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Post by nightbird on May 16, 2008 16:33:16 GMT
Hey, Sonny, is Citalapram all you are on? Do you not take anything like Seroquel alongside that? To be honest, BPD/bipolar, anxiety disorders, etc. are all intertwined and it seems hard to get a proper diagnosis a lot of the time due to the similarities between them. In my very humble opinion, GPs are so not qualified on the issue and my experience of NHS psychiatrists has been a real bad one. I'm totally energetic and buzzing at the moment, surviving on about 3 hours sleep a night - worrying considering my father passed away last month after an infection turned to sepsis. Figure I should be feeling a tad despondent, but guess not! Mind you, what is normal
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Post by Devil Soundwave on May 16, 2008 16:46:36 GMT
Dude, I feel for you I really do. The amount of problems you must have purely functioning on a daily basis must be pretty intense at times. I cant tell if your being sarcastic or not, but if your not then yeah, its a real pain. Daily bad headaches dont help much either. Don't be paranoid dude, I usually make it pretty clear when I'm being arsey. In this case, genuine, no sarcasm.
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Post by danaustin1975 on May 17, 2008 12:16:22 GMT
I'm sorry to hear your Father passed away Nightbird, maybe you're feeling this way as its your way of dealing with the loss. You say you only get 3 hours of sleep a night - maybe this is due to a condition? I find this too, its really hard to get to sleep sometimes, and I'm really awake and want to stay awake all night, browsing on ebay mostly, dreaming about all the transformers I'm going to buy lol. I didn't sleep last night, as I said I'm coming off the citalapram ATM and felt pretty lousy this morning, but maybe that's because I had no sleep. I must say I feel for all you guys and gals on this post who suffer from a condition, it is hard.
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Post by sonny on May 17, 2008 14:34:48 GMT
Hey, Sonny, is Citalapram all you are on? Do you not take anything like Seroquel alongside that? To be honest, BPD/bipolar, anxiety disorders, etc. are all intertwined and it seems hard to get a proper diagnosis a lot of the time due to the similarities between them. In my very humble opinion, GPs are so not qualified on the issue and my experience of NHS psychiatrists has been a real bad one. I'm totally energetic and buzzing at the moment, surviving on about 3 hours sleep a night - worrying considering my father passed away last month after an infection turned to sepsis. Figure I should be feeling a tad despondent, but guess not! Mind you, what is normal I take diazipam for the anxiety attacks as well. Nothing else for the depression though....yet.
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Post by sonny on May 17, 2008 14:36:55 GMT
I'm sorry to hear your Father passed away Nightbird, maybe you're feeling this way as its your way of dealing with the loss. You say you only get 3 hours of sleep a night - maybe this is due to a condition? I find this too, its really hard to get to sleep sometimes, and I'm really awake and want to stay awake all night, browsing on ebay mostly, dreaming about all the transformers I'm going to buy lol. I didn't sleep last night, as I said I'm coming off the citalapram ATM and felt pretty lousy this morning, but maybe that's because I had no sleep. I must say I feel for all you guys and gals on this post who suffer from a condition, it is hard. If your coming off meds then thats more than likely why your feeling lousy. We're prescribed these meds for a reason after all. If they helped you in the past then you should keep taking them. It only takes 30 seconds to pop one out of the box and swallow it every morning afterall, and theres no shame in taking medication that you NEED in order to function.
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Post by danaustin1975 on May 18, 2008 5:00:11 GMT
Yeah, that's what I'm worried about, if I felt bad yesterday could it happen again, but I maybe it was because I hadn't any sleep? Last night I slept thank God, so hopefully should get back into a routine.
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Post by Rev. Mirage on May 18, 2008 11:26:57 GMT
Hmm, I came off the meds by accident (the doc didn't give me a prescription one week so I assumed he had decided to stop them, when he had actually left it with reception).
I absolutely hated being on them, they made me just feel utterly numb.
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Post by sonny on May 18, 2008 13:59:46 GMT
Hmm, I came off the meds by accident (the doc didn't give me a prescription one week so I assumed he had decided to stop them, when he had actually left it with reception). I absolutely hated being on them, they made me just feel utterly numb. I had that trouble, and worse, on one type of med once...thats why we changed them to something better. Remember if something doesnt work, theres literally hundreds and thousands of different meds you can try that might work.
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Post by sonny on May 18, 2008 23:37:38 GMT
An ironic contrast now when you consider what i said in my last post.
Im in a really dark place right now...something just happened and i feel like theres simply no hope, no possible way to live a normal life or ever be happy.
I havnt been in such a deep and dark place for a very long time.
Heres to making it through the night...
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Post by Devil Soundwave on May 18, 2008 23:56:23 GMT
Sonny, you ok man?
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Post by sonny on May 19, 2008 2:05:07 GMT
Only because i have my wife. If i didnt have her id probably wouldnt be here to type this now. I'll pull through...i'll just be very fragile for a few days unless something else happens then i dont know what i'll do. Its such a dark place im afraid...ive never been afraid before like this, just depressed. Thanks for asking though.
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Post by waraijj on May 19, 2008 3:34:28 GMT
hope you'll get through it. really don' t know how the real thing goes down. keep yourself busy, i guess. cheers! and some smiles for you!
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Post by nightbird on May 19, 2008 6:08:10 GMT
Can you get in to see your doc?
We're all here for you.
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Post by sonny on May 19, 2008 15:42:20 GMT
Im still here somehow.
Nah the GP cant really do anything, and because the mental health help in this country is practically useless i can only see the psychiatrist once every 3 months if im lucky.
I feel a bit better today thanks to the missus but that was a scary period. I managed to pull through though with her help, and my trusty old transformers that i need to paint. That managed to take my mind off things...i guess thats kinda of like art therapy isnt it?
Thanks everyone for your concerns it means a lot to me.
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Post by danaustin1975 on May 20, 2008 2:36:10 GMT
Just take it easy sonny, if you get in a dark place again, try to take your mind off things. Take care.
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