Black Dog of Depression - can we help each other?

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LadyMorticia

I'm really shaken up.

Was in a car accident earlier and now the shock has set in and I'm all anxious.

jennihen

LadyM - are you okay- is someone with you?

LadyMorticia

jennihen wrote: »

LadyM - are you okay- is someone with you?

I'll be fine. Just have a sprained ankle and some chest bruising from the seatbelt.
OH and his mum have gone out to get dinner and OH is bringing me back some chocolate, bless him.

It just all happened so quick.

jennihen

Its a shock isn't it? Keep warm and cosy. Glad you're being looked after x

absolutebounder

LameWolf wrote: »

Friends,

please forgive me for not having been around for a bit; I'm so sorry.

I'm struggling big time, and not quite up to dealing with some posters who seem to be a tad confrontational. I'm sorry if I'm doing anyone an injustice, but having done a "catch-up" read on the thread, that's how it seems, AbsoluteBounder.

Sorry I wasnt trying to be confrontational. I was just wondering how far the NHS was expected to go on a sunday. I think what was offered was the best that anyone could expect and dont know what else could really be offered in the circumstances.
i know that when I was really worried I had something wrong I was quite happy to go and be checked over in a hospital. that was on a saturday.

sandy71

absolutebounder wrote: »

Sorry I wasnt trying to be confrontational. I was just wondering how far the NHS was expected to go on a sunday. I think what was offered was the best that anyone could expect and dont know what else could really be offered in the circumstances.
i know that when I was really worried I had something wrong I was quite happy to go and be checked over in a hospital. that was on a saturday.

I have already said I was happy to go to the hospital but he then changed his mind.
Do you know what I don't need this, I come on here for support not a lecture on how I am a waste on NHS resources and it's all in my head. Maybe you could tell my neurologist that and that my test results are all wrong.
I won't bother coming on here again.

jennihen

Sandy - don't give up on this thread. There is help and support for you here. The weekend is nearly over and hopefully you can get something done tomorrow to alleviate the rash without compromising your meds. I wish you the best of luck
JH

Unity

jennihen wrote: »

Hi Unity - I agree with what you said about not being bothered if it has a name or not - I was so releived to find a GP who cared about how I was going to get through each and every day!! Lupus does take a long time to diagnose. There is a definitive test now but its very expensive and has to be physically done in a lab - or so I've been told. Whatever it is I hope you get some relief soon x

Thanks jennihen, I've ended up very dispirited after this last appointment with the rheumatologist, who basically put all my problems down to fibro and CFS. These diagnoses seem to be the umbrella under which docs put everything that they don't have another answer for!

I was dxd back in '94 with a list as long as your arm including cervical and lumbar spondylosis, scoliosis, early onset osteophytosis, sciatica, a bone cyst in my femur and some neuro problems first dxd as MS, but later ruled out. In addition to this, arachnoiditis, Raynaud's, fibro and CFS. As anyone with fibro/CFS knows, those docs who actually believe in these conditions (an awful lot don't) :rolleyes: don't believe them to be degenerative - so how come I feel so much worse? I am so tired I can't function. I come out in blisters on my face - cheeks, lips and chin (painful and itchy) but cranial shingles has been ruled out - after years of taking aciclovir tablets and using the cream :rolleyes:.

About a year and a half ago I suddenly developed high blood pressure, after having the exact opposite for all my adult life, to the point of fainting. I became very deaf - (my doc thought maybe my eardrums had perforated during a bout of pneumonia - they hadn't) and I've also now got hypothyroidism. Can this just be due to age?

Okay - moan over I hope everyone else is as well as can be :hello:.

LameWolf

LadyMorticia wrote: »

I'm really shaken up.

Was in a car accident earlier and now the shock has set in and I'm all anxious.

OMG, LadyM, how awful. I hope you're a little better today - shock can make you feel really weird. Take care of yourself. (((HUG)))

sandy71 wrote: »

I have already said I was happy to go to the hospital but he then changed his mind.
Do you know what I don't need this, I come on here for support not a lecture on how I am a waste on NHS resources and it's all in my head. Maybe you could tell my neurologist that and that my test results are all wrong.
I won't bother coming on here again.

Sandy, please don't let one poster stop you visiting the thread:( There's a lot of people here who will offer you support; I know I haven't been around for a few days, and I missed you first posting, but don't give up on us.

I hope everyone's having a decent day today; I'm having a "fun" time typing, as I cut my hand on a guillotine this morning, and the darned thing keeps bleeding.