Issues at the interface of Mavis, community-based psychiatric services and the mentally normal

[Mitchy1nge]

I think that covers us all?

Yeah, I know that my sleep patterns all go to shit when I'm not well.

People do often suggest it works the other way too. I think it probably does.

There don't seem to be many mental disorders that don't fundamentally interact in some way with sleep.

it took me ages to get any good at Going To Bed

can very quickly lose that skill too

am excited about going to stay with mad cancerous friend for a couple of days soon :) my carcinogenic negativity can't make things any worse now!

have good sleep whenever it happens xxx

Thanks

Glad you're looking forward to visiting your friend. Do you have anything planned or just going to visit/chat or see what happens?

make omelettes
have cuddle in our nest :)
go to her gym
eat porridge
maybe watch things that give us nazi horn (is ok for me but she should know better, is Jewish and lives in golders green)
do her mindfulness bollocks
sleep
maybe do some work on book

Nazi horn?

Everything else sounds great.

mmm nazi horn

good note to say good night on

x

G'night.

Happy Tuesday, how did everyone sleep?

Like the dead. First night on pregabalin. You ?

pretty good actually

attempted small bit of skype with person in pacific time zone but it was/they were irritating and then I pretty much slept from before midnight to 5:30 (have idea that six hours is the ideal for me, or more would be ok too obviously but realistically) so am pleased

thought was late for appointment

but hour early

my life sucks sometimes

Good luck with your appointment Mitch Sounds like you're not full of the joys and anticipations for it. I can't remember if you said what this appointment is… care coordinator? Sorry, my memory is shot.

I took pregabalin in the evening for the first time last night, went to bed at midnight and slept 8 hours. Then went back to sleep for another two hours If sleeping is the brain poison then I'm poisoning myself pretty heavily.

Argh now am late and think have missed her

is cpn

my great great love

Ah

Are you seeing MIYL this week Mitch?

yay did not miss her

don't see her often as she is not really my real one but is my best one anyway have relayed all the stuff I had in mind and feel buoyed up and ready to try a bit harder with things

will go back to normal dose of lithium if has dropped below 0.7 which am sure is the case

dunno about m.i.m.l, no plans yet, he has a son he spends most of most weekends with but would be good to see him if possible - just am rarely free when he is so it's tricky

Sleep is so restorative though, maybe not during day but overnight. Although mad cancerous friend sleeps every afternoon whether high or low unless in office where is impracticable to nap.

Afternoon everyone.

Some of you might have seen my thread last night...in short, I text the crisis team last night because my anxiety was bad. They asked what medication I'd taken that day. They told me to go to bed, and it'd seem better in the morning, and then told the ambulance service that I'd overdosed.

After three hours of me saying I didn't need them and them cancelling and then rebooking, they did come. I was fine. They told me to complain.

It's ruined my sleeping habits even more than they were. I'd already been struggling...I'm permanently tired, and when I wake up, it takes 5 - 6 hours before my head clears and I feel normal(ish - for me).

The crisis team keep calling me now but my anxiety is on red-alert so I can't answer the phone, and I keep checking that the doors are all locked, which I hadn't done for a while.

I feel like giving up today.

Killed the thread! Sorry. I shall be quiet.

Afternoon Infinity

That sounds like such a stressful evening and just what you didn't need when you were suffering like that. These miscommunications can be so difficult and exhausting to sort out. They called because they thought you needed it I suppose, but it must've been just awful for you, sitting there not knowing what was happening.

It's really understandable that you feel on high alert today. Could you maybe try and tell yourself that there were specific reasons why the ambulance was sent last night which don't apply any more, that were caused by a misunderstanding that could happen to anyone?

I hope you do start to feel less anxious today. It's so horrible isn't it?

So sorry Infy, you didn't kill the thread, I'm just a slow typist

So glad you didn't miss your appointment, Mitchy. I guess from what you're saying you've just had a blood test done to check your levels? Also good to unload from time to time

Agree with daytime sleep thing - I know some people do well on a siesta but I always feel worse after a daytime nap and I dribble if I sleep in the daytime.

BTW Infinity I didn't read your thread last night, but I did read it after reading what you posted here, and I could really feel the worry coming off your words. I'm sorry you went through that and I hope today will be better for you than you fear.