SAD concern; also CFS/ME

[SoloISland]

At an unprecedented low ebb and in increasing difficulties just with day

to day
essentials like food etc. Even walking to the bathroom.

As it is only September? We had a very dark cloudy start to the month.

You sound very low and unwell. Is there someone / somewhere you can go ?

Ah gosh that sounds tough . I suggest ringing your GP as soon as possible.

Sorry to hear that Solo. I also get low mood in winter and have felt it starting up in the last couple of weeks, much earlier than usual. I’m going to hibernate early and count the days until April.

Are you under the care of your GP? If not maybe make an appointment?

I’m lucky now that I can WFH if I need to and my employers are happy for me to WFH if I have bad days. That will help take some of the pressure off over the winter months as I find long commutes to work in the dark particularly depressing. Would you be able to do similar if you are in work?

You’ll get through this 💐

Bless and thank you.

I am in Ireland where most drs I have encountered in my more than twenty years here have never heard of ME let alone SAD

And I have little trust in them re this . Well none. And there is nothing they can do ,

Life just now? My cats are my beloved companions and my oldest is missing. This is a small island but wild and I cannot walk far.
He is 17 and ….. sleeps abed, just so much love.
I called a neighbour to ask that folk keep an eye out thinking that even here where cats are less than the vermin they kill, there would be concern. I was wrong. NB I have been feeding HIS cat for literally years as it was so neglected and skin and bone. He went for me verbally; I think it was at least partly guilt. Said some horrible things. At base they just cannot see anyone caring if a cat vanishes. Yawn....

My poor old lad out there somewhere and no-one thinking he is worth bothering about. Abed with the door open in case he comes back. He would unless shut in or worse. 17 years he has been my companion and so much love in him/ Unbearable.

When it came feeding time. HIS little cat has vanished and I think he in his guilt has caught it. He has know n the cat was living

here for years. Oh he said he does not have time to feed the cat.

Rural Ireland is full of neglected sem-feral cats > I have/had seven until this week.

I realise that of course it was guilt made him so nasty.

So just let time pass now. Keep calling my cat. Ignore the neighbours. As the old wisdom rightly says, Patient endurance achieves everything.. But a long slow road. I am nearly 80 now.

PS I am very high risk covid wise and cannot take vaccines, but the solitude and silence help so much. I was coping until my beloved cat vanished. Just the not knowing and being told by that neighbour that there are foxes around.

And yes, the SAD started very early with that drab spell we had earlier this month.

Sorry to hear about your cat & I really hope he comes back soon.

I hope you get some relief somehow. Try a different GP maybe. The best of luck

Try vitamin D and a SAD lamp

Aww, I’m sorry about your cat. I’m in England but I remember visiting Belmullet in Mayo years ago and seeing an old cat in a really sorry state on the road. I noticed a vets and went in to see if there was anyone who could help the cat. Well I was laughed out of town. I’ve never forgotten that. Such a different attitude to domestic animals than I was used to. My cat is currently curled up beside me right now. I really feel for you.

You don’t need to mention SAD to the GP, just that you are feeling depressed? Would that work maybe? I do find myself that medication helps clear the fog and chatter a bit and then I can focus and remind myself that it’s seasonal and I can get through it just like I do every year.