YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

thank you all for your comments, it's very much appreciated. i guess i just feel really alone in this. i know that the lack of sleep is worsening my depression, that's become obvious. i don't feel alone in that. i guess i just feel alone in punishing myself through not letting myself sleep.. and i g...

i have thought of that.. but that would mean accepting that i deserve sleep if i'm going to try things that help me fall asleep.

grr. idk. this thought process is so stupid.

i have therapy tonight, but after that.. i am taking your advice and attempting a run to try and wear myself out.

thank you all so much for your responses, i really appreciate it. weary: thank you for reminding me that i deserve the rest and that i can talk back to the voice in my head that is trying to punish me. it's hard but i'm trying. update: not proud of this update.. but it i guess accomplished the goal....

even more than not being able to "make" myself go to sleep.it's a combination of me desperately trying to put off the next day as long as possible and feeling like i don't deserve sleep because of whatever i've deemed that i've done wrong that day. blerg.

oh i feel like such a baby posting about this too.. i've been getting less than 6 hours of sleep a night for the past 3 weeks. that sounds so pathetic, i should be able to function on that. but i'm slipping.. my depression/anxiety/inner critic is so much worse, and i'm so forgetful now.. it's bad. i...

So I recently started a new job with a drastically earlier schedule.. and I'm having a really hard time adjusting. I feel incredibly sleep deprived and I think it's making all of my depression and anxiety symptoms much worse.. I'm feeling really overwhelmed and hopeless. I'm also so forgetful that I...

AND, AA is not for me. not sure if it was just the meeting i went to or what, but.. not for me. I am not an alcoholic. the people at the meeting told me that pretty much. they were very nice and listened to me cry about some things that are going on in my life, but it's just not the place for me. i'...

going to my first AA meeting tonight at the suggestion of a couple people i trust. still not sure if i'm an alcoholic or not (even typing that word is terrifying..) but quitting drinking has brought up a whole host of other issues, and i've finally come to the conclusion that even though i've been a...

that really is the beautiful thing about this forum. there are so many people here who feel just the way you do and are here for you with encouragement and compassion.

welcome!

Jennifer

Melissa, I have not had any experience with taking Lamictal, but my suggestion would be that since you were just put on it a day ago, and you just stopped taking the Focalin, i would hold off on the alcohol until you, like you said, get back to baseline, and you give the Lamictal a chance to show an...