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Onwards and Upwards - the cvq/ns support and hot chocolate thread

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Habbibu · 06/09/2008 20:33

Since we've nearly tipped the last one over the 1000 posts mark, here's the new thread for cvq and for her friends to help this lovely lady to keep on getting better.

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MatNanPlus · 07/09/2008 21:35

I hate to type and run but i am not working again tonight and so am off to bed hun.

Please remember we are here with you because we want to support you in anyway we can.

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needsupport · 07/09/2008 21:38

ttwp im not feeling strong today and wish i wasnt an inspiration iukwimbut thankyou

needsupport · 07/09/2008 21:38

night mnp x

ThisTooWillPass · 07/09/2008 21:47

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ThisTooWillPass · 07/09/2008 21:50

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needsupport · 07/09/2008 21:54

its ok i get what you mean.you can stop backpeddling now x

ThisTooWillPass · 07/09/2008 21:58

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needsupport · 07/09/2008 22:03

thanks.
i keep listening to your song.i really like it

ThisTooWillPass · 07/09/2008 22:07

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thumbwitch · 07/09/2008 22:38

Hooray!
Glad you didn't stay away for long, hope you're feeling a little better tonight? You sound a little better.
Will be around for a while - am supposed to be working so must do that as well but will pop in and out (work is v. boring but has to be done if I want to get paid)

needsupport · 07/09/2008 22:51

hi.im not that great but had a bit of a difficult day.been a moody sulky mum all day.am supposed to be going to rapecrisis again tomorrow but thats more thank i can cope with after the last few days.i need to change it.

thumbwitch · 07/09/2008 22:57

sounds like you need a bit of a breather from it all, that's for sure. HOw has j been for you today? My boy has a bit of a snuffle and has been a grump for quite a lot of the day but thankfully he is sleeping now - am hoping he will go for more than 2 hours as that seems to be his new routine - sleep for 2 hrs, wake up, feed, sleep for 4 hrs, wake up, feed, sleep til morning. Grr! I thought it was supposed to be better by now but he seems to have gone backwards since the teeth started coming through

needsupport · 07/09/2008 23:17

hes been alrightdont feel like ive done much with him today.ive been too swallowed up in my own misery.hmm that makes me sound really shit
he wakes twice a night aswell but it used to be 4/5 times so its not so bad.
im normally awake half the night anyway

thumbwitch · 07/09/2008 23:28

I am glad he isn't adding to the pressures on you atm.
How long til the cast comes off your arm? Is your mum going to stay on afterwards for a while? Cos your arm is going to be still quite weak when it comes out, as the muscles haven't been used properly all the time the cast has been on.

needsupport · 07/09/2008 23:32

it comes off on thursday.she said she would stay until i can manage on my own.
do you think i might have pnd aswell

thumbwitch · 07/09/2008 23:37

well, that's a tricky one to answer. If you want you can ask a HV to come around and assess you for it - my sister did this and she scored quite high on the PND scale, but tbh for her it was less about being PN and more about being completely broke and having 3 DDs under 3 which is hard work by anyone's standards.

It is highly likely that you are having some depression but whether it can be classified as PND as opposed to PTSD is going to be difficult to establish, I would think. You are already being medicated for it anyway, aren't you? Maybe you need a review of your meds to see if there's anything that might be more beneficial?

needsupport · 07/09/2008 23:42

i know ive got ptsd i dont really know much about pnd.sorry my head gets mixed up and i get all muddled.thats what come of having it slammed against a brick wall
i think what im asking is what it is

differentID · 07/09/2008 23:48

hey, glad you came back.It's going to take a couple of weeks at least for your arm to be nearly strong enough to cope, so glad your mum has said she'll stay.

needsupport · 07/09/2008 23:53

hi.bellavita talked me round
shes lovely

differentID · 08/09/2008 00:02

she is indeed.

thumbwitch · 08/09/2008 00:02

I don't really know much about PND either, I'm afraid but this link might have some helpful info for you.

What I was trying to say is that I don't think there ARE any specific symptoms that are unique to PND - and that, therefore, it can be hard to separate it from depression from any other source.

I expect if you were tested for it, like my sister you would score high on the scale; but whether that is because of it being PND or whether it is because of your PTSD, I don't think they or anyone would be able to say for sure, because it's all about symptoms and some of them are common to PND, PTSD, and general depression.

Hope that I've explained myself a bit more clearly this time - didn't mean to muddle you!

needsupport · 08/09/2008 00:23

ive read it.have found something interesting anyway.ive never talked about js birth.and theres a thing called birth crisis on there.oh god ive no idea what im going on about now gahhhhhh.forget that.am talking crap.

differentID · 08/09/2008 00:24

you are not talking crap- rest assured, if you were, we would tell you ok?

needsupport · 08/09/2008 00:32

ok.but tell me when i am.
i have never talked about i though.i really dont want to on here either but maybe thats something else i need to get out.exorcise if thats the right word.but where and to who.jesus why am i even thinking about this now at 12.30am ffs.my heads all over the place.so much whizzing round but in no bloody order or significance.i like order grrrrrrrrrrr

onlyjoking9329 · 08/09/2008 00:36

NS you know you can ring rape crisis anytime it that would help i know it wuld mean speaking to somebody new but that could be useful in a way, give it some thought.