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In person meets
Hi you lovely bunch. Have any of you that have met on here actually met in person? Is there a meet up page on here at all? I'd love to find someone to grab a coffee with or do an activity with x
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Complex PTSD
Hi all, I am diagnosed with complex PTSD. I have had medium level depression most of my life, with episodes of severe clinical depression. Psychologists recommend integrating traumatic events slowly in order to no re-traumatise the patient. When I was 27 I had a "near death" experience. In fact, I was dead and was revived.…
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CMHT MEETING. What's a PA? Will it be the same person, or a different one each time?
I had a meeting with CMHT and my support worker within team spoke of a referral to social services regarding a getting me PA. What is a PA will it be someone professional or an agency. I would want the same person as I have trust issues and major problems with meeting or engaging with new people. Can anyone give me any…
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Got good news from the gynaecologist surgeon
Hi everyone, I had a telephone consultation with the gynaecological surgeon who did my operation in early Feb yesterday morning and he asked if I've recovered from my operation ok and I'd said that I have. He then told me that the cyst I had removed from my right ovary was benign as they had to send it to the lab in the…
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Whenever I've tried to get help for my depression, I get told to do a self referral or ring up
I was diagnosed with postnatal depression in around November 2002 which was when my daughter, who is 19 now, was around 2 months old. I was given medication. I was also offered counselling at the same time, but I didn't feel ready for it at the time as I was fighting to stop my daughter from being forcibly adopted.…
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Hopefully I can stay awake until around half past 8 as that's when my doctors open
Hoping to be able to stay awake until around half past 8 as that's when my doctors open so that I can make a couple of appointments for myself. One for a medication review and one for a health check. Just hoping that I don't get all flustered on the phone as it will trigger my asthma.
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How do you look after your mental health?
Any tips most welcome. Thank you
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Had a reply from my doctors asking me to ring up to make an appointment for a medication review
I've got to ring my doctors tomorrow (I didn't find the text from my doctors surgery until around 6pm, which when when my GP surgery is closed) to make an appointment for a medication review and health check as I'd accidentally missed the last one as I couldn't remember when it was.
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Mental Health Awareness Week: Together, we can tackle loneliness
Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 This week is Mental Health Awareness Week 2022. The theme this year is loneliness, which I'm sure is something that many of us have experienced. Disability and loneliness The charity Sense have found that levels of loneliness amongst disabled people have risen dramatically: Tips for if…
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Forced to use CPAP machine?
I was supplied a cpap machine after the Respiratory lung department at a hospital determined that I stopped breathing multiple times during my sleep and the technician who dealt with me and supplied me with the machine/mask said that the department had determined that I am an extremely light sleeper even though I am…
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Hi to all. Feeling let down by 111 and the hospital
Hi everyone, Yesterday morning I was looking after 2 of my grandchildren and I didn't feel well I looked at my watch and and my phone and it said aterial fibrillation so I went to lay down for a bit then it started again so I told my daughter when she came to pick up grandkids and she told my other daughter who said I…
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Local mental services
These mental health services are ok if they understand about additional issue like disability or cater for additional issues. But they all don't. One if the services I used they only give you support for 18 hours which includes reading and understanding my disabilities which need additional support like getting to a place…
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Under crisis team
I have been referred to short term care cmht and new approach is to have mental health services and support workers within team. I have been appointed one. Due to needing to build up trust and time restraints being 6 months within services. I have to have specialist referrals from team in order for services to take time.…
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New Meds
Hi everyone. I have just been prescribed Mitrizaprine for depression. I have heard that it can make you very hungry. Has anyone on here had any experience with this particular anti-depressant? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Helen
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Hi, my name is Sarahbox! Need some advice on how to deal with my husband
Hi. I am new here, but I need some advice on how to deal with my Husband. He has had Right hemiplegia since birth. (traumatic breach delivery) which resulted in his right side leg and arm being bent backwards. He spent many years having all of this operated on and now he can live a reasonably normal life. He can work and…
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Hi, my name is Bulbs89!
Seriously don’t know what to do anymore I’m 32 but I’m sick of having mental health problems and not being able to fix them.
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Suicide attempt
TW: suicide, but no discussion of how . . . . . . I tried to kill myself a few days ago. I have my housemate and the hospital to thank for my life. I'm no longer feeling suicidal, but a lot of traumatic memories are coming up, suddenly. I see my GP tomorrow, and am going to my partner's to recover on Tues. I'm just... It's…
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Gambiling loss due to mental health
around the end of november/december i was manic and severly unable to process my thoughts or my feelings, at the time, i want to claim my money back please as feel i unfairly lost my money due to my manic episode and was suffering from a psychotic breakdown due to the news i was given about my dog which triggered things…
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Depression and anxiety
Hi I am suffering from anxiety,depression and insomnia since I lost my son almost 2 years ago. I am on antidepressants and mild sleeping tablets. I feel like I am in a hole and cannot get out. I have regular counciling and this does help a little but I do not feel any enjoyment in life, my work are unsupported before the…
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In a really bad place right now really nneed my friends on here
Hi every one I have been in such a bad place with my mental health after waiting 8 weeks with no nurse because my nurse of two years retiered I got given some one who I do not get on with and who is very mean I decided I want to take my own life today because I’m in such a bad place and did I get help when I called my…
