It’s been an up and down day…
I’ve been busy doing stuph with my blogs…I added them all to Entrecard, for one thing. Then I read that Entrecard had teamed up with something called SezWho, which, when linked together, give members EC credits for leaving quality comments. Sounded cool to me, so I signed up and installed it on all of my blogs.
I also set up Utterz to cross-post on this and on fenwayfaithful.com. I want to be able to post friom my phone from the Eastern League All-Star Game tomorrow. Flickr is good for photoblogging, but it can’t cross-post. I wanted my pics to show up on this AND the baseball blog, I tested it a coupla times (that is what the two previous posts were), and it is working fine.
I FINALLY was able to get Twitter to work with my current phone. So now I’m back on Twitter, my username is still catmommy9, for those who wish to follow me. I also set up Twitterfeed on my blogs, so that blog posts are Twittered.
I managed to do all of that, despite the fact that I had a rather nasty anxiety attack today. For the most part, I’ve been doing okay with just the Prozac, but today, I was having weird sensations, fear of death, etc. That is what the Ativan is for…for times like this. I’m really trying not to take those things, but once in a while, I still need them. I only had to take one today, which is good, I suppose.
I HATE the fact that I now need meds in order to function. But trust me, the feelings of anxiety are REAL, even though I KNOW that I have been checked from head to toe, there is nothing physically wrong with me, and I should NOT be fearing that every little ache or pain means imminent death. But that is what the anxiety attacks do to you, that is why I went to the ER three times in two weeks. You know how much I hate doctors and hospitals, I was really freakin’ scared to be going to one at all!
But at least I get to have my life back…sort of. There is still all of the insurance company crap to deal with.
Anyhoo, tomorrow, we are headed up to Manchester, NH, for the long-awaited Eastern League All-Star Game. Chances are, I won’t need any Ativan at all during the overnight trip, but I will bring it anyway, that and the Prozac (which I have to take daily anyway, it’s bad to go off it without a doctor’s guidance). Maybe I just need to get away for a bit.
And then we have another trip to Maine, where we will go to a Sea Dogs game, and stay with Dan in York Beach. Once again, Mike is bribing me into going to the Seashore Trolley Museum with him on Saturday…if I do, we get to go to the not-too-far Federal Jack’s Brewpub, which is one of my favorite places in the whole wide world. And yes, in exchange for having to look at boring trolley cars, he can buy me a $24 lobster roll, if that is what they still cost these days! LOL!
Damn, I NEED to get away, big time! I’ll be back Thursday night, but we’re outta here again on Friday, back on Saturday night.
And, as I mentioned earlier, Utterz will be posted both here and on my baseball blog. The hotel also has a free computer to use, so I might possibly blog from it!

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July 16th, 2008 at 9:05 am
A friend of mine who suffered from the same sort of anxiety attacks had very good luck with Paxil. She also gave up caffeine and alcohol, which she says helped immensely. I realize every case is different, though.