Hi, just introducing myself...

Good morning @Melanie-cat and welcome to our forum family. I am 55 lady and live with 2 of my boys that love fighting and arguing and my 13yr old has Autism/anxiety so he can be pretty full on and my 25yr old is my career but not good at it.

I have BPD, major depression, social anxiety, panic attacks and agraphobia so I spend my days in bed just watching fox recordings Sci-fi and my crocheting. I have been struggling for a couple,of months now, my psychiatrist went on long service leave and I can't see him till 30th October and my reference to see my psychologist from last year has also on holidays till next week and get St.

I come on here a lot as my family forums are keeping me safe till I can get to Mr psychiatrist, I think my meds aren't working like they should as I have no motivation to get up and would like to go for walks but my social anxiety is really major, I have applied for the NDIS 2nd time now and hoping it goes through this time, if not then I don't really know what I will do

@saturnzoon Hello, it's nice to meet you. Good for you using the forums to keep yourself feeling connected. I wish you a day of unexpected tiny little good moments, bright glowy things, and deep breaths of oxygen.

Hi @Melanie-cat .

Nice to meet you.Welcome aboard.

You are around a lot of great people here.We all know how you're feeling.You 'll make a lot of nice friends here and find support too. I'm about 58 in a few days and I live in South Oz,on my own too.I understand how you feel. If you can do anything to look after you better then you are in front. We become our own most important person in our life in these situations.You are your own best friend.We do make mistakes because we are human.Never lose the real you.You are your brave hero.Reward yourself.It will make you feel better.You know you better than anyone.Its a good feeling.

There's a lot of places to post in the forums.Enjoy. I replied to one of your other posts/replies today.Hope to chat again.

Regards @Denv12

hi @Melanie-cat

I'm a schizophrenic with rage issues and I manage to work 2 casual library jobs, care well for my cat and hike 20-30kms a week. So I reckon you should be able to achieve whatever you want with your mental illness.

I'm in healthy BMI range but I usually overeat all night, every night. I'm trying to cut down on food, work keeps me pretty busy & I can't eat there while I'm on shift. I'm a good cook tho so it's hard to shift my focus & creativity onto something other than cooking & eating. Cooked up an absolute storm of kale this morning! I've got a great, healthy, spicy black bean & choccy cookie recipe. It uses black beans in place of flour & just a few tbsp maple syrup in place of sugar. They're awesome & come out really fudgy, it's amazing.

I'm researching supplements (e.g. B-vitamins) as an adjunct to anti-psychotics. Are you on any supplements & do you find them helpful?

What a great intro !! I've just joined myself and i'm a 60 yr-old female. I really admire your honesty with yourself and your great positive "self-talk". My self-talk has been pretty bad lately, so you have just lifted my mood !! I'm still learning how this forum works. I find I sometimes just really need someone to "chat" to; sort of like-minded, so that's why I've joined in. Hope to learn something here as I can feel myself descending a little.