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I have to say after years of taking paracetamol, and valerian, hops and passion flowers tablets.I nolonger suffer any anxiety or nervousness. I also have St John's wort, Lemon balm and chamomile supplements too.It's very difficult to come across someone else who has the exact same mental health issues, but have you come across anyone else who have some of them? We'll never find someone who has exactly the same experiences we have, but hopefully we can find someone who has the empathy to understand what you are going through to either listen or to provide some assistance.
Understanding your own mind is a difficult thing to do, but even if someone might not understand EVERYTHING, they might understand SOMETHING, and a little often can make more of a difference than you might think.
I presume you have issues with Anxiety, I do as well. A few things I have been taught this week is 'Anxiety is just an emotion, anxiety will not harm physically harm you', at rough times this week, I have been repeating 'Anxiety is just an emotion' almost like a mantra, trying to get my head to stopping running wild. Also, anxiety can occur as from an overactive imagination, your head runs wild on a tangent and blows things out of control, at those times I try to stop thinking about whatever was making me crazy and think about shaving, or a cartoon or music or something, but doing something creative like playing guitar or writing is the best thing, put that overactive imagination to some use.
Send me a PM if there's anything else I can say.
if you dont mind me asking you on any meds?Hello Saj,
I can see what you mean. Like yourself I'm brown as well (I'm second generation Bengali/Indian), 3 years older than you (1982), I'm not Muslim, but from seeing mates of mine who are Muslim but grew up around second gen Pakistani/Bangladeshi communities, I say we have a lot of common ground where depression/showing weakness is a little frowned upon and I'd wager all 'brown' communities are very conservative.
As for the mindset 'you have weak faith', I'm in agreement that is absurd, but with conservative mindsets they aren't always the quickest to change to the modern world, and depression/anxiety have existed since time began but it's only in the last generation dialogues are changing. Progress comes in the smallest incremental gains, and the world is changing but not everyone is changing at the same rate.
I don't know anyone else in my community who has the same mental health issues I do, but I occasionally mention them in conversation to a few people I trust, even if they do not have personal experiences of sharing my troubles they can still provide a little empathy, but I've lost many friends at the same time who I weren't able to speak freely with. It's sad but this happens.
Nonetheless I have tried to speak my mind with others, and sometimes just a PM from a forum can provide more help than I can describe.
I sometimes think we are often taught to look for what makes us different from each other, but I'm coming to learn to appreciate what makes us alike as I have much to learn from those who are different stages of their experiences similar to mine, we can share them and better ourselves, even it it seems difficult or impossible at the time.
sorry to hear that, i know fibromyalgia can be very painfulWow.
Some powerful stuff coming out here.
Not only do I suffer "the lows" sometimes, my wife also is on meds for depression, anxiety and Fibromyalgia.
Helping her from day to day or week to week... Month to month... Obviously takes its toll. We are a mixed couple, me being English/Hungarian... (British) my better half. (British) Punjabi... Her family, well parents, just do not get it at all. They think providing her with codliver oil capsules is the answer to her Fibro... Don't get me started on the depression.
So although I don't have as many or as Acute anxiety issues as some of you guys above... I do sympathise.
Having someone to talk to is important, but half the battle (for me) is just telling someone how I'm feeling on a particular day. Once I've unloaded a bit, it helps me out and gets some things in perspective.
Appreciate everyone's comments so far, shows how useful this forum/thread is for each individual.
i read about st johns wort years ago but i read that if youre on medicationnit can conflict with it and cause more harm so never touched it but i do want to try out more natural methods hopefullyI have to say after years of taking paracetamol, and valerian, hops and passion flowers tablets.I nolonger suffer any anxiety or nervousness. I also have St John's wort, Lemon balm and chamomile supplements too.
if you dont mind me asking you on any meds?
im on meds and have been on a sh*t load tbh, some Dr's do play with you like some sort of guinea pig
been on fluoxetine and mirtazapine not sure about sertralineYep, I've been on a few meds for anxiety, over the years it's Fluoxetine, Sertraline and Mirtazapine.
been on fluoxetine and mirtazapine not sure about sertraline
have you put on weight with mirtazapine? i put on loads of weight and couldnt even fast in ramadan,
like evn if i had a massive meal i'd still feel hungry hated that feeling, really frustrating
i found coming off mirtazapine difficult even when being weaned off, i struggled with the withdrawal symptoms, i was on a high dosage thoughYes, I'd get the 'munchies'. I try to manage it by not keeping snacks in the household.
The worst side effect I'd get is waking up in the morning which would feel like I'd be punched in the head, and sometimes the dreams/nightmares are grim.
I hate being on the medication, but whenever I've tried to come off it the side effects make me struggle even worse.
Sertraline's withdrawal symptoms were brutal.
i found coming off mirtazapine difficult even when being weaned off, i struggled with the withdrawal symptoms, i was on a high dosage though
have you tried black seed oil? been having it on and off but need to stay consistent
in general my diets awful, think too many fizzy drinks is my weakness
diet will obviously effect your body and mood
like i came across the carnivore diet the other day and this woman mikhaela peterson (jordan petersons daughter) changed her diet after having serious arthritis and acne, depression etc
it was so bad she had like a hip[ and ankle replace at age of 17,
she changed her diet to a carnivore diet and made a massive difference to her health,
check out the vid with her and joe rogan on youtube
tbh when it comes to diets i dont know who to believe,
one person says one thing and another person says another
either i need to fix up
yea cool, whenever you're ready mateI've had some health problems over the last 3 months, a lot of it concerning my acid reflux, I've had to change my diet completely. I will send you a PM.
I have to say after years of taking paracetamol, and valerian, hops and passion flowers tablets.I nolonger suffer any anxiety or nervousness. I also have St John's wort, Lemon balm and chamomile supplements too.
Wow.
Some powerful stuff coming out here.
Not only do I suffer "the lows" sometimes, my wife also is on meds for depression, anxiety and Fibromyalgia.
Helping her from day to day or week to week... Month to month... Obviously takes its toll. We are a mixed couple, me being English/Hungarian... (British) my better half. (British) Punjabi... Her family, well parents, just do not get it at all. They think providing her with codliver oil capsules is the answer to her Fibro... Don't get me started on the depression.
So although I don't have as many or as Acute anxiety issues as some of you guys above... I do sympathise.
Having someone to talk to is important, but half the battle (for me) is just telling someone how I'm feeling on a particular day. Once I've unloaded a bit, it helps me out and gets some things in perspective.
Appreciate everyone's comments so far, shows how useful this forum/thread is for each individual.
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