Discussion & help on depression & mental health related issues

[Blues Harp]

So in a positive part to this - my investments are now actually double what they were worth at the start of this thanks to investing into some options last week. Have quickly been converted into cash and stuck in the bank until everything returns to normal. Not being expected in the office has taken a huge load off as well.

Good to hear mate about your investments.......I have a condition called pulmonary lung fibrosis...in my late 60s so forgive me if I regard your issues (whatever happened to problems?) as irrelevant. Is your post a wind up? Sorry to all the fine people who use this thread and offer help to those in need but perhaps you need to change your priorities on life...you are incredibly lucky going on your probs listed here, but maybe there is something else which you are suffering from, which I dont know about ...stay strong

 

[davids]

If you've got fever, dry cough, body aches - go to the doctor's office. If you just have cough with no fever - just distance yourself for the sake of others as it may not be affecting you but you're carrying it. If you're showing no symptoms, don't worry too much as the only evidence seen is that this spreads via aerosolized particles from coughs and sneezes to/from people within 6 feet of you.

Just be smart and otherwise practice healthy habits.

European Government specialists are saying it's droplet not aerosol driven. And the transmission is through people coughing on their hands then touching another surface that is then touched by others. Hence the hand washing advice. And here we are advised to self isolate and not visit doctors to spread it to healthcare providers.

 

[davids]

How? I have no clue.

Try to get your sleep times normalised as a start.melatonin can help if you don't want to use conventional medication.

 

[AmericasToffee]

European Government specialists are saying it's droplet not aerosol driven. And the transmission is through people coughing on their hands then touching another surface that is then touched by others. Hence the hand washing advice. And here we are advised to self isolate and not visit doctors to spread it to healthcare providers.

It's really tomato/tomahto. The aerosolized droplets can be breathed in or spread via touching if you cough into a hand and such.

 

[COYBL25]

Try to get your sleep times normalised as a start.melatonin can help if you don't want to use conventional medication.

I know you`re not in the UK, but it`s really difficult to get GP`s to prescribe Melatonin here.

I know, as I`ve tried !

 

[zzr45]

Good to hear mate about your investments.......I have a condition called pulmonary lung fibrosis...in my late 60s so forgive me if I regard your issues (whatever happened to problems?) as irrelevant. Is your post a wind up? Sorry to all the fine people who use this thread and offer help to those in need but perhaps you need to change your priorities on life...you are incredibly lucky going on your probs listed here, but maybe there is something else which you are suffering from, which I dont know about ...stay strong

Change my priorities? Sorry last week I was looking at losing a crap load of money that I’d saved for years due to the changes in the market. I don’t know if you know this as an older person, but having to save for a house for years is something young people have to do. The thought of that going back years was horrible, because get this, there’s a horrible knock to self esteem with renting. Oddly enough that didn’t exactly help with the anxiety I have going on with.

I’m glad you seem to think that being unable to get out of bed some mornings due to it renders me ‘incredibly lucky.’

You might not agree with my politics or whatever, I don’t really care, but don’t come in here and start playing ‘I have bigger problems than you.’

 

[Daz1878]

Really bad day yesterday. Feel the worst I've felt in about 2 years.

To try and cut a long story short my wife and my dad got into an argument over our dogs and the fact that the dog weren't getting along. I told them to stop arguing but neither of them would listen and they were both being really childish. Anyway my dad took it too far and lost his temper and pushed my wife. He was well out of order and I'm just glad that I kept a cool head and removed myself, my wife and our 2 children from the situation.

I don't know what I'm going to do now. I'm faced with the possibility of cutting my parents out of our lives if this can't be resolved.

It's made more complicated by the fact that we rely heavily on my parents for child care. I've taken today off work to look after the kids but obviously that can't continue.

Haven't slept and feeling incredibly anxious. Just needed to get this out. Really can't make sense of what has happened. How can such a childish argument escalate like that?

I think family arguments - especially with parents/in-laws - have a unique way of getting to us that arguments with other people (mates, colleagues, neighbours... even complete strangers) generally can't come close to. I've been involved in more than my fair share over the years, and I know that they've needled me for a good while afterwards. I think the best thing to do is to try and be pragmatic: can you all get past this? This is the preferred option, but if it's going to be the sort of thing people really can't move on from, then I think it's better to not see people than to see them and there to be resentment, more arguments, and so on. No point in everyone meeting up and being miserable - especially as kids come into the equation, too, and will be affected by their parents and grandparents not getting on.

 

[Groucho]

Good to hear mate about your investments.......I have a condition called pulmonary lung fibrosis...in my late 60s so forgive me if I regard your issues (whatever happened to problems?) as irrelevant. Is your post a wind up? Sorry to all the fine people who use this thread and offer help to those in need but perhaps you need to change your priorities on life...you are incredibly lucky going on your probs listed here, but maybe there is something else which you are suffering from, which I dont know about ...stay strong

Change my priorities? Sorry last week I was looking at losing a crap load of money that I’d saved for years due to the changes in the market. I don’t know if you know this as an older person, but having to save for a house for years is something young people have to do. The thought of that going back years was horrible, because get this, there’s a horrible knock to self esteem with renting. Oddly enough that didn’t exactly help with the anxiety I have going on with.

I’m glad you seem to think that being unable to get out of bed some mornings due to it renders me ‘incredibly lucky.’

You might not agree with my politics or whatever, I don’t really care, but don’t come in here and start playing ‘I have bigger problems than you.’

Lads this isn’t really what this thread is for.

Please do remember that each individual will have their own battles. Things you deem un important to you may be huge for others so let’s not judge each other’s problems on an ‘I’m worse off than you’ basis.

 

[efcforever]

I think family arguments - especially with parents/in-laws - have a unique way of getting to us that arguments with other people (mates, colleagues, neighbours... even complete strangers) generally can't come close to. I've been involved in more than my fair share over the years, and I know that they've needled me for a good while afterwards. I think the best thing to do is to try and be pragmatic: can you all get past this? This is the preferred option, but if it's going to be the sort of thing people really can't move on from, then I think it's better to not see people than to see them and there to be resentment, more arguments, and so on. No point in everyone meeting up and being miserable - especially as kids come into the equation, too, and will be affected by their parents and grandparents not getting on.

Sound advice mate. Its early days yet. Just have to see how things play out. I'm really upset for my daughter (4 years old). She has commented about it today and hasn't been herself. Things go back to 'normal' tomorrow with us at work and my daughter at nursery. I think sticking to routine is the best thing for kids.

 

[davids]

I know you`re not in the UK, but it`s really difficult to get GP`s to prescribe Melatonin here.

I know, as I`ve tried !

Buy mine in the local supermarket here,the UK really has some strange ideas,they banned it after the CJD outbreak and now it's synthetic they haven't caught up.

 

[COYBL25]

Buy mine in the local supermarket here,the UK really has some strange ideas,they banned it after the CJD outbreak and now it's synthetic they haven't caught up.

It’s be a blessing to insomniacs if it was readily available.

 

[RAFUH]

I know you`re not in the UK, but it`s really difficult to get GP`s to prescribe Melatonin here.

I know, as I`ve tried !

Melatonin does not require a prescription in the US

 

[davids]

Melatonin does not require a prescription in the US

And looking online will be far cheaper than it will be if ever it's made legal in the UK.

 

[efcforever]

Feeling myself slipping back into all my old thought processes. Don't feel like I can face anything or think straight. That constant feeling of anxiety is back. Hopefully this is just a blip and things will blow over.

 

[Groucho]

Just for those who are overwhelmed by the news;