Wellness and overall health

This topic covers general wellness and overall health -- managing stress, coping with day-to-day problems, work/life balance, improving your mental health, recovery and more.

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Sleeping my life away

Mollyoryan
  • By Mollyoryan · New reply June 13, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • Anyone else feel lIke they sleep to much? I can't seem to be productive in my home unless I use speed. I hate being home. I sleep an unusually large amount of the day. Once I'm up and out I'm fine. But ...

I Switched to the E-cigarette!

claudette725
  • By claudette725 · Posted June 13, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • I quit smoking cigarettes 2 years ago with my daughter. We switched to the e-cigarette. Both of us are tar free! The e-cigarette has NO tar or poisons. It's veg. based. I would never go back to smoking ...

No Longer Able to be a 'Super Volunteer' . . .

MonicaPz (Inactive)
  • By MonicaPz (Inactive) · New reply February 8, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Finally found a kind and supportive church that I can walk to. In the past, was very active in volunteer work, both in church and in the community. Because of health problems, can not pitch in like I ...

worried

jojo12121212
  • By jojo12121212 · New reply December 22, 2012
  • 6 replies
  • The more I learn about my digestive disorder the more I worry and worry. I need to talk to someone this is overwhelming. I am obsessing constantly about it and it is stressing me out! HELP! I also have ...

YOGA & Meditation change Discussion section on INSPIRE. What do you think?

Guruji-K
  • By Guruji-K · New reply October 31, 2012
  • 2 replies
  • Below is a post you may find interesting. You can answer it in the YOGA & Meditation section on INSPIRE. Join the YOGA & MEDITATION section on INSPIRE and respond to the comments below! Your feedback ...

Prednisone Moodiness -- How to deal with it?

Shoe2
  • By Shoe2 · New reply July 20, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • So, due to a variety of medical issues, the doctor has put me on prednisone to see if it will help my lung inflammation. I've been on it five days, and my mood is getting really bad. When I look up side ...

What Inspires you?

Alicesmommy87
  • By Alicesmommy87 · New reply July 10, 2012
  • 4 replies
  • Sometimes when it just feels like everything in your life is just horrible, there is always an outlet, a dream, a hobby, or a person that you do that keeps you going and gets you through. Through inspiration ...

How many of you are...

lamikens
  • By lamikens · New reply July 8, 2012
  • 5 replies
  • artists? of some form or another? What's your diagnosis, and what is your art? I'll start us off. I'm lamikens. I have adhd, ocd, a bipolar variant (and possibly some schizophrenic features, but we don't ...

Allow me to introduce myself

RiotZombie
  • By RiotZombie · New reply July 8, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • So, I just found Inspire.com today and have been posting willy-nilly. I already posted about my dad in the Schizophrenia section, and I introduced myself formally in a different group. I feel I should ...

Advice on moving

lovepink774
  • By lovepink774 · New reply July 3, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • I'm 15 Im in recovery from anorexia and bulimia and self injury I also have gastroparesis. I live with my dad. Im thinking about moving to my grandparents house 6 hours away. I'm just thinking maybe I ...

Is anyone out there using an orthomolucular approach to schiophrenia?

merrib
  • By merrib · Posted June 28, 2012
  • 0 replies
  • Just asking this question right now.... will write about my experience with this later. As a side note: I probably could not have gotten any holistic help for my son if he first did not take pharmaceutical ...

self-advocate

sharyln
  • By sharyln · New reply March 23, 2012
  • 2 replies
  • I have been struggling with mental health issues my whole life. I almost lost my son born out of a rape incident. I have pulled a gun on my husband, totally made my grown son's life a living hell at home ...

How do you feed your soul?

ibzanne
  • By ibzanne · New reply December 15, 2011
  • 3 replies
  • I am curious how other people "feed the soul" or "feed the spirit" within them while dealing with things like depression, anxiety, ocd, bipolar and other such mental issues. I have some of my own ways ...

The holidays: taking care of ourselves

MsPoppit
  • By MsPoppit · New reply December 5, 2011
  • 7 replies
  • Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and everything in between can be so very challenging if you have a chronic illness. It's a time where people can have heightened expectations of and increased sensitivity ...

Many supplements may be a thing of the past of the FDA has their way. The o

naturalgirl
  • By naturalgirl · Posted December 3, 2011
  • 0 replies
  • Many supplements may be a thing of the past of the FDA has their way. The only way to really stop this is to contact your representatives so that this does not pass. The best way to defeat these new rules ...

1 day left-Regulations threatening your supplements

naturalgirl
  • By naturalgirl · Posted December 2, 2011
  • 0 replies
  • You all have the deadline of today to voice your concerns about your ability to decide on your own supplements and herbs. Please don't delay. If you haven't voiced your opinion here is a website for you ...

Act now to keep the right to choose your own supplements

naturalgirl
  • By naturalgirl · Posted November 30, 2011
  • 0 replies
  • For those of you who either prefer or depend on different holistic and alternative options with supplements you might find this interesting to find out- there is a change being considered in Washington ...

Our Wonderful Veterans

TampaBayTim
  • By TampaBayTim · Posted November 7, 2011
  • 0 replies
  • With Veterans day approaching, I just wanted to remind you to take care of them. These men and women are an inspiration to all of us. If your know any Vets please reach out to them. They need to know ...

LynneLynne

Lynnelynne
  • By Lynnelynne · New reply November 5, 2011
  • 5 replies
  • What I was wondering, I try accomplish at least one thing every day, it doesn't matter how small or how large it is, as long as I do it. Maybe just getting out of bed and getting a bath and dressed, you ...

movie critique reprinted by request

dee-ann (Inactive)
  • By dee-ann (Inactive) · Posted October 5, 2011
  • 0 replies
  • Movie - 50/50 By captainkam Today at 10:15 pm · 3 replies In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV Shared with members 0 RecommendationsRecommendPrintReport postFirst, I have no clue how to post this ...

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