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How come I am not getting the same help as everyone else

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SO, I am in a pickle. I went to a GP {not my normal one cause she is on maturnity leave :(( } and asked for a mental health plan sometime last term. At the start of talking to the GP she was kind of rude and I just didn't feel comfortable in general.... View more

SO, I am in a pickle. I went to a GP {not my normal one cause she is on maturnity leave :(( } and asked for a mental health plan sometime last term. At the start of talking to the GP she was kind of rude and I just didn't feel comfortable in general. She gave me 2 weeks off school; which in the short term was helpful as i was finally able to calm down but in the longterm was very stressful because i had to complete a months worth of assessment in 1.5 weeks. She also referred me to Headspace. I'm not sure if any of you have been to Headspace before but I personally REALLY didn't like it. The lady I had just baby'd me and all she talked with me about was anxiety stuff even though i am not diagnosed with it and there is so much more going on than just a bit of anxiety. but yeah i felt super duper uncomfortable and I was unable to give her proper responses and even had to write down my feelings to give to her. I think this is because it's a place meant for younger people - and they say that people up to 21 or somthing can go there but i truly doubt it. I ended up going a few times and told my mum i am not going there. All she said was "Are you going to end up as bad as you were last time". I think this is partly my fault because i am BRILLIANT at hiding an emotions from my family members. But yeah, point is, I have been worse since last time, it just hasn't been as physically clear. and i said, I AM NOT GOING THERE BECAUSE I HATE IT. note: i didn't yell this i just wanted to make it bold because that is how strongly i felt about this. Anywho, I STILL have not been diagnosed with anything which is extremelyyyyy frustrating because if i knew what was going on inside of my head I might be able to understand it a bit more. ALL I WANT IS TO SEE AN ACTUAL PSYCHOLOGIST SO I CAN GET DIAGNOSED AND START WORKING ON GETTING BETTER!! I have talked to my bf about what he did with his diagnosis process and he just saw his gp, went through a few tests and then got a diagnosis. One of my mates also mentioned today that he is going to a mental health place to get tests done for mental health conditions and stuff. like SORRY WHAT, why am i not doing this?!!! Also, both of my parents have had troubles with mental health so don't you think they would be able to find me some better help. ughhhhh, help meeeeee, i need some help with what to do and where to go Thanks, Holly

Tried drug and now not ok

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Hi all, recently I tried a drug hoping it would help my longstanding anxiety and auto immune illness. I tried ONCE. My experience was awful. I had what's referred to as a "bad trip". Lots of panic, fear, terror, trembling and chills. It's now been 8 ... View more

Hi all, recently I tried a drug hoping it would help my longstanding anxiety and auto immune illness. I tried ONCE. My experience was awful. I had what's referred to as a "bad trip". Lots of panic, fear, terror, trembling and chills. It's now been 8 weeks and I am still panicky. My heart constantly pounds and I get panic attacks (at night) for no known reason. I don't know what's wrong with me. Tried it ONCE and now life is highly uncomfortable. Don't know how to live like this. Any suggestions much appreciated. Thank you

I don't have any hope left.

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For as long as I can remember, my mother has been emotionally abusing me, whether she realises it or not. She has always punished or scolded me whenever I do something wrong, and then completely ignored me whenever I did something right. This might s... View more

For as long as I can remember, my mother has been emotionally abusing me, whether she realises it or not. She has always punished or scolded me whenever I do something wrong, and then completely ignored me whenever I did something right. This might seem like something stupid to get upset about, but over the years it has completely obliterated my mental health, and what made it even worse is that because of it I was always much more mature than my peers, so I could never even really socialise with them either. All of this has essentially conditioned me to hate myself and feel like I can never be good enough, and after researching the effects of this sort of thing when I questioned whether I was in the right to hate her or not I found out that this sort of thing literally causes the brain to develop and wire itself differently, and now I'm 18 so I'm way past my developmental period. What am I supposed to do? There's no way to rewire brains. I don't have any hope of getting help, and I don't see how it would be physically possible for me to get better.... Is there anything that I could possibly do that could help?....

psychiatric assistance dog

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Hi all, I am new here and this is only my second post. I have been looking through the forums at all the great topics and I noticed a few older posts asking questions about emotional support animals. I just wanted to put forth what I know. Here in Au... View more

Hi all, I am new here and this is only my second post. I have been looking through the forums at all the great topics and I noticed a few older posts asking questions about emotional support animals. I just wanted to put forth what I know. Here in Australia there is emotional support animals and assistance animals. There's a big difference. ESA do not have public access rights, if you are wanting your dog to accompany you out in public then you want them trained and recognised as an Assistance Dog. There are some great pathways available to allow you to do this and I am happy to chat further about it if anyone is interested, right now I just wanted to let people know the difference between Emotional Support Animals and Assistance Animals because the two are often confused.

Gag reflex irritation while on SSRIs

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Hey all! Im relatively new to being on medication, having only started about six weeks ago, but I’ve had the same problem with two different SSRIs of having an irritated gag reflex. The first one was really bad, I always felt like I was about to gag ... View more

Hey all! Im relatively new to being on medication, having only started about six weeks ago, but I’ve had the same problem with two different SSRIs of having an irritated gag reflex. The first one was really bad, I always felt like I was about to gag or throw up, which was why I switched. This new one is definitely not as bad but still there and it’s very frustrating. Has anyone else experienced this side effect with any medications? How long did it take to go away if so? I’m highly considering not trying a third drug and going to therapy instead, as I feel I can’t cope with these side effects much longer, they’re impacting my quality of life. Someone suggested it might be the drug making my anxiety worse which is causing the gag response but I’ve never had this issue with my anxiety before these drugs Any insight is much appreciated! Thanks!

Does anyone know how to contact a psychiatrist without parental control/ guidance

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Recently i’ve been throwing up after binge eating, i don’t want to self diagnose but i think i have a binge eating disorder. i just wish to professionally discuss it with someone, to tell them how i feel, what i do when i eat, what goes on. my connec... View more

Recently i’ve been throwing up after binge eating, i don’t want to self diagnose but i think i have a binge eating disorder. i just wish to professionally discuss it with someone, to tell them how i feel, what i do when i eat, what goes on. my connection with food. i asked to book in with one but my parents didn’t let me.

How to Discuss Emotional Abuse with Psych?

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Hi guys, I'm not sure really if this is what has happened to me, but I want to talk about it with a therapist because I feel like I have to know if I'm overreacting. I'm not really sure how to approach the subject with them? I've been to therapy for ... View more

Hi guys, I'm not sure really if this is what has happened to me, but I want to talk about it with a therapist because I feel like I have to know if I'm overreacting. I'm not really sure how to approach the subject with them? I've been to therapy for anxiety and depression before, but I haven't felt the need to discuss a subject like this before and I'm still kind of in shock about the possibility of it even being true and I have a lot of self-doubt. I've tried to talk about it a bit before with a therapist but I ended up getting nervous and sad and just crying a whole lot. Maybe I wasn't ready to discuss it back then, I'm not sure. Is it normal to be scared about this? I just wanted to know if anyone has any strategies or advice for talking about painful subjects like this. The last two times I tried I broke down and couldn't talk about it, because I felt I was being cruel by claiming that I had been abused by someone, or that it wouldn't sound believable. I hope that makes sense and I hope I posted this in the right place. I'd really like to try again, I'd like to have the confidence to be able to talk about it. Thank you for reading.

Does anyone know who enforces the mental health act.

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Hey, my name is Shane and I’m in Perth I was hoping maybe someone in here could help with answers. Last year I was detained against my will under the Mental health act for 3 days. The entire process was like an experience out of the twilight zone and... View more

Hey, my name is Shane and I’m in Perth I was hoping maybe someone in here could help with answers. Last year I was detained against my will under the Mental health act for 3 days. The entire process was like an experience out of the twilight zone and very surreal. Without going into the finer details, it all stemmed from an ongoing dispute I’ve had with my family. They had been using mental health as a kind of tool or weapon against me because they are not the people I’d thought them to be I discovered . Anyhoo....in this particular instance, they managed to get me transported by police for a mental health assessment at the hospital. I calmly complied all the way along and was perfectly rational and coherent the entire time. There was no suicide attempt Or anything , I wasn’t anxious or requiring mental or medical assistance in anyway. After 5hrs of waiting in emergency until I was finally assessed by a self proclaimed mental health nurse. I was informed that I was to be detained against my will until further notice. I was never informed The reason why, or given copies of my detention forms, informed of my rights at any point or told I had access to a mental health advocates assistance etc etcThis twilight zone scenario continued on for 3 more days which included being transported to a maximum security mental facility, which apparently is worse than prison conditions my fellow inmates informed me whilst there. Not once did I lose my temper or composure whilst detained. Nor was I given any medication of any sort. Even though I found out later they had written down I was acutely unstable on my initial detention form which I never received. On the 4th day of my ordeal. I was released by the so called Chief psychiatrist with a diagnosis of recommending I seek counselling over my marriage break down. Of which happened years earlier and didn’t have the slightest relevance whatsoever for me being there. After my release I got straight into making a complaint over my experience and wanting answers. I studIed the mental health act for myself. Sure enough it turned out every single law and procedure had been broken in regards to detaining a person and of which I had plenty of proof to back that up.But none of that ended up mattering. Because Apparently nobody polices or implements the mental health law. No agency or government body. So in summary, I was locked up against my will illegally for 3 days and nobody was held accountable.

Hospitalisation - risks, benefits, thoughts?

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Hey guys, I'm in a pretty dark place right now (I won't go into detail because I don't want to trigger anybody), and I think I need to be hospitalised. I've never been hospitalised before though, and I really don't know how any of this works. My reas... View more

Hey guys, I'm in a pretty dark place right now (I won't go into detail because I don't want to trigger anybody), and I think I need to be hospitalised. I've never been hospitalised before though, and I really don't know how any of this works. My reason for believing I'd benefit from going to a hospital is that I just don't feel safe at the moment, and I don't want to be at risk of anything. I'm just wondering if anybody can tell me what it's like? I know they take away most things you could try to bring in, but I'm really scared I'll get bored or freak out if I don't have a distraction tool. I wouldn't bring my phone in obviously, but are we allowed books or TV? I know it's bad but I just have so much trouble being left with my own thoughts, and being in a safe external environment doesn't really discredit how distressing my thoughts can be. How would going to hospital affect my schoolwork? I'm sitting an accelerated HSC assessment in October, for one thing, as well as I've got all my other Y11 assessments coming up soon. I have a mentor figure who took a mental health break in Y11 and says she's still missing a lot of core content for her subjects, and that it negatively affected her HSC. I really don't want to miss out on my dreams or whatever just because I'm finding things overwhelming right now. I'm also worried about the risks of COVID-19 in hospitals. I have a very immuno-compromised family member who I fear would be unable to visit me if I was in hospital, because the risk of contagion would be higher there (as that's where sick people are). If I decide to go to hospital, how much would I need to say? Will it cost my family money? Thank you so much

Stopping SSRI - withdrawal?

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Hey all, So after two different attempts, I’m stopping my SSRI for anxiety in favour of therapy. I did not like how sick I felt all the time. I started on one SSRI but after four weeks was still sick, so switched to another. The changeover was very e... View more

Hey all, So after two different attempts, I’m stopping my SSRI for anxiety in favour of therapy. I did not like how sick I felt all the time. I started on one SSRI but after four weeks was still sick, so switched to another. The changeover was very easy. After three weeks on this new one, I’m now stopping altogether (on doctor’s advice). Considering I’m on the lowest dose possible, am I likely to experience much of a withdrawal? I’m supposed to be flying in two days and the thought of flying while feeling sick terrifies me. has anyone stopped a low dose SSRI cold turkey? Or experienced withdrawal? thanks in advance!

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