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Not Coping

Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor08 Nov 2022, 6:51 pm AEDT

Not Coping

Hey everyone how are you all?

@RiverSeal @Shaz51 @NatureLover @tyme @Former-Member @Eve7 @Former-Member @amber22 @Jynx @FloatingFeather

I'm not doing great at all today. I'm feeling down. I also keep beating myself up for everything and feel like I'm just failing. I need a break from everything. It's getting so hard that I don't know how to keep going anymore especially since I can't talk to anyone around me as they are leaving me or don't understand.

Hope you don’t mind me reaching out I just really need a chat and though I could come on here and vent and talk for a bit.

Thank you

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outlanderSenior Contributor25 Oct 2023, 7:48 pm AEDT

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good explanation @Jynx its so hard to explain it sometimes. its like being here but not here. i still experience it but i can sort of feel when im reaching that point. it does catch me off guard but not as bad as a few years ago

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outlanderSenior Contributor25 Oct 2023, 7:50 pm AEDT

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medications can also take a few weeks to kick in @Birdofparadise8
or maybe the one you took has helped without knowing but i guess it would be better to wait till your feeling anxious to test them out its good you have some options to try so you can work at home on more coping skills

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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor25 Oct 2023, 7:54 pm AEDT

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Yeah, it's been weird the weather haha @Jynx

Yes, I think so, but it's interesting my psychologist picked up on it. He said I seemed a bit slow with my cognition, and how to express my emotions seemed blocked. I do hope I won't have emotional suppression and feel meh or nothing. I don't want to lose the ability to cry.

Well, I feel the same as before I took the PRN @outlander. I just went to get my other meds, and I told the nurse I feel the same. She said I might have a high tolerance to meds. She said a normal dose for the mood stabiliser is 500mg, and I'm on 750mg. I took 2.5mg of the PRN, and it's done nothing.