How are you feeling today?

[Zaf]

&*(

Z xx

[CharleysAngel']

Thanks zaf xx

[willows]

Feel so alone today. I wish people would listen me an try and understand...........

[Sweetpea]

 &*( willow its hard for us when others don't understand.

S x x x x

[smirfy21]

I think the same as Shaz, you really need to see you doctor/psychiatrist and explain how you are feeling Smify.

How is your bipolar controlled? I was just wondering, I have a friend who takes Lithium and she says the same thing, that she feels emotionally dull/numb. I don't take lithium, my bipolar meds aren't yet sorted, which is a pain.

Take Care

Buttercup xxx

Well at the moment I am taking Citalopram, iron supplements, D-ribose and Vitamins for my M.E, I point blank refuse to take lithium or mood stabalisers because of the extreme side affects so my biploar isn't really controlled.

[CharleysAngel']

Smirfy, my doctor told me that she couldn only prescribe me anti- depressants to help ME, but she really doesn't want to at the moment. Are all the things you take for ME prescibed to you?

[Buttercup]

Hi Smirfy, completely with you on the lithium front, I wasn't keen either, but had no choice, it was mood stabiliser or lose driving license. So I went for Lamotrigine which isn't too bad, no blood tests etc neccesary. I can't take ssri antidepressants as they make me manic.

Really hope things get sorted out for you soon, you've got a lot to deal with.

[smirfy21]

Smirfy, my doctor told me that she couldn only prescribe me anti- depressants to help ME, but she really doesn't want to at the moment. Are all the things you take for ME prescibed to you?

Hey Ice lolly the citalopram and iron meds are prescribed and I took them for a few weeks whilst talking to people with M.E and reading up on it and alternative therapies and found a lot of different meds, therapies etc. the D-Ribose was recommended by 5 different people with M.E so I thought I would give it a go and its been brilliant.
I am still in the early stages so still learning all this myself, I have changed my diet completely, started swimming and going to the gym although its not recommended as I tend to get exhausted and spend the next two or three days in bed however I have to change my weight as I am in the Danger zone for diabetes and it runs in my family.

If I find out anything that I think is helpful I will let you know.
how are things going, did you manage to get your mum on side etc
smirfy :)

[HannahBanana]

Hi, I'm new! Not sure where to go in here, just wanted to chat and see what people are up to

[Buttercup]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I hope you find it helpful  :)

[Sweetpea]

Hello Hannah and welcome to the forum,  Just jump in on any thread or feel free to start your own.  We are a friendly bunch.


S x x x x

[Zaf]

Hi and welcome Hannah, have a browse round and post where you feel :)

Z xx

[CharleysAngel']

Smirfy, my doctor told me that she couldn only prescribe me anti- depressants to help ME, but she really doesn't want to at the moment. Are all the things you take for ME prescibed to you?

Hey Ice lolly the citalopram and iron meds are prescribed and I took them for a few weeks whilst talking to people with M.E and reading up on it and alternative therapies and found a lot of different meds, therapies etc. the D-Ribose was recommended by 5 different people with M.E so I thought I would give it a go and its been brilliant.
I am still in the early stages so still learning all this myself, I have changed my diet completely, started swimming and going to the gym although its not recommended as I tend to get exhausted and spend the next two or three days in bed however I have to change my weight as I am in the Danger zone for diabetes and it runs in my family.

If I find out anything that I think is helpful I will let you know.
how are things going, did you manage to get your mum on side etc
smirfy :)

Thanks Smirfy, things are going ok, at first my doctor told me I was just stressed, I went back on Friday and she said that it probably is ME that's making me feel so ill. So I have to do an exercise plan for the next two months gradually increasing the amount of exercise I do to see if it helps my symptoms and then I have to go back to the doctor xx

[pinkcasi]

Im feeling alright today, had contact with my sister which put me on a downer last night and i couldn't get into work till 11 but other than that im ok, I've made contact with my union rep at work to ask where i stand if i go off sick and im so anxious about it but i really feel like a couple of weeks until my meds stabilise would benefit me, we're going to talk later so now im really anxious, got the chest tightening but im holding it down.

[Zaf]

horrible, its pouring with rain, poor Jade is at the vets to have some teeth out and I'm slowly descending further and further down the black hole