Depression Support Thread

johnroberts07

I wont get a refund didnt pay anything,i offered them £5 a week and they refused it. M.I.N.D said they should have accepted it, now they are applying for higher D.L.A for me, high rate care instead of middle and middle mobility instead of low!

chelly-says

hi all
im a bit of a newbie on this site, just thought i would say its cool to see some support out there.
im 28 and diagnosed bio-polar then told it was miss diagnosed then told i had bi-polar and so on, now they are just saying clinical depression and am now on fluoxitine (think thats how its spelt)
any body had any experience of fluoxitine in the past as im not sure its helping much so far although on a very low dose.
i tend to suffer from bad mood swings and "black clouds" also very lethargic (i really cant spell that one so you all will have to sound it out)
i thought it may be useful to share what helps (not including medication lol).
personally i find driving helps (although with the price of fuel!!)
alot of people say exercise but im really way to shattered all the time for that..

please add all your lifters, there maybe some we all havent tried..

fantastico_2

Hi Chelly,
Im sure you will find it a great comfort being here. It so comforting knowing that there is someone willing to listen and help. And that you are able to give something back too.

Take care

Luv H

fantastico_2

johnroberts07 wrote: »

I wont get a refund didnt pay anything,i offered them £5 a week and they refused it. M.I.N.D said they should have accepted it, now they are applying for higher D.L.A for me, high rate care instead of middle and middle mobility instead of low!

Sounds like this is working out well for you now. Now that you have the attention of the people who are able to help you make sure you ask for anything else that can help you.

Is it to early to suggest this is a christmas miracle? :rolleyes:

johnroberts07

I am lucky really, i was so low and thought there was no way out. i took 48 chloropromazine tablets the doctor said 12 can kill you, and was critical. And all for a bill that i didnt even owe. Its no good saying dont do it again i wasnt in my right mind. I have hallucinations and i cant take stress, i also have paranoia and im always looking behind me thinking people are following me.

Tulip

Hi Chelly,

Welcome to the thread,post as little or as much as you like

Katie

Tulip

well I am off everyone,

Chat tomorrow


Night! Night!


love and light,

Katie xxx

hayley11

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Hi Tiff (Long post alert :eek:)[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Thanks so much for your post, you sound like a very wise and supportive person and i'm really grateful for any advice you give me [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I will definitely try the relaxation thingy you suggested, I'll do it tomorrow and try and do it everyday. I find it so hard not to think of things, I guess it will be quite hard at first but if I try and stick to it i'm sure it will work.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I think my mum moving and us moving might have triggered it off, I have only started feeling this way since we moved so it would be stupid to think the two weren't connected. Once the lease is up on this apartment (in january) we are moving back to where our family and friends are so I wont be so lonely. My mum and I were and still are very close but it was usually by phone just because I'm at work all week and then doing stuff with OH at weekends so I only saw her a few times a month but I suppose it was just knowing she was there whenever I needed her and now it takes three hours to get to her. It just worries me that if something ever happened to her I would be so far away, she has got a lot of family down there who help her out, my mum is totally blind but she's very independent and is in the process of getting a new guide dog. I know I shouldn't worry but all I seem to do is worry about anything and everything these days.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]With regards to DLA, I already get it because i'm registered partially sighted, I get middle rate care and lower rate mobility I think, or maybe the other way round, can't remember. I will ring CAB and see what they suggest just in case I do get fired. I know my mum and my boyfriends family wouldn't see us homeless or anything but it's almost christmas and I don't want to be relying on other people or being totally skint. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I'm not very good at anything like dancing, or creative or sporty or anything really. I'm good with computers and i've built websites in the past but i'm still on my own doing that. I've had a look at what kind of activities and things are going on in Manchester at the moment but I can't find anything i'd feel comfortable going to on my own. I like swimming but i'm not a good swimmer so I always feel intimidated in pools because everybody's doing lengths and I can't do half of one :rotfl:
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I know I shouldn't worry about my OH, he is very mature and he's so great, he never ever gets fed up of me, even though I ask him twenty times a day if he is, he's probably sick of that. But I know he does love me more than anything, it's just hard sometimes to understand why he would love me @(. I feel bad because he gets upset when I am upset but it's not his fault, he does make me very happy, that's why I don't know why i'm depressed
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]My mums being a lot nicer now, I don't know why she was like that but she's being really supportive now and I speak to her about five times a day because she knows how lonely I am. I'm going down there next week for a few days and she's paying for me to have my hair done and get a massage to try and help me feel a bit better
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I am glad I started taking the tablets, I haven't slept for about a week but as i've only been taking these for 5 days I can't see it being because of them :rolleyes: So I haven't had any side effects and touch wood I wont get any. And hopefully in a couple of weeks they should kick in and make me feel a bit better.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Anyway this is a very long post so I will shut up now, thanks again Tiff and everyone else who gives me great advice and support, what would I do without this board eh?[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Hayley x
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hayley11

chelly-says wrote: »

hi all
im a bit of a newbie on this site, just thought i would say its cool to see some support out there.
im 28 and diagnosed bio-polar then told it was miss diagnosed then told i had bi-polar and so on, now they are just saying clinical depression and am now on fluoxitine (think thats how its spelt)
any body had any experience of fluoxitine in the past as im not sure its helping much so far although on a very low dose.
i tend to suffer from bad mood swings and "black clouds" also very lethargic (i really cant spell that one so you all will have to sound it out)
i thought it may be useful to share what helps (not including medication lol).
personally i find driving helps (although with the price of fuel!!)
alot of people say exercise but im really way to shattered all the time for that..

please add all your lifters, there maybe some we all havent tried..

Hi Chelly :hello:

Welcome to the board, everybody on here is great, they really are

Big hugs

Hayley x

dawnylou

Morning all,

Hope everyone has a good day today.

I can feel a bad day coming on

My welfare visit was fine, I was so relieved to hear that as of yet I am not in any sort of trouble at work!
Felt really low last night though. Fiance wanted to go to pics, I didn't but pretended I did and wet with him as felt guilty that everytime we are meant to go I put it off!
Anyway went to see Eastern Promises, I think it was called? It was good!
However after sooooo looking forward to a decent nights sleep since I no longer had to worry about the visit, one of the pups was up crying at 4 am!!! I really struggled to get back to sleep then. So when I got up a 7, I was sooooooooooo tired
I burnt my finger on the grill and it is throbbing!

I need to get one of my jobs done today - I still haven't done anything since Monday when I cleaned the bedroom!!
I realy ought to at least clean out my wardrobe! My worry is I'll get rid of everything because I feel too ugly and fat for all of my clothes!!!

I was going to goto coffee morning today with MIL (to be) but now I just don't fee up to it