[Sabertooth]

(Original post by LostHorizons)
That sounds really tough. I'm sorry I can't really say anything constructive, but my inbox is always open if you need someone to talk to

Thanks. If I work out what's inside that's wrong and want to talk about it, I'll remember your offer.

Hope you're alright.

[LostHorizons]

(Original post by Sabertooth)
Thanks. If I work out what's inside that's wrong and want to talk about it, I'll remember your offer.

Hope you're alright.

Cool

I'm not bad at the moment. I've been quite low again recently, but I think it's more just because I don't have much to focus on in life at the moment, and I'm still much better than I used to be so I'm not too worried about it yet.

[Sabertooth]

(Original post by LostHorizons)
Cool

I'm not bad at the moment. I've been quite low again recently, but I think it's more just because I don't have much to focus on in life at the moment, and I'm still much better than I used to be so I'm not too worried about it yet.

Glad to hear things are better than they used to be, that's always definitely a good thing Maybe try to find something you can focus on? It's easy to feel a bit lost when there's nothing in particular.

[The_Lonely_Goatherd]

(Original post by rmhumphries)
Can you ask anyone else to call for you?

My uni mental health mentor phoned up my psychiatrist today and had a go at his secretary. It was quite amusing

(Original post by Sabertooth)
I think I'm entering another depressive phase or something like that.

I fell asleep last night at 3.30am, 2 and a half hours lying in bed awake, woke up at 5 then lay there unable to get the motivation to get up until 11. I've felt thoroughly unmotivated all day as well as an almost overwhelming feeling of constant sadness, I don't know why, my girlfriend keeps asking what's wrong....how do you explain nothing's wrong I just feel like crap inside? My thoughts are getting darker, I'm scared a lot of the time about what I'm thinking, I do not want these thoughts - I keep discussing them with my girlfriend, she tells me what to think but then an hour later the thoughts are back.

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Worst of all I've been considering suicide, I don't know why. I know how, I don't have a date. My life is pretty good right now and until these last few days I felt pretty satisfied with how things were going. I just don't understand myself.

I keep crying just because I feel so bad inside. I'm trying to distract myself by getting into arguments on TSR but then I get confused by all the words. Not to mention the dissertation, oh god.


Sorry for the self indulgent spiel....I'm feeling down without reason and I'm confused and upset about it.

Really sorry to hear you're feeling like this. The depression that comes with schizoaffective disorder (or whatever we both seem to have!) can be so awful. Please keep reaching out for help and remember you can always inbox me too, if that would help If I don't reply within a few hours, it's not coz I'm ignoring you: it means I'm out. Or working on dissertation. But given how that's going, that's quite unlikely to be the reason

(Original post by Deyesy)
My head is screaming to shut everyone out. Skype's already been un-installed so I can't bug/pester people there. So close to just getting a perm ban on here and deactivating my Facebook so I can shut people out as much as possible

You're not bugging anyone here or on X Soc, for that matter. We all care about you and want to help. If you need some alone time, that's fine but if you need help/support from others, please seek it

[SciFiRory]

urgh, been sleeping far too much, feel exhausted even so though

keep having really vivid dreams about really random things as well which is a bit disquieting

[Sultana]

(Original post by SciFiRory)
urgh, been sleeping far too much, feel exhausted even so though

keep having really vivid dreams about really random things as well which is a bit disquieting

Sometimes you actually feel more tired if you sleep too much. It might be best to try and limit your sleep to 8-10 hours.

[Meaty_man]

(Original post by Anonymous)
i tried going out with friends, things like shopping, going to the cinema, meeting for a meal together, but all that did was remind me of how much better off they'd be if i wasnt around, and how much i'm holding them back

i try thinking about the good things in my life, like my family, friends, uni offers, my cat, but they always seem overshadowed by the sadness.

i went on holiday with the family, relaxed in the sun, sea and sand, but that all went to pot when i started thinking about the deep water.

Soz i forgot to follow up my post there, its been a busy day .__. As for more natural things to do, talking to people about your problems and/or writing them down in a diary is good, personally it helps me a lot and is supposed to help other people too General excercise is also good, be it a jog in the park, sports or gym.

Eating healthy also can help, if you lack certain vitamins it can cause you to feel down. I was told to take multivitamins and vitamin C tablets to help improve my mood, i think its pretty solid for anyone feeling down.

If you've tried all that and it isnt working, see your GP, literally just say how you've been feeling; inability to focus, can only think of negatives, feeling hopeless, restlessness, cant sleep, and strange eating patterns are all symptoms, there's a bunch of others too.

Again sorry for late reply, hope u come back soon to read this

[Meaty_man]

(Original post by Sultana)
Sometimes you actually feel more tired if you sleep too much. It might be best to try and limit your sleep to 8-10 hours.

Indeed, average time for sleep is really 4-8 hours, but i think up to 10 is ok. Im pretty sure that an average full sleep cycle is roughly 4 hours long. If you're gonna sleep proper, do it for 4 hrs+.

However, if you're going to nap, dont nap for more than 40 mins tops. After 40 mins u start going into deep sleep, and if you wake urself up from that you'll feel worse.

[SciFiRory]

(Original post by Sultana)
Sometimes you actually feel more tired if you sleep too much. It might be best to try and limit your sleep to 8-10 hours.

ah okay may have slept like 14 hours in the last 24

I will try to stay awake for a bit I think then!

[rmhumphries]

(Original post by Sabertooth)
Thanks. If I work out what's inside that's wrong and want to talk about it, I'll remember your offer.

Hope you're alright.

If you want sex chats with either me or Wolf, we can help you there as well

[avhhs]

(Original post by SciFiRory)
urgh, been sleeping far too much, feel exhausted even so though

keep having really vivid dreams about really random things as well which is a bit disquieting

Can I have some of your sleep please? I just find it so hard to sleep these days, yesterday I actually woke up properly around 3pm because of it . Today I want to go somewhere and leave at 10am max but that looks hard

(Original post by rmhumphries)
If you want sex chats with either me or Wolf, we can help you there as well

Lol

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my HTC Wildfire S

[Sultana]

(Original post by SciFiRory)
ah okay may have slept like 14 hours in the last 24

I will try to stay awake for a bit I think then!

I'm so jealous of your sleeping ability! I can barely get longer than half an hour at a time.

Though your sleep patterned is messed up!

[SciFiRory]

(Original post by avhhs)
Can I have some of your sleep please? I just find it so hard to sleep these days, yesterday I actually woke up properly around 3pm because of it . Today I want to go somewhere and leave at 10am max but that looks hard

im happy to lend it out lol, I just want to not be so damn tired all the time tbh, got a GP appointment today as well which I would rather be more awake for but oh well.

[SciFiRory]

(Original post by Sultana)
I'm so jealous of your sleeping ability! I can barely get longer than half an hour at a time.

Though your sleep patterned is messed up!

don't be that jealous, it comes with severe tiredness all the time and doesn't help the messed up sleep pattern either!

hopefully you guys get some good sleep soon!

[Anonymous]

(Original post by Meaty_man)
Indeed, average time for sleep is really 4-8 hours, but i think up to 10 is ok. Im pretty sure that an average full sleep cycle is roughly 4 hours long. If you're gonna sleep proper, do it for 4 hrs+.

However, if you're going to nap, dont nap for more than 40 mins tops. After 40 mins u start going into deep sleep, and if you wake urself up from that you'll feel worse.

4 hours? Is this not too little to be healthy? I thought adults' average sleep time was 8 hours.

[CherryCherryBoomBoom]

(Original post by Anonymous)
4 hours? Is this not too little to be healthy? I thought adults' average sleep time was 8 hours.

Oh dear, how did I go anonymous again?

[superwolf]

(Original post by Sabertooth)
Definitely an achievement, you should reward yourself with something yummy.

We need a time when it's a) sunny and b) here is empty. Send me a pm or something. I found this amazing place I have to take you, they have meat and frozen goodies and cider and vodka and kefir and all kinds of magical things.

I have no idea if I'm meant to be seeing her again. She mentioned transferring me to some other team so I don't know when that's happening, or what's going on. Seeing CPN on wednesday; I told her last time that things were getting worse and she said she'd speak to the psychiatrist so what's happening.........

Like... cider?

That sounds like the best shop ever! Will you take me there?

Well just make things happen goddamnit!

(Original post by Sugar Coated Owl)
I'm really annoyed with my social worker. She promised she would call me last Mon. when she returned to work after having 3 days off and I'm still waiting for that call. Also the hospital that I'm under didn't have my medication when I went for my appointment on Thurs. so they said they would call me when it arrived. Well it's now Mon. evening and I've had no medication since Fri.

Hope you hear from her soon - try and ring her tomorrow if you can.

(Original post by geetar)
I'm going to have to wade in on the tea/coffee debate. Tea 100%! Coffee is bleurgh.

I'm actually looking forward to my morning cup tomorrow, that's how much I love the stuff.

Just when I'm growing to like you, you come out with stuff like that...

(Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd)
Stupidly wrote in one of those teacher-student relationship threads. Now I feel all broken and sad

You're far too awesome to feel like that.

(Original post by Sabertooth)
I like both tea and coffee. Coffee is a morning drink, tea is nicer in the afternoon.

Tea in the morning as a soothing consolation that the world's still there, and then coffee for every other minute of the day to get you so wired that you forget the world's there at all.

(Original post by usycool1)
Thanks a lot again And I think I've finally found some nice people who don't annoy me! I never thought it'd be possible but I guess things are improving for once

Haha

I hope you're feeling OK






I hate both tea and coffee. I can't stand them

Woo for improvement! Although I can't say I'm impressed by your caffeine policies.

(Original post by Sultana)
Hmmm naked wolf, alcohol and cake? Awesome! But, alas, I live nowhere near you.

But tea has magical properties! There is nothing else in the world that is an instant cure to all problems. Nothing is more special than that.

Ha, I hate people looking after me too. In fact all the most stupid things that I've done have followed people trying to be to caring. Just gotta remind yourself they're doing it cause they love you. Can you talk to them about what sort of stuff makes you feel uncomfortable so they can try and avoid that and what stuff is more helpful?





I have a tea cupboard with about 15 varieties in it!

Poor you. Naked pictures may be obtained via my agent, rmhumphries. Or else you could always hold a meet round your house...

Tea's great, but it's a little pedestrian. Whereas coffee elevates you to a higher plane.

I don't think I'm good at even noticing myself what's making me uncomfortable, at least until I'm high-tailing it out the bathroom window.



I have many teas too, but I have the wisdom to realise that even an infinite number of teas will never equal the worth of one well-made espresso. *meditates*

(Original post by Riku)
First appointment with adult MH tomorrow. Bit nervous.
But FML I forgot to go to bed and stayed up a little late watching porn when I eneded an early night to recover from today's binge, not sure why I'd never even do that and yet just started in the last month blah I'd be an awful boyfriend right now

Nowt wrong with a good bit of porn.

(Original post by Wheek)
Thanks. My other half is quite upset as well, so we have been talking about things with each other. I have walked my cinnamon trust dogs a few extra times as well which helps, and I am due to do a few extra shifts at work anyway which will help too.



Thanks. Yeah I have been having lots of guinea cuddles to try to help. Really missing having a cat in the flat though, so we are thinking about fostering for cats protection for a while until we are ready to give our hearts to another cat of our own.

Fostering cats sounds lovely (Saber's doing it just now too), and should help you keep having lovely kitty stimulus without feeling like you're prematurely replacing your cat.

Squidge your guinea pigs for me.

Also I have bad news - new landlady won't let me have pets.

(Original post by Sugar Coated Owl)
Yes perhaps I should call them instead. It's just annoying when they say they will call and don't.

I take Aripiprazole (Abilify), Duloxetine (Cymbalta), Agomelatine (Valdoxan), Diazepam and Zopiclone. Yes, sometimes I feel a little light-headed, dizzy and nauseous.

Wow, you're on a whole ambulance-full of drugs (having said that, I have been on half of them myself, just not all in the same go ). Best to get some more, as could be nasty coming off all of them at once.

(Original post by bytail)
just want to apologise for stuff I said yesterday, hope i didn't upset anyone Going to try and stay away from this thread for a while until I get myself together a bit, hope everyone is okay

Didn't see what you wrote, but megahugs from me anyhow and don't you dare stop posting.

(Original post by Anonymous)
i keep trying to think of a way to describe how i've been feeling lately. it's different from christmas/new years time, where i was literally just sitting down and trying not to cry. it's kind of like when you go swimming and you get water into your ears and all the sounds around you are muffled. i keep trying to break free from this everpresent feeling of sadness and numbness but i just seem to push myself further into it.

my friends could do without me, they all have jobs and boyfriends and better friends than i could ever be.
my family could do without me, i dont fit in with them, i'm just dragging them down.
im wasting time, money and effort that would be better to use for someone else.
i'm watching the olympics and thinking these people are out there and acheiving their dreams and here i am, sitting on my arse, complaining about my stupid life.

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throughout my holiday i just kept thinking about what it would be like to walk into the ocean and never come back.

I've felt that same head under water way before, so feel your pain. Keep on fighting though - you can get better, and I guarantee that your friends and family would be appalled to think of their being without you.

Everybody goes through some rough phases in their life - don't single yourself out for especial blame because you happen to be in one right now.

(Original post by rmhumphries)
Same as SciFiRory, was finishing moving yesterday, but hope you are ok - if you want someone to talk to but don't want to come here you know where I am

Same!

(Original post by bullettheory)
Haha Thank you, I will have fun!

You should come to a meet sometime, then we can all have fun together.

(Original post by Sabertooth)
I think I'm entering another depressive phase or something like that.

I fell asleep last night at 3.30am, 2 and a half hours lying in bed awake, woke up at 5 then lay there unable to get the motivation to get up until 11. I've felt thoroughly unmotivated all day as well as an almost overwhelming feeling of constant sadness, I don't know why, my girlfriend keeps asking what's wrong....how do you explain nothing's wrong I just feel like crap inside? My thoughts are getting darker, I'm scared a lot of the time about what I'm thinking, I do not want these thoughts - I keep discussing them with my girlfriend, she tells me what to think but then an hour later the thoughts are back.

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Worst of all I've been considering suicide, I don't know why. I know how, I don't have a date. My life is pretty good right now and until these last few days I felt pretty satisfied with how things were going. I just don't understand myself.

I keep crying just because I feel so bad inside. I'm trying to distract myself by getting into arguments on TSR but then I get confused by all the words. Not to mention the dissertation, oh god.


Sorry for the self indulgent spiel....I'm feeling down without reason and I'm confused and upset about it.

Really sorry to hear that. Talk to the professionals (especially if this feeling lasts more than a few days), and until then remember we're all here to support you and make sure you realise you have friends no matter what.

Here to talk any time you want me.

(Original post by Deyesy)
My head is screaming to shut everyone out. Skype's already been un-installed so I can't bug/pester people there. So close to just getting a perm ban on here and deactivating my Facebook so I can shut people out as much as possible

Not a good idea. Tons of us have tried that kind of thing before, only to always realise that it was a huge mistake. Stay with us people who care about you.

(Original post by Anonymous)
On leave from hospital, can't believe I've been there 10 weeks.

Last night my room was searched and staff found a razor which I've had for 6 weeks. Staff are supposed to search bags and stuff upon returning from leave so if they're not going to search my stuff, I'm obviously going to bring things in to self-harm with. Safe to say when staff told my mum she had a good rant about my bags not being searched and them not doing their job properly. Came home and everything remotely sharp has been removed from my room, bugger. Just feel ridiculously guilty now.

Hope everyone is ok x

Hope you're doing more or less ok despite everything - remember that you've got a lot of people who care about you, and any time you want any help/advice from us you only need to ask.

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I know how it is with self-harming even when you know you shouldn't. Don't hate yourself for it, but try and look for alternative ways to cope.

(Original post by sunfowers01)
My head feels heavy and disconnected from the rest of my body.

That probably makes no sense to anyone.

Au contraire, I know exactly what you mean. I find the easiest thing to do is go to sleep if possible, and hope your body sort of resets itself.

[Sultana]

One of those nights where the temptation to drown my sorrows in a bottle of wine is pretty damn high.

[kahinalouise]

(Original post by Sultana)
One of those nights where the temptation to drown my sorrows in a bottle of wine is pretty damn high.

is there anything else you could do instead, how did your meeting go.

[kahinalouise]

what is the point anymore

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19061271