Depression Support Thread

janie63

Have lurked on here for a while.......i am really struggling to cope at the moment- with EVERYTHING. I have an underactive thyroid for which I blame everything but i now think it may be something more. I have rung in sick for work today because I am struggling to cope there and they keep piling on the pressure-daily meetings with my manager to talk about my performance, being told i'm too slow as compared to my colleague and not a hope in hell of getting my monthly target for second month in a row! My family are great I have for about 6 months only managed the minimum of tasks- i just go to work and come home.........i don't want to go out. I have no interest in anything.inc. relations with my wonderful husband. I don't sleep well. I wake in the early hours feeling so nauseous..........I can't stop crying......

I went to the docs about 5 months ago and she said that i was just having trouble coping with everyday life and to make sure I have at leat 20 minutes a day 'me' time- which I did try to do.

I have an appointment with the doctor on Thursday morning.

Thank you for letting me write it all down......

beachbeth

Ive had a headache for over a week now but yesterday it faded away and I felt much better this morning.

Ive had a letter from the DWP saying basically that they don't believe me and that they are not reinstating my Incapacity Benefit. The case now has to go to tribunal and they will decide at this finally whether I am incapable of work. They have included the doctors findings at the medical I attended in their letter to me and so much of it is rubbish and he has put the opposite of what I actually said in most of it! (eg I told him I had trouble sleeping and that I have panic attacks and he has put that this is not the case! )Im determined not to get upset and cry and am getting on with my day. However, my headache has now returned.

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know that others are thinking of you:
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alba37

janie63 wrote: »

Have lurked on here for a while.......i am really struggling to cope at the moment- with EVERYTHING. I have an underactive thyroid for which I blame everything but i now think it may be something more. I have rung in sick for work today because I am struggling to cope there and they keep piling on the pressure-daily meetings with my manager to talk about my performance, being told i'm too slow as compared to my colleague and not a hope in hell of getting my monthly target for second month in a row! My family are great I have for about 6 months only managed the minimum of tasks- i just go to work and come home.........i don't want to go out. I have no interest in anything.inc. relations with my wonderful husband. I don't sleep well. I wake in the early hours feeling so nauseous..........I can't stop crying......

I went to the docs about 5 months ago and she said that i was just having trouble coping with everyday life and to make sure I have at leat 20 minutes a day 'me' time- which I did try to do.

I have an appointment with the doctor on Thursday morning.

Thank you for letting me write it all down......

Hi Janie,

Well done on writing it down. I'm sorry you're feeling so bad, and I hope your appointment goes well at the doctors on Thu.

Your work is obviously really pressurised, so I think a break is a good idea for now, until you get advice from your doctor. Take a note with you of things you want to tell him/her in case you forget when you're there.

Welcome to the thread.

A x

alba37

Tiff, thinking of you....

Aileen x

geminilady

janie63 wrote: »

Have lurked on here for a while.......i am really struggling to cope at the moment- with EVERYTHING. I have an underactive thyroid for which I blame everything but i now think it may be something more. I have rung in sick for work today because I am struggling to cope there and they keep piling on the pressure-daily meetings with my manager to talk about my performance, being told i'm too slow as compared to my colleague and not a hope in hell of getting my monthly target for second month in a row! My family are great I have for about 6 months only managed the minimum of tasks- i just go to work and come home.........i don't want to go out. I have no interest in anything.inc. relations with my wonderful husband. I don't sleep well. I wake in the early hours feeling so nauseous..........I can't stop crying......

I went to the docs about 5 months ago and she said that i was just having trouble coping with everyday life and to make sure I have at leat 20 minutes a day 'me' time- which I did try to do.

I have an appointment with the doctor on Thursday morning.

Thank you for letting me write it all down......

Hi Janie,Welcome to the thread.Well done for writing everything down and making another apointment with your doctor.Tell her exactly what you have posted infact it might help to print it out and take it with you.If you are not happy in your job it might be an idea to look for something else,not easy at the moment i know,but as people spend a great part of their day at work being unhappy there will have an effect on the rest of your life.Waking in the early hours can be a sympton of depression but not heard of nausea being one so do make a point of mentioning it to your doctor there may be a physical reason for it.Let us know how you get on.

Sssssss

janie63 wrote: »

Have lurked on here for a while.......i am really struggling to cope at the moment- with EVERYTHING. I have an underactive thyroid for which I blame everything but i now think it may be something more. I have rung in sick for work today because I am struggling to cope there and they keep piling on the pressure-daily meetings with my manager to talk about my performance, being told i'm too slow as compared to my colleague and not a hope in hell of getting my monthly target for second month in a row! My family are great I have for about 6 months only managed the minimum of tasks- i just go to work and come home.........i don't want to go out. I have no interest in anything.inc. relations with my wonderful husband. I don't sleep well. I wake in the early hours feeling so nauseous..........I can't stop crying......

I went to the docs about 5 months ago and she said that i was just having trouble coping with everyday life and to make sure I have at leat 20 minutes a day 'me' time- which I did try to do.

I have an appointment with the doctor on Thursday morning.

Thank you for letting me write it all down......

welcome and excellent step going to see the doc, no matter how you feel please try your best to keep the appointment, it is the first step towards getting better. Good luck and please post again to let us know how you get on. Sssssss.

Sssssss

beachbeth wrote: »

Ive had a headache for over a week now but yesterday it faded away and I felt much better this morning.

Ive had a letter from the DWP saying basically that they don't believe me and that they are not reinstating my Incapacity Benefit. The case now has to go to tribunal and they will decide at this finally whether I am incapable of work. They have included the doctors findings at the medical I attended in their letter to me and so much of it is rubbish and he has put the opposite of what I actually said in most of it! (eg I told him I had trouble sleeping and that I have panic attacks and he has put that this is not the case! )Im determined not to get upset and cry and am getting on with my day. However, my headache has now returned.

sorry to hear about your troubles, what does your family doc have to say about this, as generally they know you best. Can he not help write a supporting letter addressing the points you disagree with? be strong. Sssssss

Amber_Sunshine

LadyMorticia wrote: »

I am all grazed and bruised. =/
Katie knows why. I was walking back from the shop earlier,had a dizzy spell and lost my footing on the kerb and preceded to fall into a puddle in the middle of the road, which was full of oncoming cars. Luckily the car managed to break in time, but not one person stopped to help me or ask if I were okay, even though there were quite a few people about. Nice that! Now I can't move my elbow properly or my knees and they're all bruised. =/

Nobody helped my baby? :mad: Lots of people stopped to help me here when I had a fall.

beachbeth

Sssssss wrote: »

sorry to hear about your troubles, what does your family doc have to say about this, as generally they know you best. Can he not help write a supporting letter addressing the points you disagree with? be strong. Sssssss

My own GP did write a letter explaining my condition and saying "if she was deemed fit to start work, I could see that she would suffer an exacerbation and recurrence of her symptoms" but they don't seem to have taken his comments into consideration, preferring to believe their own doctor.