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You can be granted leave if you're deemed safe enough. I'm not sure how long they will let you leave for, I know they allow weekends at home but I'm not sure about holidays?

Apart from that you would need to be discharged.

Okay, thanks for the information :smile:

Original post by Sultana

You can get leave as Noodlzz says, I got leave for 6 days so they might let you. Good luck with your appointment, I hope things work out alright for you.

Thanks for the response, hopefully it would be okay because otherwise it would be a pretty big waste of £200! Thank-you, me too.

Reply 3461

Noodlzzz

Original post by Sultana

It is so much stress! I feel like I have to watch everything I say and do now so as to not add more 'evidence' for the BPD. There is so much confirmation bias and circularity going on its maddening. Only I can't actually get mad because that is uncontrollable and inappropriate anger :rolleyes:

How did you get rid of your diagnosis? And is it gone for good now, or is it still there but like not active?

Thank you, for that I needed to hear it. I am normally fairly positive about this whole thing, sometimes it just gets to me a bit.

Ah I know the feeling about the anger, it does get better though. Got rid of it by being sent to a BPD specialist service who assessed me and said that I wasn't BPD. They then referred me back to another service who originally said I was BPD who agreed that the symptoms they thought might be BPD weren't and gave me a new label instead. And yes, gone for good rather than 'in remission'.

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Anonymous #1

Original post by Wheek

Personally I think it does help me. Its not a miracle cure but it helps take the edge off my anxiety enough for me to focus and employ some coping strategies and relaxation techniques. Could be placebo effect or could actually help but I have gone from being an agoraphobic to having a paid job and volunteering as a trainer for a local advice agency - standing up in front of people talking is the last thing I would have done a year ago, but I signed up when I was on a bit of a high (stupid mood swings) and did not want to let them down when I came down again and rescue remedy got me through the about 7/8 sessions now.

tbh even if its the placebo effect, if it helps me, i need it. i practically broke down in the middle of the exam hall :sigh:

do you know how much it costs by any chance?

Reply 3463

kiss_me_now9

Went down town and walked home, only felt a little bit anxious/weird in the post office :biggrin:

Yay! Feeling pretty good right now. Painted my nails with my nice new nail varnish and I'm going to set up a nail/beauty blog in a bit :smile:

I still don't feel 100%, still a lot of 'life isn't real' thoughts and paranoia, not sure how to deal with that but it seems to have calmed down a bit today. Tomorrow night might see if my BF wants to walk into town and have a drink - didn't go very well last time I tried it so it might be pushing too much too fast but I guess you never know if you don't try right?

Screw it, I feel incredible today :biggrin:

Reply 3464

d123

Original post by kiss_me_now9

Went down town and walked home, only felt a little bit anxious/weird in the post office :biggrin:

Yay! Feeling pretty good right now. Painted my nails with my nice new nail varnish and I'm going to set up a nail/beauty blog in a bit :smile:

Fantastic, well done! :hugs:

I got all my exam results back, I've passed second year with fairly good grades considering everything. :woo:

Reply 3465

kahinalouise

Original post by d123

Fantastic, well done! :hugs:

I got all my exam results back, I've passed second year with fairly good grades considering everything. :woo:

congratulations :smile:

Reply 3466

ParadoxSocks

I've been away at Download so I missed the last couple of days of thread - will go and catch up later this evening :smile:

I am exhausted right now and I feel a bit emotionally wobbly. Still heard nothing from my therapist, no emails or texts or anything but I did come back to a two books about "Coping with your anxiety" and "Coping with your OCD" and a CBT worksheet thing but no instructions on how to use anything. Not even a letter with everything. I've never even been told that I have OCD!

Feeling a little like they're hiding things from me and it's awful :frown:

Reply 3467

Meaty_man

Original post by CherryCherryBoomBoom

Anyone really bad at coping with disappointments? To the point that you get so many and it gets so bad that you just want to give up and not bother trying anymore?

I've had so many crappy disappointments over the past few years, in terms of education, employment, and relationships (both romantic ones and friendships). I can say that my life isn't even that bad in that I've never suffered any serious traumas like many people do, so I should be grateful in that respect but I still feel a bit dumb for getting so down about the things that have happened to me. I really just hate being so weak-minded :sigh:

Oh god, i get this so damn much. I dont think a single day goes by when i don't regret a bunch of things ive done. I dont get racing thoughts as much as i used to but i still zone out some times.

I don't know about you, but for me its always small things that really get me down, the most stupid of things. Like there was this one time i was at a gig and thought i'd throw water around everywhere, people do that at gigs right? At least its happened a lot when ive been out. Anyway, i ended up screwing it up and just soaked this one poor girl by accident, didnt have the heart to go over and tell her i was sorry, but it felt like i ruined her night and i felt real bad. I STILL feel ****ing terrible for it, even though it was ages ago. Lots of things like that constantly race around in my head and make me feel like ****, even though they aren't that serious at all.

In a similar way life treats me pretty well, so i really shouldnt feel so crap. I've come to realise though that its not what you go through, it's how you deal with it that makes a difference.

Original post by ParadoxSocks

I've been away at Download so I missed the last couple of days of thread - will go and catch up later this evening :smile:

oo oo oo how was download? :0 This was the first year for a while that i haven't gone to a festival, the lineup for download this year was pretty awesome but i just wasn't feeling it this time around. I heard it was really rainy this year?

With the OCD thing, im pretty sure most people have some degree of it. I've never been told i have it but some of the things i do would suggest i do. In a similar way a lot of people are dyslexic, but in such a way that most people would never notice.

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 3468

CherryCherryBoomBoom

Original post by Meaty_man

I guess it's just a case of things affecting different people differently.

Tbh though, I didn't know people throw water at gigs :curious:

. I guess I don't go to enough gigs then? :p:

I understand why you'd feel bad about it :console:

, but it's over now and she probably doesn't even remember it anymore herself, let alone worrying about it still.

Reply 3469

avhhs

Back to school today. Went well, although today had the least amount of lessons in the whole week :tongue:

. Tomorrow is the most, and if that goes well that would be amazing :awesome:

. Feeling good too :smile:

Anyone struggling needs this: :lovehug:

Reply 3470

SciFiRory

Original post by ParadoxSocks

I've been away at Download so I missed the last couple of days of thread - will go and catch up later this evening :smile:

you enjoy the festival and stuff at least? :smile:

sorry to hear that, if you need to talk to them do you have contact details for them atm? that sounds very confusing yeah :/ hopefully they contact you soon so you know what's going on! :hugs:

-------------------------

feeling slightly more stable than I was this morning, though still pretty low, slept a bit more, now watching the football which so far is distracting enough, probably means I be up all night again, which feeling this low really won't be good :frown:

idk.

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 3471

katebrighteyes

Never posted here before. Was loosely diagnosed with BPD by a CMHT member and I am due to start DBT in September. Feel like I'm going nuts though. Everything just feels impossible. I've been with my boyfriend for over a year but it still never feels enough. I find it hard knowing how I am meant to be positive when everything ends. It's weird.

But hey :smile:

Reply 3472

ilem

I'm considering asking my GP at uni for a referral to a psychiatrist, any ideas how long the waiting time for my appointment would be?

Reply 3473

avhhs

I'm now feeling quite tired :sad:

. Was having a good time before that. Now my bad feelings are beginning to come back :cry:

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my HTC Wildfire S

Reply 3474

katebrighteyes

Original post by ilem

I'm considering asking my GP at uni for a referral to a psychiatrist, any ideas how long the waiting time for my appointment would be?

Mine referred me to something called 'Steps 2 Wellbeing' and they called me for an assessment and my case was too severe so I was referred to my local Community Mental Health Team. Everything takes forever on the NHS. Don't expect them to just ship you off to a psych I'd say. They'll try to get you through counselling etc. first.

Reply 3475

Wheek

Original post by Anonymous

tbh even if its the placebo effect, if it helps me, i need it. i practically broke down in the middle of the exam hall :sigh:

do you know how much it costs by any chance?

I think its about £7/8 in tesco. Have you spoken to a dr at all about how you are feeling (sorry if you have already said and I missed it, brain is like a sieve) as it might be worth trying to get some kind of talking therapy to help with your anxiety and to teach you relaxation techniques and coping stratagies

Reply 3476

Sabertooth

Do NHS doctors get interviewed in their native language? Because I can't think of any other way they'd get their job without being able to speak ****ing English. :mad:

Although a lot of the time I do wonder whether they got interviewed at all or whether NHS recruitment officers just plucked random people off the streets and handed them a job.

Reply 3477

Sabertooth

Original post by Anonymous

does anybody have any experience with rescue remedy, or any other herbal things like that?

i had a panic attack during my exam today, had to leave and calm down for 20 minutes, and finish my exam in a small quiet, empty room next to an open window. my teacher suggested something like rescue remedy could help for my other exams, but i'm not sure about it :s-smilie:

I bought the rescue remedy gum once because it was on sale for 50p a pack. Tasted quite nice and I think it helped a little (was using it for anxiety about being in public), but that might have been just a placebo effect (hell, when I say "might" I mean "almost certainly").

Original post by ilem

I'm considering asking my GP at uni for a referral to a psychiatrist, any ideas how long the waiting time for my appointment would be?

Good luck with that. Took me 7 months to get seen by a psychiatrist.

Reply 3478

ilem

Original post by katebrighteyes

I've been through counselling and so on already, currently trialing Venlafaxine as my 5th antidepressant and the GP suggested a psych referral if it has no effect. Meant to ask her about the waiting times but it slipped my mind somehow!

Reply 3479

The_Lonely_Goatherd

I got seen by a psychiatrist within two-three weeks of being referred. My GP was like :lolwut:

the moment I said "I hear voices" and put me on the emergency list (partly coz I was heading back to uni and was just back for the Christmas holidays, but still :colondollar:

)

I think I'm just very lucky with the London borough where I live. My older sister has a theory that they have to be vaguely organised and efficient because most people here are at least upper-middle class and have the money to sue. I've got an awful feeling she may have a point :erm: