Hi I am new

Hi everyone I am new here and started the depression thread in the other forum.

Hiya, and Welcome. Thanks for joining us - its not all that exciting yet, but we have hopes, lol.

There are good people here - very supportive, so please make yourself at home. And thanks too for starting the thread in that other place with slightly more members than we yet have, lol.

Have a good safe evening,
Pat.

Hi & welcome
Hope you enjoy the nice safe non-judgement bunch of people in here!!

I'm new here too! What a great idea - I can see me visiting often.

Hi Poppy, Cool place ah!!

yes - very cool. Just what I needed after my worst day in many many years today. Starting to feel better but insomnia is a pain in the butt!!!

Ha, isnt it!!! I hope tomorrow is better for you

Cheers Smurfette - it will be! Are you a bit of an insomniac too?

Not bad, once I go to sleep I'm OK! It's the getting to sleep part that's tricking! I know I'm tired, the eyes are blinking slowly just the mind running the sprint!! Damn brain!!

Of course come tomorrow my coping skills will not be working that well, and yip GROUND HOG DAY....play this game all over again!!! I'm tired even thinking about it!!!

Sleep? What's that!? I hear what you are saying Smurfette. My partner gets up at 4am and it drives me crazy when I'm still awake. I think I'll call into the health shop tomorrow and see what is available to help me get to sleep (like you - it's the geeting to sleep in the first place that is the hard part for me).

Sounds like a plan, let me know if you manage to get anything from the health shop tomorrow,

Will do Smurfette. It is good to have a plan. Hope you have a good sleep tonight.

Hey,

Two good things for sleep are Rescue Sleep or Avens Comp Sedative Drops made by Welda.

Thanks so much for that Roswell - I'll look for them tomorrow. I am a country dweller and don't make it to town every day. I finally got to sleep about 2am and my youngest woke me at 6am. I so need Not so much quantity but quality

I wish I had gone to town and got some though! Are there any other remedies that have helped others? I find the chewable rescue remedy good to take the edge off stressful situations but my problem is that feeling of aching sadness If you know what I mean.

That aching sadness really sucks. Sorry I have not found anything to combat it, well anything that is not frowned upon.

Hi Poppy, An old fashioned help for sleep is hot milk with nutmeg on top. Or any hot milk drink, I think. Touch wood, I haven't had one of those 'hard to get to sleep' nights for a while - perhaps it's because my husband is away!!?? if you just feel the sadness it will pass - I know it's not easy, but if you can process the feelings it seems to dissipate them (for a while!). Hope you get off to sleep soon.

Hi Poppy and everyone. I know that feeling so well.......aching sadness! Hope you got some sleep last night. I didnt do very well again and have been up since 2.30 so feeling a bit shattered!

Cripes monsta 2.30!!!!! Take it easy tonight and I hope you get a good sleep. I've been good lately with the exercise so hopefully the body will be so tired the brain will be forced to co operate and sleep. Here's hoping anyway.

Hey all I am out here tonight and feeling alittle iicky still?.

Does anyone know much about magnesium tabs to help us?.

I know I keep forgetting to take my magnesium (I feel like a pill box some days).

I actually got it cos it is meant to be good for things like muscle cramps too. Now when was talking to the health store guy, he said you are much better off to get a magnesium tablet (capsule) that contains the magnesium in its different forms as it works better - is better absorbed or something. So look out for one that has magnesium as Oxide, as Orotate, as Phosphate, as Aminio Acid Chelate.

The one I got is Nutralife Magnesium Complete
(a total Magnesium formula.
For nervous tension, muscular cramps & spasms, relaxation and sleep)

Instructions are to take one a day

It was $28.90 for 100 capsules.

As for the benefits, like I say, I am shocking at remembering to take everything. I try not to take everything at once - I think that is my problem.

Must make more effort to take them.

Hope this info helps a little anyway.

Intresting you talking about magnesium Lonely, I was reading a website last night that says it may be a "natural cure" for majpr depression, anxiety etc.

Don't beat yourself up about forgetting to take things, with me being unwell at the moment I keep stuffing up on my meds espically at night and often accidently end up doubleing up on my anti depressant which is only meant to be taken in the morning.

I have also been remiss in taking my multi vitamin which friends say I should be taking. Maybe it will help.

Hi Roswell, do you have the link for that website?

And maybe we should copy the posts regarding this into the non prescription medicine thread too. Might do that later, got a bit on at the mo.

Talking about not taking meds, I just came home to find half of mine still next to the computer

Will PM you the link Lonely and put it up in the non-prescription medicine thread.