make do and mend for tougher times

Evie74_2

Pops - I think Fuddle may be onto something with the amateur psychology - but before long things will settle down and you will work out a new "normal" for you. It's as well to be as prepared as you can be while you get used to it all though.

Fuddle - if the Anti-Ds are helping you stay on an even keel, the doctor might well just suggest that you stay on them indefinitely. That's what happened to me - without the Anti-Ds I get so over-anxious and panicky that I can't do anything; I just dither about and cry and hyperventilate a lot - and frankly that's no use either at home or at work! Luckily my GP is brilliant and very supportive.

Evie xx

Popperwell

fuddle wrote: »

I did! I was shocked and thinking, I hope he gives it to someone. I have a feeling it was done for the cameras and his step daughter put her ice-cream right back afterwards. I hope so anyway!

Dave annoys me but I really like Si. I have a soft spot for him

Yes, it is obvious that a lot is stage managed...Dave also said he wasn't a fat child...no but like many if you look at those home movies their is a chubbiness there...what we used to call "Puppy Fat" which is different to the fat problems many adults have...

I am using that website you mentioned My Fitness Pal and I think I am approx 8st and I think I am staying within acceptable guidelines for calories, fat, carbs and protein and I am maintaining my weight(neither losing or gaining)

I don't think you need to go to the length the HB's are to succeed but if they didn't, they wouldn't have a programme...I think Si is my favourite too...

You talk much sense too Evie.

Evie74_2

I have a confession: I can't stand the Hairy Bikers! I don't know why, I just can't look at them without feeling ill . The grey haired one in particular. I know, I'm very strange and I feel bad about it as I have no actual reason to dislike them, I am sure they are very nice and all, but if they come on the screen I just have to switch off!

Evie xx

Popperwell

This was interesting especially the part where they discussed deep breathing usually done to combat anxiety/panic attacks. Still available on line and it doesn't use much data allowance to listen to radio via the internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lv7y0

Popperwell

Evie74 wrote: »

I have a confession: I can't stand the Hairy Bikers! I don't know why, I just can't look at them without feeling ill . The grey haired one in particular. I know, I'm very strange and I feel bad about it as I have no actual reason to dislike them, I am sure they are very nice and all, but if they come on the screen I just have to switch off!

Evie xx

That's ok...it's their on screen personna, something to hang the programme on just like the Two Fat Ladies...I am sure they would look better if the hair was tidied up and the beard trimmed or removed but that's me I like being clean shaven though when lazy I have had a beard but I remove it as soon as possible and maybe when I was in my twenties i did have moustache for a time...but it was always tidy...

Evie74_2

Lol, I wasn't madly keen on the Two Fat Ladies either - one of them had really pudgy fingers with nail varnish on and I always used to think it would chip off into the pastry or whatever she was kneading.... I am starting to think I have some sort of OCD issue with TV chefs! :rotfl:

Evie xx

smileyt_2

Fuddle (and Evie74), I have been on anti-depressants for about 15 years. Every summer for the last three or four years I have tried slowly to reduce the dose (to avoid withdrawal symptoms) and every time I do I feel utterly miserable and my quality of life nosedives. My brain obviously doesn't make enough serotonin, or whatever the happy chemical is that our brains need to keep us sane and functioning. I suffered from depression from childhood, only it wasn't recognised in children in the 70's. My personality is not a 'sad' or 'miserable' one naturally so it is definitely the depression speaking when I cut down the meds and can't cope!

So don't worry if you need to stay on the tablets. You can have a go at weaning yourself off them in six months or so but you can always go back onto them. Everyone is different and you might only need them for a few months or you might need them for a bit longer, or you might need them for a long time. You won't know until you try to come off them. But I think the majority of people come off them and have made a recovery.

I have just eaten some home-grown potatoes and very nice they were too!

I'm off to the pink dog show tomorrow and will be taking a sackload of stuff to donate to the tombola stall. All those lovely dogs to coo over and de-cluttering too!

Popperwell

Evie74 wrote: »

Lol, I wasn't madly keen on the Two Fat Ladies either - one of them had really pudgy fingers with nail varnish on and I always used to think it would chip off into the pastry or whatever she was kneading.... I am starting to think I have some sort of OCD issue with TV chefs! :rotfl:

Evie xx

Possession

Evie I don't enjoy the hairy bikers either.
Lovely afternoon at SIL's (country) house, they have vast communal grounds so the children have been playing with their cousins all afternoon on various go karts etc and I have been sipping Pimms!

Evie74_2

Oooh Possession that sounds an idyllic way to spend an afternoon!

Evie xx