You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
Today I had my appraisal in work. It was my suggestion to have it rather than my bosses, and I had only had one other before, 3 years ago. I put in the form...
Well Done Carol, it takes courage to speak up like that. If you don't mind me asking what made you speak up? It is something I fine hard to do. It would be...
Hi Carol, yes well done for speaking up. I do hope that nowadays people are more open and professional at work when being told of our types of problems. I...
Hi Everyone, It is interesting what is being said about socialising, I can see myself in a lot of this, before being diagnosed I was fine around my own group...
Ian I think I have decided/learnt that things will only ever change for me if I change them. And I want things to change. As difficult as I find it to tell...
Hi again Carol, I can only have praise for what you did there, as I said before I find it difficult in speaking up and I could add I have been trained to speak...
One thing that I've found that helps, is to have a sheet of paper (around A4 size, which I cut and pasted from different websites) defining and explaining what...
Hi Everyone, I think making an amalgamated list of what Dysthymia is about and giving it to friends and colleagues is a brilliant idea, especially as you can;t...
Hi Adrian It is interesting you mentioned Bipolar and trying to explain the difference. As you may be aware with Bipolar there is Type 1 (Mania & or deep...
Hi I just wondered if anyone would like to take Carol's and Adrian's idea about a list of what Dysthymia is about and put the idea in a leaflet that we can put...
Hi All, I'm John and i have just registered with this forum. Like yourselves i have suffered from dysthymia for much of my life and been taking 375 mg of...
Hi John, And Welcome to the group, I have over the years with Prozac and Seroxat, My wife definatally has , she has even been told by her pyschiatrist that...
i dont like antidepressants, they have made me worse in the past. im trying herbal pills at mo, 5htp to boost serotonin, and valerina to help me sleep at...
Hi Everyone I've never taken any prescription anti-depressents but do use St John's Wort which does seem to help especially i if i take it in the morning wiht...
Hi John, Welcome to the group, I too have been prescribed several different antidepressants over the years. At the moment I am on sertraline, which I tried a...
Hi All, The worst thing i find when i'm in a low mood is that i become withdrawn and although i feel i need to contribute to a conversation i can't or i may be...
HI Everyone, I think John's last message captured the essence of dysthymia - the frustration of how it takes over our lives and is just 'in' us. I don't have...
To All Members. Hi. Along with our original website, we are currently constructing a new website at:- http://ukmentalhealthforums.route6.co.uk/index.html At...
well if st johns wort seems to work then keep doing that i say. 5htp, is really hard to explain, i dont fully understand it myself but its supposed to act like...
oh my god totally!!! u dont think as clearly, and dont do your job as well, or cant quick wittingly answer back to things, or wotever, feels like u'v gone a...
Hi, where do you buy this 5htp stuff? Would be intersting to try. Presume no one else has tried it? Thanks. Ade claire king <sophis_lady@...> wrote: ...
Hi Everone, We've tried 5htp, most health food store stock it, it does either lift or stabalise moods. If you are taking any other medication check with the...
Hi I just wondered if anyone has had the Flu Virus/Chest Infection that has been going about the last few weeks and how it has left them? I had it about a...
Hi Ian, Sorry to hear you have not been well. I work in a doctor's practice and I have seen many patients with flu/chest infections. If it is any consolation,...
Hi Carol, That is a new one on me what do you mean by 'ManFlu'? ... and I ... consolation, ... virus. ... illness. What ... will ... ps.co.uk] On ... out more...
It was suggested a little while ago about us meeting up somewhere. With the Spring & Summer coming up now is the time to plan this. What does everybody think...
I guess some where central, assuming people live all over the place (so to speak). I'm in Nottingham. Is this just for a socail get together with chat about...
Hi Adrian, Did you suggest this in the first place? Somewhere in your area seems logical. I used to go to Nottingham in the 1980's quite a bit, I have a cousin...
