Lets all be anxious/depressed together.

godspal

I recently got prescribed venlafaxine. And I have been nauseous on them, anyone got any home made remedies for this? (I was told motilium, but I want to talk to my doctor before I take more drugs.)

WalterMitty

Your local pharmacist will advise you without having to go back to doctor before your next scheduled visit. Nausea is a common side effect upon starting antidepressants and will pass in coming weeks . Good luck

starviewadams

Consultant Psych prescribed me a high dose of Seroquel and wants to wait til Monday to see how it works before sending me into hospital.

Dizzyblonde

Have you tried wearing Sea Bands acupressure wristbands? A lot of people with dizziness use them and find they really help with nausea. You have to be careful about positioning them properly, they come with instructions. The great thing about them is that they don't interfere with medication.

Also, anything ginger is really good for nausea, from ginger nut biscuits to ginger tea, and even nibbling on crystallized ginger.

Kitybee

Wow, I feel so crap.

stupidusername

Funny how when you're feeling fragile,just one person can make you feel like utter ****. Dont know how I managed to get out of bed.i know i'll regret it later.

stupidusername

stupidusername wrote: »

Funny how when you're feeling fragile,just one person can make you feel like utter ****. Dont know how I managed to get out of bed.i know i'll regret it later.

I know the feeling. One of my work colleagues had a go at me yesterday over something I had no control over. Felt horrible last night because of it.

periwinkle

Lads I'm really scared,

I had two really bad bouts of depression this year - they were the worst every for me. Got referred by my GP to a local consultant psych who diagnosed bipolar. He put me on a bipolar med (lamictal) which has been absolutely fantastic - the most normal I have felt in about a decade! But in the last week or two I feel I am slipping again. It's the worst possible timing as I'm now in a full-time course that is quite demanding and very competitive. My energy is nose-diving and I can see all the other subtle signs that I'm becoming unwell too, like avoiding people, taking silly things to heart, getting tearful and ramping up on the carbs. Off to see him on Tuesday and hopefully a tweak of the Lamictal will put me right.

Just wondering have any of you that have been on long-term illness benefit applied for invalidity pension, and were you successful? I've been on IB for nearly four years, there's no way I could hold down a full-time job. (I lost five jobs in the last ten years due to depression.) I applied for invalidity pension this year but was turned down.

Printemps93

stupidusername wrote: »

Funny how when you're feeling fragile,just one person can make you feel like utter ****. Dont know how I managed to get out of bed.i know i'll regret it later.

no you wont in the long run it will be good for you

stupidusername

Printemps93 wrote: »

no you wont in the long run it will be good for you

I was just thinking a few minutes ago how my mood is ok, and it's probably only ok because I did go to work. though obviously it wouldn't work all the time.

meant to go out now, though i'm wrecked tired, and i'm bloated, and will feel quite uncomfortable because I don't have any clothes that will hide my tummy. but i'd feel horrible for not showing up.

Printemps93

stupidusername wrote: »

I was just thinking a few minutes ago how my mood is ok, and it's probably only ok because I did go to work. though obviously it wouldn't work all the time.

meant to go out now, though i'm wrecked tired, and i'm bloated, and will feel quite uncomfortable because I don't have any clothes that will hide my tummy. but i'd feel horrible for not showing up.

go out , it would be a lot better than sitting at home

mdan

godspal wrote: »

I recently got prescribed venlafaxine. And I have been nauseous on them, anyone got any home made remedies for this? (I was told motilium, but I want to talk to my doctor before I take more drugs.)

ginger biscuits are good when feeling nauseous and if you cut a lemon and smell it when you are feeling the nausea it also helps xxxx

MUSEIST

Im actually feeling kinda good. Its amazing how my outlook can seeminly randomly change for no reason. The problem is that I normally fall right back down again shortly afterwards so I am trying hard to keep this going. Positive thought and all.

ashblag

stupidusername wrote: »

Funny how when you're feeling fragile,just one person can make you feel like utter ****. Dont know how I managed to get out of bed.i know i'll regret it later.

Felt this way all week. This one person at work making snide comments all week about being depressed. I've just returned to work after being out with major colitis flare up and being in a major low mood.

My life is pretty crap write now,but i'm fighting.

For a little up nose b1tch to think they have the rite to take the piss is just about too much to bare. And how she found out about why i was out....confideniality my arse!!!!

Being blonde and thin does not a nice person make.

Taking one day at a time.but really i'm just ready to give up my home cause i hate working in that enviroment! I really dont think i care anymore!

wollynullen

RIODEJ wrote: »

Just after noticed this topic which was a good one to start, truth is many many people suffer emotional probs in ireland which is a shame. its alot more common tha many people think. personally i think many irish still consider it a taboo subject. but in general i think us irish are less open minded, liberal and understanding compared to other countries which is a shame.

People can sometimes get relient on medication, i think doctors are the worst drug pushers at times but of course anti-depressants are necessary for bad depression etc. Truth is its very beneficial for people to talk and not bottle stuff up. us men arent as good at talking about problems as women which can be unhealthy. Also i do find ireland can be a very depressing place-rain, cold, clouds and i believe irish people still have a lot of bitterness, begrugery, and division among ourselves which isnt healthy at all. for example i seen how bullying destroyed some people at school, people who were nice but just put down and down, used as scapegoats, no-one seemed to care that they were depressed

i noticed people from sunny countries generally seem much more happy and content and also more respectful of each other-spain, italy, brazil, austrailia etc.

hey there,i completley agree with you on that one! iv sufferd from depression/anxiety for as long as i can remember unaware of what it was i kept it too myself thinking there was somthing really wrong with me because i cudnt appreciate things in life and couldnt socialise propery without alcohol so slowly started to avoid these situations and try bury this problem even more until it came to the point that i said id take a year out travelling and see whats out there...pretty much as a last resort! i lived in austraila for a year and found the hole lifestyle and atitude towards life amazing...not everything has to revolve around drink and the pub...it blew me away i would wake up in the mornings feeling so energetic and alive...the feeling of opertuinity was all around! the social scene is so diverse that is doesnt matter what ur into not into theres somthing there for everybody if you can open up ur mind to new and better things!! i would strongly recommend it to any1 who is feeling trapped in the irish social scene at the min which isnt great at the min especialy with this doom and gloom recession all around us!!!!

unfortunatly just while i was starting to get on my feet over there making new friends and really strting to find myself i had to come home against my will for a wedding which left me completely broke and unable to get back out and stuck back in the same scene i worked so hard to get away from! now im even worse than before i left just overwhelmed with depression and anexity and now feel that i had my chance and blew it and cnt seem to bring myself out of that tought!

After 2 years of hiding in my room iv started seeing a counseller and it has really helped....but iv come to the point now that i feel i know what i have to do to move on but am too confused and cnt find the strenght to do it and im considering taking meds to help me with this next step...but im terrified that il end up worse or hooked on them???

not sure what i want from this just feel i had to get it out and hav a rant! apoliges about the ireland bashing i just wish we were a more open minded nation! including me!

I felt absolutely horrible today, the worst I've been for a while. I think it was a combination of the dreary day and not having much to do. I ended up lying down for a couple of hours, then drew the curtains and turned on the lights. Since then I've felt more "normal."

jammstarr

How do you handle being around people who are happy enough in life? Don't want to be bringing them down with my negativity but feel like telling them all to fuck off and leave me be.

Feeling a bit lonely the last few days. Doing anything any bit social puts the fear into me however. It's like a contradiction of feelings.

jammstarr

jammstarr wrote: »

How do you handle being around people who are happy enough in life? Don't want to be bringing them down with my negativity but feel like telling them all to fuck off and leave me be.

Feeling a bit lonely the last few days. Doing anything any bit social puts the fear into me however. It's like a contradiction of feelings.

I'm the same. It's such a big part of me that I can't bottle it up, but I don't want to be bringing others down with me or annoying them. I'm also terrified at the idea of doing anything social.

jammstarr

When you're low or anxious it's like having people around makes it even worse - like a reminder of what you should be like.

stupidusername

ashblag wrote: »

Felt this way all week. This one person at work making snide comments all week about being depressed. I've just returned to work after being out with major colitis flare up and being in a major low mood.

My life is pretty crap write now,but i'm fighting.

For a little up nose b1tch to think they have the rite to take the piss is just about too much to bare. And how she found out about why i was out....confideniality my arse!!!!

Being blonde and thin does not a nice person make.

Taking one day at a time.but really i'm just ready to give up my home cause i hate working in that enviroment! I really dont think i care anymore!

That's just bordering on evil :mad: you're doing well to fight, by the sounds of it. Just keep in mind, people are mean to other people because they're not happy with themselves.

I meant to say, just in general, if anyone wants to pm me for a vent or a chat or a moan at any point, then go right ahead. I spend a lot of time online, and I'm sure many of us know here how lonely you can feel when you're feeling down, and I'd like to be able to help with that, if I can.

Sorry if this is breaking a forum rule, but I do feel like I needed to say it anyway.

Temaz

My anxiety is the worst it's been in years. It's horiffic.

Printemps93

..... and bang !

I hit a wall , what is the point in all this . really why do we live everyday whats at the end of it all thats worth it ?
I just fail to understand this

jammstarr

Printemps93 wrote: »

..... and bang !

I hit a wall , what is the point in all this . really why do we live everyday whats at the end of it all thats worth it ?
I just fail to understand this

I hear ya, feeling like that a bit lately too. What's happening there?

Printemps93

jammstarr wrote: »

I hear ya, feeling like that a bit lately too. What's happening there?

thats deise for ya

jammstarr

Printemps93 wrote: »

thats deise for ya

True haha

ItsAWindUp

I have suffered from depression for over a year now (well, I've never been to a doctor or had it diagnosed), it's so difficult when people expect you to study and work hard for the Leaving Cert when you feel like this.

ItsAWindUp

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

I have suffered from depression for over a year now (well, I've never been to a doctor or had it diagnosed), it's so difficult when people expect you to study and work hard for the Leaving Cert when you feel like this.

I know all too well. I didn't study at all for mine and didn't do anywhere near as well as I could have, I just lost all motivation and drive.

ItsAWindUp

Karsini wrote: »

I know all too well. I didn't study at all for mine and didn't do anywhere near as well as I could have, I just lost all motivation and drive.

Exactly! It's impossible to work at something you hardly care about especially when you aren't fully on top of things mentally.

Gremlinertia

First off apologies for crash landing so rudely into the thread, been lurking since it started, now it's time to actually try talk a bit i think. Bear with me, there may be rambling, actually better put a tl;dr at the end.
Last year i finally gave in and admitted i needed some help, only about ten years after i should might i add, so tried a few anti-d's and thought, right lets use these for a bit and it'll all be rosie in the garden in a while. However over december/january (2010-2011) a number of friends of mine died, i have attempted to say i'm fine but recently about the only person who still talks to me sat me down and said i may go off and continue killing myself or seek help. I, of course, didn't realise everyone could see me going to pieces.
But.
Wtf is my next step? I'm frightened sh1tless to move, feel like a rabbit in headlights, i mean logical route is get doc to refer me to some form of psych doc. Fine. I'm just too frightened to actually admit i need more than my few tablets a day to stop me veering unerringly towards killing myself. Where do i reach for the courage? Strength? Balls? To tell my doc that really i want to die still and need more help?

Tl;dr - took too long to realise i needed help, now in utter pieces but too scared to move, what next?

Princess Peach

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

I have suffered from depression for over a year now (well, I've never been to a doctor or had it diagnosed), it's so difficult when people expect you to study and work hard for the Leaving Cert when you feel like this.

I only went to get help in my final year of college, couldn't study at all and didn't care enough to even go to class most days. I started on medication and saw the college counselor and it really helped a lot for me, got a 1.1 in the end, even after missing a few exams first semester cause I wasn't feeling up for them.

Do you have a guidance couselor in school? I know its scary but it will be worth it in the end if you get good results