Depression Society MKVI

It's likely that the doctor asked for your number to pass it on to the CMHT. They will contact you at some point to arrange an assessment to see if they can help you / review meds / arrange a care co-ordinator.

Okay, that doesn't sound too bad, thanks for the information Any idea how long it usually takes for them to get in touch? I'm at college so might miss a phone call, will they keep trying to call? This is all so alien to me, haha.

All the services I've been referred to I've normally heard from them within 2 weeks. Yes, they'll keep trying to call until every few hours until they can get through to you.

Brilliant, thank-you for letting me know. A few other questions (sorry!): can I drink alcohol whilst taking these meds? The information booklet says it's "not advised", but does that mean absolutely no alcohol? The booklet also says you usually have to take the meds for a period of 4-6 months, is this usually the case (assuming my mood improves)?

I assume these are antidepressants? Yes you can drink on them, but start small rather than your usual amount as they can interact for some people and make you a bit more of a light weight / drowsy / sick.

It's normal practice that once your mood has improved to a reasonable level you should stay on the meds for 6 months after that to minimise it returning.

I've finally figured out the crisis team. They have one of these:



But instead of turn it on and off again they've got 'have a hot bath'

thanks

How are you getting on?

Hey,

Yes Im ok.... got soaked again coming back from my support session. sofar soo good.... feel abit uneasy about the upcoming assignments.... there fairly big ones and Im abit worried that there wont be enough time.

I got quite abit of work done last night.... never seems to end though... gets abit overwhelming.

Yea deffo if you have a complaint then stick it to em..lol

I may be your nerves playing you up... as you said you handed in your dissertation, but you were sure you had missed something, coupled with the bad supervisor its bound to play on your mind...

Hope you get on ok.... and hope you have a good day.

medication still isn't really doing much, and anxiety and stuff is getting worse but hopefully once I get back for summer and can start CBT things will start to look up thanks though



Well try not to stress about it too much, normally stressing about the work just makes me less able to actually do any of it .... hope you manage to get it all sorted! Glad you managed to get some done yesterday!

Nah university does just seem neverending it is rather stressful, worked out that in 3 weeks I will have completely finished everything though

I did complain at them... the other people in my group didn't show up so I had to complain by myself, I managed it just fine though! Pretty good at complaining ... you may have noticed

But yer I hope it is all due to the work and stuff and gets better soon it is really doing my head in now! going away with the parents tomorrow, not sure how I am feeling about all of that!

Hope you're alright and have a good day though

Just got back from the gym. For the first time ever I managed to get the balls to enter the free weights area. There was a bunch of huge guys there and then little me, but I did squats, bench press and random **** with some dumb-bells. Actually feel really good about myself. I managed to stay there for ages despite all the laughing and comments about my weight. Exercise is most definitely good for mood.

That's actually quite lucky in a way - I revised but got lower grades than that

I've had enough. I'm not going back to school again. Not when you get given an hour detention without being asked why you were absent. I know no one really cares about me. If they did, I would never be in this situation. From September I'm gonna go to college, at least (I hope) they'll genuinely care. If I continue now, I'll fail.

Just got back from the gym. For the first time ever I managed to get the balls to enter the free weights area. There was a bunch of huge guys there and then little me, but I did squats, bench press and random **** with some dumb-bells. Actually feel really good about myself. I managed to stay there for ages despite all the laughing and comments about my weight. Exercise is most definitely good for mood.

Maybe the break will do you some good. Although im not sure what I will do with out my moaning buddy.

But I agree with you... if any of the stress from the supervisor has impacted your final work then you have the right to seek .... well anything you can get (I suppose lots of £££££££££ is out of the question)

Did you try speaking up and explaining why you were absent, without waiting for them to ask you?

Good for you! Just think, they won't be laughing in a couple of months time when you've built some muscle. Keep at it!

Yey! Soon you'll be able to pick up the huge guys and use them as your weights
I still haven't got the balls to go (uni gym, in some ways that's worse than it being big hulking adults). I keep telling myself I'll lose a bit of weight first and then go when I'm more confident

It probably could be if I tried harder I think. Should have plenty of time to do it tomorrow though.

Sorry to hear that, hopefully mentor will give you a bit of a confidence boost

I didn't, but I don't care. I had a mock exam straight after, and I didn't do over half of it. The teacher wasn't happy. I didn't go back after break. I don't even want to go to school now. I will be willing to do the actual exams, but that's just about it. I don't want to go for unnecessary lessons. I just don't see the point. Look at how little revision I did during the holidays. And then you get teachers always putting you under pressure in various ways.

The worst thing of all is the bastard that is my dad. Never ****ing takes me seriously. He thinks whatever I'm doing is a joke. I just want to kill him.

Heh, thanks guys.

Angelbones, you shouldn't worry about going. I was terrified to start with but it's ok if you just turn your MP3 player up loud and get on with it. Although I did lose a fair amount doing the couch to 5k program before I joined the gym. You could try that?