{"id":1680,"date":"2008-05-07T20:35:26","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T03:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2008-05-07T20:35:26","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T03:35:26","slug":"i-need-some-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=1680","title":{"rendered":"i need some peace&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2157\/2475239758_9f5c07014f.jpg\" border=\"1\" height=\"500\" width=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a conversation with a online friend I had informed her that even though I had gone off the medication that if I ever felt that I needed help, I would get it. Even if meant that I had to go back on the medication.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to commit to saying, &#8220;I am going back on medication.&#8221; isn&#8217;t something I am ready for.\u00a0 A couple of <a href=\"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=1659\" target=\"_blank\">weeks ago<\/a> my daughter in law said something horrible things about me and my &#8216;drug problem&#8217;.<br \/>\nI was upset.<br \/>\nIt took me a long time to even tell someone I had a problem. After that, it took a long time to finally get help for it.<br \/>\nWhen I did reach for help I was told that I was one of the top ten worst cases my therapist had treated.\u00a0 The medication that had to be &#8216;worked through&#8217;; Which meant I had months of trying this type of medication to see it worked and when it didn&#8217;t, you up the dosage and start over again.<br \/>\nAll of this just to feel &#8216;okay&#8217;.\u00a0 Through all of this, I was honest with everyone. I told my friends and family, &#8216;this is my deal. i&#8217;m not alone&#8217; &#8230; Taking the risk of looking crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Being honest with people comes with risks.\u00a0 You&#8217;re opening yourself up to people talking shit about you.\u00a0 Like I said before, I understand it, I just didn&#8217;t expect it from family.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not exactly certain if I was told that she had the &#8216;same problem&#8217; I had just to make me feel better or because she wanted to be able to connect with me&#8230;either way, it&#8217;s now clear, after the words that she said about me that she has never suffered with what I have. \u00a0 With all honesty I say this, I am very happy she doesn&#8217;t have what I have because I wouldn&#8217;t wish this on ANYONE.<\/p>\n<p>With all of the words and the emotions I went through after hearing them, it&#8217;s hard to say, &#8220;I need to get back on the medication.&#8221;<br \/>\nI enjoy being a part of the no pill community.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing the feelings I have been battling with and the other things is what I am going through right now.\u00a0 The pro&#8217;s and con&#8217;s of everything.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not just the hurtful words that is holding me back from running to the doctor with my hair on fire, it&#8217;s a lot of things.<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t tell you how many times I have thrown my arms up in the air and said, &#8220;Fuck it.&#8221; this week alone. I am so damn tired of everything.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the following thoughts that run through my head that make me think it&#8217;s time to either talk to someone or get back on medication.<\/p>\n<p>Now you know.<\/p>\n<p>*hair falling out*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a conversation with a online friend I had informed her that even though I had gone off the medication that if I ever felt that I needed help, I would get it. Even if meant that I had to go back on the medication. Being able to commit to saying, &#8220;I am going back on medication.&#8221; isn&#8217;t something I am ready for.\u00a0 A couple of weeks ago my daughter in law said something horrible things about me and my &#8216;drug problem&#8217;. I was upset. It took me a long time to even tell someone I had a problem. After that, it took a long time to finally get help for it. When I did reach for help I was told that I was one of the top ten worst cases my therapist had treated.\u00a0 The medication that had to be &#8216;worked through&#8217;; Which meant I had months of trying this type of medication to see it worked and when it didn&#8217;t, you up the dosage and start over again. All of this just to feel &#8216;okay&#8217;.\u00a0 Through all of this, I was honest with everyone. I told my friends and family, &#8216;this is my deal. i&#8217;m not alone&#8217; &#8230; Taking the risk of looking crazy. Being honest with people comes with risks.\u00a0 You&#8217;re opening yourself up to people talking shit about you.\u00a0 Like I said before, I understand it, I just didn&#8217;t expect it from family. I&#8217;m not exactly certain if I was told that she had the &#8216;same problem&#8217; I had just to make me feel better or because she wanted to be able to connect with me&#8230;either way, it&#8217;s now clear, after the words that she said about me that she has never suffered with what I have. \u00a0 With all honesty I say this, I am very happy she doesn&#8217;t have what I have because I wouldn&#8217;t wish this on ANYONE. With all of the words and the emotions I went through after hearing them, it&#8217;s hard to say, &#8220;I need to get back on the medication.&#8221; I enjoy being a part of the no pill community. Weighing the feelings I have been battling with and the other things is what I am going through right now.\u00a0 The pro&#8217;s and con&#8217;s of everything.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not just the hurtful words that is holding me back from running to the doctor with my hair on fire, it&#8217;s a lot of things. I can&#8217;t tell you how many times I have thrown my arms up in the air and said, &#8220;Fuck it.&#8221; this week alone. I am so damn tired of everything.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the following thoughts that run through my head that make me think it&#8217;s time to either talk to someone or get back on medication. Now you know. *hair falling out*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}