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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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BlueBaySenior Contributor20 July 2016, 7:44 am AEST

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Morning @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member and everyone else reading this

I've been awake since 5am and now having breakfast before I go to work.

@Former-Member thinking of you today.

@Faith-and-Hope your husband is back today isn't he? Hope your daughter will be okay.

Hope everyone has a nice day.

Chat later today when i come home from work.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor20 July 2016, 9:07 am AEST

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Morning @BlueBay, @Former-Member and @Faith-and-Hope, @Kurra

Hello @Appleblossom, I see you liked my comments in the topic tuesday last night

I have been missing your input and advice lately , hope everything is ok xx

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Shaz51Senior Contributor20 July 2016, 9:49 am AEST

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Hello @Mazarita

thank you for your comments last night

How are you today, any plans for today

no work for us today , the car is getting fixed and it is raining up here

so I am tring to get myself to get some bookwork done , but finding other things to do

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 10:10 am AEST

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Hi @Shaz51

I know the feeling about needing to do certain jobs but finding other things to do (like be on the forum, hehe).

Yes, it's a big day here. Phams worker is coming in about 15 minutes. We have some paperwork to do together, then off to ukelele class. Then after that I'm having a haircut. Home, probably will need a nap. And then dinner with friends. An unusually big day by my standards!

I was meaning to respond to your unanswered question last night about your husband's side effects from medication. Unfortunately there are often various side effects to psych medications. Significant weight gain has been just one for me. I find that it's a matter of weighing up whether the side effects are worth the benefit of the medication. Sometimes it's been a yes on this question on medications for me, sometimes a no. When the side effects outweigh the benefits, I think that's time to look at changing medications.

Hope the rest of the day goes really well for you and husband.

Same to everyone else who's around too!

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Shaz51Senior Contributor20 July 2016, 10:19 am AEST

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Hi @Mazarita

(like being on the forum, hehe).--- ha ha yea xx

you have a big day a head of you , one step at a time my friend

hubby has gone back to bed

about the medication -- they have made a big difference -- you have a very good point there

three side affects , he is thinking of cutting back to half the meds

have a good day

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 10:34 am AEST

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Good morning @BlueBay

HeadachesI drifted off to sleep again, which is good ... it was nice to wake up to your message.

I hope your day at work is okay, and your co-worker gives you some space. Your son comes back tonight ... thinking of you 🌷💕

My husband has pushed his return back to tomorrow night, but that might change again. I'm okay with that .... just yesterday morning I was feeling a bit wobbly and wasn't ready for it to be today.

My daughter is going to be okay, I'm sure .... she is just going to need that extra support to get through this term, and now she has got it .... but there will still be headaches and sick days along the way because she has really had enough of everything that has been piling up on her over the last few years, including what is happening with her Dad ....

But she would also be devastated if she didn't get to graduate with her year group. I think between the GP, the school counsellor, and now the psupychologist she has recommended, we can all get her through.

One more term to go !! And she on an alternate pathway, so she doesn't have the final exams at the end of it either ....

Baby steps for all of us over here ...

@Former-Member - still thinking of you too .... 💕

Any news yet about when your addmission will be ? I'm glad for you that it will be soon, and that it is the support you feel you need. It was good for you to be pro-active about that and get it all happening.

Do you use the adult colouring books too ? Have you got something like that to concentrate on a bit and help to distract you ?

Sending gentle hugs your way ... 🌷💗

@Former-Member

Are you feeling any better this morning with that new med you were trying ?

Hi anyone else who is around ...😏

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 10:56 am AEST

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Hi @F&H, @Former-Member, @Maz, @Shaz51, & everyone. Love following your stories. 💕

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 11:16 am AEST

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Good morning everyone. 😚❤☕🍰🌷

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 1:33 pm AEST

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Hi @Former-Member

I picked up the notification of your last post so I'm answering it even tho I'm not seeing it here yet ....

I think your daughter and mine are quite similar, except mine got knocked off her horse early on, and repeatedly, so she is struggling to get back on and stay in the saddle long enough to finish the race ....

Her randomly excellent results show that she is a would-have-been high achiever, so it has been devastating for her to get her stride on and then be bowled over by a new circumstance. There is a whole back-story of misdiagnosis of a dialect together with high visual spatial aptitude, ambidextrous ability, hypermobility, strong lateral thinking etc that a remedial teacher took to represent a learning difficulty !!! Dialects transfer quite naturally, and as that transfer occurred it challenged the teachers professional opinion, which resulted in one of those professional
pride battles to be right with a small child caught as a pawn in the middle of
It all .....

Then came two knee dislocations within a matter of months in early high school, just when she had recovered enough to start showing her true academic colours, and down she went again ....

On top recovery flowed through the WH issues, an I know she is just so overwhelmed with stress disorders and pain issues she is emotionally exhausted. With all this support in place, we will get her over the line, but it means coddling her through ..... lots and lots of baby steps ahead .....

Can't focus all our days on that either .... we need to keep distractions happening and celebrate all achievements no matter how small along the way.

Have managed to score an appointment with the psych this afternoon, and have written off trying to get her to school today. She is crying with the migraine, but it will probably settle now I have let her know I won't be taking her to school.

Following a 🐬 along the river - only because he is being lazy and going slow ...

❤

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 1:46 pm AEST

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@Faith-and-Hope Your daughter certainly has had alot going on. I hope she can get on top of it all. Its hard watching them go through struggles.

Mine decided to stay at school, despite not feeling well and having a headache. Shes having Friday off, so thats good. We all need time off sometimes. Do you get much time off with 5 children? I better get the washing up on the line, second load today. How can 3 people have so much washing? hehe! Im probably too fussy.

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