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Original post by Sabertooth
Yeah, they're pretty awesome. I'm so glad they won that competition as they're definitely good enough to be a permanent thing imo. :drool:

I haven't seen them in the US though. :frown:


The orange ones are the best!

Get someone to mail them over to you :tongue:
Original post by Odd socks

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Couldn't sleep much at all last night. Going to get up and try not to have a nap today so hopefully can get a normal ish sleeping pattern back. Can't decide if I feel hungry or sick which isn't really the best thing to wake up to. Think some of it is that I'm feeling anxious about my mum coming home and, well basically everything at the minute. New plan for the day is to not panic.

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Original post by ScaryScience
not a terrible idea at all, thanks. I do it a lot too. in PJs now, don't think i'll be sleeping anytime soon though and mood has dropped even more :/ hope you're ok



DVD player isn't working :frown: I dunno what to do. no energy, kinda want to cry, just feel all dead again but brain is in overdrive :frown:



I don't really feel like I can manage it tbh. Thanks though


Sorry, I fell asleep :colondollar: Hopefully you managed to get a little bit in the end, or at least didn't have too bad a night?


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Original post by furryface12
Sorry, I fell asleep :colondollar: Hopefully you managed to get a little bit in the end, or at least didn't have too bad a night?


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No worries! had a dreadful night, but thanks anyway. Hope you slept well
Original post by Valvopus
Couldn't sleep much at all last night. Going to get up and try not to have a nap today so hopefully can get a normal ish sleeping pattern back. Can't decide if I feel hungry or sick which isn't really the best thing to wake up to. Think some of it is that I'm feeling anxious about my mum coming home and, well basically everything at the minute. New plan for the day is to not panic.

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:hugs: Good luck! Does she know about MH stuff at all?


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Original post by ScaryScience
No worries! had a dreadful night, but thanks anyway. Hope you slept well


Ah :console: I actually did the best/longest I have in ages, sorry you didn't at all :frown:


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Original post by furryface12
:hugs: Good luck! Does she know about MH stuff at all?


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I've told her since I've been home from uni for 18 months and she insists on taking me to appointments etc but she isn't really the best at dealing with it. To be honest, she's terrible. In the me being ill is an embarrassment to her and what has she done to deserve this kind of way. My brother and I have concluded that she isn't the person you want around when things are bad, or ever really. But I'm definitely not the daughter she wanted and I am very aware of this fact.

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No worries. Everybody on this thread's been so nice and helpful to me, despite me posting anon. It's nice to be able to give something back :smile:

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Original post by Valvopus
I've told her since I've been home from uni for 18 months and she insists on taking me to appointments etc but she isn't really the best at dealing with it. To be honest, she's terrible. In the me being ill is an embarrassment to her and what has she done to deserve this kind of way. My brother and I have concluded that she isn't the person you want around when things are bad, or ever really. But I'm definitely not the daughter she wanted and I am very aware of this fact.

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Ahh, that's kind of worse than just not having told her I guess :s-smilie: At least if your brother's on your side tat helps a bit? Good luck anyway, hope it's not too bad :redface:


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Original post by furryface12
Ah :console: I actually did the best/longest I have in ages, sorry you didn't at all :frown:


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Glad to hear that :hugs:
Meant to be going to view my puppy today but my anxiety is kicking in and I don't know what to say to the people, just going to end up being awkward :frown:


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Original post by furryface12
Ahh, that's kind of worse than just not having told her I guess :s-smilie: At least if your brother's on your side tat helps a bit? Good luck anyway, hope it's not too bad :redface:


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Well I made a bingo card of manipulative statements she says a while back and can now play it without having to pull up the file but really not a lot has changed from when she didn't know. She still disapproved of my life just about different things. My brother is useful but dealing with his own stuff that doesn't mesh well with mine so can be hit and miss as to whether talking to him actually helps. I have a whole seven hours to prepare and possibly work out my plan for if she decides tonight is mother - daughter bonding time.

I know the above sounds bad but my strategy of earphones and avoid being in the same room tends to work. Three weeks until I go back to uni.

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Original post by CherryCherryBoomBoom
Well, I'm officially a college student now :biggrin:. So happy to be finally living the student lifestyle, as well as living a just stone's throw away from my previously long distance boyfriend :woo:. Hopefully all this will help me become a happier person, especially if I manage to make a decent bunch of friends here and get some work :yep:.


PRSOM :biggrin:
Original post by Valvopus
Well I made a bingo card of manipulative statements she says a while back and can now play it without having to pull up the file but really not a lot has changed from when she didn't know. She still disapproved of my life just about different things. My brother is useful but dealing with his own stuff that doesn't mesh well with mine so can be hit and miss as to whether talking to him actually helps. I have a whole seven hours to prepare and possibly work out my plan for if she decides tonight is mother - daughter bonding time.

I know the above sounds bad but my strategy of earphones and avoid being in the same room tends to work. Three weeks until I go back to uni.

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Not good then :frown: Well as you say, not too long until you go back to uni, just try and ignore her until then! At least you can talk to your brother sometimes I suppose, even if not as much as you might hope. The earphone strategy sounds good though :yep: You could always try and make sure the house is ultra-tidy to give her one less thing to complain about? Although by the sound of it she'll just find something else to then and the longer she's not talking about you probably the better- that's how I'd be, anyway! :colondollar:


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starting to wonder whether i'm asking too much of my antidepressants? like, when i saw the different doc yesterday he seemed surprised that i had noticed basically no overall improvement/minimal after 6 months on citalopram and 1 and a half on sertraline (i have noticed small improvements every time i increase but they tend to subside after a couple weeks) and that i thought a lot of my progress was due to my counselling and just the process of seeing my doc every other week.

like, how much effect should i be expecting? i know they're not "happy pills" so I'm not exactly hoping to be bouncing out bed whistling and skipping to lectures, but still. i can get out of bed and to lectures. i can sustain social interaction for a number of hours. but i still feel so empty and sad and numb and i'm still having bad urges and nights of crying and terrible insomnia. is this as good as its gonna get?
Original post by furryface12
Not good then :frown: Well as you say, not too long until you go back to uni, just try and ignore her until then! At least you can talk to your brother sometimes I suppose, even if not as much as you might hope. The earphone strategy sounds good though :yep: You could always try and make sure the house is ultra-tidy to give her one less thing to complain about? Although by the sound of it she'll just find something else to then and the longer she's not talking about you probably the better- that's how I'd be, anyway! :colondollar:


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I do normally massively clean the house before they get home from holidays but you're right she just moans about other things. Since she's going to complain no matter what I do there's no point in trying to pander to it/ I'm feeling lazy today. The house could fall apart and I guarantee it would be my fault for not being psychic, slight exaggeration but I honestly wouldn't put it past her.

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Original post by Valvopus
I do normally massively clean the house before they get home from holidays but you're right she just moans about other things. Since she's going to complain no matter what I do there's no point in trying to pander to it/ I'm feeling lazy today. The house could fall apart and I guarantee it would be my fault for not being psychic, slight exaggeration but I honestly wouldn't put it past her.

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:hugs: sounds a bit like my mum


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feel ****ing dreadful
Original post by Valvopus
Couldn't sleep much at all last night. Going to get up and try not to have a nap today so hopefully can get a normal ish sleeping pattern back. Can't decide if I feel hungry or sick which isn't really the best thing to wake up to. Think some of it is that I'm feeling anxious about my mum coming home and, well basically everything at the minute. New plan for the day is to not panic.

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I had a nap until midday as I couldn't sleep last night either :hugs: why does your mum coming home make you anxious? Does she know and could you possibly tell her?

Original post by SweetNothing
Meant to be going to view my puppy today but my anxiety is kicking in and I don't know what to say to the people, just going to end up being awkward :frown:


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Just act so engrossed in the puppy and they'll think you're just pet obsessed so it won't matter too much if you don't have a ton to say to them!

Original post by Team_McDreamy
starting to wonder whether i'm asking too much of my antidepressants? like, when i saw the different doc yesterday he seemed surprised that i had noticed basically no overall improvement/minimal after 6 months on citalopram and 1 and a half on sertraline (i have noticed small improvements every time i increase but they tend to subside after a couple weeks) and that i thought a lot of my progress was due to my counselling and just the process of seeing my doc every other week.

like, how much effect should i be expecting? i know they're not "happy pills" so I'm not exactly hoping to be bouncing out bed whistling and skipping to lectures, but still. i can get out of bed and to lectures. i can sustain social interaction for a number of hours. but i still feel so empty and sad and numb and i'm still having bad urges and nights of crying and terrible insomnia. is this as good as its gonna get?


I found while they did seem to help me a slight bit it was so minimal it was almost placebo, and they did flat line very quickly. When I stopped them I became interested in my hobbies again overnight. I hadn't realised how much they had been numbing me. They do work to a degree in terms of getting you out of bed and into work or uni or wherever but they didn't increase my mood at all :hugs:

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