FRIENDS2UALL Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I have lupus(it's not contagious) and I've had it every since september of 96, I got severly stressed out over a guy who was married and I did not know it and messing around with three other women which includes me, by the time I found out it was too late, I caught herpes from him and every since then I have not had a normal relationship with any guy because it's too much to tell him for him to accept. My health issues alone would scare him. lupus is a autoimmune disease where your body fights against it's own healthy cells and can shut down on you at any time, there is no known cause but stress is one of the triggers, I could not handle someone who I thought cared about me giving me herpes dumping me the next day and getting married 2 weeks later and we worked in the same place too. I tried suicide attempts but I am getting help but I have to take a lot of medicine: 12 pills a day. It's in remission right now but it has gone out of remission about 4 times in which I always have to be hospitalized and I have had bad flare-ups.Talking about it helps but that also restricts me to the way I can work, the type of work I use to do I can or really can't do anymore because it puts too much stress on my body and it's sometimes in a cold environment. Cold sometimes makes me hurt a lot because it's also a form of arthritis and my hands mostly start hurting and sometimes turning blue causing them in a since to freeze up. I have arthritis of the spine, retain fluid a lot form Lupus. At the same time when I found out that I had Lupus, I developed double-pneumonia which weaken my immune system even more, so I also have a low-immune system. I'm trying to build myself up again and not let it change who I am or win over me but sometimes it's hard too. Link to post Share on other sites
littlekitty Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time. {{{HUGS}}} Keep coming here and talking about it. Sometimes just talking can make things seem a lot better. I've had double pneumonia myself and nearly lost my life to it. I know how painful, scary and difficult just that can be, let alone with lupus on top of it. Are you being medicated for your depression too? What about therapy? Are you having any to help you work on your self esteem? Link to post Share on other sites
Author FRIENDS2UALL Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 I'm suppose to be on zoloft, I was on paxil but I stopped because I was doing better as far as suicide thoughts not that I have them now but the depression has come back and I'm getting stressed out from a situation thats happening at work with a so-call friend that I care about. I have also acid reflux and a hiatal hernia so sometimes the medicine I'm suppose to be taking burns and irriatates my stomach so I stop for a while, When I first came out of the hospital from double pneumonia and being diagnosed with Lupus, I was on Motrin 6 times a day(600mg) for severe pain which is the reason why I have acid reflux which in turn is the reason why I have a hiatal hernia. See like I said so many issues but I can't let it win anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
shadowofman Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Auto immune diseases are diet related and we unheard of 10,000 years ago. We are genetically predisposed to developing them, but agricultural and industrial food sources are the main cause of the illness. Avoid agricultural and idustrial foods and your body will literally stop hating you. Read Dr. Loren Cordains books. Sport Medicine Professor at Colorado State. Link to post Share on other sites
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