ADs won't tut when you're stuck in a rut, we're all too busy pouring Amaretto in our porridge

[BogRollBOGOF]

Welcome into another thread of alternative reality as we try to nagivate through the Coronacoaster of life.

We may be up, down, spinning around (generally in confusion at the next random edict drawn up on the back of a fag packet) but never sucking the joy out of life.

@TabbyStar don't bother with the tissue thing. It does't work. In fact none of the so called tips that non-glasses wearing people trot out (or those who can generally manage fine without glasses and just need them for reading - yes, I'll looking at you Nicola Sturgeon) work ... try and say this though and you are immediately mask-shamed. If I hear use washing up liquid (please don't it can damage coatings of glasses) or fit the mask to your face one more time I will lose it

@SirSamuelVimes

Hello all. Day one of citalopram here, feeling sick and having very unpleasant trips to the toilet (sorry) but I know it'll take a few days to settle. Urgh. Not helped by it being day two of period, which might explain the absolute emotional wreck of a person I was yesterday. Literally came on in a flood as I was on the phone to the gp yesterday. DH took yesterday off as an emergency day but he's working again today so am just going to have to battle through. Currently got DD in the bath so I can sit still and mumsnet while I watch her.

I definitely can't see as well in a mask - I really notice it in the playground at school pick up / drop off, my peripheral vision at toddler height is gone. Makes it much harder to watch for dd1 to come out and keep an eye on dd2 at the same time. Can easily imagine it causing more trips and falls this winter, especially in older people who have lost some of their mobility.

You have my sympathy that nausea etc. while it lasts is grim.

i cant see downwards at all when ive got a mask on. i am forever panicking that i have lost ds as i just cannot see him if he is stood close to me! also trying to catch my shopping in aldi has been interesting! i have been packing it properly in the car boot just so i can see what i am doing!!

I'm only early 40s but I've notice I'm having more phyical and emotional upset around periods - so I'm trying Starflower oil & Evening Primrose out to see if it helps - though across five of us I do seem to be spending quite a bit of vitamins and suppliments at the minute.

I've also started doing balance excerises - dsypraxia has always meant my balance is suspect but I read an article in New Sciencist that said many 40 years olds have worse balance than 80 years olds now due to changes in childhood over time - and if I couldn't balance on one leg for I think 3 minutes I needed to do something about it now.

I've noticed my hormones seem to really affect my toilet habits now. They never used to. Think it's a getting older thing. For ages I thought I was developing ibs or something but it seems to be very interlinked with when I'm due 'on'/ovulating.

DS's test result came back negative last night. I was very pleased, he cried because he had to go to school again. I'm just stunned it wasn't inconclusive.

Today, I've been christmas chocolate shopping. Not essential but I never got chance pre-lockdown. Nothing seems any different really. Lots of people in the christmas sections of home bargains/b&m.

This weekend we're going to my friends garden to celebrate bonfire night. We've discussed it at length as this friend isn't my bubble so we shouldn't be doing it. However, we'll be outside and the house is in fields in the middle of nowhere. It'll be 6 of us from 3 households. I'm looking forward to it.

Arghhhhh the thread about the poor kids freezing in their classrooms. Most posters suggesting thermals and hats, scarves and gloves. Just NO!!!!

Why the fuck should our poor children be made to sit in freezing cold classrooms all day every day, why the fuck are people ok with this and when the fuck will people wake up and see that these ridiculous conditions are totally barbaric and utterly unnecessary?

Arghhhhh I despair

I'm glad it's not just me can't get the hang of my glasses not steaming up.

I have size 2 feet that I can barely see with 32Bs in the way
When I was trying with masks in the summer, I had to conciously look down to see where I was going from losing that peripheral vision.

More people wearing them outside makes me very wary about safety as the nights draw in. It is natural to be concerned at someone obstructing their face. It's what people do to get away with bad deeds. Especially combined with a hood or cap pulled down low.

I'm also early 40s and finding the same. Not a good combination at this time is it.

My hormones are more amplified because there are less distractions to affect my moods. I'm not quite 40, so I don't think it's the actual hormones.

Hormones were not responsible for feeling rotten on Monday. That was entirely the masks at drop off/ pick up edict.

@LadyOfTheImprovisedBath

I'm only early 40s but I've notice I'm having more phyical and emotional upset around periods - so I'm trying Starflower oil & Evening Primrose out to see if it helps - though across five of us I do seem to be spending quite a bit of vitamins and suppliments at the minute.

I've also started doing balance excerises - dsypraxia has always meant my balance is suspect but I read an article in New Sciencist that said many 40 years olds have worse balance than 80 years olds now due to changes in childhood over time - and if I couldn't balance on one leg for I think 3 minutes I needed to do something about it now.

Balance exercises are really really important and we need to be doing them from at least our 40s onwards. As we get older it becomes more important as we need to reduce our risk of falls, and also maintain coordination and reach. Caroline Girvan has some great balancing exercises incorporated into a normal workout. Or just stand on one leg, stand straight, don’t lean, and swing the other leg side to side in front of the other then out again. Hold a chair at first if you need to build up. Women need to do strength and load bearing exercises too. Sorry I’m a bit evangelical about it as my dad has gone downhill after a hip operation which affected his balance and didn’t do his exercises!

I've just attended a hospital outpatients appointment with dm, and the hospital was roasting with all the windows firmly shut

@Lostinacloud

Arghhhhh the thread about the poor kids freezing in their classrooms. Most posters suggesting thermals and hats, scarves and gloves. Just NO!!!!

Why the fuck should our poor children be made to sit in freezing cold classrooms all day every day, why the fuck are people ok with this and when the fuck will people wake up and see that these ridiculous conditions are totally barbaric and utterly unnecessary?

Arghhhhh I despair

i'm worried about this. Ds is 4 and usually a fairly warm child. He just wears pants, trousers, polo jumper to school. No vests because ordinarily he would be sweating.

I'm now a bit concerned the poor kid is freezing all day. He's not said anything but i asked him if the windows were open all day and he said no, so i can only hope the reception teachers have some sense.

I want to ask but i dont want to be that parent cos i feel like ive asked loads of questions recently! they must think i am a right pain in the arse!

@BogRollBOGOF

I have size 2 feet that I can barely see with 32Bs in the way When I was trying with masks in the summer, I had to conciously look down to see where I was going from losing that peripheral vision.

More people wearing them outside makes me very wary about safety as the nights draw in. It is natural to be concerned at someone obstructing their face. It's what people do to get away with bad deeds. Especially combined with a hood or cap pulled down low.

Exactly!! We are conditioned, for a very good reason, to be wary of people in masks. It’s no wonder we are in a constant state of fear.

I wish the Danish study could find a publisher! Though probably be squished like the Singapore(?) study which showed cloth masks increases the risk of not only COVID, but other infections too.

Face visor teacher seemed to give up on that by about lunchtime (as I expected if I didn't make a fuss)!

@DominaShantotto

Face visor teacher seemed to give up on that by about lunchtime (as I expected if I didn't make a fuss)!

That's good news.

@SirSamuelVimes may I ask when you take your tablet? When I started on Citalopram many years ago, someone suggested taking it at night so the worst of the side effects were whilst sleeping. Luckily for me it didn't disrupt my sleep (I know it does for some) and I've taken it at night ever since.

I also can’t see properly with my mask on. I refuse to go up and downstairs in shops. Last time I had to take my glasses off to see going down the stairs. But I did wanted to visit the craft bit of the shop(not very essential).
My glasses fit my face and even the tiny bit of fabric pushes my glasses off my face
I feel in a bad mood today for no reason.

[quote Blobby10]**@SirSamuelVimes may I ask when you take your tablet? When I started on Citalopram many years ago, someone suggested taking it at night so the worst of the side effects were whilst sleeping. Luckily for me it didn't disrupt my sleep (I know it does for some) and I've taken it at night ever since.[/quote]
I may switch to this. Used to be that I had trouble sleeping so I took in the morning last time, but I did that today and I've been so tired all day, as well as feeling shite in other ways! So maybe will take tomorrow's one in the evening instead.

@SirSamuelVimes you have my sympathies on the nausea, I had it when I started on sertraline a few months ago. Gaviscon helped a bit (boring caveat: do check for interactions etc). It faded after a few days.

@countrygirl99

I'm glad it's not just me can't get the hang of my glasses not steaming up.

Nope, me too. And I can't see a bloody thing below my eyeline, packing shopping and finding my purse in my bag is a fucking nightmare.

@MissEWeatherwax

I also can’t see properly with my mask on. I refuse to go up and downstairs in shops. Last time I had to take my glasses off to see going down the stairs. But I did wanted to visit the craft bit of the shop(not very essential). My glasses fit my face and even the tiny bit of fabric pushes my glasses off my face I feel in a bad mood today for no reason.

Glad I am not the only person who finds this. Thought I was a freak. My glasses just don’t sit on my face properly with a mask on and my vision is sort of distorted. This and the constant steaming up is an accident waiting to happen. I have taken to wearing a permanent scarf so I can pull it up and down as required.

on a mask thread where school has asked parents to wear masks even though v rural barely any parents there, doesnt get within 10m of a teacher

nearly all responses are JUST WEAR A FUCKING MASK DONT BE SELFISH etc

i just helpfully commented that if school had asked op to only walk backwards and spin 3 times because it warned off covid that these posters would probably be saying JUST DO THE SPINS DONT BE SELFISH

the thing is - i bet they would.

Lady I read that article and was struck by the age thing too. My DF lost his balance due to a neurological thing so it's something I've always been aware of. A lot of it is how we transfer our weight and get into patterns of movement that aren't really how our bodies are supposed to work, you see a lot of older people move from side to side as they walk because they've forgotten to transfer weight effectively in their pelvis. Yoga is good and also dance because you're coordinating in different dimensions. I've also done Feldenkrais, which is all about getting the mobility back into your body so that you're moving "correctly", it's fascinating learning about the patterns we get into vs how we were originally built to move.

Just seen a post from a woman on a community Facebook group I'm on.

She has got covid and caught it from her friend who is now in hospital, her friend caught it from her cousin. She feels rubbish and has gone off on one about how she has now got it because of all the selfish twats who refuse to wear a mask.
So many comments along the lines of "oh no hun I'm so sorry, the selfish bastards hope you feel better soon" but none calling out the mental gymnastics required to make her covid, which she got from a friend who got it from her family, the result of some mysterious maskless stranger.

She also stated that she is posting it as a plea for people to wear their masks, not for attention (course you're not, hun)