"Summer is Coming, the Village is warm and safe - support for depression, anxiety and other MH issues"

[LollipopViolet]

New thread, everyone :) First attempt at a thread title for us.

I've just posted on the old one, am really struggling today. Was feeling numb, still do, to be honest. Need to get myself through today.

How's today going for everyone?

Bloody headmonster has woken up and tramping around my head with hobnail boots on. Might have to zap with some diazepam. Feeling totally overwhelmed. Broke friends hoover so instead of helping made her feel worse am sure. Freaking out big time about my lump. My mums dog lump was nasty needs surgery. I cant help but think mine has been misdiagnosed. I am going to implode

(((( LEM )))) Diazepam sounds like a plan. Can you do anything to distract from your worries about the lump? I know it's very hard to do.

Have a great trip victrix :)

Hey snowy :) I actually managed to kick myself to get out of bed & have a much needed shower & attend my group therapy. I'm glad I went it has lifted me a little bit. Just got home and now plonked in front of tv watching Disney channel with dd. Hoping to keep my spirits up for today at least :) Britian's got talent is a good choice!

((( lem ))) diazepam is a good call. Saying a big *F

Arghh posted too soon.... Stupid fat fingers!!!

Saying a big F off to ur head monster!!! snowy is right anything u can do to distract urself?

Well done for getting up and out, DD32!

Thanks snowy I can now feel my mood dipping again though thanks to the lovely weather we are having :(

Hello everyone - it's taken until now (7.00) to start to feel half human. I had an e mail from my lovely CPN saying to contact her if I need to and she'll come out and see me. This week I'm only reducing my usual meds from 200mgs per day to 150mg per day but

Lem is your headmonster related to mine I wonder. This HA really does have you in it's grip hasn't it. What would help (other than diazepam) is it because you can still feel something in your breast. Would re-assurance from a GP help, although I find that once HA gets a grip it's bloody hard to cope with it......do you think your friend's breast cancer is playing on your mind and increasing your anxiety.

Snowy glad you managed to get a good night's sleep and thank you for the hugs. Are your meds still making you feel tired. How did the therapy go yesterday - that is a dead cert for causing emotional exhaustion!

Well done DumDum for getting out to your therapy group. I have been contemplating whether I am ok to take a cake I've made to my sisters all afternoon and wimped out, but will go now as I feel a bit better.

Victrix is off to foreign parts - hope it's a good holiday.

How are you collardove CIQ (oh god my mind's gone blank) and anyone else I've forgotten.

Oh dear NN, I hope things pick up for you! My meds still make me tired, therapy was ok, I'm managing.

Nana - its funny. In some ways it helps and in other ways makes it worse. She is so lovely so why her and not me?

Sorry not following thread well feel terrible

((( LEM ))) You can always come and talk here, we're here for everyone through good and bad times.

Hi everyone.

I have finally resurrected myself out of bed since returning there at 2pm.

So after a cream of tomato soup (what else on such a miserable day) and cheese sandwich, I am ready to return to my lair.

Not a good day today. Head overloaded with to many thoughts, replaying situations and fear of future.

Hope to wake in a better frame of mind tomorrow x

Just popping in to say Hi. Ds birthday today and trip to natural history museum. All went well. Knackered now.

Take care all.

collardove. I hope tomorrow is a better day.
You take care too, CIQ

Thanks dumdum snowy nana -am trying to fuck my head monster off. Just overload today and my friends coffee (will have to say no tomorrow) she makes it for me because she knows I love it but its too strong.

Collared I hope you feel better -soup and cheese sarnie sounds lush. Bed sounds good too in such pants weather.

Natural history museum in half term? Are you mad? ;) glad it went well xx

Just popping in to wish everyone a good night... May we all have a peaceful sleep & may tomorrow start of well for us all xxx

Hi all,

Sorry so many of us are having a crap time.
Hugs LEM, dumdum collar snowy Nana everyone x
CIQ that's great, glad you got the chance to enjoy your son's birthday .

I had a hard weekend, ds2's birthday so lots of visitors , dh is going through one of his hypomanic stages so rather exasperating (I really should be sympathetic!!) and the school has identified a problem with ds1 (8yrs) which we have wondered about before. It seems pretty likely that he has ADD . He has ALL the signs to the nth degree. He is very hard work and I feel so sad for him, my poor wee boy . It all makes sense framing it in that context and part of me is relived that there's something. We've an apt to see the pead next month and will be looking at NON MED ways of managing it. I feel gutted and exhausted and used up and confused... but fine apart from that

Good luck for next month's paed appt, nethunsreject

How did everyone sleep? Mine was okish.

I hope you got rid of the head monster LEM

I got up for my shopping delivery, but I'm curled up in bed again (level 2)

Oh another utterly crap day here - didn't get up till 4.30 when DP came home and cried all over him. Would just like to quietly expire so I don't have to cope with all this shit. I've e mailed my CPN and she'll phone or come round I know, but there isn't anything she can do. Just praying the new meds (that I start next Mon) will make a difference but I know that they cause increased anxiety and other symptoms for about 2 weeks - well that's what I've read on here but we're all different aren't we.

Nethuns I know you've mentioned about your eldest boy being very sensitive before (I have got that right haven't I) and hope he can get the help and support he needs. Primary schools are usually very good at putting in support, more so than secondaries and he has 3 more years at primary hasn't he.......oh your adjectives paint a very stark picture of how you feel! Might try that myself.....would go something like this .....feeling empty, flat, unmotivated, sad, tearful, uninterested in anything and hate to say this" envious of DP" and his robust health, not that I wish anything bad on him as he is my rock.

Hi Snowy CIQ Lem DumDum collardove (how are you?) and anyone else I've forgotten.

((( nethunsreject ))) hope ur pead's appt goes well & your DS gets the right level of support he needs & u of course.

((( snowy ))) hope the rest in bed has helped.

((( lem ))) how r u today? Hope it's been a better day.

((( NN ))) hope the cpn comes back to you soon. It's not nice feeling this way I should know seem to be in a rut myself. I start a new med today which I'm hoping will work but like you said meds take time to take effect - well the right effect I mean - in my case it's usually 4 weeks! Hope u spirits lift a little this evening.

How is everyone else doing ? X

oh ((( NN ))) Switching meds is always difficult I hope the news ones don't take too long to work. I hope your CPN helps.

Take care all. I couldn't settle earlier, maybe tonight.

Crap day here.

Same as NN I stayed in bed most of the day. Only got coaxed downstairs in late afternoon by DS who bought doughnuts, and made hot chocolate - but on condition I got out of bed for it!

He is a good DS, unlike 16yr old DD. No sooner had I taken a sacred bite of jam doughnut she then immediately asked me to give her a lift to her friends house 6 miles away!

Sorry to hear many of you are so low in mood as me. This awful weather certainly does not help one jot.

Hugs to you all Snowy,NanaNina,Lem,Nethuns,Dumdum,CIQ x

I am going to have a bath with a new bubble bath - that is the highlight of my day!!

I will return to post a bit later x

Doughnuts and hot choc sounds yummy, I miss baths (only have a shower). I'm struggling,hope it's a blip.