How are you feeling today?

[Zaf]

I have lost my phone and really need an urgent doctors appointment today because I feel like im on the edge of a nervous break down so I am going to walk over to the uni medical centre and ask to see someone, I don't even know if they will give me an appointment, the website says I need to ring in advance but to be honest if I don't get an appointment today who knows what state I could be in and I cannot ring them because I don't know what I did with my stupid phone.

Oh god they are going to think I am completely freekin insane, a complete head case, just what they need first thing in the morning  $%^ I reallllly hope they give me an appointment today.
smirfy

if you cant get an appointment smirfy, go to A&E, its not something you can wait for so its an emergency,  dont worry what anyone thinks (I know difficult), tell the receptionist you are in danger and why,  please dont leave it,  I lost a friend recently who was bi polar and know how quickly feeling bad can deteriorate into doing something dreadful

[smirfy21]

Got an appointment at two thirty, got drenched on the way there which didn't help things because it just made me look even crazier.
I don't really know what I am going to say because I am kind of in this strange hypomanic state on the edge of a nervous breakdown but I guess I will know what the right thing to say is when I get there or at least I hope I will. My aim is just to make sure that I don't end up being sectioned again for 72 hours because I don't have time to be locked up I need to get the thoughts out of my mind and onto paper, oh god what if they sedate me then I really will be royaly screwed.
 smirfy

[Lol]

Smirfy I think you just need to go in there and say whatever if feels right to say. Don't try to orchestrate anything. Let them help you however you need to be helped what ever that may mean becasue you take priority and putting off appropriate treatment will make you worse in the long run. I understand that you have a schedule and deadlines which is very worrying for you. you are coping well in this difficult time. We are here to support you.

[Zaf]

Thinking of you smirfy, let us know how you get on :)



I feel suddenly very tired but not down so I'm going to nurture myself this afternoon, feed the horses, do my meditation and probably get an early night - and I'm going to try to do all that without feeling guilty for not doing anything!

[Munchroom]

How did it go Smirfy?

Zaf - Please don't feel guilty, you have no need too!!! You do so much for others, but everyone needs some 'me-time'

[Zaf]

its incredibly difficult to break the habit of a lifetime 

[Munchroom]

Tell me about it! 

[smirfy21]

The appointment was brilliant, I met with the nurse practitioner who asked all the right questiones, took in my concerns and gave all the right advice she really was a star. she has written everything down, refered me to the mental health team hear at uni and has made me an appointment tomorrow morning with one of the doctors who is going to figure out the meds.

I Know it really doesn't sound like much but to be honest I think a fresh start with a new GP and Doctors surgery is going to be a really good thing
smirfy

[Munchroom]

Well done Smirfy, thats brilliant  :)

[Lol]

I so glad the appointment went well and I'm SO please for you this does sound like some fresh hope on the situation. I hope the doctor is supportive and you can resume some control. This was a brilliant appointment for you Smirfy well done.

[Got]

I have got something the flu, and it has caused my depression to come back.

[Zaf]

Thats brilliant smirfy, I'm so pleased for you :)


Thats all you need Stevie     Having depression is bad enough without getting flu, thinking of you xx

[Got]

Well...I will survive. I hope everyone is doing well.

[Lol]

Sorry you're not feeling well Stevie. Have you got some relief aids? Try hot lemon and honey, it's not just an old wife's tale! I find it amazing when I feel awful.

I have been to the gym and feel slightly less awful than I have been doing.

Hope everyone is coping.  :)

[Zaf]

If you've got a sore throat or cough I've got a brilliant recipe from my herbalist friend that really helps :)  hope you feel better soon xx

Good to hear you feel slightly less awful lol



I seem to have developed an earache and/or toothache in the last hour or so, apart from that I feel just the positive side of neutral