advice

[boatee]

had anxiety/depression for years,on AD meds,had bad time over past 3 months,have been tried on 2 stronger ADs,but due to history of reflux,both new ADs set reflux off massively,GP says might try another one,but have hypochondriasis as well,so not helping at present,and i know its trial & error,but anyone got some advice,all help appreciated,take meds for reflux

[boatee]

hey mark,i ended up being re-admitted to mental ward again on 26/10 because everything was still to much for me,spent 1 week there,& the reason for the hypochondria is that my self confidence is so low & the littlest things were setting my head into negativity mode,uped meds,so far so good,& can understand what my mates saying,but like you said,that's the system,plus acupuncturist helping a bit.my main problem at moment is that it looks like i may have trapped or damaged nerve somewhere in the area from behind left ear down into left shoulder,getting scans next week so that doctor can work out what to do,& because of all the problems i've had with body over past 10yrs ,which has restricted what i've been able to do,they say is one of the main reasons that's taken away my self confidence,plus the family problems over past 18mths hasn't helped,but slow and steady,then they reckon i should get self confidence back,can only hope,boatee

[MarkJT]

I always look at the positivity of matters and you going back into hospital, although not ideal is certainly a positive move mate. That is what they are there for - so why not use them. I maintain my stay in hospital allowed me to build the base to boost my recovery.

Ok so with the negativity mode, have been in that before so what i did was at the end of the day, when i go to bed, i identify and re-live the three things that went right for me that day. I found that after a while i started to see the positivity in so many things and not the negativity.

I have now got to a point where I just do not see negatives as for every negative, there is always a positive to be located and I can tell you that it is a far better world to live in! Give that a try and see how it goes but it can take a few weeks to start kicking in so persist with it.

Self confidence is another kettle of fish though. So what i do is celebrate the wins. No matter how small - give yourself a pat on the back. Depression has kicked in and you don't want to get out of bed but do, give yourself a pat on the back and say well done. Spot a positive instead of the negative - give yourself a pat on the back.

You are going well, you know what to do so keep working through it.

Mark.

[boatee]

thanks for all the advice,will try anything to get through this,managed to link up with the psychologist i was seeing before eye problem,getting some help from acupuncturist with my problems,but at moment struggling to put things into practice,it's like my mind doesn't want me to get better,know it's not easy,could take a while & this is where psychologist & myself have to work on a good plan of attack.the last 3 days have been totally unbearable from the time i wake,my head is taking off & before i realise i'm having anxiety attack & try everything to quell it ,but usually takes fair part of the day to come back some of the way,take other meds to help take edge off,plus had talk with lady who does meditation class about bad thoughts,but i need more one to one talks to understand how to use the thought process better or get it written down so i can get my head going in right direction,instead of backwards, because when i'm in that bad head space i start to have all those bad thoughts and i don't need that,so if i can work on self confidence i should hopefully get better,boatee