Night Shift

It's awful not being able to sleep properly @Former-Member It is very exahausting, especially when we have to keep on going because we have family to look after.

I have spent years not sleeping properly. My sleep is alot better than it used to be, but some nights not so great. I take a teaspoon of Magnesium powder every night (needs to be powder). I think what has helped the most is not having sugar and certain other foods, which I probably have mentioned before. Sorry if I am repeating myself, but it definitely has made a huge difference. Before changing my diet, I was waking at least every half an hour every night, with panic attacks (no apparent reason).

I hope that you can find an answer for better sleep for yourself soon.

Yes, I will let you know how the EMDR goes. It will be a while before I get in to see the psychologist.

Thanks @utopia I hope it works too. That would be fantastic. I can't remember if I mentioned that my cousin's daughter is a pscyhologist and she does EMDR with her patients. She said, "go for it". She lives far away from me, so I can't go to see her unfortunately.

Hi to @Faith-and-Hope I noticed that you are around. How has your day been? It's been quite warm here today. Sun is out, so a good day for washing.

@TAB and @Appleblossom This morning I was remembering how my mother used to roast lamb shanks when I was younger, very delicious. They were 20 cents each, oh my gosh! so cheap. I haven't looked lately how much they are, but last time I looked, they were very expensive. Our dog used to get a treat of lamb shank, because they were so cheap, one happy dog.

HELLO! To anyone else who is on here. How has your day been?

That's a good idea to write a note to give to the doctor @Former-Member I do that sometimes. I will be writing a long note when I get to see the psychologist at the end of the month. Hehe! It saves alot of time, trying to think of everything I need to say. I know where I need to start. The things (people) that are triggering me. I don't quite understand why I can't just "get over it", because I know what the problem is, so why can't I just fix it, lol.

Hi @Former-Member 😊

Weather here has been all over the place today .... a little bit of everything ....sun is out at the mo .... but cold nonetheless .... brrr !!

Nice scarf weather.

My D3 is sorta "off the grid" with school at the moment. She has missed so many classes with pseudo-legit medical reasons, that everybody is just trying to push her through the next few weeks - being her last term of school - just to get her graduated and able to put her school years behind her.

She is highly capable, but one physical blow after another (knee dislocations, tendinitis, rolled ankles, pulled muscles, sprains etc - hypermobility + rapid growth issues) coupled with the two steps forward, one step back of playing academic catch-up for four years landed her with stress-related illnesses.

Across that time her dad was losing the plot with his undiagnosed, untreated illness, and the emotional backwash knocked all of us off our feet last year ....

It all just got too hard for her, and has turned into circumstantial depression which is presenting as psychosomatic illness .... the best thing we can do is get her graduated .... but that's like pushing trucks uphill every day ....

Are we having fun yet ??!!

So ! She's turning up to school every day I can get her there, working out of the school counsellor's office to complete essential assignments for graduation. She is already out of the main academic pathway and relying on completion of TAFE certs to be able to achieve graduation and still leave a pathway to tertiary entrance. I think it's working .... 😜

No real Plan B here other than fail to graduate, then start again through mature-age status to repeat years 11 & 12. None of us are going to have the stuffing for that till WH gets dealt with .... roll on diagnosis day ..... !!

S2 got accepted back into uni .... Yay !! 🎈🎉 ..... so that is something glowing in the right direction .... and it seems to have pulled him out of his circumstantial depression .... he's now taking the Nelatonin the gp gave him, and is sleeping at night time and keeping a daytime routine during daytime. Woo-hoo 🎈🎉 !!

Thank God it's Friday ❣

Hope your girl has a wonderful time at Youth camp. Would love to hear how she gets on 🌷💜

And I'm very excited for you re the psychologist and upcoming eye-movement treatment .... I hope it brings the relief you are looking for.

Hi @TAB

Slow-roasted lamb shanks with mint sauce please ... next time you're cooking for us all ..... 😆 ..... don't mind virtual orders do you ?? Am going to stick some lamb shanks in my vegie soup next week - thanks for the recommendation.

Hi @utopia @Former-Member

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Just a quick hi to all as I'm about to have coffee with a friend and just checked in. Haven't caught up on everything yet but I'm hoping everyone is ok. I've had a roller coaster day but think more up until now. Hopefully get to catch up a bit later. Be well 😊💜

Off on the school pick-up ....

@Former-Member .... might be more survival-mum than super-mum .... but thanks 😊💜

@Former-Member ..... 🌷💜