Depression 2

Hope you have a better day tomorrow Mishap, and enjoy your family Christmas xx

Well done for going, a small step in the right direction Mishap!
Do hope you have a good Christmas (((hugs))) x

I did it - it was lovely to see the little ones and all my DDs even though I was feeling truly grim. We have come home early but will see them all again tomorrow and I just have to hope that I will be feeling a bit better then. Not every day is as bad as this.

Happy Christmas to all.

HI mishap sorry you've had a bad day. I'll look up Njabula (-jabula means "happy").

I don't know what else to say or do but give you a big (((hug))) Mishap. Maybe the visit will lift your spirits - I do hope so!

Not a good morning after a reasonable day yesterday. Gritting my teeth here and trying to keep going. Have to go over to DD's soon for their Christmas Eve lunch with all the family. I have to do it, and I do so want to be there; but the dreadful nausea and sinking desperation are plaguing me this morning. I do not want to be a blight on the proceedings. It is a real b****r - I cannot wait for it all to stop. One day.

Thank you to all of you for your tremendous support - it means a lot to me at a time when my life feels as though it is sinking below the waves. Your kindnesses have been much appreciated and have lifted my spirits countless times.

I hope that everyone has a good Christmas in their own different ways.

Thank you for the link to Pumeza Grannyk - you might also like to google Njabulo Madlala, whose story is very similar, and who has a sublime voice. I have chosen him to book for a big community choirs event I was organising for August next year, although I am not now sure of how much I will be able to be involved. He has the loveliest of voices and he is a delightful person.

I'm glad all went well with the CPN - don't understand why you weren't referred to her earlier.

So pleased to hear of some improvement for you Mishap and sincerely hope you begin to feel even more improvement with each day.

I am joining everyone else in wishing you all the best for Christmas and the New Year Mishap and crossing my fingers that the "black dog" beats a retreat once the meds kick in.

It has been quite a year for you and surely 2015 must be a better one. Keep as strong as you can and remember all the good will coming your way from your GN pals.

Great that you are feeling better mishap.

Bit off topic (or more than just a bit!) - I was just listening to the beautiful South African soprano Pumeza performing at the Royal Variety show, here she is in case you missed it:

m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=JwkanykMSoc

Good to hear Mishap. Hope you will soon be feeling the benefit.

Your CPN sounds like a good 'un - worth her weight in gold. Just knowing she's there and thinks your depression isn't likely to be a permanent problem is better than any pills.

mishap that is promising news ((huggs)) and whatever you need.

Glad you are feeling more positive, Mishap

That's such good news, Mishap. Having someone like the CPN looking out for you can only be an improvement.

mishap I'm really pleased that seeing the CPN has given you some sense of security, and hoping this will be the start of a steady and ongoing improvement for you. Wishing you a peaceful time with the family in the coming days.

Onwards and upwards now Mishap, I hope you are able to have a restful and happy Christmas.

That's good news Mishap, it's reassuring for you to know that there's someone you can turn to who is used to dealing with your situation. Hopefully you can now have a better Christmas than you thought. I do hope so

Mishap, that sounds promising, hopefully you can have a happier Christmas now. Anti depressant do take a while to kick in and have an effect, so be patient in the knowledge that they will work.

Just seen the CPN - suffice to say she saw me at my very worst - which is probably a good thing in a way.

She was very good - professional, competent and caring. And above all else she had time to listen. I am to see her in 2 weeks. She thinks the combination of going off the dosulepin suddenly plus all the other traumas are at the root of it and seems confident that I will get better when the drugs kick in. I have to hope she is right.

I feel happier now that a mental health specialist is going to monitor my progress - I feel less adrift and it gives me a greater sense of security in the middle of this disturbing situation.

What a lovely friend Mishap, very special - as she obviously thinks you are

A little something to lift your spirits is that it's the shortest day today, so we'll be having more daylight

Thanks for your post crun. I am not on an anticoagulant as I have only had one episode of AF and I was at the time on an anti-coagu;ant for several weeks as I had just had hip surgery. I was told that I should finish that course and, if I had no further episodes of AF, then I would not need any more.

The arrhythmias that I had subsequently were SVT and they tell me that this does not carry a stroke risk as the blood does not pool in the heart during the episodes. I hope they are right. These episodes stopped a few weeks ago in response to the beta-blocker, which I have now stopped to allow me to take the anti-depressant and so far (fingers crossed) no further episodes.

Mishap have you been referred to an Electrophysiologist about your arrhythmia? Cardiologists are not the experts when it comes to arrhythmias. It's not good to leave your arrhythmia untreated as it's causing an increased risk of stroke, and it damages your heart in the long run. Are you on Warfarin to mitigate the stroke risk?

What a lovely friend to get the tickets and manage to take the pressure off you. Hopefully things are now moving in the right direction. Be kind to yourself - you've got a lot of healing to do and it's going to to take a while. Tomorrow is the shortest day. May the returning daylight lift your spirits a little more each day and help all your pains retreat.