Best advice given IMO

Unless your betting Bgahwans NEW system.
Cheers

Thanks Chrome Prince, I visit the doc regularly. I'm not in a good way, but even if aussielongboat came on and called me a trollop or whatever, it wouldn't do any further harm, probs even light entertainment. I'm up to my eyeballs in grief. I like the data and the nags and that's something I suppose. Sometimes I shake so much, just a recent event, that I cannt type. I've actually got to steer clear of my family 'coz I'll drag them down too. This is shyte!

Barny, if you're shaking so much, and you've been to the doctor, something's not right.
Any chance you can go to another doctor and show him your symptoms, he might be able to prescribe Serepax and your symptoms will improve dramatically.

I'm not prescribing, I'm saying suggest it to a doctor.

Is there any way you can go away and take a break.
Do some fishing or reading or cycling or something that relaxes you?
It will help a lot.
Not sure of your situation, it might not be appropriate to leave.

Perhaps we should take this off the forum.
If you wish to email me: racestats at hotmail dot com.

Hi Barney,

I have gone through similar thing mental problem wise brought on by stress, different to yours though. Happy to offer some sugestions. admin at formelements dot net .

Michal

I'm going to ask that this be moved out of the way to the General Forum. Thanks to those who offered their insights. If you haven't suffered this, then you can't possibly understand what it's like. I've suffered mild depression / anxiety / whatever whomever it is you're seeing, calls it, for many years but it escalated over the past six months due to severe trauma, grieving etc.

michaelg ..... There IS DEFINITELY something in this religious / belief stuff. I started going to the Salvos every couple of weeks as one of many things I was doing to get out of this deep hole. 1st week, nothing, 2nd week nothing, 3rd week nothing, 4th week nothing ..... 5th week Whammo !!! I didn't find God although I do have some faith, but I found some peace that I hadn't experienced for a long time. Absolutely amazing !

Chrome ..... I changed medication that I'd been on for 10 years ..... an almost immediate affect. Stoppeed shaking uncontrollably. Usually these changes take a couple of weeks to show up, if at all. It ain't an exact science.

You hear it all the time that there is a way out, but when you're in it deep, and I knew I was (I don't know how those who experience this for the first time go, although having said that, my past experience counted for nought), there just doesn't appear to be any light at the end of the tunnel. The medicos and the psychs are relying on you for information so that they can help ..... BUT you're not in a position to be able to give them good information 'coz you're so screwed up !!!

For those who are going through this ..... correct medication, seek counselling, try a religious experience (never thought I'd say that, but I'm telling you, don' knock it !!!!!), get off the booze, get a couple of mates and ask that they stick by you and tell them not to assume that coz you seem OK one day that you're all better - it just doesn't happen that way. Personally I probably expected too much from my mates they're not equiped to handle this, and probs get totally worn out by it all, and maybe even a little p!ssed off 'coz they don't understand. It's all easy to say but very hard to do.

Thanks heaps to all those who helped, you've helped me and also those closest to me too. I've gone from 0% to half way ?? ..... at least far enough so that my head's above water.

I am so glad to hear this Barny. Im glad your on your way to recovering. Im sure its a hard and long proccess but you will get there. You have risen from your deepest, darkest, worst point so it can only get better from there.

Fantastic news Barny.
Hang in there.

For what it's worth, I had a bad bout of anxiety recently, so decided to experiment as I'm completely off all meds.

I tried many recommended things, and went for a half hour walk on the beach.
Came back no better at all really.

Next day, went for a three hour walk on the beach, one hour walking, one hour sitting relaxing watching the waves, the boats, the kites, etc. Just tuning out.
Walked back to my car another hour.
Came home and felt completely better.

I'm not religious, so nothing like that works for me, but this certainly did.

Hopefully there's someone out there who get's something out of this, 'coz you can get up off the canvas even though at times you cannot move out of bed for days ..... no showers, very little to eat, ..... it's typical behaviour where you're suffering and you just don't see what's going to change. Get to the doctor, or emergency and get some medication ..... that should give you enough breathing space and strength to get a GP who specialises in mental illness, then onto a psych. Keep going back to both very regularly until you feel some progress, then you can have a crack at exercise etc.

Too much pressure to exercise and eat properly early on, when you just can't do it, can make things worse.

My experience only, everyone's different.

You aren't on your own, that's for sure.