Support for people with Depression

geminilady

HannahIOW wrote: »

Hi I'm not sure to be honest, I'm feeling a lot better now for some reason... it seems it can go from feeling awful to feeling ok at the flick of a switch...

I really do know how you feel this happens to me a lot,at the moment i am putting it down to the menapause but i have suffered from depression for mamy years,full depression is much worse though when it is just an endless feeling low and you do not get any periods of feeling better.What works for me at the moment is keeping my mind busy so i do not have time to think,if i think too much i get down.This is harder at work as i work on my own(office cleaner) and it does not take much brain power. At home i read an awful lot, go on the computer and watch a lot of films and tv i have missed so it is easier.Glaad you are feeling ok again.

jenniewb

confused76 wrote: »

hiya hope you are alright. i have felt much better then have taken 10 steps backward in a matter of days with no real reason. i guess it's the nature of the illness.
it's good that you are focusing on small steps, that is all you can do. i make myself ill looking too far ahead and worrying i won't achieve what i need to to get there. i struggle to take one day at time.
have you got a freeview box? that should sort out your tv problems, i picked one up from Asda for under £20 i think.
was the doctor any help?
sorry you're struggling...keep going, you're doing well.
hugs xxx

Hi confused76,

With the freeview box, its not the box thats the problem, its the set-top ariel- I just flat can't get a signal! Then I do, but I hear the man above me (I live in flats) moving furniture, or the council building (weekdayus from 8am) and suddenly...lost signal, takes me days to get it back and I never get more then about 4 channels at a time, at the moment, nothing. But I can bet the bbciplayer and 4od, though the time-lag between what they say and the screen images drives me mad!! Better then nothing I suppose. Just would rather have the TV working- seeing as I'm paying close to £150 a year to watch it!

Doctor was and wasn't helpful at the same time- She wanted me to take antidepressants, I said I was not able to wait for them to work and didn't want to take them.
She wanted me to see a psychiatrist and had to ring a bleep. I had to wait in the surgery waiting room....for 3 hours.
In the end they rang an emergency team instead as the psychiatrist wasn't ans the bleep, and I had to go wait in their rating room, for just over 2 hours.
They then sent me to the hospital to admit me, I had to wait an hour and a half. I refused an admission (after last time) and they sent me home with some prescribed sleeping pills.

7 hours waiting in waiting rooms in total, 3 hours on bus trips to and fro, I am grateful there is help available but surprised I was able to wait that long- my mind was going crazy (pardon the pun), I think I should have just gone to a&e in the beginning. I think they seriously need to rethink the mental health in my area! I think the reason I was able to wait it out was I had taken too many sleeping pills (not an overdose, just desperate to knock myself out) and was dozing in and out of consciousness alot.


I'm so (probably too) proud though and feeling so shocked at the rapid decline....usually do everything myself, then suddenly on the floor with this unable to see past the next hour without freaking out. You think I'd become used to it by now ater 17 years! Am so onto that small steps think- it takes me alot of concerntration to do, but the consiquences are so scary otherwise. Thanks for your reply, thanks for reading:o

shazrobo

morning all, sorry i dont feel up to replying, having a hard time at the moment, and i'm slipping downwards fast, just hoping the kids dont play up today, or that'll be last straw.
looks like my relationship with ian is coming to an end too

shaz xxx

beachbeth

Sorry to hear things aren't going too well, Shaz. Hugs.

jenniewb

Hi Shazrobo, sorry to hear things are not good for you, know from experience that external problems added to the mix is the last thing you need- is there anywhere you can go to get out/away for today? a friend or a park or (for me I'm on the way to the gym) anywhere else? know it doesn't solve the problem but it can help you get some head space- even if it only lasts as long as your doing it, its maybe slightly better then nothing at all.

Thats how I think of it anyway. I don't really feel like I have the energy either, - its how tiering my emotions feel. But try to convice myself that its mind over matter, and that from a physical point of view, for me for example, I know I always go to the gym on a sunday, its what I do. I know that even when I don't feel like it, my body still has the capability to exercise, so I focus on that, I make myself go, I feel marginally better for not having lost myself to feeling lost in this bubble of hell for another day.
It does help. Not sure if you feel able to force yourself to do anything- seeing a friend, going for a walk, (it doesn't have to be going to the gym!!) just anything where your not feeling so consumed by it, something where you have to fight a bit to get some fresh air away from all the depressed feelings. Feels like madness in the first few minutes then eventually you feel easier about it.

Not saying its supposed to last forever, but it will grant you some time, and a bit of head space, even if its for a little bit, and it can make all the difference to a day.

shazrobo

would love to be able to go for a walk outside alone even for half an hour sadly this isnt possible, i am full time carer to my two sons who have learning disabilites and cant be left alone. the stress of caring for them gets to me some days, weekends are usually the hardest, when both are at home.
the thought of its monday tommorrow, and a couple hours peace is keepin me going. also a support group that i intend on going on friday, never been before, but heard good things, and its only once a month, so we shall see, i think what puts me off is its run by a church group, and i'm not religious at all.
fish fingers and chips for sunday tea, as cant be bothered cooking a proper dinner, sure kids wont mind tho.
hugs
shaz xxx

LadyMorticia

I was in a car collision earlier.

Sam is okay but I have a sprained ankle, a bruised rib, a bruised chest and a bruised back.

shazrobo

LadyMorticia wrote: »

I was in a car collision earlier.

Sam is okay but I have a sprained ankle, a bruised rib, a bruised chest and a bruised back.

(((massive hugs))) to you both, really sorry to hear about your injuries, get well soon hun xxx

geminilady

LadyMorticia wrote: »

I was in a car collision earlier.

Sam is okay but I have a sprained ankle, a bruised rib, a bruised chest and a bruised back.

(hugs) You have been in the wars lately,i bet you are sore,hope you are better soon.

Amber_Sunshine

Cyberbaby :eek: Make sure you rest as long as you need to as your body has taken a battering. That's a Cybermummy order. Also don't be surprised if it hits you emotionally as well. But it will pass.