I also found a therapist, I was pretty much feeling just done with everything and between this site and the therapist and medication I take for it I don't feel like that anymore.

@A MySpondylitisTeam Member, I put my headphones on and listen to Contemporary Christian Music - KLOVE 88.1 or klove.com, great music with a meaning, love to read my Bible, I also ride my tricycle or go to water therapy.
Having any of my 8 grandkids here at my house, brightens my week. 😀💝.
What about you Mimi, what do you do? Great question, by the way 🥰
Blessings to you,
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I still have lots of lowes Me and my doctors are still trying to figure this all out.. I am having the worst headaches I have ever had in my life on a daily basis along with all the pain and numbness I have a PCP Rheumatologist Pain Doctor Neurosurgeon and a Neurologist.. They are all absolutely wonderful and I know they will figure all this out.. I try to stay positive and attempt every day to be positive.. I was not positive on Sunday due to the 10/10 headache I had but it eventually went away but came back that night I am still exhausted and feel strange and a little dizzy but I just keep going..

Thanks everyone for your answers. I appreciate your input. And it's inspiring to hear how you can get up and keep going. @A MySpondylitisTeam Member I love your quote: "All the ice cream in the world won't help me if I don't make a first step to change my situation." We all have to take that first step.
Pam thanks for asking what I do. I hit rock bottom this year. What got me up again was that I decided to take my health into my own hands: So I started journaling, became committed to daily yoga and found a great therapist...it felt like a treat to talk to her and I always felt better after. And maybe the best thing I did was I joined this site and found I am not alone in the world. So glad to have you all as allies!

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Going back to physical therapy. Yes, at first it hurts to get back but by the full second week I am used to the exercises. They mostly have to do with core strengthening. I'm sore and tired. But eventually I get more and more used to the exercises. I need the PT to force me to continue with the exercises that I'm supposed to be doing at home. After 8 weeks I know I have to continue the exercises on my own at home.
This is the only way that I know how to get out of a slump I get into. I'm not saying that I don't wallow in my own self pity. Because I do. All the ice cream in the world won't help me if I don't make a first step to change my situation. I'm not saying it's easy because it isn't. But once I get my but in gear I feel so much better about myself.
So that's how I get out of my own bottom that does take place from time to time.
Hope this helps for someone.