March 2014 - Thread 6 - Spending more time with pornographers and less time with our heads in the toilets hurrah!

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I'm feeling horrid, too, and have done for the last 48 hours. I'm trying to cut my antidepressants from 10-5mg but I am short-tempered, irritable and have that dizzy feeling boxers get when they're punched in the head. I get it every time I try to reduce my tablets further from 10-5mg but my GP resolutely believes it's all in my head and not physiologically possible. He says the brain cannot recognise such a small reduction. He's wrong.

SoSurprised, lovely news about your scan.

Fox, is your sister a convert to Islam? You're white British, right?

Oh Pram that sounds tough. It may be that you need time to adjust to the lower dose?

If the brain doesn't recognise the reduction, surely it's bad sense to even make 2 different doses? Surely they'd only make the smaller dosage and halve the cost of the drug?

total echoing the sentiments of everyone else - have they offered you the diagnostic testing?

pram you can do it!

Aw, fanks, ladies. It's a First World problem really, but I am feeling manic, shouty and irascible, all at the same time. What you say makes sense, Jolls. My pills are actually 20mg (I started off on 40mg a day) but I snapped them in half easily to make them 10mg. Now that I want to come off them entirely I am having to bite the halves into quarters which is often unsuccessful (I think I'm only getting a crumb instead of a quarter). To this end I have done my research and told the GP I want the liquid version of my Seroxat which comes with a teeny 2.5mg spoon. He laughed and said this is unnecessary as the dizziness etc is all in my head. He said it is actually a phallacy that 10mg of any antidepressant has any effect and hence I should not be feeling side effects from going from 10-5mg (or off them altogether)

..in other words he is saying that 10mg pills for depression are a placebo and only work at 20mg or above.

Your doctor is an idiot. Can you see someone else?

Yep, your doc appears to have been slapped with the stupid stick. Is it a bloke? Ask to see a female doc, make it sound delicate...a more diplomatic way to get a second opinion.

I'm watching Great British Bake-off on iPlayer. It would be 100% better if it didn't have Mel and Sue as presenters, trying and failing to be funny. Can't stand them.

What's everyone else up to this fine evening?

Pram you have to see another gp, yours sounds totally crap!

I feel sooooo sick and soooo tired. Too tired for pissy sheets. Turns out night one was a fluke and dd has wet repeatedly the last 2 nights which means we are all shattered. I bought a pack of pull ups today!

Lyra - leave Sue alone! I like Sue I'm watching too...even delayed going home so I could watch it lol.

I agree with the others Pram, get a second opinion.

Definitely leave Mel n Sue alone Lyra . I remember watching them on Late Lunch in my student days.

I'm watching Bake Off too, I've never heard of this Floating Island dessert thingy!

Sorry Joll, but Sue is the worst of the pair. Mel is just about tolerable. I'm a bit behind, only watching episode 1. Not sure how many there have been so far.

Sorry Frank, but I didn't like them even way back when they were popular. They make me cringe.
I've seen someone make a floating island thingy on Come Dine. Is it a meringue floating on some creamy stuff?

Oh god, I hate Mel!

Mummy Nowt wrong with going back - seriously, who wants to be changing sheets every night. Not me and DC3 has decided to go back to her Scando roots and strip off every night. Found her starkers in a puddle of wee the other night. But she had put her socks back on. Back to front grobag has solved that one.

Total Sorry to hear you're so worried. I hope you feel a bit better soon.

Jolls, Gawj and anyone else (sorry, on phone) I am SO sorry to hear you have people like that in your life. Pram you sound like you've been through a lot. How strong to come out on the other side, with a sense of humour about it all. In a really good way, coz I think she's fab, you remind me of Nessa in Gavin and Stacy. 'Yep, that remind me of the time I slept with Elvis...'

Wish I could say there are exciting things afoot here but I'm on the sofa, waiting for something good to come on (is three any point?) and trying to avoid the mountain of folding that needs to be done. I don't iron anything, so I should at least fold it.

I'm skipping back a bit now - back to exercise. I loved aquanatal! All sorts of good.

A whole week until my scan...there's a nice bump there so hoping all's well.

Happy evening!

Frank I remember that too - thought they were hysterical!

Frankel it's a VERY old dessert that's long since fallen out of favour practically everywhere in England. They're still quite popular in Portugal though...OH craves them quite a lot as they remind him of home.

The third episode is on BBC2 at the moment. Yes the Floating Islands is meringue blobs floating on custard. Looks a very 70s dessert to me!

Evening!

Well you've all been busy nattering about all sorts!

I've been feeling grumpy much of the day, probably due to tiredness and feeling rough.

Decided to cheer myself up with a nice chip butty at lunchtime... enjoyed for all of 5 mins then was sick, and felt hideous for rest of day. Sad that the chip butty didn't live up to expectations. Sigh!

Notice that quite a few of you are talking about costs of prams etc. For those of you who are 1st time Mums or on certain benefits (can't remember which ones) it is worth checking out www.gov.uk/sure-start-maternity-grant as you may be entitled up to £500 which would put a nice dent in cost of buying baby stuff. So hopefully that will bring a smile to some of your faces.

X-post Jolleigh

Dd actually didn't give a toss, she was way too excited about the Minnie Mouse pull ups.

Dh is having dramatics because he thinks he has tonsil stones. But he won't let me show him YouTube videos of them being removed. Wuss.

Evening all, mummypig ds1 is the same, he doesn't want to go into yr 1 cos he doesn't like writing and you don't get to play!!!

Pram talk, my parents are buying too. I'm going for the mothercare expedite. £250 for the travel system and fab reviews.

Mussies, an absolute essential for all reasons already mentioned and ds2 uses his as comfort blankets now.

Gawjus I agree with the others. Don't tell him. At least not face to face.

Doppler, I've tried a few times but haven't had any success yet.

Think that's all. Oh no, total a really scary time. My cousins came back as 1 in 3. As much as someone has to be the one, 2 in her case, 94 in yours have to be the others.

Real munchies tonight. Can't get enough of jam and peanut butter on toast!!

Slippers, I do hope folks on here don't think I'm one of those 'been there done that' people who feels they need to share something shocking when others do. I'm really not like that. The truth is I've had an unbelievable life in terms of weird dads, mental illness (mine and dad's), alcoholism and all the stuff in between which has made me who I am today. I tend to overshare but it's not for attention or to shock; I genuinely am an open book and I like talking plus I don't get out much I don't suffer fools gladly which sometimes leads me to jump in when others are having a tough time and try to 'rescue' them.

I have learned so much from my dad in terms of what not to put up with in a man. I really don't know why my mother put up with her suffering for so long. I do believe men are capable of hurting other human beings in ways that women simply are not. Alas, my dad has led me to this conclusion and it is true that we learn our behaviour from our parents. I have been very ill on several occasions in the past with mental health issues and only in recent years have I shut the door on my more deviant sexual peccadilloes. I blame it all on my dad but, after many years of watching him suffer, I really love him now. Forgiveness is the most powerful gift we can give to ourselves and to others.

I like Mel & Sue but is it really necessary for lesbians to be so scruffy?