Mental Wellness Support Group
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there are many places to call a few years back I was getting to know the suicide hotline in america the country wide hotline they were always there.. and concerned that I am ok.. very good service they called back the next morning to see how I was .. and such.. we had good talks and they really helped.
better -- much better then therapy was helping so yeah-- they are trained and exposed to all things like that in mental heath first aid stuff.. 
We're all glad you're feeling better and hope you'll be able to get help you may need.
Today is Giving Tuesday, so I decided to make a donation to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
Today's been strange but in a good way. The near constant face/scalp eczema symptoms have eased. I don't feel as stressed out by it. There's no muscle tension or inflammation either. I don't have bad anxiety. Although, my eyes have been ocassionally watering which is kinda annoying. Which is also funny because I was recently thinking that they were under control.
I had a bad flare up recently, doubled my efforts, and managed to get it under control. Maybe it worked too well? The symptoms seem to rotate. Usually, if the face/scalp eczema symptoms disappear for a while, they appear on my hands.
That's just the nature of the beast. Whenever one set of symptoms calm down another set rises up. Right now, while not 100% perfect, I'm glad to be on the manageable side of things. I have a bit more energy than usual too.
I had a bad flare up recently, doubled my efforts, and managed to get it under control. Maybe it worked too well? The symptoms seem to rotate. Usually, if the face/scalp eczema symptoms disappear for a while, they appear on my hands.
That's just the nature of the beast. Whenever one set of symptoms calm down another set rises up. Right now, while not 100% perfect, I'm glad to be on the manageable side of things. I have a bit more energy than usual too.
so Laser eye surgery to zap the bleeding corpuscles in the back of my eye making them seal sorta.. meaning eyedrops for a few days.. but this is the other eye the right one so both are now done.. the migraines started when I had the left eye zapped and that led to bright light problems and my blood pressure go really high.. seems maybe.. my panic attacks cause the migraine that causes the bp = so yeah new blood pressure med .. and so on..
the better part of the week/month is that I am now sleeping at nite and awakening in the morning just because I guess I never had control of that would be up a few days and sleep just as much.. so mmmmm I am not missing the med taking because I am asleep too much. this might be self perpetuating toward being well.. maybe. IDK it is really weird not up all the time till I sleep .. just like that I sleep at nite. IDK not too much or too little just very strange.
I want to brag about my eating // making food other then cold cuts and frozen dinners .. I had a bowl of green beans and celery .. fresh and such --- might have carrots later. just no salt at all. you know I have to buy the salt free butter .. but I hate the salt free butter so IDK but yeah I will get it .. and no more caffeine --
as well I have not been obsessed with the video - computer game thing like STO or Warframe. so I have more time I guess. but since I mentioned the game thing I might just do gaming after a few things Maybe. right === My friends in voice chat miss me. It is a good thing and they are a little worried as I was on the game like --every day OMG every day dag- but yeah not so much now.
the better part of the week/month is that I am now sleeping at nite and awakening in the morning just because I guess I never had control of that would be up a few days and sleep just as much.. so mmmmm I am not missing the med taking because I am asleep too much. this might be self perpetuating toward being well.. maybe. IDK it is really weird not up all the time till I sleep .. just like that I sleep at nite. IDK not too much or too little just very strange.
I want to brag about my eating // making food other then cold cuts and frozen dinners .. I had a bowl of green beans and celery .. fresh and such --- might have carrots later. just no salt at all. you know I have to buy the salt free butter .. but I hate the salt free butter so IDK but yeah I will get it .. and no more caffeine --
as well I have not been obsessed with the video - computer game thing like STO or Warframe. so I have more time I guess. but since I mentioned the game thing I might just do gaming after a few things Maybe. right === My friends in voice chat miss me. It is a good thing and they are a little worried as I was on the game like --every day OMG every day dag- but yeah not so much now.
^that's a really good motto! And it's a fact that the ugliest caterpillars become the prettiest butterflies =)
Dang! There I thought I was over my anxiety fits and then I got a gigantic one again when receiving my heating bill. I did indeed have to pay more than expected but that's not life-threatening as the promptly following anxiety fit wanted me to believe. And what's annoying me most is that it still lurks there in the background. I can feel it in the back of my head, waiting for my control to relax. My GP prescribed a tranquilizer but that's no solution imo. It's just suppressing the symptoms. And my very good therapist moved to Munich 
I am certain that like last time it's mostly physical. My diabetes seems to be under control, so mybe it's the thyroid gland or menopause. But between the holidays all labs are closed so I must live with it for another 2 weeks at least. Worst possible timing.
Ah well, apparently I excel in everything I do, even in failing
I am certain that like last time it's mostly physical. My diabetes seems to be under control, so mybe it's the thyroid gland or menopause. But between the holidays all labs are closed so I must live with it for another 2 weeks at least. Worst possible timing.
Ah well, apparently I excel in everything I do, even in failing
Dang! There I thought I was over my anxiety fits and then I got a gigantic one again when receiving my heating bill. I did indeed have to pay more than expected but that's not life-threatening as the promptly following anxiety fit wanted me to believe. And what's annoying me most is that it still lurks there in the background. I can feel it in the back of my head, waiting for my control to relax. My GP prescribed a tranquilizer but that's no solution imo. It's just suppressing the symptoms. And my very good therapist moved to Munich
I am certain that like last time it's mostly physical. My diabetes seems to be under control, so mybe it's the thyroid gland or menopause. But between the holidays all labs are closed so I must live with it for another 2 weeks at least. Worst possible timing.
Ah well, apparently I excel in everything I do, even in failing
for me the tranquilizers work.. they slow down my emotions that are there from my background and childhood allowing me to be better able to adjust to my emotions rather than going head on into what I am feeling.. but they are major tranqs --- minor tranqs with my addictive personality I would be addicted very quickly --- actually I am already addicted but I have not taken them .. and will not. --- yet I do need them somehow to solve my anxiety, I just get by without .. you know..
Toxic ableist narratives ...
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I'm not sure but auditory hallucinations might be a regular occurrence for me on a Tuesday morning. They're getting shorter too. At first, I heard marching band music and then it shifted to a voice. Now, it's just a low garbled sound that lasts a few seconds.
I'd like to blame it on the anticipatory stress that I experienced because of my noisy neighbour. It might be residual stress. Maybe I'm still programmed to dread certain days of the week even though the trigger/reason has gone. Tuesdays were a regular fixture for noise. But then, no day of the week was safe because the pattern would rotate. I haven't experienced the hallucinations on other days. For a few weeks I was regularly moody between Thursday and Saturday though.
I'd like to blame it on the anticipatory stress that I experienced because of my noisy neighbour. It might be residual stress. Maybe I'm still programmed to dread certain days of the week even though the trigger/reason has gone. Tuesdays were a regular fixture for noise. But then, no day of the week was safe because the pattern would rotate. I haven't experienced the hallucinations on other days. For a few weeks I was regularly moody between Thursday and Saturday though.
I don't know what's fully going on with me, but I am very anxious at present. If I knew what was triggering it, I'd have a chance at controlling it. Any ideas, guys?
I wish I knew, sorry. I've been feeling a little anxious lately and I know partly why but I can't do anything about it.
It is possible to distract oneself from this state of mind by focused grounding 000 this can be done by breathing and counting techniques counting is optional cause of OCD problems with it.. but yeah count your breaths backwards from 25,,... 24,,,.. 23,,,.. it helps relax and the anxiousness dissipates mostly --- sipping water is always an option for distracting one from oneself .. but yeah it is possible to find what works for you and do that.. I chant === it is a practice of chanting .. I do.
anyway anyone solve that nausea problem? let me know how, other than zofran all the time.. ;(
Look for "anxiety gif breathing" on Google. There are gifs with awesome little graphics that tell you when/how to breathe in and breathe out in order to calm yourself. I've found them to be very helpful when dealing with my own anxiety.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.t2health.breathe2relax
Breathe2relax is a .gov program from American government Free..
It's for the phone or pad is... Really is the best..
Thanks @MrPicard for the reminder about doing a search..
I used to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown due to a noisy landlady. I solved the prob by listening to audiobooks all the time and by wearing industrial-strength earmuffs to keep all external noises out. It has helped splendidly, only now I can't sleep anymore without my mp3 player LOL. Still, it's the lesser of 2 evils.When my neighbour shouts at his cats (they have a habit of sitting on the esc key when he's desingning websites
) I hear hardly anything. For the night I recommend custom made silicone earplugs. They cost between $ 70 and 100 and are worth every cent. They don't filter all frequencies equally well but the really good ones dampen the whole spectrum by 40-50 db.there are several possibilities:
Diabetes and a malfunction of the thyroid gland are the most common ones. Another usual suspect is a hormonal imbalance caused by menopause or by a malfunction of the central brain area. Less common would be a malfunction in the adrenal gland. Most of these can be checked for by a simple blood test. To exclude a brain tumor (veeeeeeery remote likeliness), an MRI would be necessary.
In my case it seems to be a malfunction of the thyroid gland. I've had a little harmless tumor there for more than a decade and I suspect it to irritate the gland. It'd be extremely difficult to remove so I hope it can be treated by meds rather than by scalpel.
I used to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown due to a noisy landlady. I solved the prob by listening to audiobooks all the time and by wearing industrial-strength earmuffs to keep all external noises out. It has helped splendidly, only now I can't sleep anymore without my mp3 player LOL. Still, it's the lesser of 2 evils.When my neighbour shouts at his cats (they have a habit of sitting on the esc key when he's desingning websites
there are several possibilities:
Diabetes and a malfunction of the thyroid gland are the most common ones. Another usual suspect is a hormonal imbalance caused by menopause or by a malfunction of the central brain area. Less common would be a malfunction in the adrenal gland. Most of these can be checked for by a simple blood test. To exclude a brain tumor (veeeeeeery remote likeliness), an MRI would be necessary.
In my case it seems to be a malfunction of the thyroid gland. I've had a little harmless tumor there for more than a decade and I suspect it to irritate the gland. It'd be extremely difficult to remove so I hope it can be treated by meds rather than by scalpel.
The noisy neighbour left in May 2019. The trouble is long over but I'm dealing with the after effects. Since then, I've still been dealing with face/scalp eczema, blepharitis and other delayed stress 'reactions.' I spoke up about the long term risks to my health before they happened but it fell on deaf ears. Hard to reason with people who talk in circles and can't have linear thoughts. Over a two and a half/three year period my physical and mental health dropped. I'm still trying to get back to normal. At least, what's normal for my long term condition.
I tried wearing silicone earplugs at night but didn't find them comfortable. During the trouble, I listened to iphone music with noise cancelling headphones too. But then, it was hard to escape the noise all night and my body was still screaming for sleep.
I've got a hormonal deficiency. It's a rare condition that affects 1 in 80,000 men and 1 in 120,000 women. While the problems were ongoing (because of my noisy neighbour and the narcissistic abuse from the local government/authority who refused to stop him) I had my hormone levels checked out. It's important to get my levels checked every year. I was worried because it's not wise to be below the normal level. Sleep deprivation can screw with hormones.
The levels came back normal though. No thyroid problems either. Instead, they found that my cholesterol levels were a little high. At that time I'd already changed my diet to deal with the eczema. I was roughly two months into it at that point.
My hormones were out of whack and probably still are. Anxiety is a part of my condition and it was/still is difficult to relax. I tried to go out and have fun during the trouble but it was hard. I'd be sleep deprived before I went out anywhere and sleep deprived when I came back. My body couldn't recover at all and the stress and tiredness accumulated.
Now... There are times when I can't sleep or do anything for long periods etc. I can't watch intense action sequences because it kinda triggers my anxiety. For a while I also had recurring nightmares of the noisy neighbours breaking into my home. Now it's just the occasional anxiety dream and the auditory hallucination.
I'm trying to build a positive daily routine. Last night, I ate some probiotic cereal that's good for the gut. If I keep doing that it'll help calm my nerves before bedtime. The trick is to replace a negative routine with a positive one.
I hope your tumor is easy to fix. I sympathize with your thyroid problems because my Mum deals with that.
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