Mental Health Conditions

Medication (advice on requesting with GP)

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Hi everyone, I hope you’re staying well ☀️ I wanted to ask how one is able to look into medication as an additional option for treating an anxiety disorder. I have both a general anxiety disorder and OCD. I have been accessing Mind Spot and This Way ... View more

Hi everyone, I hope you’re staying well ☀️ I wanted to ask how one is able to look into medication as an additional option for treating an anxiety disorder. I have both a general anxiety disorder and OCD. I have been accessing Mind Spot and This Way Up for learning techniques and support. However, it’s been a really challenging 3 months. My anxiety feel inescapable at times, and it can be so paralysing that it’s hard to eat and do anything. I don’t feel in control of it at all. The traditional therapies I’m doing or have used in the past, I’m struggling with.I keep hoping I’ll just feel better but it hasn’t happened. It’s been a long 3 months. I’m pretty concerned that I’m still finding the anxiety debilitating for so long. This hasn’t happened before. I’ve never felt so hopeless in my diagnosis - like there’s no way out of what I’m going through. I’ve always been pretty good at hiding my anxiety. But now even my manager at work has noticed, and I find my anxiety is interfering with my daily life and even work. It’s incredibly embarrassing. I have a GP appointment on Wednesday. I can’t get in with my regular GP for over 2 months and I just know I can’t keep going like this. I can’t wait 2 months. I visited a different GP about 1.5 months ago and got a referral for psychology but they refused to refer me to a psychiatrist. My old psychologist retired so I don’t feel comfortable going through the ‘try a therapist’ until you find the right one, it would be really upsetting and exhausting explaining my issues over and over. Will a GP be able to assist with medication for anxiety? Or will the refuse to even look into it or help? I want to show and explain the evidence that I’ve been doing programs but they’re not enough. I’m struggling so much to stay present, my thoughts jump back to the disordered thinking. I just want to get back to a baseline and be able to live again, and be myself. I’m nervous for the conversation with the GP as I worried they will refuse to look into medication as an option. I’ve only met them a few times. I’d appreciate hearing to your experiences on if you’ve been able to access medication, or any tips anyone has. I really appreciate it 💜- Jemma

SSRI/SNRi deprescribing

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I have been on SNRI most of my adult life, been well known for many years that SNRI/SSRI lose effectiveness over time as well can cause a whole range of long term and permanent side effects. relatively new In Australia is slow and controlled Tapering... View more

I have been on SNRI most of my adult life, been well known for many years that SNRI/SSRI lose effectiveness over time as well can cause a whole range of long term and permanent side effects. relatively new In Australia is slow and controlled Tapering off these medications for those that feel stable, injured or feel the medications have lost effectiveness. I have been Tapering since October 2024 and it is certainly a huge learning curve. I have Followed and am in awe of an Australian Psychiatrist Dr Mark Horowitz who through his own experience as well as education through online forums produced the ‘Maudsley De prescribing’ scientific book on the safest way to taper off psychotropic medications. I think as this becomes more prevalent in Australia as it is in The UK and US people Will require firstly the education, the plans and the biggest component the support. there are already hundreds if not 1’000s in Australia already Tapering following the methods of Dr Horowitz known as Hyperbolic Tapering. His Guidelines have been implemented and forward through the RACGP of Australia. if people are looking for solutions to tapering safely off psychotropic medication- reading about Dr Horowitz, watching on YouTube or listening on Podcasts is a good start.

Not coping with anxity

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I have anxity and finding it hard . And i have problems at home that are not helping

Feeling lost

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Since losing my dream job 3 months ago, I just feel completely lost. I cant describe it. They took so much from me, ripped my world out from beneath me...Im supposed to start a new job tomorrow . I don't even want it. I've been crying all day. I know... View more

Since losing my dream job 3 months ago, I just feel completely lost. I cant describe it. They took so much from me, ripped my world out from beneath me...Im supposed to start a new job tomorrow . I don't even want it. I've been crying all day. I know I wont go. So much was taken from me.

i feel alone

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Everybody thinks I'm lazy and useless I hate myself. I hate that I can't do the simple task of going to school for a full week. everyone just doesn't get me they would only care if I was dead. I'm really struggling but no one seems to actually care I... View more

Everybody thinks I'm lazy and useless I hate myself. I hate that I can't do the simple task of going to school for a full week. everyone just doesn't get me they would only care if I was dead. I'm really struggling but no one seems to actually care I'm only 14 and I know I shouldn't be feeling this way, but I don't know what to do. Every time I'm slightly upset people say ' I'm not allowed to be upset because everyone else in the world has bigger problems than me' they say I can talk to them, but they don't actually care they are just going to keep living their lives regardless of what I say they don't actually care no one does and I'm so tired. I just want someone who gets me someone who I can talk to that would actually care. I don't want to feel alone anymore.

Cant cope with friendship break up

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I have had a friend for 11 years we spend 5 hours a day together and eat lunch and he makes dinner together. Yesterday he said to me out of the blue when i said i loved you it made my skin crawl he was so nasty yesterday. Today he wrote that his goin... View more

I have had a friend for 11 years we spend 5 hours a day together and eat lunch and he makes dinner together. Yesterday he said to me out of the blue when i said i loved you it made my skin crawl he was so nasty yesterday. Today he wrote that his going into hospital next week and doesnt want to see me for 3 weeks. I am so depressed do i just let the friendship go

Mental health support after surgery

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I am curious why the medical sector is not more pre-emptive with mental health for patients.2017 i have emergency surgery to remove flesh eating bacteria from my leg, and then two months in hospital, including several weeks tied to the bed, to repair... View more

I am curious why the medical sector is not more pre-emptive with mental health for patients.2017 i have emergency surgery to remove flesh eating bacteria from my leg, and then two months in hospital, including several weeks tied to the bed, to repair the skin after.Two years later the leg gets removed anyway.I am not aware that I may or may not be missing anything as I have had no experiences like this before.2023 then develop a deep skin cancer. More bits chopped off. all goes well.But I notice that with in all the follow-up consultations after, the doctor seems to be monitoring my mental health closely.For a cancer there seems to be a gold standard of not just physical health, but also mental health.When your leg is being held together by wishful thinking, you have to understand you might have an issue and then seek help (which might arrive days later)Just bothered by the duel standards

Realizing you're not a good person is difficult, but also makes your brain feel better

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Sorry if I sound crazy or if this makes anyone cringe. I wasn't sure were to post this, but I guess I was just wondering if anyone has any advice or something especially since I'm worried I'm going to fall back into old, really bad habits which has h... View more

Sorry if I sound crazy or if this makes anyone cringe. I wasn't sure were to post this, but I guess I was just wondering if anyone has any advice or something especially since I'm worried I'm going to fall back into old, really bad habits which has happened before (I think last year). I finally have realized why so many people who know me in real life say I'm not a good person. Learning more about taking accountability, doing more inner work and thinking about what kind people would do if they were in my situation has helped me grow more as a person. It's also super helpful when people directly explain to me what I'm doing wrong in a way that is easy for me to understand, especially since I don't know what a lot of words mean and often can't tell when people are talking about me specifically when talking about people online. I have vulnerable narcissism. It hurts when people know I'm bad, but it also hurts when people think I'm a really good person. When I was in school, since I was so shy, people kept telling me how good and perfect I was all the time. Even though I knew it wasn't true, I internalized it. When I was in school, it felt good, but as I matured more, it started feeling really bad. Even a few months ago, someone said to me "You don't have a mean bone in your body - you're too lovely." Which isn't remotely true so um... Ouch!? I know she was being nice, but even nice, well intentioned compliments people give you can hurt if they don't know what you're really like. I don't want to continue being a mean, narcissist who keeps hurting people and can't even tell why things they do and say would hurt so much. Being a narcist isn't funny or "quirky" or anything like that - it's actually really cringe and just makes people feel bad. I don't know how to live with mean things I have done, especially the really mean stuff that I continued doing when I was in my 20's. My family would say I'm being too hard on myself, but I'm not. If I met someone who was just like me, I wouldn't like them. Another thing that makes me feel bad is that while I have been through things that deeply hurt me, especially when I was a lot younger, there's other people who also live in the first world (I think that's what it's called) who would have gone through the same things who remained good. Some people who have been through really hard things even end up being very kind empaths. I shouldn't have just assumed what people may/may not have gone through. It's complicated because I don't enjoy being a loser, but my brain feels a lot better. I don't have DID, (I know that's something very different), but I feel like I have "personalities" in my head for lack of a better word and I occasionally feel them "moving around in my head", especially of recent. Since I wasn't nice, I wish I could at least do better now and start putting a lot of positivity into the world instead of crap, but I feel like it's too late. I've hurt so many people. I don't know if there are things I can do to put heaps of good back into the world to try to make up for at least some of my crap because I am not smart in multiple ways. I've done a bit of volunteer work (Saint Vinnies and the RSPCA), but I would like to try something different. The RSPCA was fun and rewarding, but I found it a bit stressful. I also feel like people usually don't like me at some places I go to and some of them make it obvious or talk about it in the back room. Some others think I'm really kind which also hurts. I just want to be normal.

stressed

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got cptsd cant deal with my emotions

Gassed.

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I’m at the point where my limits have been reached and about to be breached. I wake up every day wishing that I hadn’t. My past seems pointless and I have no interest in making effort towards the future. I don’t know what made things change or what I... View more

I’m at the point where my limits have been reached and about to be breached. I wake up every day wishing that I hadn’t. My past seems pointless and I have no interest in making effort towards the future. I don’t know what made things change or what I may have done but I’m worried about myself.

feeling really bad about myself

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hey all! i hope ur all doing welli'm just feeling really low today, have had my mum say i should talk to my therapist about my 'unhealthy relationship with any movement at all' i think she thinks i'm obese or something and i know i'm kind of overweig... View more

hey all! i hope ur all doing welli'm just feeling really low today, have had my mum say i should talk to my therapist about my 'unhealthy relationship with any movement at all' i think she thinks i'm obese or something and i know i'm kind of overweight but i do my best. having some bad relapse thoughts from when i used to $h last year, but i don't want to do it again but feel like i have to hurt myself somehow because i'm so worthless. idk, just feeling horrible tbh, any advice on how to get past the urges and feel better would be appreciated whoevers reading this go get a drink of water and stretch - take care of yourself!!-

Sick of being sick

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I’ve had severe Long Covid for over a year and I am primarily bedbound/housebound. The first few months were ok, I was thinking positively about recovery and was still able to do some part time hours with my work. In January, I made the decision to r... View more

I’ve had severe Long Covid for over a year and I am primarily bedbound/housebound. The first few months were ok, I was thinking positively about recovery and was still able to do some part time hours with my work. In January, I made the decision to resign as I could no longer continue working due to worsening symptoms. Since resigning, my mental health has continued to decline as any hope of recovery seems like a fantasy and positive thinking is no longer working. I’ve had three attempts since February and I have tried to get help. The couple of times I’ve been to the hospital, I’ve been monitored for a few hours in ED and then sent home with no follow up help in place. I see a private psychologist, but I can only see her once a month due to her workload and it’s not enough. To say I’m at my wits end is an understatement. I do try and distract myself. I write songs about living with Long Covid and watch TV when I’m up to it. I’m not sure what else I can do. Over the last few weeks, the thoughts have become a lot worse and I’m struggling to figure out where to turn or how to get myself out of this spiral. I’m terrified I’m not going to make it and I don’t want that, hence I’m reaching out here. I refuse to go back to the hospital just to be dismissed again.

Medication (advice on requesting with GP) replies: 0

SSRI/SNRi deprescribing replies: 4

Not coping with anxity replies: 1

Feeling lost replies: 1

i feel alone replies: 2

Cant cope with friendship break up replies: 2

Mental health support after surgery replies: 3

Realizing you're not a good person is difficult, but also makes your brain feel better replies: 10

stressed replies: 3

Gassed. replies: 1

feeling really bad about myself replies: 0

Sick of being sick replies: 3