Mental Health Support Society Mk IX

Oh, hello there Citalopram 10mg

Not sure how to feel although I think I can properly join in here now

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yep deffinately! just hope his mood keeps improving!

its horrible. my paranoia goes crazy when im home alone, had to check all the doors loads last night incase someone tried to break in
just have to hope nothing goes wrong, or the mice dont come and attack me!

but yeah keeps me busy.

so i do appologise to everyone if i post random posts this weekend, but i will most likely need to rant about something!

My boyfriend doesn't get it either - he's laid off the lectures now when I miss a 9am but he still gets all disappointed and parenty. Have you scheduled a retake?



I did pretty pleased with myself too - but I think it was largely because I got into bed and passed out rather than will power or anything. I feel a bit rough today and I need to remember that eating today is not a bad thing, it's a good thing because the day after drinking I always feel rough until I eat something substantial - I'm guessing it's a blood sugar thing. Trying to resist the urge to go to the gym later as well.



I have a CMHT meeting on the 14th, not sure whether to bring the above up; fairly certain they'll dismiss it anyway as I have a sickeningly healthy BMI

dont run! please be safe.
you are safe, nothings going to hurt you. i promise

Hope you have fun with your friend and her partner tomorrow!

My wife called and "persuaded" me to come back.


I can't even get running away right.

My wife called and "persuaded" me to come back.


I can't even get running away right.

hahaha they can be quite off putting when my mate did her foot, she had to see a hot dr oooffft. hahaha.

id rather not get shouted at by him

and its a horrible phobia hate hate hate it

The side effects vary so much from person to person, i was just tired a lot and couldn't sleep very well, and theres also a few other embarassing things that are minor. I know a friend though that felt terrible for the first few weeks, so you just have to wait and see.

Give it a chance tho whatever you do, it will take a month or two until it kicks in properly, its strange that it takes so long, but thats how it is. If you honestly feel that after 2 months or later that it isn't doing anything for you, tell your GP. Its common for people to need to try a lot of different meds before they find one that works for them. Best of luck with it

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Is it just me, or do doctors, therapists and councillors not really give a **** unless you're basically suicidal? I've been feeling like **** for a looong time, but only since recently when its been getting close to the most extreme that they seem to care at all.

Definitely don't deserve you guys being so nice.

Am going to M's tonight, unless I really really can't get out. Feeling vaguely copey atm, so I think I'll probably make it with the help of a benzo or two. And once I'm there there will be pizza (Domino's hopefully ) so that's motivating. So I'll be online until 7.30ish but if we miss each other, I hope you have a good evening.

Hope the weirdness was just a momentary blip and you're doing ok now.

iv had a suprisingly good day, this weekends starting to look good

i got a text of a mate i know from back home, and her and her partner live down here (known them both for years) saying they were 5 minuets away and did i want to meet them, so i went had we chatted and laughed, and they bought me a hot chocolate and i found out there car was in the garage on my road, so they went to go see if it was ready, and they have to bring it back tomorrow, so there coming round to mine in the morning which will be nice

so thats cheered me up massively, but i missed placement
was menna be there at 5, but i was too busy living in a normal nice world with no worries.

hope everyones ok

Hope it helps you!

Yeah plus doctors just seem scary . There is something I've been worried about for ages that I need to see a doctor for and I can't do it because it's embarrassing . Won't put specifics here

I hope you didn't



Well, got the meds. Read the side effects list and is huge!

Nice one, I hope it is amazing

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Oh, hello there Citalopram 10mg

Not sure how to feel although I think I can properly join in here now

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My wife called and "persuaded" me to come back.


I can't even get running away right.

Is there anyway you could cut down slowly? Stopping altogether when it's such an important coping mechanism for you seems like a bad idea and might lead to bad results but if you slowly drink less it might be easier? It'll take a lot of willpower but maybe buy a 4 pack and tell yourself you're not going to buy anything else when it's finished until x amount of time. Maybe you could give your money to someone to make sure you don't? I dunno it's just an idea.

It's definitely possible to stop. I used to drink a lot every day too but now I'm on about 1 cider a week which I thoroughly enjoy but had you told me that a couple of year's ago I'd have said impossible.

Went to my seminar (massive thanks to my mentor on that one).

Actually felt sorry for the tutor... she was pretty much talking to herself - was a very quiet group. Almost made me want to pipe up.

Treated myself afterwards to several hours with a friend playing LOTR on game cube. Nothing like smashing up some orcs to relieve stress.

Also sorted out Easter plans with my mum, and she completely understands my point of view, so that's really great. Am feeling less like a ****ty person because of that.

Trying to ignore the "*******s what if I can't do university?" thoughts at the moment. I can definitely do first year, then second year hopefully I'll get the modules that I want which will help take a load off.
In my head right now I'd actually take a 2.2. Obviously want a first or a 2.1 but won't let perfectionism drag me down into an all or nothing mindset. My health comes first. Always.

So currently stuff seems to be slowly slotting into place. FINALLY.


You probably won't see this until I'm tucked up in bed (hopefully not having weird dreams where I'm you and there are three of us and we unsuccessfully rob Tesco ) and we'll likely text before then anyway, but hope M's was funnnnnn. :huggles:

Edit: oooooooh also SFE gave me £318 for the 60 days after my intercalation. That eases things for me a bit.

your wife knows your safe and not going to get hurt, so doesnt want you to run.
she knows whats best for you.

its ok your safe at home with your wife.

That's because its the wrong thing to do! Of course you're not going to do well at something that you shouldnt do

Im happy your wife is good with her words, we all want you to be safe!

I know it was probably very annoying for you, but I am glad your wife persuaded you to come back and she is looking out for you.

I've been trying to reduce the amount I drink, I think the problem I have is that whenever I have one drink, I find it very hard to stop, and will drink everything in the house. Yeah, I think I just need to try resisting buying it, and maybe only buy a few cans rather than bottles of whisky. Thanks for the advice. I'm glad you managed to cut down, gives me some hope

Hello, (first post!) I'm a first year medical student and I've just joined this site (after some lurking). I was diagnosed with clinical depression about a year ago but I know I've had this problem for much longer and have never really had the opportunity to talk about it outside of a clinical setting. It would be particularly helpful as things have been quite difficult lately.

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong place to post this.

Hello, (first post!) I'm a first year medical student and I've just joined this site (after some lurking). I was diagnosed with clinical depression about a year ago but I know I've had this problem for much longer and have never really had the opportunity to talk about it outside of a clinical setting. It would be particularly helpful as things have been quite difficult lately.

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong place to post this.

Yeah, you guys are right, it was stupid. All I managed to do was be very confused and pick out which tree and that's not something I should have been doing. I'm really glad I have her I would do such stupid **** if I didn't.

Hello! Sounds like you got the right place, people here tend to be pretty nice and it's great to be able to talk to like-minded people.

Are you getting any help for your depression?

if you find a nice one its ok, i seem to live at the drs at the moment
try go if it worries you, ask for a male dr prehaps? if its personal i often ask for a female one...

i didnt, but he didnt wake up till like 5 i was getting worried till he text!

yeyyy, hahaha yeah, dont worry about it too much though, you wont get half of them. i really only got tiredness, yawning, my body kept locking up, then another very annoying thing hahaha

also thankyou, im kinda looking forward to it, but kinda not, so i dunno will be nice, but im in a **** mood tonight, so dunno how ill be feeling at 10am when they turn up! haha

Hope it works for you

no its wasnt that it was stupid, because your not stupid (it took me 2 attempts to spell stupid ) you thought you were doing the right thing, because thats what your brain told you to do! but your wife knew you were safer at home, which she was right
hope your calming a bit!

Thanks to everyone who's replied! You all seem very nice.

I had a few months of weekly psychotherapy last summer. Prior to that I was on a moderate does of citalopram for a few months but it seemed to have a really bad effect on me. At present, I've been in contact with the university psychological services to perhaps get some more counseling but nothing seems to be happening at the moment.

My biggest difficulty is with loneliness since I'm not a very social and I have sexuality and gender issues I'm not very open with.