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showered for the first time in days (sorry for the gross image guys but i've been down preety deep) , had a walk round the park, had an appointment with my support worker up at the hospital

have been on it 12 days so far. saw support worker today and she said that the psychiatrist says i can either persevere, or come off altogether,or reduce the dose. I am gonna try and carry on another few days because side effects supposedly wear off after the first few weeks. cant tolerate all this ...

thank you holly,it really helps to have such sweet friends

Hiya Rose,glad you found us here. I find this website a really lovely,helpful place and i hope you do too. feel free to write about whatever's on your mind

Lisa x

cant really look forward to anything right now, feel too hopeless

sick to death of side effects from new meds - extreme restlessness,tight achey muscles,nausea,problems swallowing,disorientation,blurred vision,pins and needles in my hands - you name it! it's also making my overactive bladder worse which is already so bad its unbearable and i cant see any relief un...

I'm looking forward to - getting used to my new meds and hopefully the side effects dying down getting to know the people in my clay group at the mental centre more. got chatting yesterday and met some interesting people going to my favourite cafe with one of my best friends next week seeing the fin...

cool,perhaps you are a future millionaire!!!

today has been quite a full one,looking round the shops, paid some bills, writing poetry in the park,walking along the beach, crying, eating, exploring, thinking. thought i had a hospital appointment but turns out it's thursday not tuesday. got really stressed and frustrated. sure it is my support w...

what are you thinking of studying at college jaymn?

I am exhausted after doing a lot of walking today but still extremely restless and cant get comfortable. very emotional,had a big cry on the beach this afternoon,was feeling a lot of emotional pain and frustration

I have three cats called Pixie (tabby), Ziggy (black) and Smudge (black and white) and a 'foster cat' called Gingi (short for Ginger) - a stray who hangs out in our garden all the time. she's getting really tame,she'll let me stroke her now

I'm looking forward to - watching the final season of Frasier which is being repeated here now,i missed it when it aired originally years ago the end of the dreadful rain we've been having here seeing my support worker tomorrow,she is so kind watching the play my boyfriend is co-directing,showing in...

I am so pleased with my bowl! It turned out really cool - made it by sticking loads of little round balls of clay together in rows,it looks a bit like a raspberry! Then I did a bit of food shopping,including some Ben and Jerry's ice cream as a treat,had all the nice melted bits round the rim straigh...

great to see you back crystal! I am extremely tired but cant stay still,legs ache too much and my bladder has been SO bad lately,feel like i desperately need to pee constantly which makes me indescribably uncomfortable and fidgety still feel kinda ok but with stormy undercurrents if you know what i ...