Autumn days in the village with lots of support for all kinds of MH problems - depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis etc

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Shiny new thread. xx

Sorry to hear that kat

I can't wait to get the cuff off, it's itching like anything.

I didn't find diazepam changed my periods, I don't know if it can?

(((( fuzzpig )))) (((( all ))))

I've never come across diazepam affecting periods. Maybe you're just having an odd month.

Thanks snowy & MP maybe I'm just having an odd month. I've seemed to have had more crappy days than usual the last few weeks. Maybe it's just due to feeling extra stressed out.

Thanks for the hugs :)

Writing today off is a good idea. Evening gone from bad to worse, DD in a complete meltdown over reading of all things (she LOVES reading and is good at it) and is now screaming in bed.

Time for a hot bath I guess!

pulledapart thanks for hugs xxx
Kat, sorry to hear about your ex, that's terrible.
fuzzpig hope the anxiety, and aches are not so bad tonight.
keema hope it went ok with crisis and care co.
MP the gardening sounds lovely. I haven't got a garden but have lots of pots outside my flat.
fluffy snowy NN collar victrix pyrr nethuns ((hugs))

fuzzpig sorry posted before I saw things had got worse..hope you can chill later x

Hi all. So sorry to hear your sad news, loveis. My goodness, tough one : (.
Keema, I hope the crisis team are helpful xxx
Fuzzy, sorry you're achy and stressed, hope the weekend gets better?
Vic, how are you this evening? Hope tiredness abates...
Nana, vicar, hi, hugs to you. Violets, snowy, pulled, spidey and collar, likewise , and mp, nice one getting set for return to work.

I'm sure I've missed someone??!?

Just taken my first dose of quietiapine (sp?) , terrified after stupidly googling it, but got over myself and only small dose to start.
Also on sertraline in mornings,been on it for ages.
See you in the morning, if quietiapine doesn't knock me out till late!

Oh Kat, that's awful Thinking of you and DD x

Hi all, how are things today? I'm a bit out of it on new med. Not sure I like it but will give it a few weeks.
Hope everyone is ok xx

Hi nethuns. Quetiapine can take a while to get used to but the sedation wears off after a couple of weeks. I take 800mg a day and still function.

Miserable day here so just doing domestic stuff with DP. Might light the fire as it's a bit chilly. Trying not to worry too much about going back to work on Monday.

Hope everyone else is having a good Saturday.

Hi everyone, can I join please? I'm bipolar - been well for 5 years and off meds. But now hypomanic again in response some some stress 2-3 months ago.

Hi everyone ..... I got the job! :)

Can i thank you all for your posts of support and encouragement that really helped me a great deal in the past 2 weeks.
I will start in a weeks time.

(((((Hugs and thanks to all)))))

Its a grim day here today with this rain. I will spend the afternoon on the sofa under a blanket watching a film on tv.

MP - good luck with your return to work on Monday

Congratulations collar, that's great news.

Hi bipolarity. I have bipolar too and have a recent spell in hospital for a manic episode. If you feel you're becoming unwell have you made contact with your MH services?

Hi bipolarity

Well done collar

Another day in bed for me I think. I am absolutely exhausted. Also I decided to use some of my fancier cleansers and moisturisers as a treat last night and my face is all itchy, red and bumpy today- so that backfired!

Hope Saturday is good to you all

Thanks mp, good to hear it gets better!
Welcome bi x
CONGRATULATIONS collar! Great news!
Sorry your knackered vic, hope you get some rest.

You're not your! Predictive text!

Thanks nethuns, I'm making sure I don't make the same mistake as the last time I got out of hospital and do things like gutting the entire kitchen I have my laptop and am staying in my nest.

Welcome Bipolarity :)

MP, Victrix and Nethuns thanks! I am quietly chuffed that someone wants me!
I might well get a good sleep tonight now the anxiety of the past 2 weeks is over.

Victrix - hope your skin returns to its former glory like asap!
It always worries me trying any new product on skin, especially the face. Probably why I have used the same product for near on 20 years!

Thanks collar -it's another excuse to stay in bed I suppose

It wasn't even a new moisturiser. It has been binned now and I have ordered myself some goodies from Boots to cheer myself up.

Welcome Bipolarity

I went to pop my monitor back to the GP, and ended up with my flu jab as I was there. Got soaked so I went to bed to warm up.

Rewarding yourself is good victrix, I need to do that...I need to find something other than takeaways though.

Woohoo, congratulations collar!!!

I found quetiapine fine as far as side effects went, and I lost 1.5 stone by calorie counting whilst on it.

Well thank you Snowy :)

Victrix - How old were the products you put on your skin? I was thinking... I have a small stash of all sorts of sample sized lotions n potions in my draw I have collected over time. Freebies etc that I thought I would pamper myself with one day.
But some of it must be donkeys years old!!!!!

Well done Collardove - that's really good news.

You sound quite cheerful snowy - and that's good news too.

Think I might take a bit of a break from the thread but will be lurking!

Keema thinking of you and you too Fluffy and everyone else but can't name everyone.

Thank you everyone. I'm back on quetiapine. I don't really like it because when I wake up in the morning I feel so drowsy.

Today I felt fine this morning. But now my head has sped up and is confused again. I always go straight to the doctor when I can see signs that I'm unwell. I'm waiting to hear again from the doctor.

I have been wondering - do any of you with bipolar find that music, sex or other sensory stuff kind of feeds into your manias?

So much to catch up on, sorry!

Well done collar

Welcome bipolarity :)

Glad you are home vix

Sorry to hear your sad news kat

Love to everyone else xxx

I am ok, just internetting waiting for DH to visit. :)

It's good to hear you sounding a bit happier fluffy!
Love to everyone else ive read all your posts but can't seem to focus well enough to reply to them all.
I'm having a weird day, I feel quite good, I ache but I'm not really low today. But I can't seem to focus on anything for long and the voice is back again, he usually argues inside my head and I reply inside my head basically to tell him to piss off and shut up.
Only today I was in asda choosing some new trousers while arguing with him saying things like "shut up, you're not even real so I'm not going to listen to you, I can buy new trousers if I want" etc etc
Eventually I realised that the other people in the shop were looking at me funny and moving away.
I was talking out loud! I'm not sure how long I was talking for either!
He was being particularly nasty today, he doesn't seem to like me losing weight and keeps trying to undermine me and say I'm just going to get fatter etc so why bother.
It's like that saying "if you can't see the crazy person on the bus then it's you"