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[ThatVikRinA22]

new thread folks.....im losing track but i think this might be our 7th!

all welcome. old and new. This is a supportive place for anyone suffering with any type of mental health issue.

im on Sertraline (ADs) and have been since last December. I had 6 months off work with depression and anxiety and the ladies on these threads kept me going.

Feel free to post, to comment, to ask questions, or just to lurk and feel less alone.
everyone in the village is lovely.

The CPN's suggestion makes sense, a little Art therapy involves using whatever medium you like to create whatever you like, then talking about the process and/or finished product (but you don't have too).

I am freezing, no heating for art therapy.

How is everyone else? vicar, you must be exhausted. ((( all )))

The art therapist said she had to talk to my CPN because I mentioned suicidal thoughts (but no plans, just fleeting thoughts). I am better than I was.

So its my twin vicars fault I am so exhausted :(

So, so exhausted.

First full week this week.

I am going to aim to be in bed by 11pm tonight.

((snowy)) art therapy sounds good, hope it continues. Your fleeting thoughts, is it you looking for an escape from your current situation or more than that? (ignore if too intrusive)

ed you're doing so well, keep going, 3 days down, 2 to go, and def get into bed by 11.

Had a nice day with my dad and did a few fireworks in the garden with dcs which they really enjoyed . dh working again this eve...

oh sorry ed...nearly the weekend - your more than halfway through.

i havent got dressed today, my hair resembles catweazles.....i am trying to recover.

i had a marathon shift - annoying because i got stitched up a bit really - had to go and deal with a prisoner in another county....it was complicated but i got a good result - he was a danger to women and it was my job - he just happened to turn up over a 2 hour drive away. I got a good result though so it was worth it. My victim was very happy.
i am just very tired!

im goint to try and get to bed at a resonable hour tonight, i need to be up early tomorrow, am food shopping, then meeting a friend for lunch and im hoping i can pick my new specs up....ive gone for something very different for me! and im trying varifocals - my eyes have given up the ghost. it became very apparent yesterday when i was struggling to read stuff after 18 hours.....

sleep well ed

snowy your art therapist will be working under Safeguarding Rules, so she's obliged to tell your CPN about the thoughts. Presumably they are one of your most problematic symptoms, and the art therapy may help - at least there is something for the therapy to work on, iyswim. Actually I am a little bit of your art therapay, though I suppose I could always start painting off my own bat.

You can do it Ed! That sounds fulfilling, vicar, but challenging.

I'm surprised how accessible the art therapy was, there's 4 people including me now.

Wishing everyone luck for today!

Can't seem to get going today, plumber was supposed to be coming today but texted last night asking to rearrange by phone this morning, and then didn't ring me. It seems to have thrown me, I must shop for the weekend as car going in for clutch repair tonight. I will hibernate the laptop after this, and go!

So nice seeing your cheery post, snowy, I think you might have helped by giving me that little lift :)

Snowey - At least you say you're doing better. Hope it continues. I love art therapy where I am.

Am also putting on weight. Been on the ADs for almost a month (first week of which I was in hospital). I find that keeping 'well' and trying not to backtrack is very hard. Am fairly stable now but when I have a 'wobble' it really does shake the boat & make me feel like giving up all over again. And anxiety wise, I keep feeling tempted to break up with BF just because I can't handle another day of obsessing over imagined relationship worries. It's sad when I think about it because I 'know' nothing's wrong when i'm at my best/having a good day but it still creeps in a lot. It'd be such a waste. I really need to get them to hurry my therapy up i guess!

Am ok though. Scuse the waffling.

(Makes me feel like a stereotypical/hollywoodized crazy woman tbh. A la Glenn Close or something Nevermind).

Hi Vicar. I just clicked on your thread, haven't read it all the way through yet, but noticed the comments about omeprezole and iron absorption on the first page. I have been taking it for a while due to acid reflux, and am also taking fluoxetine since May. I didn't know about the iron position - could you tell me more?
Are you a big Smiths fan Vicar? I was, perhaps we should listen to them more - that would cheer us up!

Sorry, I meant to say I am asking because despite feeling much better since fluoxetine kicked in, I have in the last 2/3 weeks been feeling absolutely knackered and lifeless and could not think why.

MBAF - I've been having it with my ADs & it's wearing off but it's definitely a side effect of them (albeit the only one which is why i've stayed on them) and i've been tested for anemia etc to check for anything else. Maybe it's a side effect? Hope you feel less knackered soon. It's horrible at the time, especially if you already feel really drained from being ill etc

DS hasn't been sleeping and i can feel myself just feeling more desperate again. I've been feeling more positive lately but feel shit again the last few days from sleep deprivation. I can't seem to catch the negative thoughts/challenge them before they've made me feel crap & then beat myself up over not 'getting better' right...It's ridiculous written down but it's a hard one to crack.

I keep wishing I lived alone, no DS and no BF so I can just ride out the bad days without the added pressure of family/friends telling me how i'm not trying hard enough if I have the odd 'off' day. It just makes me feel ten times worse.

Hi kim

Am also trying to find a job (any job!) as I know it would help but having been out of work since DS was born is making it bloody awkward and the last 2 places I worked closed down (recession related) so I only have one bloody reference. Am trying not to get really really pissed off with it

Hi fellow job seekers - I've actually filled in an application form for a promising job in pre-school round the corner this afternoon, and am just going to drop it off, after finishing my

Orchard - I found people were quite understanding when I was returning to work after DC. Anyhow I was lucky and got first thing I applied for.
Wish it was as easy now, but am a bit hopeful about this one.

The reference aspect can be a right pain can't it?
I've got on very well with many colleagues over the years, but have also changed jobs a lot (enjoy variety!) - and having to give one from your last employer can sometimes be a bit problematic I find - not that I've done anything wrong but you don't know what they'll say ? Probably a spot of over anxiety on my part.

Anyone with any tips on references ?

Welcome to all the new and not-so-new people, I can't keep up.

I'm having a low day, but on a 2.

Tell me about the scale snowy ?
Sorry you're feeling blue x

Sorry you're not as cheery as your post might have suggested snowy [hug] I'll let you explain the levels...

Got in a nice lot of shopping, and have plans to do a cook and freeze day soonish. Car gone to be fixed. Tired but fine.

I may not remember right, but level 1=pjs, 2=dressed a bit/slob around the house clothes, 3=dressed to go out (please correct me).

My mood is a 3-4 out of 10.

That sounds nice and productive silvery !

Hello all old n new (sorry too long a list to name check)

snowy ive been at level one for a week now just cant b bothered with anything :(

Blimey Snowy, didn't know about those levels. I've been in PJs for three days except when I have to go out, when I've been in old jeans. Where does that level thing come from?

And since we're in the village, I'm making whisky toddies and spiced apple crumble tonight. Help yourself.

I can't remember who came up with those levels notagiraffe, it was someone on an earlier thread (anyone?).

I hope tomorrow is better kim (and all).