MrsF is peeking out of her box

[MrsForgetful]

hi all

feeling overwhelmed as ever....wanting to join in the conversations- but no energy.

alex is finally being 'considered' as needing assesment for ASD...and i have been put on the waithing list to have my gallbladder removed- and in the process was informed i am on record as having OCD....I have been threatened with further action from the mental health team if i continue to take my son's ADHD tablets...but yesterday his paed more or less agreed that i should push for a ADHD doagnosis for me as she says she thinks i fit the picture.
but no, my psychiatrist would rather 'trial' me n any old anti depressant (currently prozac)...than prescribe a trial of 'ritalin'...he is of the old thinking that adults do not have adhd.

so am now consideing going private----as now i have experienced the days when i have taken the tablets (by stealing my son's tabs)and can concentrate,be organised and function... i feel bitter that noone is letting me try it 'officialy'-wth my own prescription.

additionally ...last week our battles with the tax credits finally broke me- they suspended our award=-stopped this months payment (and as those of you in my situation know...with me and 2 boys reciving DLA...our tax credits are quite significant...and alot of money to not get)
Theyhave now reactivated our award...but halving what we used to get to repay what they overpaid...I have contacted local MP....he has agreed to take our case onboard.

(we remortgaged in july to fund mre ome improvements...and that thankfully has meant that we can survive without the tax credit payment we should have had last week..but i am well aware that if we had been in a 'normal month'...and had not the remortgage funds in our bank account then we would be absolutely crippled.

so for now...i will stay in my box...hibernate till 'all is sorted'!

MrsF! It's brilliant to see you back on here!

It sounds as though you've been having a really tough time of it. And not letting us be there for you either!

Here's something to cheer you up for a few seconds at least:

laminators

velcro

"Somewheeeeere o-on the spectrum
Lies ds-threeeee"

xxx

Hi CT!!!!
You made me smile!!!!
thanks for that!

glad to see you are still singing!!!

Only for you, MrsF.

I still remember the first scene of "MrsF - The Musical"

i still think that thread - way back then- was my favourite thread ever!!!

I'll hunt through the archives and print and frame it for you. It sounds as though you could do with some of the silliness from the old days to temporarily make you smile.

blue

sorry that is what dd2 says whenever we play jack in the box or peep bo - she does not get the BOO!

sorry to hear things are such a pain

Are you still around, MrsF? I'm just about to send you a quick e-mail about something important. My e-mail address will be slightly different to the old one (though)the old one still works) but it still has my surname in it.

eis...that 'BLUE' fits my mood too!!! xxxx

MrsF!!!!!!!

There you are! I've been hunting high and low for you...and you were hiding in that box all along.

You poor old soul - you are going through it aren't you? It's a s**t not to be getting your full amount on DLA and worse still that you are having your gall bladder removed (i'm having my tonsils out on Monday - argghhhhh!)

Also, can you not change your consultant to a more hip n trendy young one so that they will give you a trial of ritalin? The OCD - you're not surprised obviously from what you have said before, but nice to at last have it diagnosed.

As Coppertop said, you haven't let us support and cheer you up, but i know what it's like to be down as i'm sure we all do.

Stay around for a while - you brighten up Mumsnet for us all!