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losing weight while on prednisone RA

RA & Prednisone: Battling the Steroid Weight Gain by Niki Wyre   Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis tend to have a love / hate relationship with their steroid treatments like Prednisone. Whereas most of the time it is necessary and often crucial to keep painful symptoms at bay, some of the side effects can be distressing [...]

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fight depression with humor

Battling Rheumatoid Arthritis Depression with Laughter by Niki Wyre   Ever feel like you are a warrior getting ready for battle just getting ready before bedtime? First there is the bedtime meds, followed by the biofreeze or icy/hot you apply. Once that dries there are ace bandage wraps, wrist, elbow, or knee braces. Then you [...]

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Telling Your Children that You have Autoimmune Arthritis by Bridget Seritt   When I gave birth to my first child, I had already been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis for 3 years. Unfortunately, childbirth caused the illness to compound with 2 more autoimmunes and consequently caused a lot of physical and mental damage. My children have [...]

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Where Are You Planting Your Roots in the Middle of Your Depression? by New Dawn Rising   I went to the old dictionary to get a basic definition for depression. It said "Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and well being. It [...]

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Is it Sadness, The Blues or Depression? by New Dawn Rising A many of you know that read my posts, I have really been struggling with Major Depressive Disorder with vague suicidal ideation. I just came out of an 11 day inpatient psych hospital for the treatment of my depression. At a later date I [...]

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[RA & Depression] Fear of the Fight

Depression: The Fear of the Fight http://pandascrossing.com/site/ by New Dawn Rising As a Christian, I have had a hard understanding why I can't just pray through this depression and God will heal me. Why do I have to go through the "fight"? But I had a long talk with a friend of mine a couple [...]

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