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Vicki - How's that novel coming along?
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Posted 2 years ago by Jetta and Boo Boo's Mom #
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It's a little different from writing a blog post: the story has to 'speak' to you; it needs to tell you what's going on, where it's going on, when it's happening, with whom or what it's going on, how it's happening, and why it's going the way it's going -- none of which is happening right now. Maybe if I take a break or a nap and then come back to the story I'll be able to crank out several pages. Still, at least I'm trying to write again; the medication I was on for panic/anxiety disorder (that my HMO through Medicaid would not approve since it wasn't in their formulary) made me kind of blank: I didn't care about writing. (BTW, it's an SSRI antidepressant [an SSRI, for those who don't know, is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor: it blocks the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter called serotonin {which improves mood} by certain nerve cells in the brain, leaving more serotonin in the brain; one of the side effects of most SSRIs is increased risk of birth defects for women who take SSRIs while pregnant -- I am NOT pregnant, but I DO want to have a child long before I hit menopause and I want him or her to have a chemical-free mom to grow inside. For more information, click on http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ssris/MH00066 and http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/panic-attacks/DS00338 ]. I have since been supplementing my diet with magnesium and Vitamin B12 and I'm adding other nutritional supplements as I go along because I believe part of the reason I had been anxious may have been because I was malnourished; so far the effects have been nearly the same as if I were still on the medication, which was a controlled-release version; then again, I haven't tried all the supplements recommended in the book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Anxiety, Phobias, & Panic Attacks, by Douglas Hunt, M.D., nor have I tried cognitive behavior therapy.) I want to take control of my own body rather than have my body take control of me, and if my psychiatrist is willing to work with me rather than write yet another prescription, yay, Doc; if not, too bad: she's not the one who's being prescribed the medication.
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For the longest time I had felt that music made me feel 'inspired' but lately it just distracts me. Sometimes I feel like I've let people make me feel that my writing, or the language I use, isn't "normal", which makes me rather too aware of how I presently write just so I don't make similar mistakes, yet I feel it's that concern for others' opinions that is making my current writing slow and infrequent. I've decided to write how I write naturally and see what happens, rather than translate it into more "commercial" presentations.
Just make sure you write honestly, whatever that may mean for yourself.
Btw, I'm sorry to hear about the medication issue. I've felt for sometime that I've had bi-polar, or perhaps just a case of anxiety related problems and never really had the desire, or courage I suppose, to take any sort of medication or even be properly diagnosed. Like you hinted at, I don't want my creativity affected by something going into my body. I want to do. I don't want my body to do for me. If you discover something that works or helps in the non-medication variety, please share. Good luck with your novel!
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