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Thanks for all the replies! I’m on lamictal, so now adding this to the mix. I’m anxious to start it. I’m hoping it’ll really work, but am absolutely terrified of the possibility of weight gain (stupid eating disorder brain!) I’m glad to hear mostly good things about it. At the minimum I hope...

Just got prescribed mirtazapine mainly for sleep, but also for depression and anxiety. I’m waiting to take it until it’s my “weekend” later on in the week so I’m not too groggy for work, so I’m just wondering if anyone’s had experience with this med before and if they’re good or bad.

That’s probably very true. Although I did notice it starting before that, it definitely intensified after the switch as it’s both a schedule change and I lost a lot of sleep in the schedule change. Just going to hope with time and settling in will help it.

@shimmerz thanks for that suggestion. I definitely think some sort of daily mindful practice/routine. I did switch shifts at work to work days, so I get home with enough time to make a routine and practice self care. Hopefully that will help stabilize. @Ronin i don’t think it’s the meds...

I thought I was managing well but recently I’ve endured quite a few traumatic things on the job. I work in the social services field in a residential setting. I’ve been slammed into walls, punched in the face, spent countless nights in hospitals due to a kid’s suicidal ideation or attempt. Most...

Pretty sure I’m in a mixed mania state right now. A few days ago I spent the entire day switching between sobbing and laying on the ground screaming. The next day I got an impulsive tattoo which I already regret. I’ve gine from feeling the irritable parts of mania while also feeling depressed...

Much of the things on your list are very accurate to me. It’s just the utilizing it part that I struggle with. I’m just coming out of a few eeek long stretch of not taking my meds consistently. I also let my skin care routine go for a week or 2, so my face felt and looked gross. But I’ve been...

@Harmonics thanks for all the helpful feedback. And yes, I do have a therapist, so I need to work with her more on these issues. I have my bachelors in psych & plan on picking up my MSW program in a year or so. There was always a huge emphasis on self care and having a therapist of your own. I...

Do you have any tips for self care? This job is just incredibly stressful, and because of the schedule it’s difficult for me to get into a routine of getting up early enough to actually do self care instead of just sleeping and laying in bed until it’s time to get ready for work. I think I just...

I’ve been working a new job for around 3 months. The burnout is starting to sink in already. I work with kids in the foster care system. There are a lot of times that I love my job, but there have also been many triggering moments that I have to mask when I’m around the kids. Lately I don’t...

I’m sure I’ve had worse, but the one coming to mind is the first time that I saw a particular therapist a couple years ago, she basically told me she hated her job. She said she was trying to get into a different field. Then when I told her my concerns and what I’d like to work on, she’d just...

I haven’t told my T that yet, but I probably should. She’s moving to home practice in a couple months and she told me that a couple months ago, saying I could still keep seeing her or she could set me up with someone else in the practice. I really considered going to someone else for a while...

I guess I’m just not at that point yet. I feel like I’m not letting myself get attached to my t...but then again, I feel that’s the case for everyone in my life. I tend to get too attached and obsessed and dependent when I do form an attachment with someone and it always ends up hurting too...

I have been with my t coming up on one year now. I feel like up until recently I was just kind of flailing around in therapy, touching down on bits and pieces of trauma but never really digging into any of them too much. We have since taken a break from trauma stuff to work on resourcing. I have...

My doctor recommended something called Enzymatic Therapy Sleep Tonight... haven’t actually tried it yet, but it’s supposed to reduce cortisol levels which can help with staying asleep

I’ll be working until 11:30pm. I work at a foster care facility, so I’ll be helping the kiddos ring in the new year. Probably much more exciting than the nothing I would be doing otherwise!

Haven’t read all the responses here — i think I’ll catch up later, because the first two pages or so had a lot of good ones. But early on in my therapy when I disclosed a trauma to my T she said she wished she could come over and hug me, but that she’s not supposed to touch her clients. In the...

Not super sure what made me so sad and depressed. Partly seasonal, partly trauma stuff, partly bipolar disorder I think. I have slowly been coming out of it. But yes, I’ve seen both my therapist and pdoc in the last week. It has helped to talk about some of it and I’ll be starting on a new med...

@hithere I’m doing much better today. Had a really rough morning — haven’t been sleeping through the night and had lots of memories flooding back to where I sort of broke down. Was able to get some work done of talking to my parts, which is a first for me. So I didn’t get stuck there. Also in...

Yikes! I still haven’t talked to my T about this dream, but I haven’t had any more so far so hopefully it was a one time thing!

Thanks, @hithere. I appreciate your replies. I hope this lifts soon. It’s so strangely different from the depression I usually feel. Now that I’m thinking about it, I have felt this way around the same time of year for at least the past few years. Where it’s not the usual down in the dumps...

Thanks, @KimmyO and @piratelady. All very good suggestions here. I will definitely be utilizing the breathing technique throughout my work shift tonight. I am also starting a new advocacy job soon, so hopefully that will help. I’ve been browsing through some meet up groups for things like...

Yesterday I let myself cry freely. This morning I did for a short period of time, but tried to stop it. Mostly because my partner was home so I wasn’t alone, and I really don’t like to break down like that around anyone else. I’ve got to go to work for the night soon, so i have to sort of “wrap...

I haven’t been able to sleep through the night in days, if not longer. Each time I wake up I pretty much immediately start crying. Don’t know what to do with myself at this point. I wish I just felt empty, but this depressive episode has me feeling so full of all the wrong things.

All of these replies have been extremely helpful in making me feel a little less of an odd ball for having dreams about my t. Didnt talk to her about it in session last week, but with some reflection I think I’ve figured out what the dream meant. If I keep having them I think I’ll bring it up at...