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Mental Health

Johnnie Walker said:
Hi mate. do you have a therapist/psychiatrist? do you have a diagnosis?

Im into my second week of dialectal behaviour therapy, which is for borderline kunce. its a group therapy thing, at first my attitude was pretty much "get fucked" when thinking about a group situation, but i love it. whats helping me more than the DBT is simply being in a room (of about 10) of kunce who feel what i feel, think what i think...im not alone. its actually my happy place now, whish i was there all the time. really have a sense of belonging when im there, which is massive for me. we all openly talk about some pretty dark shit and most of it is met with laughter as we are all know 100% what the person is saying.

i took citalopram in my mid 20s for a few years..it stopped me being depressed in a way..but it made me toally numb, didnt feel anything. in the end i decided i would rather feel shit than feel nothing. now i take a small dose of zoloft but my main one is seroquel..take it every evening and just drift into a nice little wonderland and fall asleep. it also helps reset me..when i wake the next day I have little memory of the feelings i had the day before. im on a small dose (25-50mg) which is where the sedating effects are, anything more goes into the anti psychotic range which i dont really need. gone up to 100mg when shits been bad and that hits you like a train. cant imagine how people on 500mg-800mg for bipolar and schizophrenia function..

i wouldn't mind some more meds to help with the anxiety and depression, most of the time walk around with the gut wrenching feeling of emptiness, like someone is torturing your soul. will check out what vonfram is talking about. want to also see about some mood stabilizers, one of the very hard things for me is the mood swings..for a day or 2 its like im living in hell its self..then suddenly im fine for a day or 2..then im not. would just rather one of the other lol.

fuck benzos, im guessing your only getting meds from a gp? most psychiatrists wouldn't give them.. in reality they do little for mental health issues and carry an extremely high risk for abuse. benzo addiction is no joke and for someone feeling as you do it would be easy to fall victim.
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Yeah I’ll definitely look into the things mentioned by Jungnaut and Vonfram as well. I’m starting to feel alot better at the moment, citalopram obviously takes a massive amount of time to really kick in and at week 9 i think it is really starting to do what it is supposed to. I don’t think any SSRI effects different ppl in the same way so maybe I’ve gotten lucky. I went from admitting myself into the hospital about 10 weeks ago twice in a week to nearly back to normal with obviously alot of work still to do though. Stopping drinking, being consistent with meds and therapy and having a supportive family look out for me is what has helped. I feel alot of sympathy for those guys dealing with a mental illness without any close support, it would be even darker hell.

Was getting meds from GP which was backed up by a psych from the hospital who said stick with what I was given and up dose before giving up. I’ve been pretty good with Benzos, only when absolutely neccessary will I take them. I read about them before starting and it is said Valium can be harder on withdrawal than herion.
 
Puggy said:
Depression is feeling sad for no reason.
Lack of worthiness.
Low self esteem.
Thoughts of self harm, so many different symptoms and possibilities - see a professional if you think you are.

I started on anti-depressants (Trofanil) at the age of 7 years old.
Then was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder at 11.
I later started on more anti depressants (Zoloft) and later started on anti-psychotics (Risperidal).
I was diagnosed with ADHD, Aspergers, Cyclothymia over another few years and also put on (Ritalin).
My anxiety is severe and I've often had to take (Valium).
To this day, the doctors haven't been able to identify the right combination of medications to control my moods and anxiety.
Due to the complexity of my condition it's been hard for doctors to pin point the best solution.
I've made two visits to ward nine, and I'm only the humble age of 17.

However despite all my ailments. I have become an extremely strong willed individual.
I have an amazing support group of friends, parents and teachers. It's what has got me through it because meds have never helped enough!
If anyone here ever needs advice, I've been through it all, I've read books, talked to professionals, I am here for you.
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Yeah hang in there. Not good to go through all that so young, but good that you are handling it all so well. Wasn’t till my mid 20’s I felt like shit.

One day hopefully soon with technology and medical science growing rapidly they be able to cure this shit and make us float through life on a rainbow.
 
Franco said:
Yeah hang in there. Not good to go through all that so young, but good that you are handling it all so well. Wasn’t till my mid 20’s I felt like shit.
One day hopefully soon with technology and medical science growing rapidly they be able to cure this shit and make us float through life on a rainbow.
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You too brother, hang in there. Yes, it's taken a portion of my youth away from me in some way.
Here is to hoping for that day!
 
Shrek said:
Fuck how many here suffer or have suffered depression? Maybe I do and don't know it? What symptoms do I look for?
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I think there is definitely a big difference between feeling down or just being pessimistic about people/life etc that most people can feel at some point.

Depression will make anything feel completely pointless. Such as weight lifting, anything social etc. You can’t just push through it because you will be completely lethargic and will have lost your your appetite, and you will feel like you are in a black hole with no way out and won’t believe at that point that you will ever feel normal again which makes it worse. My experience was that it hit my like a train from nowhere and took at least 4 weeks of being cared for to be able to function again.
 
What if you're exceedingly good at hiding it?

What if you're self aware and realise it's not normal to feel that way so you push it down and put on a happy face for the world?

What if too many people rely on you so you don't allow yourself to fall apart even if you want to?

What if your life insurance policy doesn't cover suicide so you can't risk a medical diagnosis in case you decide to check out one day and the insurance company uses your medical history to stiff your family out of the payout?
 
Johnnie Walker said:
i asume the brick has bi-polar? you on any meds for it
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Yes mate severe bi polar, manic and depressive delusions, to the point where the word schizophrenia has been thrown around in the past.

The brick has been self medicated for close to 7 years now, very good at hiding it though. Still punch through the motions, fill the script, smile and nod and then flush those fucking pills down the dunny.

Truth be told im not into labels, it's really only since the 80's they started fucking with our brain chemistry, see my 'illness' is completely genetic. There are stories of total mental behaviour going back 5 generations. Drunks, paranoids, violent peeps. The ****s were just never labelled, we're all wired different bro, some people fit the mold others don't.


i have this theory everyone worth knowing is fucking mad some peeps are just better at hiding it!
 
Pretty funny how all your nutjobs on medication lists as long as my gorilla arms have the grounds to comment on anyone elses doings. :)
 
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[MENTION=10061]Brick[/MENTION]; mate they used to drill holes thru people's skulls to 'cure' depression, epilepsy, migraines.. and many other ailments. Now aren't we glad we don't live in that era. Now srs: Hope you're not throwing any benzo scripts down the dunny, mmkay.
 
wingman said:
Pretty funny how all your nutjobs on medication lists as long as my gorilla arms have the grounds to comment on anyone elses doings. :)
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true, people with mental illnesses are mental weaklings and almost certainly have sub human intelligence.

you honestly think your smarter than people on medication? thats about as dumb as your views on property.
 
Once upon a time a was feeling a little sad and modern medicine helped me through. My home office shows that I'm perfectly of sound mind now and really tidy. I'm dumb as fuck too, must have ordered all those degrees on the wall through the mail or cut them out of a weeties box?
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hahaha just a TAD security conscious there [MENTION=17457]Repacked[/MENTION];?? don't wanna go overboard now don't we. :)
 
so was at the shrinks yesterday, asked him about amphetamines and whether they would help me. he said they would, but unfortunately can only be prescribed to adhd patients in aus (ussual aus bullshit, this country really sucks sometimes). anyway he really seemed to emphasize that they would work for me, not sure if he was giving me a bit of a wink there and i should obtain them myself lol
 
People judge all the time so its your choice if you want to tell people and if you have a mindset of worrying about what people care.
 
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