Depression Support Thread

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Tulip wrote: »

:hello: Everyone,

Hope all is well,I am fine just watched tv had a bath this afternoon and a bit of a sleep for 1hr and a half watching Holby City at 8pm on BBC1 I am doing my craft course tomorrow and we are making something to do with Halloween

Have a nice evening everyone

*hugs* to those that need one


love and light,

Katie xxx

What are you making, you would have loved my trip to New England - it is Halloween crazy. They are keen on making scarecrows out of corn leaves.

slowlyfading

Evening everyone :hello:
My day has been a bit strange today - have been feeling most off and down in the dumps. I haven't been anywhere during the day, I've just been doing some reading and taking notes and general pootling around. Been to windband this evening from 7PM - 9PM and normally I love it but just didn't have the energy or enthusiasm today. Hope no one minds, but I've not been through the thread today, reading or replying, as I have no words of wisdom (do I ever?) at the moment.
((HUGS)) to those who want/need them.
sf x x

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

Hope you are all ok I am fine Amazon.co.uk has a new look website now but its nothing but :mad: I cant even change my delivery address as the website wont let me no matter how hard I try and it has technical difficulties,I am going to try it tomorrow before a product is shipped out to me as I have ordered something and the silly me clicked on my old address instead of my new one :mad: I feel so frustrated as well as I realised I had made my mistake and it was too late,I cannot even cancel the product to start again although I can view the order :mad:

sorry for lots of :mad: but thats how I feel at the moment

Anyway I am off to bed now to sleep and that will calm me down and I can phone Amazon.co.uk tomorrow morning first thing.

CCstar: Dont know what I will be making until I get to craft tomorrow but I will let you know when I have been to the class


Chat tomorrow

Night! Night!

love and light,

Katie xxx

ilovegreatdanes

hi all,
quik hello to start the day.dh gone to work and ds gone to skool.am out later so hope the post van doesnt come while im out.dh got some car mats off ebay, and if you miss the van it takes ages to retrieve the mail cos it goes back to the sorting office.
know exactly what ccstar is on about re the post.think they do it on purpose cos they know ppl are peed off with them re the strikes, cos they arent on a bad wage and benefits already.its the boss who ought to be donating some of his dosh!!!not as if they should be paid danger money for the service they give.sorry if you have a nice postie.!!!one of mine is, so i know how much they get.
hope you all have a really good day.
love ilgd xx

EthelBloggs

Hi guys..

Sorry I've not been around for a while, I've had an awful lot on my plate and I think I'm finally reaching the end of my tether.

You know the story with my DD, which is hard enough to cope with.. now I have a big problem with my DS.

On Monday we were at my mum's house and some of his friends came round. My mum doesn't like having them in her house cos she doesn't trust teenagers and doesn't feel safe around them so when my son asked if they could come in, she said no. Huge argument followed and then after it was all calmed down I left, DS stayed cos he likes sleeping at mum's house, got his own room there n everything. I'd been home for about 20 mins, my mum rang and said you'd better come straight back, he's taken an overdose!! I called an ambulance and dashed back to find him semi-conscious and unable to walk or talk. He had taken a huge cocktail of meds, about 3 weeks worth of my mum's blood pressure and diabetes meds as well as all the other stuff she takes (she has 12 different medications to take each day :eek:

When the paramedics came they put an oxygen mask on him and did stuff to him and then finally got him into the ambulance and raced off to hospital with lights flashing and sirens blaring and he was taken straight into resus - I really thought I was going to lose him. Fortunately he vomited a bit as they couldn't give him any kind of antidotes as one would cause damage to another and do further damage to his body. So really all they could do was monitor him and be ready if his blood pressure or sugar levels dropped too low, which happened a few times. He was taken to the ITU and then last night they moved him to the HDU cos he's on the mend, they just need to keep him hooked up to all kinds of machines to monitor everything. ATM he's having blood tests and checks every hour and a nurse watching over him constantly.

The psychiatrist talked to him alone yesterday and it seems that when he becomes angry, rather than hurt someone else, he'd been having suicidal thoughts and on monday he finally took action on those feelings. On top of that all the stuff that's been going on with my daughter has been getting on top of him which I was aware of and have been trying to redress the balance of spending quality time with him.

The upshot is that the psychiatrist has decided that if he comes home, he must never be left alone, not even for a few minutes, because of the risk of something happening again, which means me watching him 24/7. I can't see that working cos what teenager wants to spend that much time with his mum, and he's certainly not going to want me hanging around if his friends are there, and also what happens with school and all his other activities? The alternative is that he spend some time in another hospital. They are very mindful that he doesn't want to follow in my daughter's footsteps and so he won't go anywhere that she's already been and will have a whole new set of psychologists and therapists, which means he would have to go somewhere very far away.

!!!!!! kind of mother am I to have two kids who are bent on self destruction? I don't know where I went wrong in bringing them up but my best clearly wasn't good enough and I seriously messed up somewhere along the way. I just don't know what to do anymore.. I don't know how to help them - I'm not just saying that.. I really really don't know.

Sorry for the ramble.. I've not had much sleep and it's all a bit of a shock really, he's always seemed so sensible.

ilovegreatdanes

ah ethel....my heart really goes out to you.please dont blame yourself.i know, thats easy for me to say.children are really hard work and you try your best to do all you can to the best of your ability.trouble is there are so many outside influences these days and their hormones are going haywire.they feel so grown up and think they know everything but its so hard these days with peer pressure and tv and net.
this was a cry for help from your son and hes trying to cope the only way he knows.hes bound to have seen the stuff with your dd and is trying to cope with all the diff emotions its left as well as the hormone struggles of a normal kid.
it will take time to sort but there is help out there.you are doing so well and and have had to make some difficult decisions.i admire you for sticking with it and trying your best to find the best solutions for your family.i think when they are older your children will realise how hard it was for you all and that you were always thinking of them and putting them first.its just hard for them at the moment to see the wood for the trees.
ill be thinking of you.please stay strong, and keep posting when you can.look after yourself.god bless.
love julie xx

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

Morning! Hope everyone is well

Ethel: So Sorry to hear about your son,glad he is also now getting the help he needs *hugs*


I am at my craft class today later on

Have a lovely day everyone


love and light,

Katie xxx

BigMummaF

Ethel---please don't take this the wrong way, cuz I know how I feel when my offspring are away from home for just a short time---but do you think that with your son & daughter being cared for in a safe environment, with help available to them 24/7, it may give you a well deserved & very much needed break?
I know you won't stop worrying about them & you'll continue to feel like the world's worst parent, but you can cry yourself to sleep & stay there until you wake, safe in the knowledge they are in a secure place.
You are NOT a bad person; you're children are old enough to realise the consequences of their actions, & must find the answers for themselves...you can't do this bit of their lives for them, no matter how much you want to.
Take the phone off the hook & the batteries out of the doorbell for the next few hours, grab a box of tissues & a big pillow & have a good howl.......

Tiff_2

Hi guys!:hello:
I hope everyone is ready for a new day.
How are we all?
Quick Tiffbits...:rolleyes:

sazzy - I couldn't get back to reply last night hun, but I was thinking of you and hope that the counselling went well sweetheart.:T I hope you're looking after yourself sazz.:A Take care angel.

ethel - hey lady - how's you? I just wanted to remind you that you're a source of inspiration for us. :T I hope the family are doing better sweetheart.;) Take care hun.

ilgd - you're really going through the mill atm hun and I'm keeping you and yours in my thoughts. I hope ds's health starts improving quickly angel. I'll be round to sort out the dh and those d-a-n-e-s later!

dawny - you seem to be in a rough patch sweetie. Hang in there hun, ok? Please keep posting and remember we're here for you.

sf - you're another Tiffling I'm keeping my eye on.;) You've done a lot lately angel - make sure you treat yourself a little.

bmf - how are you angel? Would you like to borrow my computer hammer hun?! It can be used on offspring too - and p-u-p-s! Hoping you're well bmf.

to our new friends - a Tiffy . It's lovely to see you all being so well looked after by the wonderful family on here.:T :A

And to everyone - I hope today is the best it can be for you.;)

Just before I go...

Women's Prison.

Three women are about to be executed. One's a brunette, one's a redhead, and one's a blonde.

The guard brings the brunette forward and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready! Aim…"
Suddenly the brunette yells, "EARTHQUAKE!!!"
Everyone is startled and throws themselves on the ground while she escapes.
The guard brings the redhead forward and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She say no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready! Aim…"
Suddenly the redhead yells, "TORNADO!!!"
Everyone is startled and looks around for cover while she escapes.
By now the blonde has it all figured out. The guard brings her forward and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready! Aim…"
And the blonde yells,



"FIRE!!!" :rotfl: :rolleyes:

- Ok - ok - I 've got the message!:D

I'm thinking of you all and wishing you well.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

slowlyfading

Ethel, I am so sorry to hear about what is going on with your son. How is he today? Sending big ((HUGS)) your way, this must be so hard to deal with. I have no words to say, i dont know how to make you feel better. BUT you are an amazing woman, and you'll find a way, I'm sure. Take care x x