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		<title>Med Change of Plans</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/06/14/med-change-of-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My pdoc decided to keep me on Pristiq because I&#8217;m doing so well on 50 mg. No more horrible side effects. I&#8217;m completely off trazodone and Klonopin, so now I only take Pristiq and Tegretol for the bipolar. It&#8217;s been OK, but I have to admit that sometimes it&#8217;s really, really hard to fall asleep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 2010</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/05/12/national-fibromyalgia-awareness-day-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After undergoing many medical tests, my sister-in-law was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Like mental illness, fibromyalgia is invisible and can be just as debilitating. May 12 has been designated National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. Please take time to click on the banner above to learn more about this syndrome that affects millions of people between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snags</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/05/11/snags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pristiq Side Effects: Apparently I was supposed to up my dose to 100 mg after 2 weeks, which I didn&#8217;t realize until my pdoc told me. I did, which was a mistake. I went through the side effects all over again and this time they didn&#8217;t go away. He said to go back down to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bumpy Road to Independence</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/03/10/the-bumpy-road-to-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although, living in Chicago, the road is full of potholes, rather than bumps. Things are looking up, although my therapist has emphasized the need to be careful and progress at a reasonable pace. Regular readers know that I have a pattern of taking on more than I can handle once I start feeling a tad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening the Blinds</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/03/03/opening-the-blinds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bloggochicago.com/?p=3587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My last pdoc appointment was 2 weeks ago. Thankfully, he didn&#8217;t mention ECT; instead, he put me on Pristiq, which he described as something like a purer form of Effexor though I&#8217;m not entirely sure what he meant. Effexor has worked really well for me in the past, so we decided to give this a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>RedSAM:  Shutting It Down</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/02/15/redsam-shutting-it-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stopped using EMSAM last Thursday. As you can see in this picture (click image to enlarge), it leaves a reddish spot in the area where I use it &#8212; and I alternate right and left every day. Not only that, the &#8220;itchies&#8221; (hives/welts) I sometimes get from stress increased tremendously when I started using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work, EMSAM, Work!</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/02/09/work-emsam-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past half hour I&#8217;ve been on the verge of tears for absolutely no reason. There are really only 2 explanations: PMS or depression. I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s the latter. Well, or maybe the 8&#8243; &#8211; 12&#8243; inches of snow we&#8217;re expecting! *wah* I&#8217;ve been using EMSAM for 5 days now, which, it turns out, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Health Is Making Me Miserable</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/02/02/my-health-is-making-me-miserable/</link>
		<comments>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/02/02/my-health-is-making-me-miserable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been avoiding the Internet &#8212; Twitter, Facebook except for my Mafia Wars account, my blog, your blogs, even e-mail when possible. It&#8217;s a sign of depression for me. But this time I&#8217;m determined to continue blogging, no matter how difficult it is. I&#8217;m at least getting out of bed, though I haven&#8217;t been showering [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sheer Will</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/01/20/sheer-will/</link>
		<comments>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/01/20/sheer-will/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bloggochicago.com/?p=3485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw the pdoc yesterday. He brought up ECT. This morning I thought fine, let&#8217;s do this. I&#8217;m sick of feeling the way I do. I don&#8217;t want to try yet another med that I&#8217;ve already tried only for it to work for a month or so and then stop working. But I&#8217;ve been through [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>About That Fitness Class</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/01/19/about-that-fitness-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian took a long lunch to drive me to the first session of my fitness class last week. Several times during the lecture portion I nearly burst into tears and started hyperventilating, manifestations of panic attacks for me. Luckily, closing my eyes and taking deep breaths prevented them. It was tough, though. I had a [...]]]></description>
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