up n down.

I am glad... Happy Turtle, I hope you get a good sleep!!!

hugs, karen...

cheers guys. had a rough night last night. oh well. hopefully tonight will be better. 2 out of 3 aint bad!! i hope i don't slide back into the world of insomnia. insomnia is very cruel indeed.

kind regards my dear friends,
the happy turtle.

thanks guys. i slept okay last night. was a bit panicked about my dr's office calling me up to come in and see my dr on a sunday but it was all good. since the surgery was quiet he saw me straight away. i shook his hand and said you scared the you know what out of me. since i had not gone seen him in awhile he wanted to check in with me. he is a very caring soul.

he was very happy with the response he had received from my shrink and he added that i look great. i felt rather positive about this as my dr does not mince his words. he agrees with me and my shrink that the sleep issues are probably being caused by the increase in lamictal at night and he believes that this will pass. i said i am in a little depressive rut and that the increase in the lamictal will aid this greatly. in terms of my pain and knotted muscles he affirms that i need to continue stretching and walking it out. and to soothe in the bath. i will keep it up.

so it was a session. my neighbour was good enough to take me down there and wait for me. i thanked her with some petrol money and a hug. so i will do my lamictal levels in a few weeks. then i will call my shrink to see where we are at. i will do a new mental health plan in around a month or so. he typed it in as a reminder to himself as i will need a double appointment to get it done. this plan covers me for around ten free sessions with my therapist. the only thing is after each ten you need a new one.

so i am standing on my own two feet for awhile-with my therapist and shrink, i am very sore today but you get that. well i will say see ya later my dear friends. yeah another big post from the happy turtle!! so more happy tunes and no toxic people is helping me to relax a little. i have firmed up in this area. i need my space and the toxic ones are getting the mesaage, finally!!! so i was saying good bye-lol so i better now. take care and have a good one. you are all in my healing thoughts.

kind regards,
the happy turtle

cheers karen!!! i am looking foeward to a good session of sleep tonight.

kind regards,
the happy turtle.

Hi Jamie,

I was just going through some posts just to get a feel of what it is like on Healing Well. I must admit it is so committed and lovely on here. (I am new on here, so I was just seeing what others go through as well as sharing my experience). But anyway, I am totally waffling. I saw what condition you have, and I had a friend with the same condition when I was a teenager. He always told me how he felt and what he was thinking and it sounds like a nightmare world to be in sometimes. He suffered insomnia too but then again I didn't sleep much at night so we sent texts and just had a good old chit chat. I supported him a lot, when others wouldn't and he's still a good friend to this very day. We don't talk half as much now, as he's now a manager of a company (A total big step in his life!) but we talk occasionally and catch up when we can.

Anyway, I'm waffling again. I always told him, 'If you feel like you are falling, take hold of my hand and I will take you back to the surface.' Just a little phrase I used on his bad days. It always made him smile.

Hope you are having a better day today and getting some zzzzzz's. Sorry if I bombarded your post randomly, as you don't know me but I thought I would share a little to make you smile. I might post on other people's posts and make them smile too. Well, hopefully that's cool to do. I'm alright at listening to others and making them smile when they feel down.

I love your nickname by the way, Happy Turtle. Sounds groovy and positive :)

Annie.

Good morning Happy Turtle,

Just popping in to say hello and I hope you got a good sleep and have a good day!!!

Hugs, Karen...

Hi Jamie,

That is totally cool. I just want to play my part in making people smile too. It is nice to receive help but it is also just as nice to give. It makes my day when I can help someone to smile, even if I feel a bit down myself. Sometimes if me and my bestie are having a rubbish day, we just do silly girl things and in no time we are laughing our heads off.

Thank you for caring too. It is a brilliant forum to be on and I am slowly beginning to trust a few members and talk about myself a tiny bit. I saw a chat bit to get to know more people but there didn't seem to be anyone on, but that's totally cool.

I wish you a lovely, sunny day.

Annie.

Hi Jamie,

That's totally cool. I wear glasses but nothing as major as what you have. I will do short posts for you and stop rambling on about random things haha.

I hope you feel better soon, with the lack of sleep and things. As much as you guys are here for me, I am here for you all too.

Take care.

Annie.