Work is stressing me out quite a bit and I can't seem to manage it as well as I have been able to in the past.... any advice?

Well, when normal outlets of stress don't work for me and the cause of the stress cannot be addressed I've found that the mild mood stabilizer called Relecore helps me out. It's all natural, available at Wal-Mart and has no reactions with any medications you may be taking right now.

Sounds interesting I haven't seen that before. Most of my stress lately is work, and I have a feeling it is showing up in the evenings. The other night I was just agitated and I've been spending more time with SWG. I feel like I'm accomplishing more hahah.

Don't look at me. I'm already on a prescription anti-depressant.

Works real well, doesn't it? ;-)

hehe, I've been on those before I took myself off them a little while later. L-Tyrosine helps with mood and stuff which I generally take myself. Plus my body doesn't produce it so I can get pretty down as well. I think they make you go kind of psychotic too but that's a whole other story hah.

Hmm...well, my behavior lately HAS been a bit erratic...

Yea, you know all those kids that end up going apeshit and flying planes into buildings, or shooting people. I'd say 80% of them were on some type of Anti-depressant...I'm rather suseptable to depression because I have a genetic disorder called PKU. I can't eat protien and a bad amino acid builds up in my system and I get brain damage. Also because I can't break down the amino acid I don't get the good by product which is Tyrosine which is used for mood, and a bunch of other things.

On another note...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4405996&Sku=P450-4876

This card any good?

That card is pretty hot. Specs are solid. I haven't used one, so I can't tell you if it's good or not, and all reviews should be taken with a grain of salt. But the specs rock.

Just don't buy it from TigerDirect.

I haven't had any issues with Tigerdirect.... why not buy it from there? (Although they are on my suspect list for someone that might have leaked my credit card #)

I've had an insane amount of problems with them in the past. I've placed fifteen orders with them, and thirteen of them showed up visibly damaged or non-functional.

That's odd, I ordered all the parts for Amandiona's PC and it worked perfectly. Built it up whilst she watched the Olympics and was rather pleased with myself that it went smoothly.

*shrugs* Just sayin'.

I have decided to stop reading the officials Galaxies forums.

I swear by Prozac myself...

A few years ago, I started having problems with my my arm tingling, then eventually it began to actually hurt. All the carpel tunnel tests showed nothing, and it wasn't long before I could no longer bend my neck down to read. It was horrible. I had about every test under the sun and the moon and all the stars, and still nothing was showing what was wrong with me.

So finally my physician suggested I might be under some stress... I was so insulted, because the pain was so real, and it seemed like he was telling me it was in my head. So I just stayed on painkillers and tried to weather it.

Well, pain killers, especially the heavy duty ones, have some nasty side effects, and I was developing some real short term memory loss because I was taking so many. Finally I agreed to try an anti-depressant, which by that time, I agreed I needed, because this whole thing was extremely depressing.. haha!

Well, I couldn't believe it. In three weeks, all the pain was completely gone. I subsequently had some other tests done which showed I actually am clinically depressed, (not enough seratonin in my chemistry, so I hadn't a clue as to what all the hub bub about happiness was about). Seems I probably had this problem all my life, and it was just that my body was telling me "Enough already!"

So long story short, I have been on Prozac for about 10 years. I've tried going off it, and the pain comes back, or there will be another phantom physical ailment that will arise. It's really worked wonders for me, in that I'm a much more real person I think. And what's funniest to me, is that I'm actually happy pretty much all the time now, which tells me that genetically speaking, I was wired for a good sense of well-being, but wasn't able to access that part of me.

Anyway, point is, some folks actually do need medication for depression. It only works for those who need it, so it's not a fix-all by any means, but for those who do need it, it's a life-saver.

Hooray for stress, huh?

seems like the only thing stable right now is Star Wars Galaxies, and probably why we've spent so much time in it lately.

Close your eyes, take a deep breath, then let it out slowly.  Rinse and repeat.

I'm on all sorts of psychiatric drugs (yes, I'm nuts!)...if you find the right one they can totally change your life for the better. So can a full vitamin mineral regimine along with fish oil and lots of Vitamin D.

Thanks Aijana things have been up and down for the both of us especially with getting the house. My PC video card after dusting it finally died.... so I've not been able to play very well. Right now I have it Jawa Rigged.... with a piece of electrical tape, and a pen jamming the part onto the board. Can't get a good solder on it hah. I'll post pictures of my earlier attempts that was using scissors.