~cattleman cafe~ & another 24...

[Jude58]

Howdy empyr3al! Thanks for stopping by the cafe, and hope that you are doing well.

Rava, have you talked to your doctor about getting off of the antidepressants? Might not be a bad idea.

I just put in my notice at work that I'm going to retire at the end of February. My boss told me that I can always go back if I wanted to, which is comforting to know.

I'm in for another 24 hours...

[dill]

Great to see you, empyr3al! It's been ages. Hope all is well with you.

Jude, that's wonderful news about your decision to retire! I love being retired. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities if you feel you need a little something to do to get you out of the house.

It seems that getting off regular alcohol abuse might change brain chemistry enough that it would be worth discussion with a doc. Perhaps the need for the antidepressant is reduced when alcohol abuse is eliminated. When I was on Lexapro all those years ago I was still abusing al and I think my drinking actually increased at the time. It's no wonder I couldn't see if it was helping me or not. I certainly wasn't helping myself at the time. Ginger and Rava, it might be worth a mention to your GPs that you have stopped drinking and whether that would affect any of your other medications.

Cowboy, are you thinking about helping with the planting this spring?

Waves to you Mul!

24 more for all of us please and thank you.

[Rava]

Good morning Cafe. Thanks for the advice Dill and Jude about the Lexapro. I do not want to stop it tho. I don’t think of it as a bad thing. I take it like a vitamin and my doc renews it each year with my blood pressure medication. As they say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Thats my moto. Although I understand your thoughts of wanting to be free of the habit of an antidepressant, I think of it as a helper med and have no side effects from it. Of course it’s been so long probably over 20 years. I am watching all this awful news of the airplane crash. So very horrific. No specific plans for this day or the weekend. Just relaxing without drinking. 24 more please and thank you.

[abcowboy]

5:25am in Alberta, another 24 for me please, and thanks...

In the last 24 hours, these friends have joined in for 24 hours of wellness:
Jude58 Rava Ginger999 Slo dill empyr3al

Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[abcowboy]

It's great to see you again Empyr, how have you been? Don't be a stranger, the Cafe doors are always open to anyone.

Enjoy the warm weather Slo and have fun with your friend.

I'm betting you're going to enjoy being retired Jude, especially the not driving in to work. Sounds like your boss is going to miss you though.

I've never been to Mexico Ginger, have never had the desire. Actually the only other country I've been to is the good old U.S. of A.

Bubba and I talked about farming not so long ago dill and I've decided that if Corey still wants me to help out I'll give it another 2 years. Thinking 70 would be a good age to completely retire lol

If the meds don't seem to be having any adverse side effects I can see why staying on them isn't a bad idea Rava, but there's also the question of if they are really required. I tend to go by Murphy's rule a lot of times myself lol.

Nothing new here, another date with the snow shovel this morning lol. Probably a few more times between today and tomorrow lol. At least I can't complain about not getting any exercise in haha.

[Ginger999]

Little sis heads home tomorrow and I miss her already! The season is on the down hill slide now.

Waves to all my pals here! I'll take another day of freedom.