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The PND is a B(&ch Club

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expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 21:20

anyone care to join the club no one wants to be in?

The Lustral is helping the panic attacks. That's the good news.

But I'm having a BAD day depression-wise.

Grrrr.

I need to go clean the kitchen once DD2 settles here.

I'm going to chalk it up to DD1 getting up ultra early today.

I think . . .

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mistressmiggins · 21/03/2006 21:24

aaah

I read this as "Beach Club" and thought YES nearest I'll get to a beach this yr Grin

Im on Lustral - helps

Im sure DD1 waking early didnt help
lots of things dont help - thats PND - noone can fix it and you jsut have to ride it out

my Pina colada is ready Grin

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expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 21:27

A pina sounds FAB! Would remind me of warm days to come. Yeah, I like that idea. I think I have some coconut milk in the cupboard, even. :)

Yes, it's a lovely, deserted beach here.
Wink

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Chandra · 21/03/2006 21:28

NOt in lustral but all my symphathies.

Are you doing anything else to help it apart of the ADs?

mistressmiggins · 21/03/2006 21:30

oh yes I deffo have coconut milk in cupboard- nearly made some kind of Thia meal today...

I would leave kitchen til tom and have a bath or something instead

my DD (20 mths) woke yesterday at 4.30am and just cried on off for next 2 hrs til I brought her into bed
this morning 3.30am ish I was wide awake so came on MN as couldnt be arsed reading

hope I sleep like baby tonight

feeling better?

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expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 21:30

Counselling, Chandra, and Omega 3s. Also iron supplements - I only eat meat once or twice a week - and B vitamin supplement.

I also walk at least two miles/day pushing a double buggy.

The counselling is mostly for the anxiety, which has greatly attenuated. Now it's just depression. 'Just' depression. LOL!

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expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 21:31

dd1 just crashed! she was up for 6.45. she hadn't fallen asleep till 9 the night before.

she's shattered today. took her to tumble tots and then the playground.

got her nice and knackered and then put lavender oil in her bath water. Wink

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Chandra · 21/03/2006 21:33

Expat, does it hit you worse over the winter? I think that us, sunny types, definitively need more light to keep depression at bay... I still wonder how much of my PND depression was actually SAD...

You are going to think I'm crazy but, I had a bit of hypnotherapy for the anxiety and heavens! I have not been so relaxed in decades, problem is... I might be getting a bit too relaxed for my own good! Shock

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expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 21:38

Yeah, I'd say the winter deffo affected it! It makes me feel trapped. As in, when it's warm, it's like being outside is my fall back. I used to take DD1 out for hours and hours - she was born in June of the hottest summer in British history - and felt so much better for it.

But it's not a possibility and it feels confining.

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Mirage · 21/03/2006 21:38

Can I reluctantly join your club?.Was diagnosed with depression/anxiety today,stemming from PND after dd1's birth 2.5 years agoSad.I'm back on Fluoxetine for the 4th time.

Chandra,did hypnotherapy really work for you?I have been considering it for my anxiety,but after NLP failed to help me,wasn't sure what to try next.

Chandra · 22/03/2006 08:30

Mirage, it has, I went because when I got a little stressed my ability to speak in other language simply disapeared. The problem is gone and in addition I noticed my anxiety levels are at their lowest. I started with a new job a few weeks ago and where in other times I would have been frantic preparing for the day, or getting anxious about the situation... I didn't worry at all on the previous days, didn't bother to prepare anything, and went to my first day of work as relaxed as when I take DS to the playground... incredible, isn't it? I think I was lucky to find a very good therapist, if you are in the north I would highly recommend her.

Chandra · 22/03/2006 08:35

However... does NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming? if so, I believe that's the sort of therapy I had.

Rewally surprised though, I would have never expected it to work this well just after two sessions (long sessions though)

Mirage · 22/03/2006 20:48

Yesd,it was Neuro Linguistic Programming.I only had 1 long session though,I couldn't afford more.

I'm glad it worked so well for you.I get stressed out by noise,in particular barking dogs (a result of living next to an inconsiderate neighbour for years).I get snappy with the dd's & it really isn't fair on them.

I'm in Leicestershire,so right in the middle of the country.

Chandra · 23/03/2006 19:57

Have you considered the possibility of having a special sensitivity to that kind of noise. The noise of radio static, acute sounds and certain voice tones get in my nerves so bad that I could hit somene out of desperation. To me that feels as bad as hearing the continuos noise of somebody scratching a fingernail across a blackboard. Has nothing to do with anxiety though...

jmum6 · 23/03/2006 20:23

Can i join your club too?! Am on ad (citalopram) and yes can't wait for long sunny days too - hopefully make a bit of difference.

What is Neuro Linguistic Programming? And will it help me?

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