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JJ_Frankie Husband taking medication while trying to conceive
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Hi, I was wondering where I can find information about medication? My husband has been diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and has been taking medication every day for the last 6 months. We would like to start trying for a baby but I want to know ... View more

Hi, I was wondering where I can find information about medication? My husband has been diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and has been taking medication every day for the last 6 months. We would like to start trying for a baby but I want to know the side effects of this drug while conceiving. Such as will it affect a newborn baby, how long does this drug take to get out of your system. Other than our GP and my husbands Psychiatrist. I want to get additional professional advice, the cold hard facts, not just a doctors response of “it should be ok”. Thank you

Pen Side Effects
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Hi I am supporting a loved one with Depression and Severe Anxiety. I have suffered from mild anxiety and have had a couple of depression episodes thankfully they were short. My loved one became depressed 6mths ago so we started a program of exercise,... View more

Hi I am supporting a loved one with Depression and Severe Anxiety. I have suffered from mild anxiety and have had a couple of depression episodes thankfully they were short. My loved one became depressed 6mths ago so we started a program of exercise, mindfulness, eating healthy, self-help books and professional therapy and although this did have a positive effect a upset at work caused a major setback so a antidepressant medication was prescribed. After 2 weeks there was a vast improvement but then he stopped sleeping and developed severe anxiety. More medications were prescribed one to help sleep and one to calm. The puzzling thing is that he feels normal around 7pm until bed time A this time he takes antidepressant and the anti psychotic. when he wakes he is anxious and has constant panic attacks all day until about 7pm. After advice the solution was to increase the dose of antidepressant but there has been no real improvement in 2 weeks and he feels that he has reached breaking point. After some research i have found that one of the possible side effects of the antidepressant is anxiety panic attack's So I am eager to hear from anyone with a similar experience.

Legacy Mental Health History and Life Insurance
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Apologies in advance if this is a bit dark. I've often wondered about the suicide clause in Life Insurance policies. Most state they'll cover you after the 13 month period, but is this voided if you have/had pre-existing MH history? Just wanted to ke... View more

Apologies in advance if this is a bit dark. I've often wondered about the suicide clause in Life Insurance policies. Most state they'll cover you after the 13 month period, but is this voided if you have/had pre-existing MH history? Just wanted to keep this one short and to the point, if anyone know's or works in insurance I'd be interested to know. Cheers, Legacy

HannahG Schema Therapy
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Has anyone had experience with Schema therapy? I have anxiety disorders and intrusive thoughts due to a bit of childhood trauma. My Psychologist is starting Schema next week. I can't see much on the net unless it involves borderline personality disor... View more

Has anyone had experience with Schema therapy? I have anxiety disorders and intrusive thoughts due to a bit of childhood trauma. My Psychologist is starting Schema next week. I can't see much on the net unless it involves borderline personality disorder. I don't have BPD. Was just after comments on others experiences with Schema amd anxiety disorders.

HenryG Public Inpatient Treatment?
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Hi, I experience quite severe depression and feel that I could really benefit from an inpatient treatment program. I am aware there are quite a few private facilities offering this but they don't often list the expenses involved. Does anyone know if ... View more

Hi, I experience quite severe depression and feel that I could really benefit from an inpatient treatment program. I am aware there are quite a few private facilities offering this but they don't often list the expenses involved. Does anyone know if there are any public inpatient programs and how to get in to one?

cocorosie Ultra breif pulse ECT
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Hi all, I have been reading allot on ECT therapy, and there is so many mixed reviews, memory problens from mild to servere, not working, worsening symptoms etc. I was wondering if anyone has had experience with ultra breif pulse ECT.​ If so effectivn... View more

Hi all, I have been reading allot on ECT therapy, and there is so many mixed reviews, memory problens from mild to servere, not working, worsening symptoms etc. I was wondering if anyone has had experience with ultra breif pulse ECT.​ If so effectivness, time in hospital, cost anything really. I have been struggling with depression for over 15 years, i have tried countless medications, therapy etc and nothing works. I think about suicide daily, because the pain is unbearable although if i could just find something maybe ill be ok. I don't want to die, but at the same time I'm exhausted with living this way.

Shivers88 MINDFULNESS MEDITATION and BI POLAR HELP PLEASE
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Hi guys, so so for the last 5-6 days I've been feeling myself become stressed, irritable, moody, snappy, but before that had feelings of deep relaxation and calmness. I I was mediating (mindfulness) 3 times a day.. And felt such deep calmness and so ... View more

Hi guys, so so for the last 5-6 days I've been feeling myself become stressed, irritable, moody, snappy, but before that had feelings of deep relaxation and calmness. I I was mediating (mindfulness) 3 times a day.. And felt such deep calmness and so relaxed, then I started thinking, well I feel amazing, I'll paint and so up my daughters room ( moved into newly built home, been a long time coming) and did it. During it, I find myself becoming a little overworked, so j had to take a step back a breathe, then start agin... It's like I'm tying to make the most of feeling great before the wave hits again maybe? Such as anxiety, stress build up, as I'm very sensitive too. Has anyone found wen they've really meditated that it's worked wonders, for anxiety as deep relaxation and calmness, patience too? I just want to know if it's the mediation, or now I'm thinking it maybe something like a hypo mania/ mania? (My anxiety is making me think the worst) when stopped doing mindfulness meditation does it make a lot of difference to you?? I found when I stopped j became more angry, more stressed over little things, more shouts and snappy and sometimes verbally abusive towards family members. Does hypomania/mania make you feel relaxed and calm? Does it make you patient? Or am I just letting my anxiety get the best of me.. The thing is when I stop after realising in becoming a bit tense or overworked I can calm myself down with breathing and meditation and feel ok again. im a great worrier, even though my clinical psychologist saids I don't have Bi Polar, or anything like that.. I still yet believe or worry over these things... My psychologist said I have great fears of my mental health and to say the very least, I do. Please ser help and share :,(

hope4joy do many side effects = effectiveness, for anti-depressants, and vice versa???
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Hi there, I've just started a new anti depressant and I'm concerned by a comment my psychiatrist said. She said that anecdotally anti depressant medications that cause many side effects in a person are normally the ones that are most effective, and o... View more

Hi there, I've just started a new anti depressant and I'm concerned by a comment my psychiatrist said. She said that anecdotally anti depressant medications that cause many side effects in a person are normally the ones that are most effective, and ones that cause few side effects usually don't work so well. I'd like to know if this has been your experience - that the most successful medications also had many side effects??? I guess I'm worried because I've found an anti depressant that helps me to some extent (SNRI) but I'm unhappy with the side effects so am trying out new meds, at the moment i've started a new one (tricyclic) and i'm scared it wont work because i'm not having any side effects. Thanks!

Surfergirl Relapse or withdrawal?
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Hello everyone, first time poster!!! I have been on AD's off and on (mainly on) for 16 years. Prior to going on AD's i had had 3 episodes of unmedicated depression - each episode lasting about 8 months. In the third episode i finally went on meds as ... View more

Hello everyone, first time poster!!! I have been on AD's off and on (mainly on) for 16 years. Prior to going on AD's i had had 3 episodes of unmedicated depression - each episode lasting about 8 months. In the third episode i finally went on meds as i was just worn out. In between episodes i am 100% recovered with no residual symptoms. When i went on the medication i was so anxious about it, but was amazed at how good i felt in 4 weeks - i thought i had the answer and didn't need to be scared of depression anymore. I initially stayed on for about 9 months after i was feeling well, and reduced off over about 3 months. I stayed well for about 6 months and then got depressed again, so went back on. Stayed on again for 9 months and reduced off and this time only stayed well for about 3 months. This time my doctor said i would need to stay on for about 2 years. So i did this and when i came off i was only well for 6 weeks. The next time it was 2 weeks. I had this feeling that the medication had changed something in my brain and was making me more vulnerable to become depressed. I did some internet searching and found websites that supported this view - so i joined a forum and started a really, really slow reduction. I tried this 3 times and was reducing about 10% of my dose every month. When i got down to low dose I would relapse again. I am so confused. On one hand i consider myself fortunate that i can be SO stable on a fairly low dose of an antidepressant, and on the other hand i beat myself up for going on antidepressants as my scrambled brain is convincing myself that it's the drugs causing the problems. I worry about the long term effects of antidepressants on the brain - but i also realise that its a moot point as i can't seem to get off them and the long consequences of depression are not good either. I can't understand how my episodes were 4 years apart before i went on AD's and since being on them i can't seem to go more than 6 months without them - and that was in the early days. I have tried to stay off the AD's when i have been off, but the symptoms are really acute. Why is there so much negative information on the internet about AD's? and why do we struggle so much to accept staying on long term? If i knew that AD's would stop me ever experiencing depression again i would probably be OK, but now i worry about relapsing whilst ON them....