure he was not a kidnapper. I am not kidding! Look, I am not looking for pity.  It just seems that as I sit here and write this to you (who I don't even know), that since I work at home transcribing 6 days a week, am fully involved with my son at home and step kids all the time (no life outside the house to speak of anymore) I am absolutely at a ridiculous point of stress.  Any happy coping suggestions in response to this sad situation other than, go to the "mental health board," or "get a life..." etc. Thanks in advance for your kind comments. Just a sister MT trying to cope with job and home and trying to find advice from anyone who has "been there." Thanks.
 

and is also on metformin which causes more problems....has been to the GI doc who is really not much help....in this case, stress causes it...child doesn't drink....26 y/o.....

hope you feel better.....google IBS - you'll learn how to cope/deal....

I am having a tough time blowing off steam lately and looking for some stress relief ideas...some for in the moment and some for just routine daily/weekly life stress. 

I am pregnant so moods are crazy and I am just having difficulty letting go of even the smallest of things.  Looking for some pointers, ideas, suggestions. 

My garden tub used to do the trick but now that I work until late at night and have a child home from school for the summer, it is difficult to find the time for that or mani/pedis which I also used to enjoy.

As for taking charge, I think we have to as they simply wont.  I mean someone does need to be "in charge" so to speak...it is their place to be "head" of the house, but most dont take that place, they dont want that place, the responsibility that it brings.

I often think of the fact that if I died while my children are young they would have to live with my sister....seriously.  He would not be able to take care of them, and not talking just financial, he literally would not be able to take care of them.  It is sad to feel like that about it.  Just how it is. 

Ever since I have been stressed over a certain situation in transcription, and my family's budget I have become extremely tired and it is really hard to get my line count. Every day as the pressure builds regarding this my line count gets lower, no matter how hard I try.  Anybody in this situation or ever been, I'd appreciate advice.  I am trying stress busters, exercising, reading books, taking time to go outside, but nothing is working.

Every time I sit down to type, I just get more and more worried and I can't produce! It is like my heart is going on strike against the position I have because there are problems with the situation and it makes my money situation even worse.  My husband is very understanding but this has got to stop. I want to feel good about my job again and my production.  If you say get another job, I understand about that, but what about until the other job starts, what do I do? Arrrggggg. I know life is no picnic but it could at least provide piece of mind so I can do my job! Thanks in advance for any and every suggestion or advice. It will be well appreciated

Do you like it? Is it working for you?

Still stressing but feeling much better today.  Didn't get out until 8 pm last night to make my purchases and still had a rough night, but this morning I am much calmer.  Thanks to everyone who had any comments or suggestrions - I really needed you guys yesterday and appreciate you being there!

been under.  I take Effexor XR for my painic attacks and atenolol to help control my BP and it keeps my heart rate down.  The combination works wonderfully, although I wonder if I've become a little too dependent on it as I sometimes get a little anxious at the thought of being without my Effexor.

I would have periodic episodes of anxiousness going all the way back to my teenage years, but I would always work through it myself.  Then a year ago, in the midst of marital trouble and feeling alone as I lived two states away from friends and family, I started having what I now know to be gallbladder pain while I was at work.  In my mind, I knew I wasn't having a heart attack, the pain was in my right rib cage and radiated around to my right scapula.  But I couldn't seem to convince my body.  My heart started racing, my mind was racing.  I felt dizzy and short of breath.  I went to the employee health nurse who took my BP and it was sky high.  She immediately rushed me to the ER which freaked me out even further.

Long story short, I was having a full blown panic attack and I hope that I never experience anything like that again.  I ended up crying for three weeks straight, was afraid be left alone, was afraid to leave my house, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, would pace the house with my heart racing, not able to calm myself down.

I saw three different doctors before I found a female doctor who listened to me and told me she knew exactly what I was talking about because her daughter had panick attacks too.  She started me on Effexor and set me up with a therapist who taught me breathing techniques and meditation techniques to help calm myself when I feel anxious.  One technique, as simple as it sounds, is something I practice almost daily which is deep breathing:  in through your nose and out through your mouth and as you exhale allow your body to relax starting from the shoulders down.  It seems silly, but it really works.  I noticed that I clenched my jaw a lot and so that is were I focus my mind when I'm trying to relax.  I focus on the tension in my jaw and start relaxing from there down.

Exercise is another great technique for relieving anxiety and stress.  All the experts say that, and it's true.  Just getting outside and walking can clear the mind.

Well, I've rambled on and on.  Sorry about that.  Let me just add one more thing, if you decide to try medication, my advice would be to be patient.  Sometimes it takes a few different trials of medication before you find the one that fits.  My doctor explained to me that panick attacks are caused by an overactive fight or flight response in the brain and so SSRI antidepressants like Zoloft or Celexa won't do the trick.  You have to have a NRI (norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) to calm the response.

I'm not saying you need medicine, but I am saying that you may want to get a handle on it now so you don't have to go through what I did.  I can't even explain how horrible it feels to have your mind spinning of control.  I felt like I was genuinely losing my mind. 

Well, anyway I feel for you and I wish you well.

you have to take a number or sign in, they will call you up, explain to them that your mom did not understand she had to take Part B or that your dad's insurance would drop her when she became eligible.  You will have to sit back down for a short time, then you will be called to speak one-on-one with a SS worker, explain the same thing.

I had to do this with my mother - she had some misunderstanding of Part B and declined it.  She didn't know what she was doing.  We are only talking a matter of months before I found out in this case, but they did back her effective date up to the date she became eligible and all Part B claims were then paid.

Try going to the office - it can't hurt.  It took about a morning of our time, but the people there were very kind about the situation and it was well worth the 3 hours we were there to get things resolved.

I have been in just about every room of my house at one time or another.  I started out working in the kitchen years ago because I had dialup and the apartment I lived in had only a phone jack there.  The kitchen was my favorite because it was away from all the noise--that was when the kids were smaller, though.

I have had a desk in the bedroom before.  It was handy when the kids were at school or hubby was home to take care of them, otherwise it was a pain because it was in the back of the house and if they needed something I had to get up from my desk.

The family room is okay, unless you have really loud family like mine.  My kids must be deaf sometimes, I swear.  Oh yeah and they argue in there over the TV the PlayStation, etc.  However, you can deal with some of that from the desk without having to get up.  It is a fair trade most of the time.

I had two different mobile setups over the years.  One was laptop which was okay, but before WiFi, so expensive.  The second, I had a desk on wheels that had everything I needed.  I could roll it out to the back porch and sit there to work while the youngest was out playing.  This was good for mild weather.  Be forewarned, if it is really hot outside where you are, you may have PC problems.  I used to have one that would overheat and shut itself off.  Ugh!!.  Oh, BTW, direct sunlight is bad if you have a laptop or plasma screen, so make sure you have shade!

I currently have my own "little room" for now which basically is the size of a really huge walk-in closet with a window and a door.  I shut the door when the kids are home because the words "please be quiet, I cannot hear when you are yelling at eachother" apparently are not in teenager-ese.

Hope this was helpful!