Im really sorry to hear your news about the DDs gran Ed :( That is rough - you'll be there for them though, you are a great mum - have some 
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CiQ, maybe you could keep a mood diary and anything that triggers your moods write it down, just in note form if you aren't much of an essayist. Make notes of the weather, what you have eaten, what time you took meds etc. See if you can recognise a pattern over a period of time. To be fair i think we all feel better in the summer. Although i have to say that autumn is a close second for me. I love it when the beach is empty, the leaves on the ground etc.
Dumdum, i hope the voices workshops help, maybe you can find out what other people do to help with their voices. I read a really good book once by Sebastian Faulks of all people, called human traces, it was a fantastic book actually, although it made me feel a bit sad. It was about a guy who had schizophrenia and his brother became a top neuroscientist - back in the 1920s i think,possibly even earlier, in switzerland. He had a theory running throughout the book that folk who hear voices and have schizophrenia are using part of the brain that other folk have long since stopped using. He even alluded to the fact the vision seen by saints etc were due to similar processes, not that they were deluded, quite the opposite actually - brilliant brilliant book. May be too close to home, but it is certainly a different way of looking at things. Maybe snowy would find it interesting too. Lovely story anyway, he writes beautifully.
Hugs to all xxxx
Mama, i am really sorry but i can't recall yoru backstory, just that you often pop up on the thread with some really good advice and kind words - i hope you are doing ok xx
Vicar - when do you get the puppy?