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Lilacbeetle How to get a mental health assessment?
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I have spoken to multiple doctors and counsellors and psychologists on video call the past 7 years and not one of them has given me a mental health assessment. I keep feeling dismissed because I show up to my appointments when I'm calm otherwise I wo... View more

I have spoken to multiple doctors and counsellors and psychologists on video call the past 7 years and not one of them has given me a mental health assessment. I keep feeling dismissed because I show up to my appointments when I'm calm otherwise I wouldn't be able to attend. The last psychiatrist I spoke to for about 15 minutes and he said he thought I had bipolar like my dad and to look it up and research it myself and try a new medication. I can't take my medication every day without help and I don't find they help me very much yet I just keep getting prescribed different antidepressants and now a mood stabiliser. I try to be as open as possible and ive asked for clarity around my diagnosis so many times. Do I have to pay for a mental health assessment? I've heard of people paying around 2000 for autism diagnosis is that a mental health assessment and how do I get referred for one?

Guest_95758085 narcissist
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hi I'm mik and was looking for help with my narcissism if you could please help me or point me in the right direction

hi I'm mik and was looking for help with my narcissism if you could please help me or point me in the right direction

Guest_60672026 Mental Health illness
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Anxiety attacks are resulting in me not going to work and being mentally unable to work. I am at home, where I feel safe but I have anxiety attacks. I have tried to go to work a number of times but I have the same situation happen.

Anxiety attacks are resulting in me not going to work and being mentally unable to work. I am at home, where I feel safe but I have anxiety attacks. I have tried to go to work a number of times but I have the same situation happen.

josh88 Going into Hospital. Support from Partner
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Hi, so I've decided to go into hospital for TMS therapy to address my chronic depression. I'll be doing it as an inpatient which means being away from my partner and children for 2 weeks. I'm really anxious and nervous about the whole thing. Today I ... View more

Hi, so I've decided to go into hospital for TMS therapy to address my chronic depression. I'll be doing it as an inpatient which means being away from my partner and children for 2 weeks. I'm really anxious and nervous about the whole thing. Today I asked my partner If she will be there to support me. She first said yes but then told me that while I'm in hospital she is still going to go out to social events and parties, which I can't stop thinking about. When I questioned whether she thought that was the right thing to do, she got angry and said she was sick of talking about my "mental health issues". Am I going crazy here or expecting too much that my partner be there to support me during something really hard and maybe not go out to parties while I'm in a mental hospital...?? I have no other people in my support network to talk about this either, so I'm really struggling with it

balls69420 I AM NOT CRAZY
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TODAY, SCHOOL INFORMS: "BALLS69420 MAY HAVE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION FELT DISCOMFORT AT HIGH PITCHED NOISE IN EXAM, LEFT ROOM (BECAUSE NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AFTER COMPLAINTS) PERFORMED POORLY,TENDENCY TOWARDS IMPULSIVE ACTIONS, COGNITIVE FATIGUE, ENCOUNT... View more

TODAY, SCHOOL INFORMS: "BALLS69420 MAY HAVE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION FELT DISCOMFORT AT HIGH PITCHED NOISE IN EXAM, LEFT ROOM (BECAUSE NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AFTER COMPLAINTS) PERFORMED POORLY,TENDENCY TOWARDS IMPULSIVE ACTIONS, COGNITIVE FATIGUE, ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTIES PERTAINING TO REGULATION, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF MENTAL ACTIVITIES BALLS69420 IS ADVISED TO VISIT A MENTAL SPECIALIST" SIMILAR REPORTS HAVE BEEN SENT PREVIOUSLY BEHAVIOURS MAY SEEM ILLOGICAL BUT WERE PERFECTLY REASONABLE AT THE TIME. PARENTS DISPLEASED REFUSE TO BE CHARACTERISED AS INSANE REQUESTING ALTERNATE OPINION

Soberlicious96 Not sure about what to say to my psychologist
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Hi all. I have not been on here in AGES, so please forgive me if I am out of practice!I've been seeing a psychologist for about 6 or 7 months now and it's mostly going well, but I have a little issue and I'm not sure what to do or say about it.I was ... View more

Hi all. I have not been on here in AGES, so please forgive me if I am out of practice!I've been seeing a psychologist for about 6 or 7 months now and it's mostly going well, but I have a little issue and I'm not sure what to do or say about it.I was orginally referred to her because she is a specialist in ADHD, Autism and neurodivergence and at the time, I just wanted some help with some anxiety and confusion I was experiencing around that. The problem is that every single time I see a phych, it seems as though they always want to do 'trauma work' and although, yes, I did have a lot of trauma happen to me when I was very young, I just feel like I am done with talking about that. I feel it (the trauma) is now placed firmly in the past where it belongs and where I am happy to leave it there.I did say, when I started with her, that I didn't really want a diagnosis of ADD/ADHD because I didn't want to be medicated and although I still don't want to be medicated, I do think that perhaps a diagnosis (of ADD or ADHD) would perhaps answer some questions around my cognitive function. I guess with that, she had to do some sort of work with me, given that my doctor referred me and all that.So my question is this: how to I tell her to please stop going back to my trauma and trying to get me to 'heal more' from it? I just feel strongly like I don't want to do that kind of 'work' on that any more. I want to focus on what is happening here and now.I used to have regular frequent nightmares, for example, from the trauma, but I have not had any nightmares for ages now. And I mean a few years! Certainly not regular frequent ones. That to me is evidence enough that I have done enough work on the trauma and am now in a very different place. I just need to get this whole attention deficit thing figured out now, is all.Anyway, feedback welcome. She really is a lovely psychologist. Just not quite going the direction I want, if that makes sense.

Natalie22 Read my psychiatric assessment letters to doctor.
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Hi. I completed my 291 assessment (assessment and report) that I was referred for. Diagnosis was that I have GAD. I had accepted that as it did not surprise me. But then I went down the rabbit hole and requested assessment letters to GP and psycholog... View more

Hi. I completed my 291 assessment (assessment and report) that I was referred for. Diagnosis was that I have GAD. I had accepted that as it did not surprise me. But then I went down the rabbit hole and requested assessment letters to GP and psychologist under freedom of information. I received the information and I found it really confronting. Yes, I know what we talked about would be there but I feel like I will be seen as tragic, be pittied and just seen as a screw up.When the initial assessment letter got sent to GP. He sat there quietly reading it and it was incredibly uncomfortable. I guess I just wanted to know what they did but now I really regret it.

Brenin_Bunny Advice/information about inpatient treatment.
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Hello,I'll try to be concise... I've been wondering if I need to take some more serious steps lately, I do see a psychologist and my GP regularly, I'm about a week away from my next psychologist appointment. I've been diagnosed with ASD, panic disord... View more

Hello,I'll try to be concise... I've been wondering if I need to take some more serious steps lately, I do see a psychologist and my GP regularly, I'm about a week away from my next psychologist appointment. I've been diagnosed with ASD, panic disorder, depression, CPTSD as well as fibromyalgia. Some things in my living situation have changed and my family has put too much on me, which I have tried to communicate, and my mental health is the worst it has been for some time. I feel a bit like a fraud as I know that I 'push through' a lot and seem OK, but I really feel like I'm losing control. I dont really know what my options are and I'm scared of inpatient treatments, but I also feel like maybe I need that? I definitely need something. Are you forced to take medications? Can my psychologist assist me when I'm at an inpatient place? I live in QLD, if that matters. Any information or advice would be really great... Thanks for reading & any help in advance.

Zander How do I get help for someone else
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hi, me and my partner are both 16 and oy partner has been struggling alot with mostly depression a huge symptoms of either BPD or bipolar but she doesn't want to get help because of fear of her perants finding out how she feels because they arnt a sa... View more

hi, me and my partner are both 16 and oy partner has been struggling alot with mostly depression a huge symptoms of either BPD or bipolar but she doesn't want to get help because of fear of her perants finding out how she feels because they arnt a safe place for her to go to. So I want to book like text thereby or someone for her to talk to and pay for it myself so she's not scared of her perants I just want to know how would that work

Laurennn I need some advice, reassurance and help here please!
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In May last year my mental health started to decline and eventually in December got to the point of me having to be hospitalised for a full medication change. I was severely depressed and highly anxious. After being in the hospital for 4 weeks, I cou... View more

In May last year my mental health started to decline and eventually in December got to the point of me having to be hospitalised for a full medication change. I was severely depressed and highly anxious. After being in the hospital for 4 weeks, I couldn’t handle anymore medication changes & left on very high doses of antidepressants. On my discharge, the psychiatrist said he was hopeful I could manage the anxiety but was doubtful given the amount of antidepressants I was still on. I have been home for 7 weeks, and the anxiety is killing me. I am constantly shaking, chest pain, nausea & vomitting - hardly functioning at all. I have a little 3 year old boy who I can’t take care of at the moment. I think it is due to too much antidepressant flooding my system. I know I need to go back to the hospital to reduce the rest of the antidepressants, I can’t do it at home, and I can’t continue to live like this - but I feel like such a failure to my partner & son. I am also worried it is not the flooding of antidepressants that is causing me great anxiety, it is just how I am & should be able to push through? Sorry for the rant but I am so torn, worried & needing some reassurance I am doing the right thing & not taking the easy way out by running back to the hospital.