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[magentamiss]

Hi I'm new to the forums, just looking for somewhere to vent and find support. I have been have a long term sufferer of anxiety/panic disorder and depression.. Since age 18 and I'm now 47. I try my best to help myself with meds & therapy, but it never goes away.. I don't deal well with more than 1 thing at a time and I have a lot of factors in my life causing me massive stress right now. I'm always looking for new strategies, new ways to just get by.. Thanks for listening.

[smallwolf]

Hi magentamiss,

Welcome to beyond blue.

You have picked an interesting name, can you tell me what made you pick that. I am assuming that it is magenta/miss.

Anyway, let me pick on some similarities between us... I am a similar age to you. I see a psychologist every 2 weeks. While my problem would have started in my teens, according to my psychiatrist would probably have started earlier than that. I am also on medication.

Some people can get "over" depression in some period of time and don't relapse. Others might relapse. Some might get it at some point in their life and it stays - like my father. Me, I don't know which category I fit in, but if I am honest, it is something I will manage to some degree for a long period of time.

Are you getting any professional help at the moment?

Even now, I cannot manage more than 3 things at once work wise. My psychologist told me to put anything down in a list and work on one thing at a time.

Do you want to talk about what is causing you stress at the moment?

You will also find thread and ideas in the forums related to grounding and mindfulness where you might get some new ideas or strategies for coping. Picking on my psychologist again, she got me to read a book called "the happiness trap". Another place to get ideas.

Again, welcome to the forums, and I hope you come back to chat some more and tell more of your story.

Peace,

Tim

[geoff]

Hello Magentamiss, thanks for coming to the site and posting your comment.

I'm sorry for how you are feeling and the struggle you are facing having to cope with all of these problems because many questions are always being asked, which you may not have the answers to, so this is causing the concern.

You can't focus on one task while doing the other because it confuses you and there maybe a lot of conflict between the two of them, plus the concentration isn't there.

Remember that simple tasks can clog your brain when you try to do several all at once and are you able to prioritise them.

Have you had your medication reviewed lately?

Best wishes.

Geoff.

[geoff]

Hi Angelique, and a warm welcome to the forums and I’m sorry to hear you’re not feeling well.

To motivate yourself, you need to make sure that you are achieving tasks that you want to do, easier said than done, because if you set your tasks too far apart you will get discouraged before you get to the next one, whereas if they're too close could lead to disappointment.

There is a difference between being discouraged from being disappointed, however, both can affect your motivation.

Feeling guilty for sleeping when your daughter is in daycare, is how I felt when my sons were at school, but tried to get up before they came home or before I had to pick them up as we lived out of town.

Can I please suggest if you can copy and paste your comment and then have your own thread, and I say this because it will get lost in this particular thread, an/d if you aren't sure on how to do his then please let me.

It's important people reply back to you.

I'll wait until I hear back from you.

Best wishes.

Geoff.

[Angelique03]

Hi Geoff. Thank you for your message and for the advise. I just figured out how to make my own thread. I copied and pasted my previous comment. I am new to online forums.

[magentamiss]

Hi Tim, thanks for the reply

I am getting help. It's just not helping with the anxiety my situation at home is causing.

Today is a bad day, I'm just beside myself with stress and worry. I have stuff going on that I am keeping to myself and the guilt and worry about that is really getting to me.

I don't know what else I can do. My meds have been reviewed recently, I've been changing them up the last 12 months but have settled on these for now. I am in counselling weekly, that I just changed to fortnightly. I go again Wednesday.

I just don't react to stress well and my teenage son is just sending me over the edge lately. I just wish it would all go away and I could feel well.

[magentamiss]

Hi Geoff, yes I have had it reviewed, thanks. I have been changing things up but settled for now. It's like they all eventually stop being effective and counselling isn't really helping at the moment..

I'm just so overwhelmed with worry and stress.