thread in which the Mentally Normal sustain a stream of fascinating chat

[Mitchy1nge]

and die of being cold

How does you your phone register your steps? I keep wandering off without mine, so it may not work for me :)

It's just an app that comes with the phone. (iPhone 5s). I now carry it round with me to get it to register the steps and go on long walks up hills and today I managed 11,000. Woo Hooo!

You can probably live without it caulk but it detects movement while you sleep so tells you how restless you have been in the night which is really interesting. I get 2-3 hrs a night if hypomanic and up to 10 if depressed. I like the graphs so you can see variation over time.

I've been sleep deprived for almost two years, I'm not sure I need a Fitbit to tell me that
But the steps thing and the fact that it syncs with..stuff could be useful

Can you tell I'm a technophobe!!

That's ok, my app does that. I'm pretty highly medicated at night thanks freud so I sleep really well.

I would love to be highly medicated at night as I wake up all the time and really struggle to get back to sleep.

Millie, I have a fitbit thing I don't use anymore. . you could have it if I can wipe the data. Not sure if it wiuld work for someone else.

Quetiapine and zopiclone are my friends, as is the lovely psychiatrist. I would rather not be drowsy for so long in the morning though.

I hate being medicated to sleep. Hate hate hate it. Sleep fucks up my brain - I operate far better when I'm getting less of it, within reason

I had a fitbug but it ran away.

I feel safer with it. I know that's stupid, but I used to get night terrors and stuff like that when I was sleep or trying to fall asleep, and I don't now. I'm also more likely to sh at bedtime and I can put that off if I know I'll be asleep soon.

But I'm still only three months,I may hate it soon enough!

Why is that stupid?I don't think its stupid.

I don't know. I'm aware it makes me sound incompetent and I hate that.
But it works, so it's fine.

I sometimes fantasise about charging my therapy costs to the stepfather and the rapist but maybe I should bill them for my prescriptions too

It doesn't make you sound incompetent at all it makes you sound like you're taking sensible measures to prevent problems.

BTW do you know about prescription prepayment certificates?

Yes, I bought one a few weeks ago. It hasn't arrived yet but my lovely pharmacy are ticking to say I have one which is great.

Oh good, just thought I'd check Wonder why it's taking so long. Mine always used to arrive quickly. Perhaps it got lost in the post

I'm pretty sure at least 40% of our post gets lost or stolen. I live in a dodgy area, so I'm not surprised but it's SO annoying.

I signed up for prepayment a few months ago but now I'm pregnant I get free prescriptions for a while. I have no idea how to stop the prepayment

www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/HealthCosts/2132.aspx

(PPC refunds)

Busy week next week for me
Monday see GP
Tues London for work
Weds see perinatal Psych plus work
Thurs see midwife and CMHT Psych plus work
Fri health visitor visiting

I like to call it a healthcare jackpot week

My weeks are like that, but I have therapy three times a week currently so that's mainly why!

Thanks Empoid I'll try and sort it out next week if I get around to it.

We should really get PAs on the NHS to manage our appointments for us.