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Mental Health Support

OldBaldy1701E

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5. I hope there is help for you.

Reply to lark (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 3, 2025, 09:13 AM

Jul 3

I am glad you have not given up on life.

I suspect my own problems would be a bit more manageable if I had not already done so. As a manic depressive, as well as a major anxiety sufferer, finding the will to live is very difficult. Especially when there is no help for you. I am not wealthy enough to even walk into the foyer of a psychiatrist office or the like. That is what it is going to take to help me, so there will be no help for that.

Without that help, wanting to fight this is just not in the cards. Why bother, ya know?

I hope you can find relief from those pains. You want to live and you want to contribute. That is great. I want you to find that as well.

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Boy, if there is one thing I am completely over these days, it is how much pain I am in all the time. [View all] OldBaldy1701E Jul 3 OP

I use the pain, (RA and old injuries) to make me keep going. It has gotten tougher just in the last few months ... marble falls Jul 3 #1

Hah! I would be happy to 'surrender to pain medications'. OldBaldy1701E Jul 3 #3

I just wish I hadn't been so ready to demonstrate my ironman mode as a younger person. But otherwise it's been ... marble falls Jul 3 #4

I do hear that. OldBaldy1701E Jul 3 #6

So sorry you are having to go through this. I've been going through something similar. lark Jul 3 #2

I hope there is help for you. OldBaldy1701E Jul 3 #5

Please check out the United Way website. lark Jul 3 #10

And I whine about me. But like you, for me, the only way is forward. marble falls Jul 3 #7

Never Give Up!! lark Jul 3 #8

The last one standing is my goal. Laughing through gritted teeth. marble falls Jul 3 #9

it's true. I love company! stillcool Jul 3 #11

Have you tried CBD oil? nt in2herbs Jul 3 #12

CBD oil works well for me too. crosinski Jul 3 #14

I use that already. OldBaldy1701E Jul 3 #15

What is the doseage you are taking? 100 mg, 500 mg, 2,000 mg 4,000 mg???? nt in2herbs Jul 3 #16

It is usually 2000 mg and I take it three times a day. Maybe more if I am really hurting. OldBaldy1701E Jul 4 #17

I have found that taking 2000 3x day is not equivalent to taking 6000/day. It's the potency that is important. I would in2herbs Jul 4 #18

I'm so sorry... Trueblue Texan Jul 3 #13