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

[Mitchy1nge]

I think that covers us all?

Thank you both. It was really horrid...it felt horrible having them not believe me, and being told that they were coming regardless. My house doesn't feel as safe anymore.

I'm trying to be calm today. My mind is racing, a bit.

A duty psychiatrist has left me a voicemail today. They've asked me to call back for a welfare check after last night. I can't bring myself to call back.

I might try and make gingerbread, take my mind off it. I want to draw but I can't find any pencils, my damn broken wrist is making looking hard.

How do you get through the bad days? Does an hour at a time work for you?

Sometimes I do an hour at a time - often, distraction helps, and gingerbread sounds lovely, with the benefit that then you will have gingerbread Sometimes some exercise helps me, especially if it's that keyed-up tense-muscle swimmy-head feeling anxiety.

Could you get in touch with the duty psych some other way if you hate phones, or is it the whole thing you can't bring yourself to do? The psych team want to keep you safe, and to help you keep yourself safe, and it's really unfortunate that the way they tried to do that last night has made you feel less safe.

Do you have anyone you could rope in to call the duty psych for you?

(no, need to book blood test asap, had already forgotten so thanks for reminder!)

hi infinity, haven't seen your thread yet but sorry to hear things are so difficult. You didn't kill the thread! Had to go and have lunch with a friend. Don't know what helps me with those sorts of things, would probably take easy way out 10mg diazepam 3x a day until back on top of stuff again but generally live a very defensive life of routine and exercise and sleep that helps to guard against it to some extent

(have made appointment which does not clash with any other appointments, MEDAL)

hope you are ok infinity and have found a way of making contact with the duty psych

(Very impressive Mitchy. I've started getting confused with me appointments as my trainer at the gym has the same name as my new care coordinator. I have started mentally calling them Doris 1 and Doris 2 (they're not called Doris but YKWIM))

my, not me.

extremely excited - later this week am going to have trial run around course where half marathon is at end of month (need to know which shoes to wear, is off road but is it strictly speaking 'trail' conditions or is it ok in road shoes?)

Will you be doing the full half-marathon distance on the trial run Mitch?

don't think so, looks like am going day after a 9 mile run (slow one though) and will be with a speedy bastard who will have to slow down considerably while I go flat out to keep up! maybe 8-10 miles

really there is nothing stopping me driving out to sort of anywhere really and running in new places

get really excited about running somewhere new

but also get really excited about rediscovering 'old friends' of routes haven't done for ages

and about running same ones I do all the time

ummm think am just a big fan of running in general

haven't run further than about 10.5 miles even once this year I don't think

Is that because you're being careful to avoid strain/injury?

partly

and as part of that am thinking this might be my distance and don't need to ever run it in training, just on the day of an event, psychologically there isn't a barrier as have run further in the past so am ok with my long run not being much over 10 miles - the fitness is there, the rest is in your head really

but do want to go further, this rehabilitative pt person thinks will take about 8-10 months of work before it could be considered a good idea to increase distance and training volume for a full marathon which is depressing on the one hand but encouraging on the other

have spent a lot of the year mollycoddling my calf muscles and achilles tendons!

wonder how infinity is getting on

how is your running coming along enpo?

horse time but will check back before running club

I am still doing the Zombies, Run! 5k training three days a week (my non-gym days) and am on week 4 at the moment. And a bit of jogging interspersed vwith walking to/from gym. I seem to run at about 5mph at the moment

I'm also hoping Infinity is doing okay.

I can't run at all :( 10 miles is impressive!

I tried biking, but was literally on the bike for a minute or so before I fell off and smashed my wrist. It's not healing. Prfft.

I've had an email from my MP urging me to call my doctors. She seemed to miss that I can't use the phone. I just can't.

I've also had an email from PALS, saying that they are looking into what happened last night and my issues overall, and will be in touch with me ASAP. That's made me feel a bit nervous, too, but hopefully they'll be able to help.

I need a support worker, I think.

I feel like I'm spending a lot of my time waiting to go to bed at the moment.

Thank you for thinking of me

Broken wrists are an utter arse. Is it a Colles' fracture?

I hope PALS will be helpful and also understanding of your difficulties with using the phone.

Have you thought of any way to get back in touch with the duty psych?

And well done for getting through another couple of hours Infy

Almost all of my gym kit is in the wash. Not sure whether to go out "running" in sweaty Sports Direct polyester tracky bottoms, ridiculously short gym shorts, pyjama bottoms or jeans. Relevant information: it is very cold, I haven't shaved my legs for months, I do walk/run intervals so need to stay warm, and I'm very unfit so am a sweaty bastard.

Tracky bottoms seem the most comfortable?

Yep, it's a Colles fracture, and a smashed scaphoid. Tendons are a bit screwed, too, so I've had a steroid injection and it feels really gross.

I've found a generic email address for the psych center and emailed them explaining. PALS is based in the same building, too. DP is going to leave them a message when he gets back from work, he's too far away during the day at the moment to be able to call.

I'm trying to start a business at the moment, because I've got no money coming in and I don't know how to pay the rent. I haven't made much progress this week...my mind seems to be conspiring against me.

Yeah; I think you're right - sweaty fleecy polyester tracky bottoms are the best of a bad bunch. Those it is.

Glad you've figured out a way to contact the psych team - you're clearly pretty resourceful. With any luck they will be reassured by your and DP's contacting them, and will be able to offer you helpful help rather than unhelpful help

Wrist sounds grim. Massive sympathies.