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ThatVikRinA22 · 07/06/2013 19:19

My Friends... theres no need to feel down
i said My Friends..Pick yourself off the ground
i said My Friends, cause youre in a new town
theres no need to be unhappy....

Our new thread folks (number 5!!).....i need to dash as im on nights but i will be back!
love to all. xxx

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LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 11:46

They shouldn't have taken the money witout your permission Ed, the cheeky bastards - i would get on the phone to them and see if you can change/cancel. They always charge way ott for renewals anyway. £900 is really expensive for insurance, what do you drive, a porshe?? My DP pays about £250 and that is with 6 points on his licence. Is the old policy finished yet?

EdwiniasRevenge · 04/07/2013 12:23

Dunno answer to al those.

Thimk due for renewal on 13th.

I normally pay about £400.

Shit.

I will open some letters tomorrow cos MN will coach me through it.

Right now I need to prepare some stuff for a guide leaders meeting. ..including tidying my house.

EdwiniasRevenge · 04/07/2013 12:24

Oh and that is for a zafira with max no claims....sigh
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LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 12:28

Right, so you can cancel it then, The policy hasn't started yet so you can get your money back. We never use the same insurer one year after the next as they always put the policy up. I know its horribly cliche but do go onto one of the comparison sites, you will safe yourself a fortune, seriously. You may even get a free meerkat toy - which of course will turn your life around! HmmGrin But seriously, all is not lost, as the policy wont have started you wont be charged a redemption, cheeky bastards for trying it on.

Oh and its good news about uni, bit of a pisser about the school but at least you wont have to start from scratch with the placement.

I need to tidy my house too, trouble is,every time i bloody move i get toothache Hmm that has to be one of my best excuses to date.

LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 12:30

I am willing to bet you can get a cheaper quote that that. Mercedes C class, with points on license (which are thankfully coming off this year) and it was two hundred and something, that is only third party but i don't think full comp was THAT much more. All you have to do is go onto one of the comparison sites, stick your details in and it will come up with the quotes, takes ten minutes, you don't have to act on it!

LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 12:47

Right - i don't know where to post this, because i dont want to have to repeat all the fecking background which is the reason my patience is running out.

After a horrible weekend last week, i really want this weekend to be nice. Anyway, my mother is driving me mad again - its a total trigger. She is convinced that her sister has damaged stuff in her house, it is beyond ridiculous. She has spent WEEKs cleaning destroying her cooker hob (its a halogen jobby) the cooker is about 30 years old! She is insistant that her sister (who lives in australia!) put chewing gum on the hob, wait for it, 7 years ago, but my mum didnt notice until recently Hmm This is on top of the whole record of the sister stealing stuff from my mums house (some of tht will be true) and it was a whole horrible saga that resulted in them not speaking for years then her DS husband died and they made it up, my mum has just dredged it all out again. Even after the argument with DP on friday when i begged my mum to come and sit with DD (she was in bed) so i could go and find DP (i had an idea where he would go) she wouldn't. The next morning she summoned DP round to hers on the pretence of him lifting something (it turned out there was nothing to lift, i thought she was wanting to talk about me because i was in such a state, but no, it was the fucking cooker, she wanted him to look at, nothing to do with me Hmm) So today i get a phone call, will i go round - she tells me that she is going to go to australia to do the same to her sisters stuff, that she will fly out one day, come back the next, "only i need someone to organise the flight for me" i said, i wouldn't that i dont want to be involved, she ssaid she knows someone who will do it for her - i haven't a clue who, but there you are. She is determined. At this point my toothache started up, i am getting jolting pains from an exposed nerve and it really knocks me - so i managed to make an excuse and leave.

She has already called her nephew and told him that if his mum comes over to england again, which is her intention, she will send her home in a box (and she MEANS it). He was naturally really upset about it, sent me a message on facebook, i apologised but haven't heard back. He suggested dementia and i bet all of you think this too, my mother is 75, aunt is 83!!! But its not out of character and this is why i don't know what to do, my mother has always been jealous and vindictive and selfish and this is something that has been going on for years. Christ i have lost count of how many good hidings i got for stealing because she couldnt find something straight away - i have never EVER stolen from her! So its not like he has suddenly gone mad Hmm

I know that if i mentioned this to DP (sadly i dont feel i can talk to him about anything just now as i just want things to be nice) he would just say, oh welll you know what she is like, she wont go - but really, is it the point? The only thing that will stop her is she wont be able to organise it, but then she has surprised me with that she can organise recently so you never know, she has only got to go to the travel agents and they will do it all. It will take all her money, and im not sure she has enough but also if she goes via travel agent she will end up with expensive flight etc etc. But tough, i don't want any part of this.

I am thinking i should go to see her doctor - who is my doctor, but that has a whole saga behind it too and ive only just persuaded my mum to trust the doctor again. Also, whilst i am concerned for her MH i genuinely don't think its dementia. There are no other signs, no memory loss and cognition is good. My dad had alzheimers and this is nothing like that, it is just that she is bored out of her head, wont engage with anyone and I am at a loss as to what to do.

Sorry this is stupidly long but only really you guys understand where i am coming from when i say i just can't deal with this - i feel like a selfish, useless daughter but I just can't be doing with it - what will happen if i speak to her doctor?

TheSilveryPussycat · 04/07/2013 13:04

LEM I can't see that there's much else you can do except speak to her GP. It could be that something like mild vascular dementia has worsened how she is naturally. I take it you are an only child?

LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 13:19

Yes, its just me Silvery - my dad had vascular dementia, this is nothing like that and i'm reluctant to involve the doctor because then my mum will take against me and then there will be no one to keep an eye on her. If that makes sense? She has been like this all her life, the only reason its the sister that is copping for it now is that my dad isn't here anymore and i don't live there etc.

SnowyMouse · 04/07/2013 13:24

I hope your GP can help in some way, sounds very difficult.

ColouringInQueen · 04/07/2013 13:38

lem that sounds so tough and I completely understand how difficult it is to live with. I would speak to her GP - just so they're aware - would you class it as a worsening of that side of her personality? Forgive me for asking if stupid question, but is she depressed? She sounds very angry.

ed you can definitely get a cheaper quote. We've had success recently with Direct Line (not on the comparison sites) but a v competitive quote.

vicar that sounds seriously extreme re: your eating post-op. I guess you will become a connoisseur of fresh soups and fruit purees? Got to be a weight-loss mechanism though surely? good luck.

Hi snowy, hoochy, spc and anyone else reading.

I'm not doing so good today. Did have an OK time with dsis and fiancé last night, tho pretty anxious. This morning feeling very low again, have managed to resist bed, but have just been watching tv. DH is doing well work-wise and the kids are getting on really well with him - makes me feel like I am completely surplus to requirements and in fact just a hindrance, and should have done the deed in Feb when I was planning to. Sad I know I'm tired and that's not helping. Hope I pick up before Sat - DH and kids have a special birthday day planned for me. Have hair appt in an hour which I really need, but I look so knackered and miserable it is not appealing! Hey ho.

Take care all x

LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 13:44

Oh CiQ you are not surplus to requirements, don't ever think that :( Its GOODthat the kids get on well with DH, and you are part of that too - the fact that they can be so at ease with each other - thats because you are a good mum. I feel a bit on the outside too sometimes and it does make me sad but I know that sometimes it is enough that i am just there, in the background. Good luck with the hair, and happy birthday for the weekend - i hate b-days too but its nice that something is planned. It is. xx

ColouringInQueen · 04/07/2013 13:55

Thanks lem I really appreciate your words. I feel like I'm a bit of a yo-yo on here recently. God its so hard sometimes - I do just want to retreat into a hole today. When I was a kid my mum was in the background (being depressed) and my dad was my parent and fun. I don't want to be a mum like mine was.

TheSilveryPussycat · 04/07/2013 15:22

CIQ you are not thinking straight darling, if you a) don't want to be like your mum was (in terms of depression) and b) feel surplus to requirements. As LEM says, you most certainly are not!

I am looking forward to hearing about your birthday celebrations, and I hope you can enjoy them. When I was coming out of depression, I found I enjoyed things retrospectively, even if I didn't think I was at the time...

I hate hair appts, and have solved this by not going, and having long grey messy hair Blush - although I have at last found a nice hairdresser who understands that I cannot blow dry my hair or do anything much to it really apart from let it dry naturally.

SnowyMouse · 04/07/2013 17:27

Thinking of everyone.

TheSilveryPussycat · 04/07/2013 19:25

Thinking of you too, snowy.

Hope my previous post didn't sound too patronising CIQ Blush

SnowyMouse · 04/07/2013 19:33

Thanks SPC, I have a similar arrangement with my hairdresser. i tried asking my CPN if she could come next week instead of tomorrow, she said tomorrow is best. Hmm She keeps changing tack, last week her reasoning was that we see each other weekly, now no reason given for 2 days between visits.

ColouringInQueen · 04/07/2013 20:08

Not patronising at all spc just lovely. Am also hoping I can enjoy weekend too. I don't find birthday celebrations very easy at the best of times. Dh goes to some trouble and he can be on the button or way off so am a little apprehensive.

Hair cut was ok - does look better now. And concealer under eyes helped too. Kids now in bed. I just can't think straight and am unsure why I've gone downhill consistently this week. Any chance my Hayfever meds (started at weekend) are affecting ad's? Also have such strong alcohol and sugar cravings I darent get on the scales the aamount of sweets cake and biscuits I've eaten this week Sad. Or could poss be hormones but I thought ssri's we supposed to treat pms!

Thinking of you too snowy and everyone here x

LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 20:24

I was wondering about the hayfever meds too. I started on cetrezne last week and now hhave an nasal spray from doctors. My anxiety has been ridiculously high this week. I tend to crave alcohol when im anxious Hmm I have also been eating like a thing posessed. Not good Shock

Spoke to DP about my mum and he thinks just leave it alone, if it were his mum we would be straight on the phone to GP because it would be out of character but this is nothing new for my mum. I'm bracing myself for a shed load of trouble

LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 20:26

snowy i know the cpn is a pain in the arse but i suppose you just have to go with it :(

ColouringInQueen · 04/07/2013 20:59

Hmm interesting lem my anxiety is worse this week and sugar craving worst I've ever had. .. will be asking gp on mon...

SnowyMouse · 04/07/2013 21:10

Thanks LEM, hugs to you too.

ColouringInQueen · 04/07/2013 21:14

Drugs.com say fluox and certriz may incr likelihood of dizziness, drowsyness and difficulty concentrating... im also thinking a lot of mine is pms - apparently progesterone affects serotonin and some people are more sensitive to this change. Another one for doc. I have always had pms and it has been worsening with age Hmm

LEMisdisappointed · 04/07/2013 22:46

Thats an interesting webside Ciq

ColouringInQueen · 05/07/2013 11:03

Morning everyone, hope you have blue skies too.

Seem to be doing better this morning after a lazy day yest. Did another walk and planning a tiny amount of gardening.

How's everyone doing?

TheSilveryPussycat · 05/07/2013 12:15

Had a rest Blush - feel fine, but need to get on, starting with completing the mowing of the front lawn. Hard to get going, but I will, just slowly!

CIQ am lucky that am retired, as I find I do need a lot of down time. I used to think it was laziness, but am now sure it isn't!