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Is anyone awake? No one answering Samaritan's number
I know it's late or early, but they're not answering the phone and I am struggling to slow my brain down
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Hello
Hello, my story is more than 30 years old (first time I saw a psychiatrist, I was 23y.o.), so forgive me if I just give it in dribs & drabs. I'm so depressed right now, I don't have energy to write in a colourful way.
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I'm so overwhelmed and stressed (LONG rant)
I just need to get all this off my chest :s Context: I'm disabled on ESA and PIP. I'm starting uni next week, and I'm stressing about the council tax and ESA bc they still haven't gotten back to me, and ESA said they will stop my income until they figure it out. :( I'm very pessimistic about the council & DWP and keep…
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As low as low
Im posting today it being one of my worst days. Ive had so much external stress and mess lately on top of my own broken lego set of a brain I carry everyday. After decades of what was thought depression, it got renamed enduring depression, dysthymia, ppd. Then it turned out to be cptsd from the rotten messed up childhood I…
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Community mental health team - The Gateway or pathway first
Anyone any experience of the CMHT referrals nowadays. My GP referred me as I was struggling after a tragic bereavement and other things that I wasn’t coping well with.wanted to see if therapy or whatever would help, although I didn’t feel on this occasion I was ready for more therapy. After a while they text back from ‘The…
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Anxiety
I have struggled with anxiety for years and while people know the word and many have experienced it I always found it difficult to put into words. Trying to explain to someone how things feel is always difficult. I am sure many people have seen this before but I found it helped me describe anxiety and how it affects me…
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Suffering
Hello I'm suffering with my mental health past couple day feel like don't want to be here is anyone up for a chat?.
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Struggling
Never really posted on here and if i have I am the one trying to solve other people's posts and questions. Recently as of yesterday I have been really down just really randomly I felt almost like ending it and I haven't had the feeling in a few months nearly a year I wanna say but due to memory loss blips i can't tell for…
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Not feeling too great
Hello. I am really struggling today. The PIP form really took it out of me and now the waiting for the assessment is making me feel so anxious. I have tried to do some arts and crafts but my mind cannot concentrate. Also my fibro has been really bad so sitting at my desk is so difficult. I am having so much trouble…
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Hello, here to learn and understand
Hello, I thought I'd join up as I've been dealing with mental health stuff my whole life, I'm now 47 and only now going through the ASD diagnosis system. I've always felt assamed of my mental health problems and have kept it to myself until recently. I'm here to learn more and find additional resources and hopefully a…
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My 20yr old step daughter doesn't leave the house and I'm receiving dead ends
She's been through a lot but without her claiming anything we're splitting the week with her mom. She was sent to camhs as a child and told she couldn't have medicine as she was too young. Now social services won't help, without her seeing a doctor (impossible) plus Any medication will have to be paid for. Plus if she gets…
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Antidepressants tablets
Hello. I m a 58 year old lady, I was having a few life issue and found myself getting very low I went to the doctors and the put me on a antidepressants called citalopram a couple of years ago. They never told me the side effects or any info on what would happen if I took them. I trusted the doctors so I started to take…
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is bullying normal?
I am posting this as I really need some advice. I have been over many years building up my portfolio of website and graphical work. I have been involved with IT related matters for many years, but one thing has happened to me over and over, which I am struggling with. Put simply, I have had violent threats directed towards…
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Waiting for some blood test results
I had two vials of blood taken on Friday afternoon one to check that my blood pressure tablets are working and one to check my hormones. The reason my hormones are being checked is because I noticed a sudden change in my periods as they're usually heavy and painful due to my PCOS, but the last 2 or 3 months they've been…
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Suicidal thoughts are high again.
My thoughts are dark first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Paranoid feelings about everyone. Anxiety at a high . Feeling pressure from all around. I should let everybody win and just end it.
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doctors just giving out strong pain meds
my doctor put me on in 2009 580mg of zomorph for a damaged spine plus lots of other horrible drugs for at least the last 6 years iv been trying to lower the dose now im on 480mg aday but i cant go any lower yes a bit becuase of pain but now if i dont take the dose the doctor gives me even by 10mg i start to feel horible my…
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Not very well
Having a rough time physically and emotionally:( I am in a lot of pain (genital ) for about 3 months. The pain is so bad I’m fainting (broke my ankle in February) dizzy, hot flushes, bleeding etc I believe that doctors placed a micro chip (gps) inside me when they were doing a biopsy. I managed to get a phone appointment…
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ADHD help with diagnosis?
I was diagnosed with OCD at around 14 years
of age and was given CBT therapy to help with the condition. After a lot of
practice and exposure therapy, I managed to get to a stage where I have control
over it. Since then I have just suffered from anxiety and I am now 27 and stuck
to know what next to do. I have tried cbt…
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I had a MRI head scan- which showed white and grey spots.
Hi, I had a MRI scan in December 22 and got my results in January 23, which showed white and grey spots, the doctors described it as a white ball with loads of black spot, which didn't mean anything to me, then the doctors said he has not seen a scan like that 🫣, as he doesn't work in that field, I have a neurologist…
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Just need someone too talk to
I don’t really know which group I should be putting tbis in so I’d thought I’d share here. I’m 42 years old and have never and the chance to become a mum, my first husband had problems after having mumps when he was a child and then he became poorly and unfortunately passed away in 2011. I met someone else in 2019 I knew…
