Hi everyone Just thought I'd e-mail to keep the lines of communication open. Does anyone feel any better this week? If, so what do you think has made a ...
Hi Sheena, I'm feeling better. In fact I told my boss this morning that I had dysthymia. That was fine. I find hope is so critical. With dysthymia, hope...
Hi Ade Thanks for replying to my e-mail. Its good to hear that you're feeling better. I too told my boss about 2 months ago that I have dysthymia. He was...
Hello Sheena, I hope you are feeling reasonably OK. I'm sure there's a link with our type of 'illness' and doing voluntary work. I suspect a lot of people...
Hi Ade Thanks for keeping in touch. Yes, I am feeling OK - I had a huge boost today. I went to see a new dentist, who took my medical history. When she ...
Hi Sheena, When I lived in Ghana, we had an expression: "no condition is permanent". I like this one and do believe it is apt for us. Having looked back at...
Hi Ade It sounds as if you have found a purpose in life that is keeping you occupied and content. I admire you for finding this and I hope you have success...
Hi Sheena, Yes, your situation is very different to me. And certainly there are no worries with you offloading: that is surely the point of this forum. I do...
Hi Ade Many thanks for your sound advice. Its good to know that someone else experiences apathy. Like you, I am trying to overcome this feeling, I do like a...
Hello Sheena, Thank you for your message. Much of what you said connects very strongly to me also. In particular, your feelings about confidence. Above all,...
Hi Ade Thanks for keeping in touch. It sounds as if you had a tough time through your adolescence. Its interesting that you say you feel you are living your ...
Hi Sheena, Thanks for your email. Some very intersting questions! To be honest, I thnk it's very difficut to answer your first question. Do I wish I could...
Hi, Shortly after Stephen Fry's program an Bipolar I conntacted the BBc and pointed out that there Health Website does not include Dysthymia in there listings....
I just wondered if anyone suffered from the winter blues. November is the month I seem to go down, its getting colder, darker with winter still ahead. I seem...
i think everybody does to some extent, but if its really bad, its seasonal affective disorder, u should speak to yr doctor if its really bad+get one of them...
i am loving my food at mo, have gone from completely not being able to eat all summer, to eating normally again. i usually have changing appetites, but none...
Hi All, I've always had a very ambitious apetite! As a child I was overweight (and think my dysthymia came from this as it made me very unhappy) but over the...
Its good do receive such positive feedback (pardon the pun!) about food. I realise now that my problem at the moment is not overeating, it is my general mood....
Hi Sheena, I think you raise a couple of points that I recognise and suspect most of the others do to? I think the overeating is a sympton of dysthymia...
Hi Adrian, There's a lot in your email and several point's I would like to come back to, it seems though you have something in come with my father, I think I...
Hi Ade, I am so sorry to hear about your financial situation - it makes me feel as if I have no right to complain. I have been very fortunate in my life ...
Hi Sheena, Yes I;m sure also that even if I did have more financial security it wouldn;t make me happier. Perhaps a better way for me to think about it is...
Hi Adrian, Sheena and Everybody, Just to start by saying the idea of meeting up if possible would be nice to do prehaps sometime in the spring or summer when...
Hi Sheena, I know this message was sometime ago but I just want to add something to what I said, which I have found out since. One of the things I seem to be...
Thanks for your reply Ian. It is interesting that you say that having no emotions can be caused by anti-depressants. I have been taking many different...
Hi Ade Thanks for your suggestion about Christmas. I have made the event a little easier this year. I have booked a table at a restaurant for lunch on...
Hi All I don't understand how I can feel pretty good for about two months and then suddenly crash. I have been feeling low for over a week, but today is just ...
