"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.

Thanks snowy

Hello everyone

(I used to be kizzie but managed to mess up the re-registering thing so changed name.)

nananina just seeing that you are going through a medication change and finding it difficult. Just wanted to say that Ive had to do this a couple of times and i definately had significantly increased anxiety before it all calmed down again - but it did calm down after a while so fingers crossed that wont take too long for you.
Ive had a look back through the thread but i cant find why you needed to change. Hope things are better this week.

I'm going through a 'bloody blip' ... so just trying to start myself on self help things. (still on low dose tricyclic.)

Hello,
I hope you don't mind me joining in. I've been on citalapram for 6 months now, and I've been on a bumpy old ride. For the last few weeks, maybe months I've been feeling generally normal, but last Thurs I woke feeling really angry and odd. It was the day before my period, and since I've felt quite up and down. This morning I'm at work, and feel very out of it, slightly panicky and off. I was really hoping this would be over by now... has anyone else had similar 'blips' and do they get further and further apart? XX

Welcome back, blossommy Sorry you're having a blip

Welcome inthewoods4 I get blips too, I don't find there's any pattern to them, maybe someone else might have more insight?

I'm feeling fairly awful This blip has gone on a few days now.

Thanks snowy
inthewoods I think its quite common when you are recovering for it not to be a straight road. So have a period of feeling ok but then suddenly out of nowhere have a blip. Try and hold on to fact that youve been feeling ok and that will happen again in near future.
You mentioned that the blip started the day before your period - thats probably not a coincidence and youve just had a partic bad month hormone wise.
Hope it clears asap.

(((snowy))) that's rubbish. What will do this evening?

welcome inthewoods and blossomy. I think blips fairly common among people on here. Lack of sleep, something stressful or sometimes no reason at all . Hope its a short blip.

Just popping in to say Hi. Spent the day cleaning (boring) but house does look a lot better (it was not nice). Fasting too so hoping the two of those explain why I'm feeling rather bleurh this evening. Dh is making an effort, but I'm not really interested which is less than ideal

hello to everyone else out there.

I'm watching South African Masterchef for distraction right now. Thanks for the hugs.

Well done on the cleaning CIQ! And on the fasting, easier said than done.

Thanks snowy wow that's a bit different! I'm going to brave the David Beckham goes to Brazil later .

By the way, I am starving but ate loads last week... I might go crazy and have a giant salt and vinegar rice cake in a minute!

Hello - another crap day here but I started to lift about 6.00 so feeling reasonably human!

Kizzie/Blossomy Hello - I remember your old thread was "Blip blip blippity blip" and that was a long time ago. The reason I am changing meds is because this year has been horrendous - by far the worse one in the last 5 since I relapsed. I am reducing imipramine and introducing sertraline. I am in secondary care so have a CPN (who is lovely and very supportive) and see the psychiatrist on a regular basis, and it is his suggestion that I make this change. I'm still having bloody blips, and that's putting it mildly. Have you gone long without any or are you a regular "blipper" (hope not......)

Welcome inthewoods I think the answer to your question is Yes! You're luck to have gone so long without any blips, but let's hope it's soon over. I think depression/anxiety is such a deceitful illness as just when we think we are ok the blips come and knock us over again.

Oh Snowy I had a feeling you were really struggling. It's time you saw your CPN isn't it - hope she finally makes it this week. Are you still feeling zonked out on the meds. I know when you are really low with depression it makes it harder for you to ignore the voices. I know I always say this, but listening to music through your headphones usually takes the edge of things doesn't it.

Do hope you get a good night's sleep.

Hi CIQ why are you fasting? Have you thought any more about couple counselling for you and DH?
Hi Lem sorry to hear you are "up against it again."

Hi Nana I am attempting to do the 5:2 Fast diet so shed the three quarters of a stone I've put on the last year. Not a lot, but I don't like it.

Yes am thinking of couples counselling. Am seeing my counsellor tomorrow as they organisation she works for has relationship counsellor on their books. The other alternative is relate. But I need to finish my individual counselling first I think.

Struggling to keep up as my lap top is broken. Overwhelmed by life just now.

Hi everyone.

We had a changeover in our broadband provider, so was a 4 day gap of zilch internet :(

DS and DD were checking every 15mins for wifi since Friday - and didn't I just know it.... Until just after 7pm today!

I will need to read back through the thread to catch up properly.

I have struggled the past two days and can see a few others have too :(

Hugs to you all xx

Thanks NN, wise words as always.

Oh ((( LEM ))) anything we can do?

That must have been challenging, collardove, I'm sorry you're struggling too

Today has been a couch day

(((( Victrix ))))

(((( all ))))

I hope tomorrow is a better day for all.

Am doing OK, but Quetiapine has put my appetite up - and it feels like such a healthy appetite iykwim but is really not. Hence buying a load of bread and pate and dips and making a batch of cheese scones and eating nearly all of them. Am not fighting it - concentrating on ensuring I take meds at roughly the right times. Finding it hard to get up in the morning. Going on with the weeding and landscaping of the garden - well, shoving some old tiles in to make a kind of steps/path.

LEM it's things like your laptop breaking on top of everything that can just be Too Much. A bit more niggly than yours, but when I arrived home after discharge, the hall light blew. And I thought "here we go, another thing to add to my infinite list of things to do"

I still have many moments when I feel daunted, but am trying to relax a little - I always say that I think I take life Too Seriously and that's what pulls me down.

Sound all me me me, but hoping some of it may relate to all you lot - who I think have it worse than me.

I don't feel right. I feel like crying but can't. I just feel empty and it's horrible.

I know that feeling, Victrix Are you trying to sleep? Even lying horizontally allows you some rest, even if you don't drop off. I must go in minute, I think if I stay up late, the Quetiapine goes on working for longer in the morning.

I am not ashamed to say that, if I need to, I still suck my thumb, hold a teddy, or sleep clutching a pillow, just for a bit of self-comfort.

Me too up very late - I also know that empty feeling Victrix - flat and empty maybe - like someone else has invaded your mind. Horrid indeed.

Hope you can get some sleep. I must go to bed soon

Thanks Silvery, NN - mind invasion is a very good description.

The cat came and purred at me for a bit which helped.

Have managed a few hours of sleep, am wandering about downstairs now though rather than staring at the ceiling- will go back to bed in a bit.

Fuck. My breast lump needs to be reassessed trying not to lose it :(

Hello everyone... sorry im not much use with magical cures but sending you all for a better day
nananina im really keeping fingers crossed that your switch over is as smooth as possible.

You may have already talked about this - but I have found T.E.A. forms useful in the past (a really simple way to do CBT.)
So you take a piece of A4 paper and make three collumns. First one is 'T' - thoughts. (so eg Im useless.)
2nd one is 'E' Error (so eg. all or nothing thinking / looking through negative glasses). 3rd one is 'A' Alternative (so eg. actually I'm a good friend/ I got dressed today/ I've got some qualifications etc etc

Hi all, such a nice sunny day yet it has no effect on my struggling mood...

I had a disagreement with DS last night and am still upset about it today. It was over something so silly, but I became quite hysterical :(

Lem - Sorry to read your post :( I am thinking of you. How soon until they get you in for the reassessment?

Victrix, NanaNina and Silvery I hope you all managed to get a bit of quality sleep. NN 'mind invader' description is spot on.

Snowy - how are you today? Is your CPN apt still on for Thursday?

Blossommy - I will distract myself with found a T.E.A. Form this afternoon.
I have not heard of that before.

CIQ, Lollipop, DumDum, Nethuns, InTheWoods and anyone I have neglected to mention, hope you are all ok?

Hugs to all :)

Well my mind has been invaded once again - feel really bad - only just got up - and my head aches from crying. I've e mailed my CPN - she's coming on Friday. Just the rest of the day and night to get through. Sorry folks can't say much more.