Anyone else feeling low?

[herewegoroundtheblueberrybush]

Ah don't even know whether to write this post. Just feeling low and want company I suppose! I'm in that position of having nothing really to complain about and knowing many many people are worse off. But still feeling low and can't seem to shake it. Struggling to write chirpy new year texts!

Me too. Feeling sad and low and anxious. Trying to do things for the sake of my DD but everything is an effort.

Yes me too. I feel really miserable and sorry for myself. Most of my friends are individually having an awful time this year and I’ve really got nothing to feel sad about so I’m trying to give myself a talking too but it’s not working yet.
Hope you feel better soon.

Nice to have company but also sorry you're both feeling shit! Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting for something to go properly wrong! Or the lack of anything being wrong means there's nothing to "get better". I guess I might just feel like this forever

Me too. No reason apart from feeling sad for the dog who goes to hide every evening in case there are fireworks. I know logically she will gradually do that less as time moves on and evenings become lighter but it just unsettles me. I do find that the rescue remedy stuff can just give a boost. Solidarity to you all.

@herewegoroundtheblueberrybush I know exactly what you mean about waiting for things to go properly wrong.

@herewegoroundtheblueberrybush I'm sorry you're feeling like this. Do you take any medication? Maybe time for a GO visit for a review or get on some if you're not?

How long have you been feeling like this?

Me. I even made a new user name to post a similar thread. I feel so so low and it’s totally not like me. Main reason being that I have a low level tooth ache, went to the dentist expecting it would be something minor and it looks like a reinfection of a 10 year old root canal and my only options are to pay thousands for a specialist to try and save it or lose my tooth. My front tooth. 😞 I also hate dental treatment so I’m dreading it and also it’s just so much money. And I’m in pain now and worried it will become unbearable. Just feel so anxious and sad. Back to work tomorrow too. 😭

@Lowin2024 That sounds awful. Poor you. Teeth are worrying things.

Dental pain is really horrible, feel for you.

Yes I have considered SSRIs for a long time but I go up and down so I never commit to the idea. I'd like to try to stick to an exercise regime more as I know that's effective for mood but it's hard. I have chronic joint pain and that gets me down, I am seeking treatment but nothing seems to be working.

Sending hugs to everyone

Positive news. My friend who farms sheep in the north west has had 10 lambs from boxing day. There are some daffs poking through on the verge we noticed. The dog has finally come out of the downstairs loo where she hides for fireworks or if she thinks there will be fireworks, and is asleep by the settee. She will likely go back but hopefully as her anxiety bucket reduces she will feel happier back in the living room. Consequently, my anxiety feels a little easier but the acid reflux is bad today so feel icky. Hope people are having a calm as evening as possible despite the absolute hooley which is blowing outside.

That is all excellent news!

When I read the first sentence I thought for a moment that you had meant to post on a farming thread 😅 which cheered me up when I realised!

The sky is clearer today. Hope this bodes well for mood and weather.

I feel this too, time of year or dull skies and lack of sunshine don't help. I am currently looking at SAD lamps to see if they would help. I always feel better after a run or a walk, but that lift doesn't stick around for long.
Sorry so many of you are the same, I wish I knew a magic cure that's for sure!.

slept well the previous night and thought "oh my god" a positive start to my week, felt really energized and positive. Then last night happened, didn't sleep, heart racing, couldn't settle mood plunged (like it does every January) and then spent most of today being miserable and staring at the walls in between doing my job which i'm sick of. On the plus side i'm feeling a little better but now i am on here for reassurance that it's not just me.

Yes. I think I have SADS. Everything is making me cry and I’m struggling with really small things. I have an injury at the moment and it’s really getting me down. My sister has just left to go back to where she lives in another country and no plans to return, am I’m really sad.

Struggling to get up every morning too. Sleeping in until silly o-clock

Hi anyone really, I'm really struggling I don't have anyone to talk to so I thought I'd try this. These mood bat swings are affecting my life, from being high as a kite to being metaphorically 6ft under or literally in a rage where I can't remember what happened. Sometimes I even just shut down and panic, so full of anxiety that im shaking and I don't know what to do to cope anymore so I'll take anything if anyone is there. If not well I don't know talking to a doctor seems daunting or even a helpline I'm just scared to do anything

I’m here ❤️

I'm thinking of talking to the doc tomorrow because I can't really go on like this it affects work and everything else, but again I'm always terrified of stuff like that whether I'm making a phone call or not. I wish I was different sometimes maybe then I could react to things normally, and thanks again @WhatAFoolishFooli know I'm not alone in the world but it feels like it so thank you

I'm in the process of switching antidepressants from venlafaxine to escitalopram - on to the new ones now but it will be a couple of weeks minimum until I'm feeling better. Plus I have radiotherapy for breast cancer later this month (very lucky to not need chemo) and quite scared about that. And trying to cut down on sugar and alcohol with several chocolate oranges and a to let one left over from Christmas and wine still hanging around!

So feeling quite low and nice to find some folks in the same boat xx

@weegiemum good luck! I hope the treatment goes well, I might not be okay but that doesn't mean I don't wish for everyone to be well cause I do. I know how easy it is to grab a bottle or binge on bad stuff so kudos to you for having a good mindset. Keep at it I hope everything is well for you soon

I always hit a low at this time of year, The excitement of Christmas and New Year are gone, all the lights and tinsel are gone and everything looks bare, it is dark late in the morning and early in the evening, well afternoon. It is cold and rainy and gloomy skies. There is no occasion to look forward to until Easter and that feels so far away.

My birthday is mid-Jan and I've never had a good one as no-one wants to party with me. The bills are arriving and it is still over a week to pay day, cold and flu season is in full swing and the weather is foul. Everyone is tired after their first fortnight back at work and back in the normal routine.

(Off topic but I've actually considered hosting an Un-Birthday do in the summer, just so I can have one party of my own! Maybe call it a late 40th cos my 40th happened during lockdown)

@HappyAxolotl yeah after Christmas it's kinda sad when the lights come down everyone goes home or back to their jobs, or to whatever they're doing. And yes that side note is a great idea, go get that party you missed or just a party for fun. Lockdown was no joke, I was working at the time but anyone stuck at home were bored out of their mind

@weegiemum I've had radiotherapy for bc. Like you, didn't need chemo. I had to have lots of operations though as margins wouldn't clear. Radio was fine. You get used to your norks flopping about rather publically. They spend aaaages positioning you exactly on the bed thing but after a while you get so used to it you can position yourself pretty accurately but the first few sessions will involve moving you mm by mm like a slab of meat. There is all this faffing for accuacy then the actual machine whirring bit takes about 90 seconds.

Use medihoney and aveeno cream to moisturise. I did the first week while still at work but then the fatigue kicked in and it is major. However, compared to all the stress of initial mammograms, biopsy, operations, waiting for results, its fairly easy and the radiographers are lovely.