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Having a hard year

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Poppins17 · 02/08/2025 18:36

Keep asking myself why I feel so deflated and down and compared to others I’m having a breeze of a year but when I assess everything that’s happened this year it probably is a lot.

Wondering where to ride the storm and just ‘feel’ or whether I should seek some help.

End of last year I found a lump in my breast, thank gos is was benign but I had to have it removed so was booked in for January. My op was cancelled twice on the days of surgery (once after sitting in the hospital marked up on a ward) before it was actually done.

A few days before my surgery I was verbally attacked in a very public meeting at work where non of the people who employ me (it’s a weird workplace in terms of structure) did anything to stop it happening. It was deeply upsetting.

I had my surgery.

Two of my colleagues retired and the workplace decided to replace them with 4 people which I had to recruit, doing almost 30 interviews. There was no cross over period I had to do my colleagues work until the new people started then train them. One isn’t doing great so having to performance manage them.

I started Mounjaro and at first it went well but then it made me violently ill on a frequent basis. I’ve come off it now and I’m still having stomach cramps occasionally.

Finally, our dog is ill - he’s waiting on an operation and we’re having to self finance a lot of the cost.

When I write it down it does seem like a lot.

I don’t want to be on medication long term but feel in such a low mood all the time.

Not sure the point of this post really, just a brain dump I guess.

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Skybluepinky · 02/08/2025 19:00

Go to your Gp it could be the mj means you need your other medication altered.

Poppins17 · 02/08/2025 19:18

Skybluepinky · 02/08/2025 19:00

Go to your Gp it could be the mj means you need your other medication altered.

I’m not on any other medication - I’m guessing if I go to the drs they will suggest anti depressants, but I don’t want to take them long term hence being reluctant to go.

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Kattley · 02/08/2025 19:37

Definitely see your gp or get therapy. A lot of us are very good at thinking “oh, well. Others have it worse”, but the truth is you have gone through a lot and you deserve to feel better. I was on sertraline for about 18 months so it isn’t usually forever and I did 18 months of psychodynamic therapy and I feel so much better about myself. I was sceptical about both but the anti depressants really started to work quite quickly.

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