Has the forum got M.E again ??

Daisy, I had to laugh at the GMTV snowman in the Blue Peter garden this morning :lol:

I thought the presenter (can't remember her name) could at least have said 'Here's one I made earlier' :lol: Why the heck that poor lady always has to stand outside whatever the elements.... is beside me .... and she has that funny voice .... always sounds as if she has just run a marathon :run:

Cats eyes, I've always wanted a Siamese pussy cat .... they are such characters:cat:

Wow ..... what can I say girls :shock:

I honestly can't think of anything to add to this thread :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:

Just maybe when you get to my age, you just don't give a toss ..... and do exactly what you like without feeling remotely guilty :lol:

Ok Guys I had a guilty thought about my last posting so I thought whilst I am sat here W I D E Awake :shock: I would re-install the thread here goes...

Ars* - Wipe :?

Hope this gets u all going again

D x

Any ideas what time the insomnia club opens?? I am fed up sat here alone

Wioe - clean

Donna we did say Wednesday night but we could both gets things ready.

I miss my cat especially on these long sleepless nights. I can't even watch tv as we have lost the satelite signal due to thr weather. I think I may have to invest in a nornal ariel of cases like this.

Oh Lou, I'm sure you do so miss Sooty :cry:

I miss my Pushkin too and I have a little pine box with her ashes in sitting here on my desk and I talk to her every day :cry:

Hope you get your TV fixed soon ...... that's really annoying

Take care

Good morning Peeps.

We haen't had any more snow but what we have got is frozen solid. The cars are creeping down the road like Todd Carty. :lol:

Max Dog has very sore paws and the snow and ice is not helping them. I sat and gave him a foot massage with Tea Tree cream last night to soothe them. :roll:

I have an empty day today :D

Hi to all who read, post and lurk here.

Okay, please don’t be thinking ‘oh no! The girl has finally gone and lost the plot’, while reading this post.

For those of you that don’t know me, or haven’t read my posts (mainly on the citalopram threads and depression threads) then please let me tell you a little about myself. My apologies in advance to all, again those who do know me, will know I am very good at rambling, I will try to keep this as short as possible!

I discovered Patient UK last February after a visit to my doctor for anxiety. I’ll not go into the ins and outs of that, it can all be read on the citalopram forum. I have since, recovered from my anxiety attacks but not until I had experienced a few terrible months, just like many, many other people – it isn’t a nice experience. Yes, I also leapt into the realms of depression at that time.

I became a moderator for Patient UK Experience a few months after my first post on the Citalopram forum. I was approached by one of the administrators and felt honoured, to say the least. It was, and is my way for repaying/thanking Patient UK for their fantastic site, time and effort that these people (behind the scenes) have created for me and thousands of other people.

In June I suffered a fractured (left) elbow – the day before I was due to go back to work after recovering from my anxiety! Good timing huh?

A couple of months ago I started to experience excruciating pain in my right shoulder. It never went away and is still clinging to me like a lost frightened child.

Not long after that pain started, I started to experience severe pain in all my joints, I didn’t wake one morning with all the pain, it came on gradually, until eventually I couldn’t stand it any longer and I went running to my GP begging for help!

Blood tests results have shown some things up but what I don’t really know and asking my GP doesn’t really make things any clearer tut.

Anyway, this is where I’m at now, I have recently completed a course of antibiotics, which, to my surprise, eased all the pain in my joints and left me with swollen free hands and ankles. Sadly, the shoulder pain is as bad as ever, and now the joint pain and swelling is returning.

So, there you go, that’s me! And this is where this post comes in.

One evening, completely fed up (I could use a stronger word) with the shooting pains, aching, swelling and general feeling of malaise, I decided to search the net for some sort of self help. Come on, you know how it is! We all get to a point where we are just so desperate for answers and remedies.

Well anyway, that is when I came across EFT (tapping), I read up on it and gave it a go, using the video that is below. I was alone in my bedroom at the time but half way through it my daughter came in and straight away asked if I was doing EFT. How the hell did she know? Why am I always the last to find something out!

Did it work? Well, I’ll be totally and completely honest with you and say, I don’t know! My shoulder the morning after felt less painful! Not quite sure if this how it is meant to work but there you have it. Then this Sunday after typing out some lengthy policies, the shoulder pain became unbearable again and so I tried the tapping before reaching for the painkillers. It did seem to ease it again????

So why am I posting about it here?

Okay, well firstly, remember my gratitude to Patient UK for all their time and effort at making this place such a fantastic place, and how much it helped me through my anxiety and depression. I vowed back when they asked me to become a moderator that I would give 200% of my time (wherever possible). This site helped me through so much, I want to give that help back.

Secondly, I’m curious (very curious) as to whether something as simple as tapping certain areas of our body while saying certain words can really help us. I’m not into reading random testimonials on various websites that I have

Hello Melbi :D

What an interesting post.......have yet to click on the video, websites etc but just wanted to say that I was under a [b:a4c6b2a58f]very[/b:a4c6b2a58f] well-respected psychologist for some years before I moved here, and she used EFT a lot.

She also is now one of the top people in the field of EMDR but that's another story!

So, I will definitely give it a go (I'm [b:a4c6b2a58f]also[/b:a4c6b2a58f] at the desperate stage!) and will feed back at a later time

take care :cheerup:

Morning All :D

The snow has all gone here, but we keep getting sleet/snow/rain showers :roll:

At least the ME people should be able to get here

I've got the most [b:6f40626eee]awful [/b:6f40626eee]headache today (I've resorted to a migraine pill but it hasn't worked yet) so probably shouldn't be on the computer as that makes it worse :?

Oh Alicia, the thought of you giving MD a foot massage is so lovely :lol:

A couple of people in the support group I go to speak highly of this tapping, never tried it myself but I shall give in a try. I am like you I am at the stage I will try anything if there is a chance it will help me. :D

Katie my television is working again this morning, it was just the severe weather that caused loss of siginal. :D If I can't sleep I tend to come dowm and watch the medical programmes on sky. It makes me miss work put I do find them intresting.

Thank you Daisy, he loved it. :D

The people on my westie forum just thought I had gone soft in the head. :roll:

Clean - Sheets

Ooooh I love a freshly made bed - ultimate luxury - especially with a bar of chocolate :P or [b:727cc94baf]some[/b:727cc94baf] walnut whips :roll:

Hi Donna :D I was trying to come up with something to follow on from your A**e post but all i could think of was HOLE :shock: Thought better of that one :lol:

Hello - impromptu forum meeting required please :D :coffee: :cake: :cupcake: :tea:

Honestly, I just walked all the way to the little hotel where the ME group was supposed to be meeting. :run: (I didn't look at all like that but there isn't a slow-walking emoticon)

....

...Just as the heavens opened and poured tons of hail, sleet and then snow all over me, I saw a sign on the door saying the hotel was closed and there was nobody around at all :wah:

So I came home again, my umbrella broke with the force of the hail and snow and I got soaked :shock:

They could at least have rung me if it was going to be cancelled :huh:

Oh well, it made me feel ill and depressed last time so I think I'm better off staying in the warm and talking to my forum-friends :ok: