Depression Support Thread

Sugar_Coated_Owl

Welcome to the depression thread lisaderb I hope find lots of support. The guys here are great.

Tulip I'm glad to hear the test results came back clear How are you feeling today? (((HUGS))) hun, you have so much to deal with but you're always a ray of sunshine on this thread

slowlyfading I just wanted to send you a big (((HUG))) I'm not sure what support you are receiving atm. Do you have a counsellor or someone whom you can talk with on a regular basis?

juno I hope the appointment with the psychiatrist goes well.

santashelper Yes I would like to have a look at the website. Sounds like it was a good programme. Do you know if it's repeated at some point?

rose I am so glad to hear that you got an appointment for this week Hope it goes well.

rain_is_insane I hope you enjoy sunbathing and reading your book

Tulip

Tulip I'm glad to hear the test results came back clear How are you feeling today? (((HUGS))) hun, you have so much to deal with but you're always a ray of sunshine on this thread


Hi RBK,

I am feeling rather low today as I have just started my extra meds,It will take a while for them to kick into my system but once they have,they should work,fingers crossed,thanks for caring it means so much to me,I am glad I am a ray of sunshine on this thread and make you all happy,I have had a lot to deal with yes,what with my Bipolar and stuff,Sometimes I wish I didnt have the condition I am actually crying here now as I have tears down my face but I know I have all the help I need from my family and their support and also support from friends outside and friends on here so I have a wide social network Got my dvd today of the Last Mimzy so thats cheered me up and I will watch it later

off now and I will chat later ((( hugs))) back to you

Santashelper as well as RBK I would like the website address please so I can look at the website,thank you

love and light,

Katie xxx

andipandi_2

morning folks,off to the charity shop this afternoon,sometimes i don't want to see or speak to anyone,however one has to get out of their comfort zone,

i can't understand why i have issues with being 45 ,my age has never really bothered me before,more likely got something to do with the fact that i have no pension provision,no savings ,skint,broke,poor,i don't mind that right now but in 15 years time:eek::eek:,

i reckon i'm stuck and not sure what to do,like you have your children,they grow up and pee off,then its like umm "what happened to the last 22 years"

3 of my 4 children didn't even bother to send me a txt,email,msn msg,phone call or nothing,so thats it then,my sister didn't bother as usual,i only hear from her when shes skint or got man problems.

yeah,buddhist monk living up a tree,now how to get to tibet,!!!!!! i don't like flying and tibet is being destroyed by that big nation starting with a C.

Rant over

Sugar_Coated_Owl

Awww Katie (((HUGS))) You're a much stronger person than you realise. Glad your DVD arrived. I hope you enjoy watching it later. You'll have to tell me what it's about as I haven't heard of it.

Sugar_Coated_Owl

Hey andipandi I hope you have a good day at the charity shop. You're right, sometimes we want to hide away and not face the world but there comes a point when we have to force ourselves to do things.

45 isn't old. You've got years and years left in you yet

It must be upsetting that some of your children forgot your birthday. Does this normally happen or was it just this year?

(((HUGS)))

*zippy*

Morning :hello:

Sorry not been around much, I have been reading though and seeing what you are all up too.

:grouphug: to those who need one today.

I have a week off and have been very lucky as the weather is fab. We had a lovely relaxing afternoon down the beach yesterday, it really did me good.

Tulip do let us know what your film was like as I was wondering if to get it.

zippy x

poppycracker

Afternoon all :hello:

Welcome to the thread lisa, hope being here helps you as much as it does me. There are a lot of hugs flying around! Oh and cif too (who I forgot yesterday).

((((((big hugs)))))) to juno, Tulip and anyone else having meetings etc today, juno, can you get a relative or someone to come with you? They'd be able to stop you agreeing to things if you don't really want to agree to them. Sorry if that's been suggested already. Or what about writing down what you want to say? That helps me sometimes.

OOh Rain, can I come and join you? I'm counting the days til the 1st of September when I'm off on holiday for a week............ this summer has just drained me. I NEED SUN! :rotfl:

andi I know what you mean about not wanting to speak to people. Sometimes I want to just curl up and forget about everyone, but unfortunately I can't with my job. Hope all goes well today. ((((big hugs)))) to you.

Rose, glad you're feeling a bit more positive today. ((((big hugs)))) to you.

right, I have to end it there, but ((((huge hugs)))) to slowlyfading, geminilady, Tiff, QB, zippy, tao, rbk, and anyone I've forgotten who needs one. HAve a good day all

PC

themadbird

Hi all

I haven't posted on this depression thread before but feel so terrible at the mo, I'm in need of some help.

Long and short of it is, I've had depression on and off for the last 10 years since my dad died and have coped pretty well on either Prozac or Seroxat, but at the mo we're (my hubby, mum and me) are in the stages of waiting to move from London to Essex (mainly for financial reasons - clearing the £40K mortgage for one). Thing is, I'm scared. Usually when I've looked at moving before, I've got jittery at looking at houses, backed down and forgotten about it, but I felt so good a month ago I thought it was about time to do it as I really felt great about things for once and really confident. Only thing was, I didn't know I'd get sick 2 weeks ago (tummy bug) and it literally threw my confidence and I ended up having a mental crash again (I have a phobia of illnesses since dad died). At this time, we'd already put in an offer on a house and I was infact getting quite excited about it, although the nerves were jangling a little. Anyway, I was on my lowest ebb - spending all the day crying and in bed - then the woman decided to pull out as her daughter had come back to live. Well although I was nervous, I had my heart set on moving there and it just made me worse. I had to go to the docs on Friday but he wouldn't give me any more meds as he said 40mg Seroxat I'm on should be ok and would work if I calmed down.

Saturday I just had to get out the house and decided to go house hunting again and found a beautiful house, which we put an offer in for and got accepted, but again the nerves and fright have kicked in again about moving to Essex. Although I know the place well, I'm scared of moving there (does that sound daft). And I'm not 100% keen on where I live now (never have been really), but I know it like the back of my hand literally more than this place in Essex.

I want to move, yet I'm scared silly........ any ideas??

Jackie xxxx

queensway_boy

Hi everyone,hope your all ok but i know some are having a rough time lately so extra special hugs to them,i know who you are



.........................................................




Me?feel a bit Carp at mo because i did'nt take my meds earlier i forgot and they've not kicked in again yet,be ok in a few hours,i don't know how this affects any of you but if i miss my meds it catches up with me and makes me feel like this very very quick You all take care now xx

petrichor

Hi I've read this thread on and off for months having suffered with depression and all it's attendant companions for about 20 years. Not all of that time has been bad, indeed some times I felt that I'd cracked it completely and thought that it wouldn't return, but for the last 12-18 months I've slowly been declining back into the mire and these last few weeks have seen it return big time! So much so that I've been to my GP (I waited until my medication review before I saw him, silly I know, but by putting it off I was hoping that it would go away) and will be seeing the P tomorrow, but it's a new one that I've never seen before and I'm so scared. I find it so difficult at the moment to interact with people I don't know; at least with the one I knew for all the years I could say it's not just like before it's different this time in that there seem to be other elements as well now. It means that I'd have to explain it all again and I don't want to, but I know I need help. I'm finding it increasingly hard to get anything done during the day (I took ill-health retirement some years ago), I have absolutely no appetite and life is getting so difficult. I know I have nothing like the problems that some of you have as I have a very caring husband and daughter who help me, but I feel so guilty about them and that I'm letting them down. My daughter said that she'd never seen me as bad as this before (she's an adult now)and I feel so sad that she's had to, I really never thought I'd ever get this bad again and I thought I'd been putting on such a happy face. Sometimes I feel great and have a good laugh (sometimes perhaps a bit OT) but these are fleeting and just seem to make the rest of the time appear even bleaker because I can see how dark these phases are getting in comparison.

I've tried posting here a couple of time lately but have deleted it at the last minute. I know you can't help, that it's down to me but I just have to put it somewhere and hope it helps me for tomorrow. I'm dreading walking through the door.

I wish all of you the best because I know what it's like to have to fight this on a daily basis.

xxxx