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[geekchick]

Hello, LJ. Long time, no type.

Mostly it's because I haven't had much to say. I've been linkspamming Facebook, but very little of substance has been posted anywhere. SAD has been terrible this year, on top of regular depression. (Really, REALLY bad.) I just sent off an email to a therapist near my office to try to set up an intake appointment, because I just can't cope anymore. I'll be spending tonight filling out roughly 25 pages of new patient intake forms for the two offices I'm trying to get into. Yay.

(Aside: Do you know how hard it is for someone with both depression and anxiety issues to get started trying to find a therapist when you have no real clue how to go about it? Some of you probably do, yes.)

I do still read pretty much every day, but I'm not great about responding. (See above re: why I don't post more often.) I figured I should stick my head up and note that I am still alive, and I will try to find non-mopey stuff to post about soon. Hope all is well with you all.

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[mouseman.livejournal.com]

Are you bright lighting? Um, lightilating? Lightenating? Lightening? Lightifizing?

[geekchick]

I have my lamp in my office, but I've been forgetting to turn it on. :-/

[asetwoman.livejournal.com]

I used one of these but realized later that Vitamin D supplementation worked a lot better. Could that possibly be a help to you?

[vizsludraugas.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I'm glad you're alive. I hope the doctors can help out a bit.

This winter has been absolutely awful for me and a lot of other people, too.

[geekchick]

Thanks. I'm sorry to hear this winter's been crap for you too; hope things are looking up.

[vizsludraugas.livejournal.com]

The thought that it will end is cheering me. Until then, I need the light box for half an hour every morning or I'm a bloody wreck.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(love)
(hugs)
(happy to see you getting help/reinforcements)
(still here)

[geekchick]

Thanks. *hug*

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you posted. I'm sorry that SAD is hitting you hard.

[geekchick]

Thank you. (I haven't forgotten that I was going to see if Bev had time to talk about house exchange, I promise.)

[chadu.livejournal.com]

(Aside: Do you know how hard it is for someone with both depression and anxiety issues to get started trying to find a therapist when you have no real clue how to go about it? Some of you probably do, yes.)

Yup, I have that t-shirt.

{{{{hugs}}}}

[geekchick]

Thanks, hon. *hug*

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Many hugs...

[geekchick]

Thank you.

[tshuma]

Joining in with the hugs...

[geekchick]

Thank you.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Didn't know it was getting so bad for you down there :( I hope you get some help from the docs!

[geekchick]

Thanks, me too. I ended up contacting people based on geographic proximity; there's one office literally across the hall from mine plus they have office hours until 10 PM during the week, and another that's across the street. I figure it's as good an approach as any, since all the recommendations I've gotten are not feasible due to distance or lack of evening/weekend hours.