Mental Health Support Society XVIII

While this hasn't happened to me (but it is something I almost worry about), as someone going into third year next year, I can see how awful/annoying that must be, like why would they decide to remove something that is no doubt interesting or your area of expertise, ya know? especially when the 1st/2nd year modules aren't as interesting as some of the 3rd year ones.

When your uni ****s you over and doesn't run the one module that was gonna get you through 3rd year AND was going to be central to your dissertation plans. I am so angry right now.

Also starting medication next week but because it is A Level results day my shifts at work have increased massively. ****.

Oh wow that sounds infuriating. Hopefully they'll run it in 4th year for you. I know it feels really frustrating but if you've got your heart set on a certain dissertation topic I think it's possible to do even without the class. It will be a lot harder but I think if that's your plan you should go for it regardless. Could you talk to the person who runs that module?

Do you know what medication you're going to be taking? I really hope it works out for you.

One of my cats had to go through this too a few years ago I hope it is just a benign cyst and that your cat recovers well from the op. Big hugs to you and best of luck with the new psychiatrist

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I am planning to talk to the guy. I want him to be my dissertation tutor anyway, so no harm in getting in early.

No idea, tbh. All I know is that it is an antipsychotic. :/

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Hopefully he'll be helpful.

Ok. Good luck with that. If you want to talk to someone who's tried a fair few antipsychotics feel free to pm me.

Will do Not looking forward to be on new medication and doing a 8 hour shift on Thursday and a 10 hour shift on Friday

@Sabertooth is your little cat ok?

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I think they'll probably get you to take the antipsychotic in the evening (unless it's abilify) as a lot of them can make you tired. Sometimes this tiredness continues through to the morning so if you have early shifts you might want to try and swap with someone who starts later perhaps.

He ate all his dinner last night and breakfast this morning, which I think is a good sign. However, he's been hiding a lot otherwise - though I do have another cat who sometimes bullies him a bit so I can see why he wants to hide. When I pet him he purrs and rubs his face on my hands, which I think is also a good sign. His scar looks really painful though, I feel so bad for him.

Thanks for asking. Hope you're doing well too.

That's annoying she hasn't got back to you. However, maybe to help explain a bit, in the teams I have worked in, the allocations of CPNs and Social Workers are done by team managers. So the therapist will let the manager know that they think you need a care coordinator and then it will be discussed and if it is agreed you need a CC, they will put you on the waiting list, which can take some time. Also she will need to speak to a psychiatrist about meds, and their waiting lists can be very long.

Hopefully you hear back soon though!


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Im not doing very well at all.

Haven't heard the voices since Monday!

Also saw a new psychiatrist yesterday. She was super nice although quite alarmed by the amount of medication I'm on. She wants to look into reducing it if things continue to go well because of the high risk of side effects. And I didn't get sectioned which I was so scared of!

I spoke to the disability office at my university. They told me to come in and see a psychiatrist so I can start getting support from there too.

I'm really scared about starting back at uni on Monday but hoping it goes well and maybe I'll even make some friends.