This year has been so stressful for me.It just seems to be one thing
after another that is getting me down. long story short, I had a
breakdown in 2010 aftersuffering for years from depression and anxiety
symptoms- I don't remember ever not having th...
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This year has been so stressful for me.It just seems to be one thing
after another that is getting me down. long story short, I had a
breakdown in 2010 aftersuffering for years from depression and anxiety
symptoms- I don't remember ever not having the symptoms really, I just
thought that it was "normal" to feel that way. one of the things that
tipped me over the edge was my job, I had a boss with unrealistic
expectations from me (expecting me to do the work of many people), being
constantly put down and harassed, made to work ridiculously long days
(sometimes 15hrs, 6 days per week).. I ended up on a workers comp claim
which was dragged out for over a year, reliant on centrelink and more
stressed.during the course of the claim I was subjected to 3 evaluations
from separate psychiatrists and they all come back with different ideas
on what they thought might be wrong with me, there were terms like
personality disorders and things mentioned in the reports.i seen a
psychologist regularly who said I had agoraphobia , depression, anxiety,
post traumatic stress..I somehow improved my condition after a year or
so.since 2010, I have suffered with depression and anxiety on and off
but had mostly been able to get through the tougher days. this year has
been a shocker, I have had so much going on,we had to have my father
involuntarily admitted to hospital with a psychosis issue- that was so
scary, I think he was going to hurt himself. my father had to sell our
family home due to losing his job, now his brother has died 2 weeks ago"
this had left him so upset and blaming himself.. I'm trying to support
dad through this hard time but I've since started feeling very anxious
and depressed myself.everyone seems to ask me for support but no one
stops to realise that from time to time I need to put myself first too.
im so tired and down but I don't know if I'm just grieving? i wasn't
that close to my uncle but his death has really hit me hard-I feel so
silly! I just can't stop thinking about it all. I'm going to have a talk
to my gp about it and see about going back on my meds and hopefully get
a referral to someone. i want to get a current assessment done to see if
they can help pinpoint if I have more then just anxiety/depression- that
way I might know what to focus on to get through this faster. i feel so
silly but I just can't seem to shake this. Is it best to go to a
Psychologist or a psychiatrist for this? I just want a current diagnosis
are generic brands of meds really the same??
