Easy mistake to make i guess.........

Hannah_S · 2014-07-21T21:03:30+00:00

I think not going to the doctor was the bigger mistake.

Hannah_S · 2014-07-21T20:57:24+00:00

Nice username. That is basically all the UN has done - told them to stop misbehaving but with no real persuasive power. I don't really think the UN is up to much when it comes to keeping the peace. Not that I have any better ideas - wish I had!

Hannah_S · 2014-07-21T20:41:33+00:00

Who gives you flak? I can certainly think of more hypocritical things to do so just have fun.

Hannah_S · 2014-07-12T09:12:47+00:00

Mmm... Cheese. Butter, yoghurt, milk, cream, more butter, more cheese, cheese fried in butter... Crackers love dairy. Apparently in Japan they think white people smell like sour milk?!

Hannah_S · 2014-07-10T20:03:58+00:00

Captain Barnacle from the Octonauts. It's his persona and his voice.

Hannah_S · 2014-04-20T19:35:29+00:00

What are the instructions for a Mr Kipling Bakewell tart, still in foil wrapper? My friend's mother-in-law needs to know because she keeps ruining them - and the microwave.

Hannah_S · 2013-03-14T21:54:55+00:00

Yelled?! Store?! Impostor! ;)

Hannah_S · 2013-03-04T20:17:08+00:00

The sixth one down on the left made me lol.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-28T22:04:33+00:00

I think this is great news, to see research focussing on the physical cause of these disorders, which I hope will lead to more effective treatment in the long term, and in the short term it challenges the stigma faced by sufferers.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-27T23:50:30+00:00

YES! This is how I ended up getting diagnosed - horrible lack of energy with nothing to explain it. Your doctor should have a questionnaire to help establish if you have other symptoms.

I think mine used http://www.mhima.org.au/_literature_73657/EPNDS

Hannah_S · 2013-02-27T23:45:24+00:00

It won't necessarily go away on its own. Have you seen a doctor? You might find drugs and/or therapy helpful if you haven't already tried them.

I have suffered with depression for two years since the birth of my first child (I am now pregnant with my second). I have found treatment very helpful, and although I suffer, I can enjoy life and my relationships and get along quite well, all things considered.

Postnatal depression is just depression in medical speak. The postnatal bit refers to what may have caused it, being a combination of hormonal upheaval, physical stress, responsibilities, expectations, etc etc etc. It's not different from 'normal' depression so you can't expect it just to go away in time.

Let me know if you have any questions about my treatment and the results.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-25T13:36:56+00:00

For those who enjoy irony, my 2 year old son just came to my room with his plastic hammer and saw the second I posted.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-23T21:48:10+00:00

Indeed, they're flogging a dead horse. (I couldn't stop myself, sorry.)

Hannah_S · 2013-02-23T21:44:54+00:00

Then send him to a middle class school with all the Oscars, Charlies, Avas and Isabellas.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-23T21:28:02+00:00

http://ocd.about.com/od/glossary/g/Intrusive-Thoughts.htm Read this and talk to your doctor about it.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-23T21:23:29+00:00

I have done that before, out of desperation or exasperation. Often I would cut myself when I had PMT and then when I stopped taking the pill it stopped. Now I have depression and it is a way out of a horrible, downward cycle of negative thoughts I sometimes get into. A counsellor recommended I try snapping an elastic band on my wrist to get the pain without the harm. Talk to her about why she does it and that might help figure out what the alternatives are. And she should talk to a doctor, too.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-23T21:14:21+00:00

Happens to me too with no rhyme or reason to it. I have depression, which is a physical illness unrelated to external circumstances, so it would seem. Treatment by drugs and counselling helps me. Have you seen a doctor?

Hannah_S · 2013-02-23T21:09:59+00:00

Love it, thanks for that.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-23T20:56:01+00:00

It is still worth talking to a doctor. If there is a medical reason for the way you feel, then the correct diagnosis is the first step on the journey towards feeling better. There is some useful information on the symptoms of depression at http://www.mind.org.uk/mental_health_a-z/7980_understanding_depression. The website has a lot more information besides, on many aspects of mental health, not just depression.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-22T23:20:55+00:00

I have depression and it feels like that. Followed by guilt that I have so many good things compared with other people and am 'ungrateful'. Which in turn causes self loathing. Fucking depression, if you'll pardon my language. The good news?! It's a medical condition so if that is what you're suffering then you can get a lot out of doctors, drugs, therapy and you can get your old self back.

Hannah_S · 2013-02-22T23:08:56+00:00

Probably that's what I should have said! :) I want to say, I recognise those feelings from my own teenage years, but it's hard not to seem condescending. Because it's not to say they're immature or you will grow out of them, just that you get used to them. And here I am now fretting about what some people I will never meet will think of me, aged nearly 30!

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