depression
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Jul 2014
7:47am, 19 Jul 2014
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Liliaicha
((Carp))
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Jul 2014
9:56am, 19 Jul 2014
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Endorphins Junky
VV - glad things are picking up Lil - been there re sick pay. No easy solution, not that I found at least. A shame to miss a chance of a new job. Could you apply and see if you get, then make a decision? Might be a good & positive exercise to go through and you don't have to accept it if successful. Just a thought. (((Carp))) Hope you feel a bit better soon. |
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Jul 2014
8:15am, 20 Jul 2014
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Liliaicha
ilovetorun.org I kinda liked this! |
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Jul 2014
6:10pm, 21 Jul 2014
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Liliaicha
So, I have been signed off for another 2 weeks to try to get myself together, and more levelled out. Have been very up and down hour by hour rather than day by day, so didn't feel ready to go back to work. The extra 2 weeks will give me time for my new ADs to kick in (Prozac), which I am feeling far happier taking, and it's nice not to have a debate with myself every morning about taking them which I was with the Citralopram. So I have been sitting on the sofa, pottering about, tidying up, contemplating my next race etc etc, and feeling like a total fraud! I'm obviously fine, nothing wrong with me at all. I go on to Facebook where I see my brother's girlfriend asking her FB friends for sleeping pills! There's a short discussion, a few other suggestions and even some offers of various medications and I just freak out! I don't believe she is suicidal, but I'm terrified of her taking other people's medications! I burst into tears and desperately try to get hold of my brother, and when I do he doesn't seem that bothered. His answer is "she seemed ok yesterday". I know the freaking out and the the tears were probably an overreaction, but it's very dangerous, right? to take other people's meds, or am I just being ridiculous? She has now messaged me and promised not to take anyone else's meds. TBH I don't know whether to believe her or not, I've never even met her, but maybe now she realises what a bad idea it was. Or maybe she just thinks her boyfriend's sister is crazy! |
Jul 2014
6:27pm, 21 Jul 2014
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Carpathius
Lili, you obviously need this time off - not in any way a fraud, it's necessary. Taking other people's meds is always a bad idea but I think that a) most people wouldn't give someone else prescribed sleeping tablets and b) if she's trying to stockpile medication it's a bit of a red flag for people to be asking on Facebook. You made your concern known and have put an alert in your brother's mind which is good. |
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Jul 2014
7:05pm, 21 Jul 2014
9,124 posts
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Liliaicha
I genuinely don't believe she is stockpiling. I just thought that it would be a dangerous thing to do. Seems the aforementioned FB thread has now disintegrated into a slanging match. 
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Jul 2014
7:08pm, 21 Jul 2014
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Liliaicha
And I feel abit silly about getting so upset. Why am I so bloomin' sensitive?
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Jul 2014
7:31pm, 21 Jul 2014
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Endorphins Junky
What Carp said Lil - you'er are not a fraud and you do need the time off. Re other people's meds - never a good idea, but I know it goes on. Suspect your sensitivity to it is based on something else, maybe of a similar nature? But I don't think is necessarily a bad thing - seems you care a lot about those around you. |
Jul 2014
7:35pm, 21 Jul 2014
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Southcoastpete
Well I guess you got quite alarmed at the situation Lili, especially as it was family. So don't worry about it. Having a tough time of it today, as broke up with GF at the weekend. 2 weeks ago I was on a beach in Santorini with her....
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Jul 2014
7:52pm, 21 Jul 2014
9,126 posts
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Liliaicha
SCP - so sorry to hear that ((((hugs)))) Were you expecting the break up? Seems very sudden after a holiday. EJ - not quite sure what my sensitivity was based on. There were a lot of different drugs mentioned by name, and too many offers. She decided on a punch bag and boxing gloves in the end! So relieved! |
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