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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>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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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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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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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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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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		<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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		<category><![CDATA[ECT]]></category>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bloggochicago.com/?p=3458</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alarmed, Used, Hurt, Angry, Confused</title>
		<link>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/01/18/alarmed-used-hurt-angry-confused/</link>
		<comments>http://bloggochicago.com/2010/01/18/alarmed-used-hurt-angry-confused/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health/Fitness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday I got a short message from an old friend who has bipolar. It simply asked what I thought of her new blog and included the URL. That&#8217;s it. When I saw the Web address, I didn&#8217;t think it was right, so I checked it out and sure enough, this person started a blog [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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