I'm glad you're going to see your GP, Ali. :) I hope she has something helpful to suggest.
I hope tomorrow goes well, Amy. Sounds like you got some good goals. Bed sounds like a good plan. :)
I'm feeling really rather chirpy. Not too chirpy, I never get like that, but I'm definitely pleasantly content. It was actually reasonably easy to get out of bed this morning - I was awake before my alarm! Unheard of. :P
“Our defeats are softened and our victories are sweetened because we did it together.” - Toby Ziegler.
In confused I took a zopiclone and my quetiapine and it hasn't knocked me out I feel fairly invincible so I'm going to do mindfulness and hope that works
When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty. ~Woody Allen
Is a chocolate muffin loving glitter ball
That was typed correctly I believe I'm definitely invincible as it been over an hour :D
When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty. ~Woody Allen
Is a chocolate muffin loving glitter ball
Did you go straight to bed after you'd taken the zopiclone, Cam? I find that zopiclone doesn't work for me if I stay up and about when I take it - I kind of work through it, you know? I hope the mindfulness does help!
“Our defeats are softened and our victories are sweetened because we did it together.” - Toby Ziegler.
Ali I'm glad you're seeing your GP and I really hope it helps.
Amy I hope your day goes okay and your CPN is helpful!
I've had a pretty horrendous evening/night but I think I'm all cried out now :P Hopefully I'll sleep, and I don't need to set my alarm for the morning!
"I know you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day.
Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet.
It'll get better. Until then, have a day."
Productive so far! I have retrieved my purse from the shop I left it in with everything I expected in it! and got a letter from uni so the student loans company can stop hassling about paying back my student loan.... took a while apparently I don't have a surname!
Appointment was okay. I don't know. She suggested I self refer myself to a stress and mood management group which I will do but it's run by psychology graduates and is unlikely to teach me anything new - although I know it's good for refreshing coping strategies. I can also self refer for an assessment for other groups and potentially 1:1 stuff but it's likely to take longer.
My doctor is lovely but I never feel like she quite gets what I'm trying to say, which is probably my fault as I don't express myself well. I said I'd been feeling awful even before what happened with my brother and she said it was normal to feel bad after a stressful event - not the point I was making. I also said I'd been feeling better this week and had joined the gym and had breakfast every day etc and she said that sort of stuff will make me feel better, but the point is I'd been feeling better to be able to do it in the first place.
She also said I was dealing with things in a more mature way which I'm sure is true but it's not nice to hear that years of feeling awful as a teenager was me 'not dealing with things maturely'. She also said that I was probably going to struggle with my mood for the rest of my life. Which is never nice to hear!
I don't know. I always leave doctors appointments feeling weird. Hope you're all having a good day x
Doctors appointments leave me feeling a weird too.
It is frustrating when they don't necessarily understand the cause and effects. The group might not teach you something new but it might help to bounce ideas of what you could try. If mh management was as simple as knowing the methods and techniques therapy would take a couple of sessions not weeks and months. A lot of the mood management stuff I have done over the years I knew any way but having someone to talk through what I could do or what I have done etc has been useful.
It's not nice when you hear that you probably have issues for the rest of your life. It doesn't mean it will all be bad and as debilitating as it can get. It was lovely that she recognised that you were dealing with it in a more mature way.
Ali, *hugs* I don't have much to add to what Sarah said! I think the group sounds like it could be helpful. I usually find that people can't really suggest much I don't already know but it helps anyway to have a bit of support to put things in place.
I think what she said about coping more maturely was a compliment about how amazingly you're coping at the moment in spite of anything. It doesn't mean that you didn't handle things maturely when you were younger, just that you've come such a long way :)
I get that about being told you'll probably always struggle with your mood. But I don't think it will always be like this. Things do get better, and you can always work on finding ways to not get so low. *squish* This is a bad patch and you will get through it.
How are you all doing today?
I'm in pain. Girl woes :'(
"I know you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day.
Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet.
It'll get better. Until then, have a day."
Haha, I am in bed with a hot water bottle eating treacle tart :P
*Squish* Well, trying is good! How is work coming along? Have you got any plans for the weekend?
"I know you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day.
Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet.
It'll get better. Until then, have a day."
Umm I have work tomorrow and my parents will have friends staying so I will probably be hiding in my room :P
"I know you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day.
Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet.
It'll get better. Until then, have a day."
Sorry you've had a frustrating day Ali. *hugs* I hope the rest of it goes quickly. And I hope your personal training session goes well tomorrow, I'm sure it will be fine!
"I know you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day.
Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet.
It'll get better. Until then, have a day."
