Depression

[Tamka40]

I started back drinking because thats the only thing that helps my anxiety but rightnow i feel awful

[Satsuma]

Sorry to head you have started the drink again. I found it to be even more depressing when I used it regularly. Got me into a slump without myself realising it .. I am glad I no longer use it like I did. I can actually have the odd one and walk away now .. Please try and fill your void with something constructive like finding yourself a new hobby

[Tamka40 in reply to Satsuma]

U right thank u

[Satsuma in reply to Tamka40]

You are very welcome Tamka40

[Missy_D]

I like you turned to drink knowing that I could walk away from it all the time I had other support such as CBT. However the policy in my area is no CBT all the time you are drinking so now I am caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. It's not the solution as we both know but when there is nothing else it helps in the short term. You have my empathy.

[Celino]

Hello Tamka,

I know it normally sounds like the best option.

I used to drink heavily as well. Now, I'm trying to keep away from it as much as I can as I've realised that especially with medication it was making me feel really low.

[Tamka40 in reply to Celino]

U right...is hard but im trying

[Cgo30]

I'm in a similar situation, but my 'prop' is cannabis.....although it is said to be a depressant.....

I started smoking it in 1991....stopped it various times over the yrs. my longest break was 2009-2014. Initially when I start bk onit.....everything's calm and happy and I'm in control, then I spend night after night chasing that feeling....to the point I now smoke £90 a wk....I feel awful and down and only very recently suicidal 😳 Which is abit shocking to my soul as Iv never had suicidal thoughts or feelings before 😢 Now Iv been 'clean for 7 days' and I'm having night sweats, vivid dreams, high anxiety, aggression, insomnia, extreamly itchy and irritable, snappy, beligerant and not a very nice person to be around.....and now I'm riddled with guilt as I'm a mum of 5 and my kids didn't ask for this shit 😢 They don't know what they've done or why my moods are irratic. Went to the quacks this morning.....they have referred me to the mental health team.....referrals are 12wk wait. What if I overdose or hang myself in that time......

This site needs medical proffecionals who have the power to fast track people through the backwards broken system.

[Tamka40 in reply to Cgo30]

Sorry u having a rough time. I have 5 kids too. And i been drinking heavy for the past week's. I feel like crap today and my son just out the Hospital after being there for a week we just found out he has crohns disease. I hope we both can get through this hard time