Mental Health Support Society XVIII

Feel sick and my eyes and face are itchy. :/

Hello how is everyone today. How is the weather in Great Britain today? It was hot here in the United States. I found out back in June my mom had cancer and she's having surgery Monday on her bladder. It's scary because she's never had good help. She's never taken care of herself.its just a little scary.I always read on here users talking about sleeping.I'm sick and I have problems sleeping too. you just lay down and all these things are just going through your mind. you just cannot turn it off. I'm like everyone else on here, I just become obsessed with getting alittle more sleep. I'm lucky, I get Ambien from my doctors but I always run out.I usually have to go without it for about 8 days.those are the longest days of the month.by the the 4th day my nerves are a little fried. I really know how all of you feel. It really sucks wanting to go to sleep and cannot. It's almost bedtime here in California and I think I'm going to try to get some sleep. I hope everyone out there who has problems sleeping and got some sleep last night.

Sorry to hear about your mom. I hope her operation goes well.

Have you tried lunesta or restoril? I find ambien doesn't work at all for me whereas either of the other 2 work great to get me get to sleep. You could also consider trying a low dose of seroquel to help with sleep? (sorry, don't know if you have MH issues or what your story is)


I also live in the US and yes it is hot here!

allergies?

Hate having panic attacks when I'm away from home. I'm still at my friend's in Manchester and she's away to a wedding and won't be back until tomorrow morning so me and Callan have the house to ourselves while we pet sit.

I was sure I heard the back door opening and then closing so I checked it and it was locked and so was the gate and the animals didn't look disturbed so obviously no one came but my OCD has went into overdrive and I've checked the house over and over for intruders and I'm scared to eat or drink in case someone is in the house and may have laced my food and drink which I know is silly but that's my OCD in full swing keep taking panics too and feel quite spacey

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thank you very much. My father passed away about 3 years ago. It's really sad losing your parents butt it's going to unfortunately happen. I was going to say if you are talking about lunesta or restoril you had to live in the United States. Hello my fellow American, how are you? I don't think you get those in Great Britain. I have taken lunesta, restoril and tempazepam but you know you our health insurance companies like to screw with us. They're not covered by my health insurance anymore. I thought tempazepam worked the best. What's covered on my insurance and what I think works best for me is 5mg of diazepam and 10mg of ambiem but sometimes it's difficult to get the diazepam because of all of these celebrity drug overdoses. I am envious of your health care coverage.

Oh no, that must be so difficult to lose your father and then have your mom get sick too. I'm really sorry to hear that, hopefully she'll conquer this.

Insurance can be a nightmare you got my sympathy there. Mine randomly moved my psychiatrist out of network so I had to find someone else. At my first appointment with the new one she committed (sectioned) me. Couldn't ****ing believe it.

I think a lot can depend on your doctor. My psychiatrist I saw a few years back would prescribe me pretty much anything I asked for. She gave me a prescription for diazepam 3 times a day for a month (so 90 5mg tabs), and then put this on repeat. :/ kind of irresponsible I guess, I had to really limit myself to avoid getting addicted. Probably not the greatest idea but you could try a different doctor if you did want a more reliable diazepam provider? Don't be too envious of my insurance! I paid $250/month for one drug a couple of years back, it really helped me but was way too expensive for me to afford.

You're right that the UK doesn't have lunesta (eszopiclone) but they do have "zopiclone" which is slightly different but imo works possibly even a little better. They also have ambien (zolpidem). If you're struggling to get the ambien and valium, have you tried promethazine? It's often used in the UK as a minor sedative without the addictive qualities of other drugs.

I have my first appointment with the new psychiatrist tomorrow

Let's hope they are not an arse like mine!

Or like my old therapist!

Your old therapist was a nightmare.