too good to be true!

Awww lisa thank you for replying i really do appreciate everyones replies. And i do understand how hard it must be for everyone to read. I do drink alot of herbal teas. Ive been to the hospital 3 times doctors, out of hours. Nhs direct. And they have all said the same its a burst blood vessel from straining and coughing for nothing with having the lump. Im making them burst. Ive had 3 xrays all clear and blood tests all clear and my chest is clear. But then i read on google and think they mis diagnosed this guy same age as me 31. And then coughing up blood can happen again and theres aomething wrong then i set myself off. Telling my husband to come home. We are a military family so not a normal job where he can come home. And i think ive worked up with him going away and being left alone. But ive got the bed to myself and i can watch what i wantx

I do have help with my anxiety im under the mental health. Ive had cbt and now im having emdr for trauma. I had a bad childhood and i had a servere miscarriage last year where i needed an emergency operation. So its triggered it off and thats how ive ended up with anxietyx

Bless you. Being a military family would be even worse at the moment. 

Cbt would help. It's so hard to find the cause of symptoms when your in it. 

I think you shouldn't Google as well. Often you only reading the bad stuff. Life is hard enough. I think a salt craft decoration session  with your daughter is needed. It helps to act like a kid sometimes! 

forget illness. Let's see how your week goes. Keep me posted. Nice to chat x

Does cbt help? And what do the mental health do for you??

My antidepressants help the depression, but not so much the anxiety I dont think? But its only been 3 weeks on meds. I'm not in constant, and I mean constant panick any more. Its the thoughts, keeping thinking, why am I always thinking, why does my brain not relax and be quite. Then I think I must have another mental illness, if I hear a strange noise I ask my son who is 16, if he can hear it too, he always does hear what I hear, I'm told its anxiety. Its hard work battling the mind 😢

I didnt find the antidepressants were working for me so they put me on the beater blockers for the anxiety and they do work im not as bad as i was some times i have a wobble like tonight that set me off with being on my own but ive done 6 months 7 months and another 6 months so im sure a week i can cope. Cbt is about challenging your mind to work differently to how you think. Didnt work for me as i think mine is to servere. It did for my friend and mine took about 6 weeks to get in my system took along timex

That's a lot to go through. Time will heal I hope X

Thank you me toox

Thank you Vicky, I hope I can sort this, what took 6 weeks? Antidepressants?

Hope you feel better now, I think a good chat on here is better than any therapy lol 😂

Yes sorry the antidepressants did. I do yes thank you calmed down alot now. And stopped shaking just be drained tomorrow! Do you not have therapyxx

I'm on the waiting list, been on the list for 6 weeks now, I'm not even looking forward to it. Why dont the Drs refer people to psychiatrist any more??

I got seen straight away when i lived in north yorkshire. But we have just moved to stafford and ive waited 6 weeks and just got see last week. I dont actually know i was under a psychiatrist and since ive moved here im under a pyscologist. Its not actually to bad they ask you what you want to happen i had work sheets to do every week and booklets to read. They try to train my brain differently to how you think now.x

Bear in mind medication is not intended to be a cure, it can help symptoms until the cause for anxiety and depression can be resolved

That's means Im doomed then, if cbt doesn't work 😞

Aww it could for you everyone is different. It takes time and you have to work at it toox

I will do my best, did you sleep well?

It doesn't, there's many other therapy options available, CBT is offered first as its cheap and easy to deliver. All you need to say is you'd rather try another therapy route

Not really i never do! I do have sleeping tablets but i dont like taking them! Do you sleep?x

I slept at 2am , woke at 6.30 for my daughter, so 4 1/2 hours. Before all this I used to love my sleep and need at least 8 or 9 hours. Dr gave me sleeping tablets too, but I don't take them at all.

I hope I can get that back soon , I hope and pray we can all be better soon .

Xx

I woke up at 7 to get my son to high school and my daughter to school. I find aswell if i dont have enough sleep my anxiety is worse. But cant win i sleep some afternoons and im wide a wake at nightx

I cant really sleep in the afternoons, try tiering yourself out, dont sleep in the afternoon, keep busy, and yes I'm worse if I dont have enough sleep too, I walk loads, just so I'm able to fall a sleep naturally!

Xx

I walk alot as well. And weve just got a dog to keep me company. School is 2 miles away so i walk there and back most days just to get out its very isolating being an army wife. I dont talk to any one due to if i tell them it will be round the estate. I have a close friend whos with me ive known her 4 years and shes great although she suffers herself with health anxiety but she can deal with hers and its got better and now she sees the bigger picturex

That's great you have a friend who understands, tell her to give us advise plzzzzz lol, it must be hard being an army wife, you can always to to me on here., helping others,helps me, and i know what its like so I completely understand.xx

A psychologist, socialologist and psychiatrist all have there own specialist areas.a psychiatrist prescribes medication. Psychologist often have a better social view and more experience in life. 

There are so many treatments. Sometimes a mix of everything is needed! 

Music is great. Yoga and Pilates helps a lot. Mindfulness has free down loads of books, walks and workshops in my area. 

The colouring books are great for relaxation. 

Personally, the odd bit of chocolate is nice! 

A treat a day as they say! 

Yes a tray a day does keep the anxiety at bay, lol.

I was just wondering because my aunty said I should demand to see a psychiatrist?? What type of person is cbt done with then??

Hi.

How was your day? A bit windy down here!

From what i can tell the physiatrist does diagnosis and prescriptions. The rest work on ways to help you have a happier and fuller life if they can. We are so lucky to have options of helping ourselves, sometimes they just give you encouragement. With a bit of motivation we tend to want to prove ourselves. That's my opinion.

Hope you had a good day x

Hi Lisa, yeah felt quite good today, and yeah very windy, I'm near London!

Invite some friends over this evening, I still don't like being alone. My head feels a bit strange today, i dont know how to explain it, just feels like im on medication. I wonder if this goes away after a while??

How are you doing today?

Xx

That's good, I can't say I know many people who by choice like being on their own ( except my brother when he's fishing!)

I was trying to remember what chemical you lack after a wobble. It begins with c?! I think it's banana, chocolate and others to put you back to ourselves ( u can't say normal cos it's boring and there's no such thing as a Normal person!)

Time to bath the dog. Could do with settling down. Work tomorrow.

Hate to admit it but my dog sleeps on my bed. It's a lot of extra work with washing n bathing. I should have stuck to a teddy/ hot bottle! x

Thank you for asking how I am, and I kow ,but for me normal is what I used to be 2 months ago, not that was very normal to other people, but for me I was content loool. I guess that a better word, being content with my self 😉.

I think q dog can be better company than people sometimes ?

Have a Nice evening xx

Morning! 

Sorry for late reply, life gets a little hectic! 

Make a point of stopping after school run to get bananas! 

It  sounds like your doing really well. 

As for dogs, I couldn't be without them. They have to be walked what ever the weather! I'm lucky to country side around, by the time I hit the second field I tend to feel 'as one' if not I sit under a tree and walk more. What ever my mood it grounds me. Maybe I should be a hippy !

i do t think I could discuss my situation openly. My email is [email removed] if you'd like to keep in touch easier. 

Lid say I'm pretty 'normal' though! 

Have a good day x

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