Paranoia??

Moan away all you like. That is what this site is here for.

Paranoia is certainly a side effect, not sure whether it's the flu or the depression - probably both!! :?

I wasn't paranoid before all this started and it does take some getting used to. Totally irrational thoughts are common. :roll:

When your moods are level everything makes sense but when they are not, all sorts of thoughts enter your mind.

You are, i believe, in the early stages of treatment.

I know you will have heard it a thousand times before but things will improve with time.

I've been on flu for 5 months now and some of the side effects have come back to bite me on the bum.

Your coping mechanisms will get better as time goes on.

So, no, you are not going mad, i promise. I really hope you manage to get a good nights sleep.

Any more queries/worries just post away.

Best wishes and take care. x

No you are not alone occasionally I can start to feel paranoid however I notice these feelings can ncrease if I am tired. Have you had a long day are you feeling paranoid now? if you felt paranoid today did you have a bad / long night last night?

i try and combat the paranoid feelings with positive thoughts doesnt always work but I think that in the wide scheme of things paranoia can be a symoton of depression / anxiety / panic. Because at the end of the day paranoid thoughts are based on negative thoughts ie we think that someone is saying / looking at us or talking about us negatively. which goes hand in hand with a lot of the negative stuff going on in our brain.

Last time I was ill I perservered for a long gtime before going on flu and I was very paranoid. to the point I thought I was a paranoid schizophrenic because I did not realise back then what the term was or what it really meant. I used to think and this is going back ten years ago now that everyone was looking at me and talking about me even saying nasty things about me. Back then I was my worst enemy I was definatly projecting my own negative thoughts about myself onto others.

I do have a coping mechansim for when I may feel a little paranoid I do more beathing excercises throughout the day and say positive things to myself all day when the negativity and paranoia creeps in I also talk to my mum about my negative thoughts and she gives me a boost and talks things through with me. Hope some of this helps. Sorry your feeling a bit crap Maddy x

as the others said previously, paranoia is a symptom of depression anyway (and don't I know it).

Even with the flu I am constantly worrying that people are saying thigs behind my back. I try to logic them out but don't always succeed.

Oh well, if they are talking about me they are leaving everyone else alone!

Lelly xx

quote :- \"I hope nobodys getting fed up of me and my posts\" yep that's a touch of paranoia, nothing serious tho and don't forget behappy, \"just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean to say some barsteward isn't REALLY out to get ya\" lol :roll: :wink:

keep posting, be selfish and look after yourself :ok: :mrgreen:

cheers,

Ken ~~~~~~~~~~~ :rainbow: :rose:

Thank you so much for the support - its means so much. I haven't been on the site of a couple of days cos I was sorting myself out. I was so out of my head :evil: that on Friday I didn't take the Flu. I know I wasn't doing myself any good by doing that but I was back on it yesterday. I've not been toooo bad though, I've got to learn to accept that I'm going have those bad days no matter what.

thanks again

:D

Hope you are feeling better I havent been on either as funny enough I have just been through two days of anxiety and panic attack hell, have felt nothing like it before even before the meds OMG its the worst thing I have ever been through plus non stop vomiting and diorhea all anxiety linked.

Thank God I am feeling better this evening I am tying to hold on to the fact that I belive its the peak of the side effects for me at the moment. I am on day 20 today and I think your on something similair? I would be interested to know if you feel your side effects are kicking in or are now over??

Maddymoo xx

It was day 20 for me yesterday - just like you! I think some of the side effects are going down like the headaches and nausea, and in the last two days my appetite has returned.

Moodwise, I think it's too early for me to comment on that one. When I missed the meds on Friday I managed to cry which was a bit of a relief as I was able to release everything that had built up inside.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I don't want to sleep all the time anymore, instead I'm sitting around a lot! I still don't want to do anything and am waiting for the day where I can just get up and feel motivated to do something.

I'd like to hear how you're getting on cos we're on the same days. Have the panic attacks and anxiety gone down?

Take care

I know what you mean about the lethargy.

Some days i could happily just sit on the sofa and do nothing. Not read, watch TV or anything. Just sit and look out of the window.

This is very odd for me as I am usually a get and go kind of person (you know the sort, works better under pressure etc).

The more I experience while on flu the mroe I learn. For the first few weeks I was numb. Couldn't cry or anything. Now I know I can cry and it still helps a bit but I have started to experience some of the bad days (incl paranoia) again so I am starting to wonder if my body has setled down to the dosage and needa a review. I am seeing my doc this pm. Was going to be last week but she has been off sick! I will ask her about the dosage.

I am a bit nervous as i dont want to end up a drug induced zombie!

If we all stick together and help each other i am confident we will all prevail and defeat this sodding illness!

Lelly xx

How are you both ? Day 21 of Flu for me today and at the moment the following side effects are bad: Anxiety / Panic / Panic Attacks. Also bad but not bothering me as much as the first three are waking hourly from about 2am, diarhoea, some wretching before and after food, no appetite, and negative thoughts but I am trying to combat these as much as I can with positive reasurrances to myslef all the time that this is just SIDE EFFECTS (I hope) or I am insane (Ihope not).

I agree with both of you sooo much about sitting around but I am trying to combat this by doing my usual lists and plowing through them thhroughout the day when panic is subsiding. I am taking the bull by the horns and strating cbt and counselling today I will let you know how I get on. Doctors wait was too long so going private! cant afford it but I figure at the moment my mental health is more important than lack of fund and debt I can deal with that later!

I am also on inderal for the anxiety and panic and first two weeks of flu only had one blip but week three I have fallen apart but I am listening to psycochief about one step forward and one step back i firmly believe this is stemming from the meds no getting into my nervous system and in my head I believe that my body is maybe trying to fight the flu maybe or something like that?? Anyway sat was horrendous sunday much better and today pretty bad. Whats going on with you two?? I am going to go to counselling now I will tell you how it is and if it helps.

Maddymoo xx

Lelly - how did it go with your GP? Did she increase your dosage?

Maddymoo - How was your first CBT session?

I've started this morning off feeling so awful again - I'm just hoping that I feel better as the day goes on .

Take care all

yes, had a good chat with the doc, told her everythign (the good days, the bad days etc) and she has upped me to 40mg.

A bit scared at this as I don't know what to expect. I know I could get all the side effects again but i can deal with that. I think part of the fear is that I could be worse than I thought. I sort of convinced my self that I wasn't that bad but if I am up to 40mg then maybe I was wrong?

I don't want to feel spaced out all the time I just want to feel in control and to stop having to put the \"professional mask\" on all the time.

Lelly xx