I’ve fallen very ill and it’s been tough to deal with these past few months. I have been formally diagnosed with hypothyroidism, pernicious anemia and vitamin deficiencies in which I take shots daily for now, sleep apnea, and subclinical Cushings disease. Because of several symptoms, mainly brain fog and fatigue, I’ve quit driving until I recover.
Sometimes I have bad days where I’d rather rest and be alone (I get breakouts similar to those who have lupus and I don’t want to be seen). This has caused problems between me and my boyfriend. Sometimes we plan things that end up never happening because of me feeling bad or having a bad day in which I’d rather be alone and I feel so selfish and bad.
I feel overwhelming guilt for this and horrible that he got stuck with a dud as a girlfriend. But the problem is..he’s very insecure (as am I), and instead of looking at the situation objectively (my health being the cause), he likes to assume it’s something more like me not loving him of not wanting to be with him anymore because that’s not the case.
It’s frustrating becase I don’t feel that way, yet he keeps thinking of those things instead when he knows of the things I’m going through. It makes me very sad. Ontop of that, when plans are cancelled and we talk on the phone, he is very short and blunt and has a rude tone. Almost every call has ended with me breaking down crying. He keeps pushing me because of the insecurities he has and I wish he would stop. I feel bad because I feel it is all my fault and I wish I could change it.
Now I get anxiety when he calls and I get nervous calling him because I worry he’ll be frustrated with me. I hate it.

We go to the same school

I live in a bloody crime ridden hell called Arizona, 40 years ago it was a millionaires paradise! Today it is as bad as Baghdad or Juarez Mexico…Open shootouts on the interstates, one gang of human smugglers trying to rob another gang to get the human and narcotic cargo from them after they eluded customs and made it onto the highway, Endless stream’s of Illegals pouring over the once pristine desert, strewing thousands of tons of garbage, and leaving the dead rotting in the sun, drugs moving in by the hundreds of tons! last week the county sheriff got 32 tons of marijuana from a stash house, if you have a nice SUV, you won’t for long, the theft for drug running in these is over the top. The crime from these ignorant and backwards people just being here is incredible, drunk driving the wrong way on the freeway in stolen cars, the norm. Out Phoenix county jail has 7000 mexican inmates, most on murder, armed robbery, extortion and we in Phoenix are the kidnapping capitol of the entire USA because of the Illegal mexicans trading and imprisoning each other for Ransom. yet, even though we pass laws, the Obama crew is doing everything they can to turn a blind eye! Most of our county medical services are shut down or severely limited now due to years of a tsunami of latino freeloaders having anchor babies and walking out without paying a cent, so they can get the checks and benefits started, and the morgues, jails, and ICU’s are straining from the criminal lifestyle these filthy maggots live. We loose 3-5 police officers a year in AZ from being ambushed by the cockroaches, on and on! When you hear a little baby was pulled cold and lifeless from a green swimming pool, it is always a mexican in a rented abandoned house. The Islamic faction has never caused one bit of trouble here, but we are at war and loosing trillions! And loosing the wars as well! Why can’t we get Washington to protect us here in our homes and streets? I am waiting for your answer!

My FaceBook keeps saying that I have tried to sign in to many times and please try again later. So I tried again a little while later and it said the same thing again. How long do I have to wait before I can log in again?

Since I plucked up the courage at the age of 23 to have a smear test done at my doctors, I have had to have a further three done since. This has been due to me having mild symptoms of HPV. I had to go to a colposcopy clinic last year, and the nurse said that there was just a tiny little bit of HPV around my cervix, that it wasnt on their “CIN” scale even.
Every single time I have been for one, my anxiety has gone through the roof. Even when I am thinking about it now, I feel panicky and sick. My first one hurt like hell, it felt like someone was trying to burn my cervix out. The second one was even worse; I had to bite into a sponge to stop myself screaming and I left the medical practice hysterical.
I know most women say its a little uncomfy, but for me its unbearable. The nurse at the colposcopy clinic said I had some thrush on my cervix too which was making it inflammed. However, I took some tablets for this, so I am hoping it has gone. Could this have caused the pain?
If I choose not to go, I know I am leaving myself open to cancer, but is it not possible to have the HPV vaccine now? I would rather have that than the pain of a smear test. My great aunt died of cervical cancer, so I know there is a risk.
My boyfriend has said he will go with me, but I dont think he realises how bad I get. I get hysterical in appointments and cannot calm down. I am worried if he says something to me e.g. calm down, I might not take it well. I have no close female friends that could go with me.
What should I do?

Unfortunately, I have yet to receive an answer. Standard DNC talking points suggest the entry into two wars. Nope, Obama spent more with his first “stimulus” bill than the entire cost of Iraq, and unemployment numbers still rose.
Those darn Bush Tax cuts? No, don’t think so. Treasury data shows more actual revenue was collected than during Clinton’s 8 years.
Medicare, Part D? Hold it – we may have touched on something here. Entitlement programs, government money, the stuff everyone wants as long as someone else pays for it.
Perhaps one needs to go further back than the Bush years, to the beginning of the progressive movement in America, to analyze exactly what went wrong. Somehow, that bizarre idea that government can provide everything to everyone might just be at the root of our misery.

Welfare just keeps the people alive and allows them to continue to suffer. Why don’t people realize that by ending welfare programs and all other programs all suffering in America would end a lot sooner?
P.S.
This should apply to all the job destruction caused by any form of regulation.

Hiya,
I was recently diagnosed with ADD (I guess minus the H) (I’m 18 years old), and I was prescribed Concerta 18mg. On Concerta, I felt myself extremely hyped up, which I’ve heard that ADHD medications will give you a boost of energy for a couple weeks, but then you won’t get that boost anymore. Anyways, on Concerta, I couldn’t stop touching things, such as maybe the strings on my sweat pants. I had to constantly be doing something, and my mind kept wandering. I did have a loss of appetite, which I heard was normal. So, I went to my doctor and told her about my symptoms on Concerta. She decided to switch me to Vivanse, since I told her I kept fidgeting with things. I started 20mg of Vivanse yesterday (Thanksgiving USA), and I just kind of felt tired all day. I don’t really blame it on the medication, since for the past couple days I’ve only been getting 5 hours of sleep each night, but I would think the Vivanse would give me that boost of energy I felt on Concerta again. Anyways, after I ate, the Turkey made me tired and I took a nap. Then, on the car ride home from my grandparents, I tried my hardest to take another nap, but I just sat there and closed my eyes and I just couldn’t get any sleep. I didn’t really feel like I was focused yesterday on Vivanse, rather then when I was alert and awake on Concerta. However, I did notice that I was talking to people more and really focusing on their conversations, which is a good thing. But, I’m still losing things and forgetting where things are.
So, my question is. How exactly are these medications supposed to make me feel? If I felt more calm and less energetic on Vivanse, is the medication working? Like… what’s that feeling that you feel when you’re on ADD medications? Will it help you remember where you placed things?
Thanks!

I have been exhibiting symptoms of depression, like persistent fatigue, sense of disconnection from others, helplessness, hopelessness, and low self esteem for a fairly long time now. But I don’t have a history of abuse, I was never abused as a child, by my family or by others. I do have a history of isolation and still have issues with isolation now, and also a history of anxiety and panic attacks, which started in junior high after 9/11/01 and lasted through part of high school. I am 24 now and don’t really get panic attacks anymore. Is depression common in these circumstances?

at any given moment? I suppose that they must be a tad bit more patient, am I right? It is wealth that creates jobs and not demand like so many out there delude you into thinking. You see corporations are not all about profit, they are about creating as many jobs as possible for they ask what they can do for America not what America can do for them! Sure many corporations who have enjoyed tax cuts have exported their labor overseas, laid off 10′s of thousands of people, as well as slashed salaries, hours, and benefits of their employees while making record profits though this does not mean that there will not be a trickle down effect someday. Oh, don’t you get tired of those impatient whiners? “Waaaaa, I am forced to choose between paying rent and my medication, waaaa, I am 50 grand in debt, and cannot find a job, waaaa, their going to take away social security and medicare along with the thousands of dollars I have put into it, waaaa, I cannot find a job and my family is going hungry!! HA HA HA HA, what loooosers they are right? We all know that these 49 million looosers are just lazy and are looking for handouts from people such as myself who would rather not help them out for I have many more expensive luxury items to obtain in order to impress the Joneses next door!! The trickle down effect will occur someday but unfortunately not from people such as myself! HA HA HA HA!!