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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor29 June 2016, 1:35 pm AEST

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Just popping my head in to say hi and thanks for the well-wishes re my Dad. He's out of surgery, taking time to recover from the anaesthetic .....

Wifi is a bit dodgy here ......

💗💕🌷

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Unknown userMember29 June 2016, 1:38 pm AEST

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hate the at least too @Decadian but the end of your post made me smile. At least you will have a nice haircut and feel good about that for a while😊💜. I haven't washed my hair for 10 days now😳😱. My must do this afternoon. I have bursitis in my left shoulder. Nearly everything is ok apart from my hair and putting bras on and off😬 I really have nothing to whinge about. Anyway I hope you have an ok day. At least you can come back here to get it off your chest if not😝

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DecadianSenior Contributor29 June 2016, 1:42 pm AEST

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Hi @eth

I saw a psychiatrist for years - I was in analysis - I wonder if they still have that

Pretty much it's turning up three times a week and sitting there talking for an hour while the shrink is adding up his Medicare rebate in his head - it may have helped to ramble on and on - in retrospect I can't tell

However this psychiatrist did not give me medication - I have never wanted that - and probably did not need it -

But everyone is different - in the middle of a stressful situation I guess it depends on what has worked for us in the past -

I wish you the best though - it's tough work - and something I want to learn more about -

Decadian - [thinking of you

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Unknown userMember29 June 2016, 1:43 pm AEST

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That's no good @eth. I have not had bad experiences with antidepressants but I don't have any bipolar either and tolerate them well, I really feel for you if they will mess you around. I'm crossing fingers the psychologist can help too. Have you seen any of the online resources for anxiety? I'm hopeless at doing this stuff by myself but I know some people find it helpful.

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ethSenior Contributor29 June 2016, 1:49 pm AEST

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Hi @Decadian hope you're hair-cut turns out lovely.

Thanks @Former-Member the psychologist printed some pages for me to read that I haven't looked at yet. I have looked on-line in the past but am not motivated to do all the things suggested at the moment.

Heading off now to have some lunch. Take care all.

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Unknown userMember29 June 2016, 1:52 pm AEST

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Have a lovely afternoon @eth @Mazarita @Decadian

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Unknown userMember29 June 2016, 1:52 pm AEST

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http://www.ehub.anu.edu.au/assist

e-hub Assist is a portal of resources for people who use e-hub services and e-facilitators who support others to use e-hub's online self-help programs.

It can be used by many people including mental health professionals, other health professionals, teachers, youth workers, carers and support workers.

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Unknown userMember29 June 2016, 2:35 pm AEST