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Good Days / Bad Days.....why does one small thing make us 'flip?'

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TiredBunny · 28/03/2005 22:50

Does anyone else go for weeks feeling ok then suddenly have a 'flip' and go through a few days of feeling awful? I have been feeling better than I have for a while then suddenly becuase of something silly I feel I have slumped right back down again. Wouldnt mind but I have had a nice day and been to a good friends for tea where I felt fine. Now I am home alone (not including dd) and I feel like I want to cry, scream and shout.

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TiredBunny · 29/03/2005 08:30

Happy Birthday for tomorrow.... can you take any time at all out for yourself??? SOmetimes I think being a single mum is easier because at least i dont have to cope wiht a mans moods! Just looked up pyschotic depression and I got it wrong.... neurotic depression is less severe and what I think I have. Maybe the meds I am on are low dosage and maybe for this.

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Evesmama · 29/03/2005 08:22

i ran out of ad's before the bank hol weekend, so am also really crappy at minute then dp got up this morning in foul mood??no idea why add to that it's my birthday tomorrowgunna be great innit!

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TiredBunny · 29/03/2005 08:21

i dont think I am.... rather paranoid at times though. I think psychotic depression is something low level and underlying in you all the time...... mightve got that wrong though?!

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sansouci · 29/03/2005 08:04

It is probably an AD with some sort of sedative in it to calm you... perhaps to help you sleep or just relax you generally. I'm sure you're not psychotic!

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TiredBunny · 28/03/2005 23:26

SOrry to hear youre not good. Am just looking up my new ads.... anti psychotic it says on here...... i didnt realise that. anti psychotic sounds worse than anti depressant.

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Dior · 28/03/2005 23:18

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TiredBunny · 28/03/2005 23:12

Thanks...... I feel like my life is a rollercoaster .... I worry constantly.... i worry that friends have fallen out wth me..... that i will be alone forever.... that i will never be able to buy a house and afford foreign holidays. I am so selfish...... i have friends who are having a hard time but all i can think is me, me, me!

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Dior · 28/03/2005 23:07

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TiredBunny · 28/03/2005 23:05

Trouble is I have suffered onand off for 14 years if I am honest. Have been referred by doc for counselling which i am really glad about. Hopefully that will help me prioritise the things i need to deal with. i just want a lovely man to walk in and say 'fancy a brew honey..... i'll put the kettle on!'

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sansouci · 28/03/2005 23:02

No, TiredBunny, please don't feel that way. No one is forced to read about anything they don't want to, right? I still have days where I feel awful... sort of like turbulance when flying. I'm on ADs but still have occasional "down" patches & worry that I'm heading for a major depression. It hasn't happened though. Hang on & wait for it to pass.

Dior · 28/03/2005 23:02

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Twiglett · 28/03/2005 23:01

I have found that generally the small thing that makes me flip is 4 years old

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TiredBunny · 28/03/2005 22:58

Its great isnt it and amazing that really loads of people care... just we dont all know each other.

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Dior · 28/03/2005 22:57

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TiredBunny · 28/03/2005 22:57

doh.... people are getting fed up ..... cant even type.

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TiredBunny · 28/03/2005 22:56

Don't know if you can really call them 'good' days but my new ads seem to be lifting me a bit so that i really 'enjoy' my dd. Feel sooooo lonely and getting people are fed up with hearing tales of my 'troubles'.

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Dior · 28/03/2005 22:52

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