I had an appt with my regular doc today and when he asked me how things were going I unexpextably fell apart. The stress and the life style change is taking a toll on me.

I forget that I moved. I forget my space was cut in half. My have lost my privacy, it is basically gone. I have the added stress of caring for Mom. I am breaking. I am having headaches almost daily and I wake up in the morning more tired than I was when I went to bed.

My nerve endings are fried and I find myself loosing my patience a little more each day. I love my mother and our moving in together was my idea. She just can not live alone any more. She does not take her pills correctly and she just does not eat right when left alone.

My sister is absolutely no help at all, besides she lives way up north and has a life and family and job. So this is left up to me. While I am complaining I still have known for years that this was the way it was going to be. I love mom and I would not have our life any other way.

I guess I am just looking for any suggestions to help me handle this. I need to ease up on myself. Give my brain a rest? Give my guilt a rest! I am falling apart at a rapid pace. The stress is taking over. My smile is gone and I am not a very happy person

I know it is stress and loosing my life, so to speak. I just simply do not do stress! Taking a very deep breath and going back downstairs to spend time with Mom