Laura Parks age 44, mother of 4 children ages 20, 17 and 12 yr. old twins.
Jus and I
Update April 28 2011
Started taking jus about feb 15 2011
I have been on every kind of anti-depressant offered since 1998.
I used to cry all the time couldn’t get out of bed to go to work I have been fired for being late too much
I was so sad
Slept all the time I was not at my job
The high cholesterol medicine and blood pressure medicine had too many side effects so I quite taking them the end of 2010
The feel of clothes on my skin made me irritable and cranky
I didn’t want to live and didn’t know why
Everything was miserable it took every ounce of energy I had to drive across the street to buy groceries
I couldn’t cook meals for my kids
Couldn’t clean the kitchen, bathrooms, do the laundry without being in physical mental and emotional pain
I would cry just feeling the weight of all I had to do in a day, I had to hide in my room under the covers, and life was just too much
I just couldn’t do it.
I would wash dishes on the weekends and then have to take a two hour nap
I couldn’t help my kids with their homework or even get them to school on time
I did not have the energy to care
I couldn’t take myself to the doctor to get my medicine changed, my mom would drive two hours to take me in, and I would be in my pajamas
I couldn’t talk or think for myself, my mother had to tell the doctor what was going on with me and that my anti-depressants weren’t working, again.
I don’t think I ever smiled
I thought everyone in the world hated me and that I didn’t even have one friend
I would not talk on the phone or send letters or emails
I would never go visit people nor have people to my house
I was a social recluse
I let people treat me like a doormat because I had no self-esteem or power to say what I needed or wanted or how I felt.
I have been dancing and out danced a 22 yr. old, she got tired, and I wasn’t sore the next day
I can run up and down stairs
My hands do not hurt from arthritis
The psoriasis in my ears is gone
I talk calmly to my children
I do not shake
I can laugh
My blood pressure is down ten points and I have lost five pounds
I had my cholesterol checked yesterday and am anxious to get the results
I wake up before the alarm rings and look forward to each day
I have renewed my friendships
I enjoy my family more than anything
I call my mom to see how she is doing
I call my brother to tell him that I love him
I went camping with my son
I don’t cry when the bottle of laundry soap falls and spills all over floor, nor do I yell at my children to clean it up while I run crying to my room
I call my children and spend time with them
I want to go to Mexico on a real vacation