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I take the medication I'm prescribed..and yet I can't eat and I can't sleep.

It's sending me round the bend. A little while ago I had got quite a lot better...but now it's worse than ever. If I eat a mouthful of something I have to spit it out I can't swallow it. I can just about drink stuff like Ayran..and of course alcohol.

i start to think I'll never be well again. maybe it's something terminal?

I just don't understand it.

do you really want answers?
i know you do but... maybe i should ask
are you willing to just talk around possibilities?

i dont know what can help you but i have had some experiences
and i am sure others have also

we could just knock some ideas around
just kinda brainstorm on possibilities?

this might be good for a number of folks
not just you
i know i could benefit

wanna try?

I'm afraid that about all I can offer this discussion is s. . .



but I'll happily offer them.

I needed to let off steam about it.

I just slept for a couple of hours and managed to eat an orange.

Thanks to those replying here.

No Fluffy.

The doctors just say keep on taking the tablets and I'll eventually get better.

They think its to do with something emotional.

I also can't stop shivering and need the central heating on..which is bizarre in mid summer..and it's pretty warm here at present.

Sorry to be so moany.

Don't feel you need to respond. It just helps to express it here at present.

Oh - I am sorry you're still unwell honey. You might be shivering because you've not eaten enough and your blood sugar is low. Can you try to drink something like a liquid meal replacement? If you can hardly swallow food, it might be a bit of a help to get you through this. Soup would be good too.

Wrap yourself up in a nice warm blanket and get cosy, or treat yourself to a deep bath with some aromatherapy of your choice.


Hope you get to feel yourself soon.

Lanzababy

You might be right as to the reason for the shivering. I've tried soup but it seems too rich. I drink this thing called Ayran which is a Turkish drink made from fizzy spring water, yogurt and salt. It isn't really rich.

If I feel well enough I may go up the road for more oysters. They don't seem 'rich' either.

Yeah I've put on a lot of clothes.

But I also think the shivering is to do with anxiety.

I do feel quite embarrassed about posting here to do with it.. So I do appreciate people not making a huge fuss. I don't really think I'll die from it except in the middle of the night it suddenly felt like that.

But posting helps. I suppose its to do with giving a 'form'/ language to do with something that is probably to do with the unconscious.

Effers, I'm going to ask you something, and I don't want you to take it the wrong way

Are you sure you are taking your meds properly - not too many, not too few?

Either could cause your shivering and cause your anxiety symptoms.

You might need to see your GP to discuss your meds further

lil x

Yes I am taking my meds properly.

Yes I should see my GP again. But I can't hardly imagine to organise that and cope with sitting in the waiting room with all the stress that entails.

On monday though I'll phone up and see if she will come round, also the psychiatrist place.

But you know how it is these days..resources are stretched to the limit. Especially round here which is basically hugely over populated.

Yes, I know how it is, but it's very important you are getting the right treatment.

Please try to get someone to come out to you. Even if it's only to reassure you there is nothing wrong

for your support. Yes I'll try.

But its hard to explain how difficult the smallest things are now. Even picking up the phone will be very scary..and I avoid people cos they can be quite nasty and I can no longer cope with that.

Write things down, put them in order and work from the list.

It might seem a little OCD, but it does work. It helps to focus the mind when you want to say something that is important to you.

My next suggestion is the same as Lanzababy has already said. Run a nice hot bath and relax in it.. Then go and get some sleep, which I think you badly need

I couldn't imagine doing anything so vulnerable as having a bath. Also I can't sleep...that's the whole point..it makes you too vulnerable. Anyway I'll stop my moaning..and go in the kitchen, listen to music..that helps.

Okay, if that relaxes you

Managing to eat heavenly oysters..No probs.