Depression

Mishap I do hope you will get some help soon. I had a bit of a "crash and burn* on Monday, so have been signed off for 2 weeks, and prescribed new medication, plus an offer of referral for counselling. One of the common listed side effects of the new tablets is "significant weight gain" . Just what I need.....

I can't add anything to all the above advice, Mishap but I do hope you will be soon be feeling better.

It would be a good idea to get back to the doctor and tell him you need to know what is going on before mid December. That is over a month. Not good enough.

Mishap you really do need to wait until you have been to the arrhythmia clinic and had the result of the echocardiogram before you get too down about your heart. You never know, it could be down to anxiety. It happens. Anyway, once they know more they will be able to treat it, and then, hopefully, give you successful treatment for your depression.

Once you are over these physical things, the depression might well go away. Sit tight for now. Wait and rest.

Dear Mishap I'm another who always looks for and values your wisdom and I'm so sorry you are feeling so low.
I too think your GP should be consulting with either your cardiologist or a Psychiatrist to find some suitable meds for you if he can't manage your symptoms himself.
Agree with when's suggestion too - ask your DDs for help. It's your turn now.
and a ((hug))

So sorry to hear how rotten you are feeling Mishap just wondering is there anyone who could telephone the GP for you? I find sometimes a very concerned third party can get the point across better than you can yourself as they are not quite so easy to fob off.

Poor Mishap, difficult to know what you can do other than contact your GP and emphasise just how depressed and hopeless you feel. Have you tried to find any help groups on the internet.

Have you got someone who can add a bit of power to your elbow, Mishap? It's one of those times in life when the strength to push things along and get the support you need is a bit difficult to argue for, and a friend or relative might be useful for you.

Mishap I always look for your comments to read on Gransnet as they are wise, witty and full of common sense.

You need to ring your GP and help yourself now. Don't hesitate.

Hello there Mishap, so sorry to see how low you're feeling this morning. Galen and whenim's suggestion that you see your GP speak to a cardiologist sounds good to me

Be kind and gentle with yourself

Mishap Be kind to yourself. The advice you give on here is sensible and helpful to a lot of people. You are obviously a lovely good person. I hope you can find a solution to your problem.

Not all antidepressants are contraindicated.amytrptylline and citalopran increase the Q-T interval but not all have this effect. Your GP could speak to a cardiologist and ask his advice as to what you could take. You should be seeing a cardiologist anyway.

Mishap I'm so sorry to see how despairing you are feeling now. I don't know the answer, but I do hope there is something that can help with your depression. Maybe your GP needs to take some advice about balancing the depth of your depression with treatment for your arrhythmia. Sometimes the risk can be managed in favour of imoroving your mood. I really hope so

It is so bad this morning - I can see no light at the end of the tunnel. There is no hope of treatment for the depression because of the heart arrhythmia, so I have no hope to hold on to. I cannot bear what this is doing to my OH (who has PD and a heart problem of his own) but I have no way of making myself better - I have tried so hard for weeks now and have no energy to try any more. I am not sure my GP realises how bad it is, but I also understand how his hands are tied and he cannot risk setting my heart off. It is a total catch 22 and this morning I do not have the strength to deal with it any more.

Pompa!!

My DD aso bought me a packet of "Jellyatrics" - like jelly babies but shaped like elderly folk with their zimmers.

I said to Mrs P whilst in bed this morning that I was feeling very stiff but if I dangled it out of the bed and waggled it about a bit, it felt much better. Not sure why she laughed, obvious I was talking about my knee.

Front not frog.

I still think the best one was
A naked geriatric couple. She's on her hands and knees in frog of his dangly bits with a hair dryer
He's saying ' that wasn't exactly what I meant by a blow job'

Sex, even if we can't manage it (or even remember it) we can at least laugh at it.

I gave my mother the 'bad taste geriatric cartoon book' after hers.
It had a lovely cartoon of a man on a Zimmer pointing at a tortoise yelling 'stop him, he's getting away'

My DD gave me a book called "Back to Love" which is about sex after a hip op. Nice cartoons!

And sex is difficult post hip op. ( need to consult karma Sutra on possible positions. By the way what's sex?)

I somehow don't think prescribed drugs were what mishapwas referring to.

Can't afford drugs ???? What do you think the National Health is for, painkillers, anti depressants etc

Rock 'n Roll, you can listen to it.

Sex - ?????

Can't afford the drugs, can't do the rock 'n roll - so there's only one thing left!

Good luck ginny with the knee op.

Saw GP today - about 12 miles away and I had the most appallng runs on the way over (I have IBS) and had to screetch to a halt outside my DD's (who lives en route) to avail myself of the facilities. GP provided an Imodium when I arrived there late! What a joke my life is at present!

He's got me an appointment at the arrhythmia clinic for 18th December, but until he gets the results of that and the echocardiogram he is unwilling to prescribe anything for either the heart or the depression - so I just have to bash on as best I can.

I'm planning a snooze now perhaps to some hip-hop. "If you can't hip-hop, have a hip op!"