General Chat

Hi Elaine, hope your hubby is fine, I am sure it takes a while for things to settle properly, will ask my cousin with a pacemaker when I phone her this week.
Ben, I like that theory, people with ocd are highly intelligent lol Yes I can go along with that lol
You keep plugging away at your tree and don't let others distract you or put you off.
Carole and Mary, so wish I could have been a fly on the wall when you met up and hope you Carole have a lovely time for the rest of your trip. Mary, hope all is well with you and yours.
Been so busy here - the scrounger son didn't turn up yesterday after all, he and his friends who were taking him to the airport in America to get his flight home, were in a car accident. No one was hurt but a Mexican apparently drove into them, it help them up and he missed his flight so now has to wait a week, had to borrow the money to get a new ticket so will be even more in debt when he arrives :<((
So not looking forward to him being around again, he has a wooden spoon on the end of his arm!
Had to drive o.h. to b and q again, he didn't take his specs this time lol, went to get a heated towel radiator for the bathroom, he was so rude to the chap I was asking about them, just because the rules say the assistant has to tell you a certificated electrician has to fit it. O.h. is an electrical technician but not certificated cos only works in his company's factory on the machinery etc there. His son due home soon, is certificated but it doesn't really matter, o.h. can do the installations but if he sold his house, wouldn't have the necesary paperwork. However he is unlikely to leave here unless in a box so not a problem but he always acts as if rules and laws are for others not him, and I was embarrassed at the way he spoke to the assistant.
Anyway got the rad as 15% off till Monday evening so a bargain.

Carol, my Sis, I have been thinking about you all week and wishing I could call you but with the dork around it just wasn't possible. Hope you felt my love coming through to you, you have coped so well, such dignity and courage so just keep trying, one step at a time, and glad your workplace have been so supportive to you. Hope the weather dries up for next weekend. lots of love to you.


Izzy, you have patience, the right job will come along and it will be worth the wait.

To all my friends who I haven't mentioned, love and hugs,
Lizxxx

Hi Carole, enjoy your tour of the Amish area, be sure to try some of their bread and homemade preserves. Yummm.
It seems like life has stood still at the Amish farms, scenery will be nice, also.
Looking forward to photos on FB.
Enjoy the rest of your trip.
mary XXX

Good to see you still with us. I have been thinking of you all a lot these last few days, and seeing Mary made me feel closer to you all! It's been a little stressful here meeting family that I never knew. But I feel so lucky to have met them all. Think we are going to Amish tomorrow xx

Sorry I haven't been around lately been too difficult for me to post anywhere. I am still at work, they are so supportive and understand. Dr wants to see me again this week, I am trying so hard to cope and went to my group so that helped.
Elaine it certainly sounds like they need to regulate it, my brother had one fitted years ago and felt so much better after, so do hope all goes ok.
Izzy hope you get a job you want.
Hello all newcomers and thoughts for all
Tired now so off to bed
xxxx
CarolB

Hope he goes on alright.

hi everyone just poped in to let you no im still around just not had much time to be on here im trying to catch up with all your posts hello to all new comers on here and welcome , well ive had a busy stressfull week as you are aware hubby home from hospital after having pacmaker fitted and a few days ago he wasnt feeling to good i took his paulse and was missing some beats so we went to gp they tryed ringing hospital to get intouch with consultant so gp sent a fax we waiting to hear from them he also having dizzy spells coming and going ,so loks like a trip bk to hospital soon ,im hoping that its just the pacemaker that needs setting on a difrent leavel ,anyway im still around and thinking of your all hugs elaine x

HI thinking of all my friends xx

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Well, i'm awake now, only woke a couple of times in the night, but thankfully went back to sleep qiute quickly, have spent morning browsing the threads on here and catchimg up on Emmerdale omnidus, very relaxing.
Got letter telling me my interview for a job i went for on tuesday was unsuccessful, but do you know what i didn't really want to work with the snooty woman anyway!! Have three more applications in at the moment so will see what happens, and at least it's not raining!
Izzyxx

Welcome Izzy,

There are so many kind folk on this thread,they don't judge,only want to try help.

Very sunny here at the moment, shame to have to sit in hot trains and tram a bit later.

Hope you all have a good weekend, maybe the weather will be mild,always a bonus.

Am dreading those stairs at daughter's house....

Still, it is for grandson Zachaar, so I must make an effort.

65 tomorrow, I will be officially an o.a.p!

Eileen x

Izzy Give your medication time to in, as it will take a few weeks to do so.

WHY should you feel ashamed, after all you've done nothing wong.

The people who need to be ashamed are those who have never experienced it and think it will never happen o them


Well whoopydoo for them.

Stick in their kid and very gentle hugs flying their way to you, and all those feeing the need of one, albeit cyber ((((((hugs))))))))))

XXXXXX

Have got medication from my gp today citalopram, which i think is to help me feel a bit calmer, and temazepam to help me get some sleep.
have just taken first dose of both not sure how quick temaz takes to work, will hope to finish this reply before it kicks in though!
have told a couple of people how i have been feeling today, and am trying to accept that asking for help is not something to be ashamed of.
Have been on this site for over a year now and just starting to find how really lovely and caring so many people are, not judgemental or accusing just understanding and supportive. I hope that one day i may be brave enough to attend a meeting to thank those people personally.
For now a cyber hug will have to do((((00))))
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Hi

I have had a busy day at work.

I have alleviated the thoughts and occasional negative comments about other people niggling away at my family tree and saying that it is not conclusive. I know what is conclusive and they say that OCD sufferers have a high IQ. That success story I posted is 100% accurate down to a T and 99% of people say that is is more than plausible.

Some people are just jealous of others family tree successes. The length of his first wifes illness clinched it all about him having an affair with my 3xgreat grandmother and my 2xgreat grandmother being the result.

Ben

Ben

Have a wonderful time Carole.

Looking forward to seeing the photos.
Enjoy the rest of your trip.
mary XXX

Welcome Izzy. I am away from home but just looking in on my friends xxx to you all.

I will put mary and I's photos on face book and send a link to those who are not on it.

going to meet my mums first cousin Bud today. xx

Dear Izzy, welcome to this wonderful thread.
The first step in dealing with anxiety, depression or panic attacks is to be able to verbalise that there is a problem. So deciding to talk to your GP is a huge step and I hope your GP will be very helpful to you.
Come on here any time if you need to unload.
Hugs
Mary

Hi Izzy, welcome to the gang. I have panic attacks too, so do know how you feel.

Just a short post as have been doing h*&%e w@#k today and very worn out. Was getting out of hand, so not much choice.

So glad Carole and Mary got to meet, would be wonderful.

Will catch up tomorrow when I can concentrate.

Love & hugs

Gail

Thanks for the reply, am seeing my gp today.
I have huge stress in my life right now as well as my asthma causing problems, the treatment i have for that can give increased heart reate and high blood pressure so it's a bit hard to regulate my pulse rate, still have a really good asthma nurse and gp so will for once be honest with them today about how i really am coping(or not).
Thankyou to everyone that has messaged me to know there are people who listen is lovely.
Izzyxx

Izzy. I have suffered from panic attacks for so many years. My problem is I worry too much, and then when I don't have anything to worry about, I worry about that.

Seriously, they come on for no apparent reason. I an get them just reading a book in bed, and I don't violent or too romantic books, but just ones about life when the families worked in t cotton mills, so they don't cause them.

My oncologist told me to count my pulse rate when I was having one, and right it down and keep a diary.

Because I was on treatment and having them, they affected my heart scans, and the treatment had to stop. You can feel sickly and light headed, but just take deep breaths, and you will get over them.

Good luck and discuss this with your gp.

xx

nudging for Izzy who thinks she is having panic attacks and needs some answers and advice!!