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Fiasco
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I think I'm going crazy. Can someone please help me?
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I'm ok. But I feel like I'm dreaming. I don't feel quite real and a bit strange. I'd say I'm just tired, but I don't truly believe it. I went to the shops yesterday because we badly need groceries but I was so overwhelmed by all the people and everything that I turned around and went home. Hubby had gone to get some essentials now. I felt like I was in slow motion and I just needed to pause everything and sit with my head in my lap. I feel like I'm pushing everyone away because I just want to be by myself in my strange world and not have to worry that I'm appearing odd. I am definitely a 'good' girl and I'm high functioning in appearance, but I actually fight against self descructive urged constantly. I want to hurt myself, but I know that I'll regret it so I don't. I already have an awful scar and I don't want more. But then I sort of really want to. But i don't. But I actually do.... stop being silly, get a grip, don't be impulsive or reckless and think about what your future self would want. But then I feel like self harming. But I wont. Because that's ridiculous. And I really don't want to. Do I?

Oh my dear Fiasco

Life seems so hard for your at the moment. Have you had a change in meds, increase, decrease, different tablets? I know my pain killers were making me feel strange, a bit light headed and feeling invisible in a room full of people. Almost as though I was watching myself. Really odd, but now I am not taking these meds I feel OK.

Do you have a plan about what to do if you feel like self harm? There is the BB app available at the app store. It's called Beyond Now and I have found it very useful. I don't know if you really want to hurt yourself but I hope you do not do this. Have you any activities to do when you feel this way? Can you phone someone or do an activity that requires your full attention. Please try not to hurt yourself, it must be so painful and as I understand it, it's because you are trying to stop another hurt.

Can you phone a help line such as BB 1300 22 4636, or the Suicide Callback Service on 1300 659 467. They may be able to suggest something that will help you stay in control of yourself. I feel you don't really want to harm yourself and if it's because you are trying to wipe out another thought can you think of something else, something perhaps quite mundane. Have a mental walk around your garden and identify all your plants. Or if you do not have a garden, think of someone else's garden and walk around that.

Continue to write in here and talk about what ails you. There is always someone to answer. Above all, keep yourself safe. If you find this is not possible then contact the emergency services and they will help. But try the above phone numbers first.

Please take care of yourself.

Mary

Quercus
Champion Alumni
Champion Alumni

Hi Fiasco,

​I hope you're ok and safe. Am thinking of you and regretting not being online today until now. Please take care of yourself and reach out for help however you can. Mary is right the ER is absolutely appropriate if you need help to be safe.

I hope you are able to write again soon. Take care Fiasco.

Dear Fiasco

Dropping by to say I hope all is well with you. I have to go out this morning so cannot respond to you if you post in until after lunch.

Take great care of yourself and remember we ar here for you.

Mary

In survival mode. Barely coping. Just back from gp. Severely anaemic and low in vitamin D. Hopefully that explains not being able to get out of bed, although my gp says not. Have a referral to a new psychiatrist. Gp not comfortable putting me on antidepressants with my history

Hello Fiasco

Good to hear from you. Anaemia and low vitamin D is tiring no matter what your GP says. Yes, my GP is always wary of giving me new meds, any sort, because I have such bad reactions to many of them. Do you have an appointment with the new psychiatrist yet? I hope you will find the energy to make one soon. Hopefully there will not be a long waiting list.

I have low vitamin D and if I mention it to anyone I'm told I need to get out in the sun more. In fact I said that to my GP who said yes but I don't want you getting skin cancer. Hmmm. Actually I believe reduced vitamin D is an age thing. We absorb it less easily or something. So I take one pill every weekday and two on Saturdays and Sundays. My mom used to tell me she was anaemic but little knowledge then of how to bump it up so she was told to eat liver. Now I like liver properly cooked but my mom was given raw liver chopped up and put in a sandwich. Yuk! One day I will tell you the story of how I cooked the liver when my mom was in hospital.

I take it you have been given iron supplements of some kind. Not much fun feeling so weary I know but you will feel better once the meds kick in. In the meantime let yourself be unwell and rest as much as possible. I know women are supposed to be superwomen but we are just mortals doing our best. You know why you feel tired so look after yourself until you are well again.

Keep talking to us.

Mary

Quercus
Champion Alumni
Champion Alumni

Hi Fiasco,

I hope the iron and vitamin D supplements help even a little. Hopefully you can get in to see a psychiatrist soon and in the meantime you're resting whenever you can.

Thinking of you and hoping you're getting some TLC from hubby.

Take care of yourself Fiasco hope to hear you have an appointment soon.

Hi Mary,

my appointment with the new psychiatrist is 23rd June.

I spend lots of time in the sun - always low in vit D because of my coeliac disease. Can't absorb stuff very well. Felt better knowing there was a physical reason for feeling so bad and not just all in my head. But as my gp hinted, being anaemic doesn't usually make you suicial lol. So obviously just exacerbated existing issues. Unfortunately iron supplements won't be the magic pill I was hoping for. It's so much easier for me to admit to a physical problem than mental (admit to myself that is). Because if it's mental then I inevitably go back to thinking i should be able to control it. I truly believe that I am just prone to overthinking and dramatising things in my head.

Anyway, thank you for your support. And you too Quercus. I'm sorry I'm able to offer so little in return. I hope one day soon to be less selfish and self absorbed and able to help others.

Quercus
Champion Alumni
Champion Alumni

Hi Fiasco,

You're being way too hard on yourself again. Absolutely nothing wrong with focusing on your own health.

That's the joy of the forums it's not all on you to support others. We all have times when we need help and don't feel like we have much to give. And other times when we feel good and are able to help. It's nothing to feel guilty about.

So vent away if it helps. Let us be there for you ok. No guilt required ☺

Take it day by day until your appointment and focus on keeping safe. If it gets too much you reach out for help, call the hotlines, go to the hospital. Whatever you need to. It will be alright Fiasco.

Dear Fiasco

I think you had best join the club I have just formed with Quercus and Stressless. Not that they know it yet unless they are already on the forum. It's the shaky foundations club formed to find out why we constantly think we are terrible when there is overwhelming evidence that we are anything but that. Have a look on Stressless thread.

Must dash. Counsellor appointment.

Mary