I have a job lined up there and I only came to city I am currently living to do my degree. I have a few months before I start so will have to see closer to the time what the logistics are like.
That's awesome you have a job lined up! What will you be doing? When do you finish your course?
Glad to hear your better firefly. How are you mood wise?
Yeah I've been on lithium before, worked well. But came off it to get pregnant with my daughter and haven't been on it since! Thanks for that, but I feel guilty that if we decide to try again I'm putting potential babies at risk of heart defects.
Glad you are feeling better, got any plans for the weekend.
Whenever I have finished writing up my project, daunting! It is an analytical science position. Yeah, exciting and quite daunting! A lot of the aspects are still up in the air which is a bit anxiety provoking!
I understand that guilt, I want to start a family in the not to distant future and it does weigh on my mind. Could you ease some of the guilt by thinking about the positives of the lithium in the here and now and how that benefits you and your family? Would you not be able to come off it again if you wanted to try for another child?
I'm feeling pretty low today, the last few hours have been a bit better though.
I feel the same. I'm on Sodium Valporate which causes severe birth defects and if I want to start a family I'd have to come off it. Thankfully I'm a while away from that point at the moment but I am in a relationship and it plays on my mind. I'm scared to come off it and become unstable again, or to not be able to come off it and not be able to have children of my own.
My mood has been quite erratic recently. I ran out of amisulperide and the doctors messed up my prescription so I was off it for a couple of weeks. My mood plummeted and the voices started again and I felt suicidal and awful.
Now I'm back on it I'm feeling much better and my mood is rising each day. I'm scared it will continue to do this and I'll have a manic or hypomanic episode.
I'm not really sure how to prevent this from happening? I want to stay in control of my mood.
I know what you mean. I had to come of sodium Valporate due to the baby defect. So I decided it wasn't for me. And mood when eccentric. But then came down with other meds. Now it's evenning out. I don't know really how I feel. I think I'm coming out my low period hopefully but I still feel a bit low.
Tiptoes that's an exciting job. Sounds very hard. Do you have any reason why you feel low? How are you feeling now?
Jodie, that sounds difficult. Maybe you should try and see your GP come Monday so you can see if there's anything you can do to prevent it in the mean time before you see your psych. I know your sleep is poor but it's important so maybe try taking naps if it's possible? Perhaps it's your meds starting work and t will even out. Hopefully.
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If you are worried about your mood getting too high could you make a list of the warning signs of mania/hypomania and things you can do to calm them down a little bit and stop them escalating further? I find it can be helpful to have a list of things to spot and how I should react in advanced because at the time I am less likely to be that insightful
I feel a little better now, still low but it isn't as debilitating as it was the other day. I think (i.e. know but don't really want to admit) that might be overdoing things and mood issues result. I'm seeing student support next week so I'll discuss it with him.
It's good you think you are coming out of the low period, take care of yourself. I find it hard to keep doing the good things when things improve forgetting that not as low is not same as no longer low.
My contraceptive pill does wonders for my mood too, I'm apprehensive of coming off that at the same time as my mood medication if I was to try to start a family. Being a girl is complicated sometimes!
Hi tiptoes. With regards to overdoing it could you make a list of things you need to do each day and sticking to the the list and if it gets too long make it for the next day. So you're managing it so that it won't affect your mood. Do you think student support is helpful?
With regards to wanting a family is there an alternative to the medication you could go on to to prevent a relapse and manage your mood at the same time.
Stress is doing me in. I'm scared and it's affecting my mood. I want my brother to be ok but the police case is building and I have no idea what's going to happen.
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I think I'm hypo manic. I feel incredible but I'm aware it's just a natural feeling. It feels artificial. Does that make sense?
I'm not eating in not sleeping. I'm obsessively cleaning and so ending money I don't have. I've booked to get laser eye surgery next week and it was all so on a whim and cost 4.5k. I bought the rats a new cage and loads of toys and stuff. I did a massive tesco shop with loads of alcohol. I'm buying furniture. I'm worried and don't feel guilty for wasting so much money.
I don't know what to do. Does that seem excessive? Don't seem high?
Student support can be helpful, not overdoing it is something we have worked on and it is something my mentor and I work on. I get so filled with guilt whenever I am not working that it is difficult to stick to a reasonable amount.
There quite possibly is other meds I could try, although I think I went through most of the options when I was first diagnosed and all they did was cause more instability. I'm not sure whether the medication I am on is harmful or not, it is more the unwakeable sleep it puts me in which is my concern. I had such a hard time finding this medication which would work I think I would be more willing to try nothing than something else.
That sounds tricky, do you have any friends or family members you can talk to about it?
I think if that was me a few warning bells would be going off about now Jodie. Is there anyway to postpone the laser eye surgery until things are a little more settle that is a lot of money to spend if it based on hypomanic logic! If it is really a good idea waiting a month or so it will still be a good idea and you could do it then.
Is there anyone around you that is good at spotting when your mood is high?
I don't usually post in this thread but my mood is a bit unstable.
I've been so active and over working I've even lost quite a lot of weight. I think I might be a bit high but don't want to make a big deal out of it till I see my psych on Monday.
I'm sleeping poorly and feel extatic.
Jodie I remember you paying for your eye surgery when you were very low in mood. Are you sure that spend was a manic spend when you were so suicidal and making a serious thread?
I know you might feel high now but you were low not very long ago when you actually handed over the money so it could just be that you wanted the eye surgery and not and actual manic thing. Just a thought x
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Are there any self care stuff you can be doing over the next few days to help manage the high mood. Relaxing things before bed, avoiding sugar swings and caffeine, high stress situations etc.
Hey all, I am Yoyogirl and I have had depression since 2009 and then had Major episode of depression in 2011. it's been a real rollercoaster however I am getting through it.
Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60's. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.
I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside. I tried groups, didn't work out just made my depression a lot worse.
Hey, I'm just poking my head in here. I will catch up on the thread properly.
I've been really struggling with very low mood recently. It's felt absolutely horrendous. There's been loads of problems with my anti-depressants too which definitely hasn't helped.
Anyway, sending so much love to you all <3
Every one keeps saying I'm starting to get ill again. I feel amazing and really happy but I don't see it. Not sure what to do if I'm becoming unwell again.
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