How do you know if you're affected by stress?

[northernladuk]

Be wary of sleeping pills NL. One can go for over a year with little sleep, but that's what it can take to get off damn sleeping pills anyway.

Agreed. I also thought the same before and purposely stayed off them for that very reason. In the end I gave them a go and was only taking half the prescribed dose and just for a week to get me back on my feet. I wasn't suffering full blown insomnia, just to stop the mind spinning as your head hit the pillow. The minute I has some semblance of order I was off them like a shot. I now see them as a necessary evil to be wary of, but at times do help.

[dang65]

Stab her.

OK, I've done that. What should I do next?

[sasguru]

If you are stressed for any length of time, the physical damage can be permanent e.g. in terms of permanently raised blood pressure.

So you need to ask yourself, should I carry on with this or just walk away.
99.9% of the time saying "Fook it" is the right decision - provided you are not a flighty individual like MF.

[alreadypacked]

OK, I've done that. What should I do next?

Run for the hills

[shaunbhoy]

Again, if you think you're stressed and possibly succumbing to depression go and watch a few episodes of Jeremy Kyle

That will raise your self esteem by a phenomenal amount, and have a spring in your step in no time.

HTH

[expat]

If you are stressed for any length of time, the physical damage can be permanent e.g. in terms of permanently raised blood pressure.

So you need to ask yourself, should I carry on with this or just walk away.
99.9% of the time saying "Fook it" is the right decision - provided you are not a flighty individual like MF.

Possibly even if you are.

In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.

-- Thor Heyerdahl

[ChimpMaster]

OK, I've done that. What should I do next?

Turn Left. Open Door. Exit. Move Northbound.

[northernladuk]

OK, I've done that. What should I do next?

Do it again. It will make you feel a million dollars believe me..

After that eat as many sherbert dips as you can until you start foaming at the mouth, lie on the floor waving your arms and yell 'I am a duck I am a duck I am going to fly away.. You might only get 10 years for that....

[premiere]

Started to feel unwell whilst in a shop in 2009. Felt faint, shaking, a feeling of impending doom.

Sat down for a whilst and symptoms passed. Went to GP the next day suffering the above and pains etc. They took my blood pressure and it was through the roof. They immediately put me on blood pressure tablets.

Went up the chemist to collect them. By this time I felt ok again. Took first pill as described....started to feel ill (doc warned me this may happen but it would be ok). Took second pill a few hours later as advised.

Midnight. Ended up in A and E. Pills dropped my pressure so low I was knacked.

Off the piils immediately. Had a battery of tests. ECG, Bloods etc etc. Diagnosis was Panic Attack brought on by stress.

[stek]

Started to feel unwell whilst in a shop in 2009. Felt faint, shaking, a feeling of impending doom.

Sat down for a whilst and symptoms passed. Went to GP the next day suffering the above and pains etc. They took my blood pressure and it was through the roof. They immediately put me on blood pressure tablets.

Went up the chemist to collect them. By this time I felt ok again. Took first pill as described....started to feel ill (doc warned me this may happen but it would be ok). Took second pill a few hours later as advised.

Midnight. Ended up in A and E. Pills dropped my pressure so low I was knacked.

Off the piils immediately. Had a battery of tests. ECG, Bloods etc etc. Diagnosis was Panic Attack brought on by stress.

The first lot of AD's I had were great, Doc said they might cause sexual disfunction, and they did - still had urges, and err, stiffies, but couldn't err, 'finish' unless I bopped the baloney for several hours. Trouble is I was divorcing at the time too so no 'object' was involved.

I really do feel I ought to collect my overgarment.....