[stylist] Writers and depression

Thu Jan 29 01:00:37 UTC 2015

Another thing you may have to take out of his diet, if you haven't is red and yellow dyes. I have a friend whose 3-yearuold grandson gets mean if he has red dye and gets hyper if he has yellow. If you try lavender essential oil, you rub it on his feet.
Barbara

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> On Jan 28, 2015, at 13:23, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> As I've said, we do have a schedule, or try our best. Actually, most our day
> runs on a schedule. I don't let the kids sleep past a certain time, unless
> sick. We eat meals and snacks at scheduled times, and since we started potty
> training, which we are just a week in, drinks are scheduled now as are the
> times we sit on the potty, which is every 30 minutes. And we do have our
> bedtime rituals. And Declan is a creature of habit; he has to have things go
> exactly the same way every night, LOL!
> 
> We limit sugar and TV/computer stuff through the day, and definitely not
> around bed time. Usually, the only time we let him watch more than an hour a
> day, is when he's sick.
> 
> If we leave toys or books with him, it's too much of a stimulant when trying
> to sleep. He has his favorite stuffed animal he has to sleep with, and a
> soother. He's still in the crib, because he prefers it, though there's also
> a bed in his room.
> 
> Since he was born, he thinks the middle of the night is play time. Even when
> an infant, as long as he wasn't screaming and was safe, I will leave him and
> let him play. But regardless of how we approach it, if he gets up in the
> middle of the night, 9 times out of 10, he wants to play.
> 
> Sometimes, he does want to sleep with me, which depending on the day and
> time, we will let him do. If he gets up at 6, we usually adjust our
> schedule, but if it's before 6, depending on his mood, we might try to get
> him to go back to sleep.
> 
> So I don't know...
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J. via
> stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 9:36 AM
> To: Chris Kuell; Writers' Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writers and depression
> 
> I agree with Chris and would add a few things.  A bedtime ritual can be
> helpful for easing kids into the idea of bed time.  reading a story,
> snuggling on the couch, a bath...whatever makes sense for your family, but
> keep it calming.  A regular schedule can help too.  Go to bed at the same
> time and get up at the same time.  You might find that adjusting the
> schedule a bit will fit your sleep habits better.  Here, we go to bed crazy
> early, like 8, and get up crazy early, between 4 and 5.  I used to stay up
> late and sleep in late and felt tired all the time.  Lastly, I would provide
> the Kiddo with some quiet things for him to do independently, if he wakes. 
> He could look at a book  or talk to his stuffed animals, but he has to stay
> in his room, being quiet so you can sleep. If he doesn't, take him back and
> go back to your room.  It will probably mean more sleepless nights before it
> gets better, but he should learn that night time is not playtime soon.
> 
> Good luck!
> Julie
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Chris Kuell via stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 9:00 AM
> To: 'Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter' ; 'Writers' Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writers and depression
> 
> Bridgit,
> 
> I would not use melatonin on a healthy 2 year old. You are probably doing
> all these things already, but my advice is to watch his diet and make sure
> he's not eating sugary foods, especially after say 4 in the afternoon. I
> would make sure he gets a lot of exercise. I would not let him nap after 4
> in the afternoon. And here's the hardest part--I would insist he stay in his
> room at night. Be firm and let him know Mommy and Daddy need sleep, and he
> will be punished if he goes into your room before he sees sunlight in his
> window. This won't go over well, and he'll probably pitch a fit. But once he
> gets it--and he will--the whole family will feel better.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
> Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:59 AM
> To: 'Lynda Lambert'; 'Writers' Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writers and depression
> 
> Okay, know this is totally the wrong list for asking this, but since we are
> in the ballpark...
> 
> Declan, at two-and-a-half, has insomnia, and at least 5 nights a week
> doesn't sleep through the night. His pediatrician recommended melatonin.
> It's supposed to be all-natural, though anything in pill form can't be
> totally all-natural because of what has to happen to break it down and turn
> into pill form. I hate medicating my baby in any way to get him to sleep,
> and honestly, it doesn't help him sleep through the night. He will usually
> fall asleep quicker, but he still gets up in the middle of the night, and
> when he wakes up, he thinks it's play time.
> 
> So, any thoughts, suggestions? Do we just need to resign ourselves to the
> fact that we will not sleep much ourselves for the next few years, or is
> there something else anyone has tried, heard of... Obviously, with young
> kids, you don't get a lot of down time, and even toddlers don't always sleep
> through the night, but Penny wasn't like this at all. And Ross and I are
> often getting 2 to 3 hours of sleep most nights because of this problem. And
> I have insomnia myself, so any sleep I can get is necessary.
> 
> Okay, sorry, know it's not the right list, but still, putting it out there.
> 
> And along with a myriad of other things, the lack of sleep gets in the way
> of my ability to write, to create. Those with children know you have little
> time for personal endeavors anyway, but then you add in the lack of sleep,
> and it exacerbates things.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
> via stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 7:07 AM
> To: Barbara Hammel; Writers' Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writers and depression
> 
> Barbara, thanks for the information here on h Pilori - my duaghter has had
> it for at least 2 years and treatment with drugs has not killed it - I am
> going to pass along your good information to her in hopes it may help her if
> that is ok with you. Lynda
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Hammel via stylist
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:57 PM
> To: EJ Kobek ; Writers' Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writers and depression
> 
> The only thing that I could add here, as my piece for the writing prompt is
> to tell you how a change in one's diet and the killing of a pesky thing
> called Helicobacter Pylori can make a huge difference.
> 
> We presume that Jesse came to us with all of his hidden health issues.
> Three years after he came into our family he had a surgery to fix double
> hernias and we thought that would be the end of our miserable existence of
> listening to him scream from sun up till sun down and most of the nights for
> SIX months.
> 
> Much to our chagrin, that was only a taste of what life would be like to a
> greater degree.  It wasn't continuous screaming and it wasn't up half the
> night every night but the next few years were pretty long.
> 
> Then we went to a gastroenterologist who had us collect a stool sample --
> such a fun task when your child is still in diapers -- so he could test it
> for whatever he was looking for.  Well, Helicobacter Pylori showed its ugly
> self and we began the couple of years of antibiotic treatments to kill the
> dumb thing.
> 
> In case you don't know, in the 1990s it was discovered that, most certainly,
> H. Pylori is the cause of stomach ulcers.  We learned that %40 of the people
> over age 60 have this monster in them but only %20 of that %40 present with
> the ulcers.  Due to healthier means of preparing food and treating the water
> supply, the percentage of folks who have H. Pylori has dropped in the under
> 60 crowd.  Why his twin doesn't have it we'll never know since they came out
> of the same environment.
> 
> In 2013, after having done the treatment for H. Pylori, as I said, it still
> persisted in lingering in his system.  So, it was off to the infectious
> disease doctor.  His recommendation:  Instead of taking the two antibiotics
> one after another and the probiotic at the same time, we were to give him
> both antibiotics for 42 days and then a month or two of probiotics.
> Amazingly, we are almost certain that Helicobacter Pylori is a thing of our
> past.
> 
> Along with all that medicine, we finally got everyone in his world on board
> to remove all gluten from his diet.  Voila!  Except for the bouts of
> aphthous ulcers he gets in his mouth -- we don't know why yet -- he has
> become a happy boy.  He does not have the horrible gassy stomach.  He does
> not have that funny garlicky-smelling breath that was peculiar to a tummy
> that was full of stuff that needed to get out.
> 
> Killing H. Pylori did not solve constipation/diarrhea cycles, but it has
> helped it become more manageable.
> 
> It is so amazing to live in a time when so much is being learned about how
> the health of our gut affects the rest of our body and in a time when autism
> is being studied so thoroughly since it seems to be on the rise.  (Autism is
> a topic for another day.)
> 
> Is it any wonder to anyone now why I need not one, but two different
> antidepressants?  And, maybe you are right.  Maybe they are what is
> inhibiting my creativity which also figures into why I can feel so down.
> Too many thoughts run through my head and yet I cannot make them leave
> through my fingertips to my Braille Edge.
> 
> Barbara
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: EJ Kobek via stylist
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 6:45 PM
> To: NFB Stylist
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writers and depression
> 
> Hi, all, esp. Vejas,
> 
> Want to say much more, as we all do!  What's amazing is that medicine is
> starting to look at lacking of imbalance of gut bacteria as a source of
> despair (whatever one calls it), and they are even starting to care for
> people with schizophrenia with probiotics....A fabulous book called "Missing
> Microbes" even looks at the gut and other bacteria we need for physical and
> mental health that are becoming extinct, along with other, larger
> creatures....micobes we really need that are being disappeared by misuse of
> antibiotics.....
> 
> Gut bacteria has an amazing impact on our mental health!!!
> 
> Might I propose a TOPIC for writing? Intestinally?
> 
> The topic:  Beneficial bacteria!
> 
> A haiku, a poem, a story, a prose piece?
> 
> Just an offering. I'll get to it during our blizzard today and
> tomorrow....anyone else?
> 
> (Smile, grin.....)
> 
> Warmly,
> 
> Helen (and her beneficial bacteria)
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