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(Original post by littleshambles)
i find the main guy sooooooo annoying, he just mumbles nonsense tbh and i can't understand half the things he says. they instantly piss me off when i see them. even though logically i know they are just trying to follow me up i don't see why they have to come to see me EVERY day (for like 5 mins, how is that even helpful?!). like the only thing ACTUALLY making me ill is the tablets (although on the plus side they haven't been that awful for me today and i'm cleaning my room up and shizzle). i don't see what is so bad that they have to come every day? i also like how they're all like omg omg omg medicine even though there could conceivably be nothing wrong with me. like shouldn't you NOT unnecessarily medicate people? and they are soooo slow to understand stuff. sometimes they don't even read notes before they turn up. i'm fine anyway. and they are going on about benefits and ESA and going oh go down to the job centre argh argh. i have THINGZ TO DO. eff eff ess.

Could you ask them to maybe make them less visits because they sound like they are just useless. Could you ask them why they are coming round so often. Are the meds having benefits, or just side effects atm? I think not reading notes is part of their job.

[superwolf]

(Original post by 35mm_)
I had my appointment with my psychiatrist on Monday and my CPN turned up too. They both want me to go into respite for a while. My next appointment is Thursday so I'm going to pretend everything is fine and convince them I don't need to go. She said they're on the verge of sectioning me, so one more slip up and that's it. My CPN is a waste of space; when she looked at my arm on Monday she looked so disgusted. #rant

Just be sure and keep yourself safe. You might also want to think about the longer game - if you go in voluntarily now, you might have a better chance of staying out of hospital later.

(Original post by littleshambles)
stop ****ing promoting alcoholism, seriously.

imagine there being people with alcohol problems in the depression society! IMAGINE.

I'd hardly call it 'promoting alcoholism.' But if you think what I've posted is inappropriate for this society then fair enough, I'll stop.

[headunderwater]

(Original post by superwolf)
Just be sure and keep yourself safe. You might also want to think about the longer game - if you go in voluntarily now, you might have a better chance of staying out of hospital later.

I can't do it to my mum though. She told me she doesn't know how she'd cope if I went into hospital again. When I was first admitted she tried to kill herself and she's threatened to do the same if I go back in

I'd hardly call it 'promoting alcoholism.' But if you think what I've posted is inappropriate for this society then fair enough, I'll stop.

You weren't 'promoting alcoholism'. Ignore her.

[headunderwater]

I know none of you are doctors but I'm seriously looking for an anti-psychotic change. My olanzapine is no longer working effectively and my psychosis has became much much worse. Can people tell me their experiences of being on different anti-psychotics? Apart from quetiapine because i've been on that before.

[Sabertooth]

(Original post by 35mm_)
I know none of you are doctors but I'm seriously looking for an anti-psychotic change. My olanzapine is no longer working effectively and my psychosis has became much much worse. Can people tell me their experiences of being on different anti-psychotics? Apart from quetiapine because i've been on that before.

I've been on a hell of a lot of antipsychotics, you can find my views about each one here:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show....php?t=1665671

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Amisulpride (Solian)
This drug has literally saved my life. I felt extremely sedated to start with and also had very blurred vision but these both wore off after about 2 weeks. Slight nausea when I eat (not sure if this is caused by it), also lactation, but not sure if that's not residual from the risperidone I took before it. "Drugged up" feeling (though I am on a very high dose) for the first 3 weeks or so, less now.

Aripiprazole (Abilify)
Quite stimulating for an antipsychotic, often had to have zopiclone to help me sleep while on it. Also great in that it was one of the few where weight gain wasn't a problem.
An atypical antipsychotic with some unusual properties as it functions as both a dopamine agonist and antagonist. For these reasons some people can find it very stimulating and it can significantly worsen insomnia in those who suffer from it. Caused me a lot of problems with akathisia and blurred vision for these reasons I was pulled off it by my doctors. It was actually very effective in controlling the psychotic symptoms however the aforementioned problems unfortunately made staying on this medication unbearable. Definitely worth trying as not everyone will experience the side effects like I did. Another plus is that it doesn't cause any weight gain!

Chlorpromazine (Thorazine, Largactil)
Very good as a sleeping pill, not much help as an antipsychotic, significant effects on mental abilities which didn't wear off. Good as a prn when you're having a rough time.

Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
2 words: Weight gain. 4 stone in 2 months. Way too much sleep as well, upwards of 17hours a day, every day.
Generally accepted to be the most sedating of the atypical antipsychotics it definitely lived up to its reputation. Most days whilst taking this medication it would cause me to sleep for up to 15 hours at a time. Also caused significant weight gain, drooling, and severe mental dulling. Also caused me to lapse into a severe depressive episode, definitely wont be trying this ever again.
initially no side-effects, but after being on it for a long period of time it might have caused me to develop a bit of a tremor. Augmented the positive effects of my antidepressants, and also stopped some weird and highly unwelcome thoughts I was having.

Clomipramine
Gave me low blood pressure for the first month or two, causing dizziness and loss of vision whenever I stood up, and I fainted a couple of times. But this wore off after a while and is no longer a problem. Cured my depression almost completely.

Quetiapine (Seroquel)
2 words again: weight gain. 2 stone in 3 weeks. Significant mental dulling, couldn't do simple math sums, again very sedating but no where near as bad as the olanzapine. Worth mentioning I did a lot of exercise and watched my diet on this but the weight still piled on.
Can be rather sedating during the first few weeks of use, however after a couple of months the sedation becomes less noticeable and more tolerable. Common to experience orthostatic hypotension during the first few days of use however this will generally subside with time. As with most sedating atypical antipsychotics weight gain is very common, I gained 3 stone in two months. This medication caused significant mental dulling and suppression of emotional responses. Negativity aside it is generally pretty good in controlling psychotic experiences such as visual and auditory hallucinations, although breakthrough experiences did occur even at high doses of 750 mg per day.
flu-like symptoms, including dizziness and weakness, meaning I could barely get out of bed. Also mental confusion, similar to having a really bad hangover or being extremely sleep-deprived. After a week I saw my GP, who gave me a check up, found my pulse was over 170 bpm and so sent me into hospital overnight (I had a pretty severe and atypical reaction though, and my symptoms all disappeared as soon as I stopped taking the pills). No effect on mood.

Risperidone (Risperdal
Lactation. Yep. Not fun. Again significant mental dulling, not as bad as quetiapine but certainly affected my ability to study. These effects didn't wear off over the several months I took it.

Trifluoperazine (Stelazine)
Blurred vision, slight sedation, quite a good prn drug but not so good as a daily drug in that it only worked for a little while afterwards I found, hence why it was useful at higher doses as prn.

Any questions just ask and I'll try and answer.

[Exopaladin]

(Original post by 35mm_)
I know none of you are doctors but I'm seriously looking for an anti-psychotic change. My olanzapine is no longer working effectively and my psychosis has became much much worse. Can people tell me their experiences of being on different anti-psychotics? Apart from quetiapine because i've been on that before.

Not been on it for psychosis, but Aripiprazole was pretty good for me. Took it as an augment to an antidepressant. No real side effects from it aside from a little insomnia. Might've actually lost some weight on it (good thing for me :P)

[headunderwater]

(Original post by sabertooth)
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Thanks a lot. If I think of any questions I'll be sure to ask you. My mind's gone blank for some reason.

(Original post by Exopaladin)
Not been on it for psychosis, but Aripiprazole was pretty good for me. Took it as an augment to an antidepressant. No real side effects from it aside from a little insomnia. Might've actually lost some weight on it (good thing for me :P)

I suffer really badly from insomnia so any drug that makes it worse is a massive no-no. Thanks anyway.

[Anonymous]

(Original post by Anonymous)
I will probably chicken out.
I had a shower. Although I am sat here with a towel on my head from 40 minutes ago.

I hope you won't either
RESIST THE TEA FLAVOURED GOODNESS!

No chickening out!
Haha, I always do that, haven't used a hairdryer for ages!
Was today any better?

I resisted! I may have had a chocolate as a substitute and I may be drinking a cup of tea right now but still.
Meeting with the mental health advisor was really good, once he recieves the gp's letter he's going to email me to fill is a DSA application form which will pay for the mentoring. Looks like it should be ok for my counsellor to be my mentor, only technical thing is there needs to be some time between the counselling ending and the mentoring starting but as the form will take a while to be processed that should be ok. Apparently my counsellor spoke to him and said we get on quite well and I open up to him, that's why it would be good for him to be my mentor. Maybe I'm able to talk to him a bit better than I thought.

[Angury]

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice if that's ok.
I'm planning on making a GP appointment because I'm worried that I might have depression. I'm very nervous though, and I've been putting the appointment off for a while. Could someone tell me the basics about what happens during the appointment? I'm not a very good talker, so I'm not sure what I should mention.
If I do get diagnosed with depression, I'm reluctant to try antidepressants, and I personally don't think counselling is for me because like I said, I don't like talking (although I'm willing to give anything a go I guess if it makes me better). I'm just wondering what else they would suggest, or are those the two main options that are usually offered?
I know the appointment is different for each person, but I'm freaking out a little so anything to calm me down would be great!

[Anonymous]

(Original post by Angury)
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice if that's ok.
I'm planning on making a GP appointment because I'm worried that I might have depression. I'm very nervous though, and I've been putting the appointment off for a while. Could someone tell me the basics about what happens during the appointment? I'm not a very good talker, so I'm not sure what I should mention.
If I do get diagnosed with depression, I'm reluctant to try antidepressants, and I personally don't think counselling is for me because like I said, I don't like talking (although I'm willing to give anything a go I guess if it makes me better). I'm just wondering what else they would suggest, or are those the two main options that are usually offered?
I know the appointment is different for each person, but I'm freaking out a little so anything to calm me down would be great!

You don't need to worry about not being able to say much, you can just say your feeling very low and then the gp should take the lead with questions from there. They will be used to people finding it hard to talk about. You might get given a questionnaire to fill in aswell where you just tick boxes about your symptoms.
Those are the main two forms of treatment apart from possibly another form of talking therapy such as CBT. I think it's worth giving what they suggest a go. Try not to worry too much about the counselling, I was nervous about it but it has really helped despite me being literally the most shy person in the world.
Good luck with the appointment!

[Exopaladin]

(Original post by Angury)
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice if that's ok.
I'm planning on making a GP appointment because I'm worried that I might have depression. I'm very nervous though, and I've been putting the appointment off for a while. Could someone tell me the basics about what happens during the appointment? I'm not a very good talker, so I'm not sure what I should mention.
If I do get diagnosed with depression, I'm reluctant to try antidepressants, and I personally don't think counselling is for me because like I said, I don't like talking (although I'm willing to give anything a go I guess if it makes me better). I'm just wondering what else they would suggest, or are those the two main options that are usually offered?
I know the appointment is different for each person, but I'm freaking out a little so anything to calm me down would be great!

Normally when you see someone new about depression (GP/psychiatrist/whatever) they'll either give you a questionnaire for you to fill out or ask you questions themselves where you rate things like sleep disturbance/low mood/anxiety/eating disturbances/loss of pleasure/loss of libido/etc. They'll take the lead in asking questions rather than just expecting you to know exactly what to say.

Medication and therapy (either talk therapy or CBT) will be the main options, with normally pretty big waiting lists for therapy, so you have some time to decide if you want to do it or not.

[avhhs]

I think I'm going to get admitted into hospital.

[Angury]

(Original post by Anonymous)
You don't need to worry about not being able to say much, you can just say your feeling very low and then the gp should take the lead with questions from there. They will be used to people finding it hard to talk about. You might get given a questionnaire to fill in aswell where you just tick boxes about your symptoms.
Those are the main two forms of treatment apart from possibly another form of talking therapy such as CBT. I think it's worth giving what they suggest a go. Try not to worry too much about the counselling, I was nervous about it but it has really helped despite me being literally the most shy person in the world.
Good luck with the appointment!

(Original post by Exopaladin)
Normally when you see someone new about depression (GP/psychiatrist/whatever) they'll either give you a questionnaire for you to fill out or ask you questions themselves where you rate things like sleep disturbance/low mood/anxiety/eating disturbances/loss of pleasure/loss of libido/etc. They'll take the lead in asking questions rather than just expecting you to know exactly what to say.

Medication and therapy (either talk therapy or CBT) will be the main options, with normally pretty big waiting lists for therapy, so you have some time to decide if you want to do it or not.

Thanks for your replies! I just have one more question.. would there be any consequences if I did end up getting diagnosed with depression? Would it limit me in someway in the future? Would I have to mention it in forms when I apply for jobs or whatever? I'm planning to ask the doctor this anyway if I do get diagnosed, but you guys are so helpful.

[Noodlzzz]

Got admitted for a week, only just got out. Told my GP that I thought she was part of a group who wan to hurt me. She sent me to an A&E. They put ****ing police officers outside my cubicle incase I tried to run. Then got threatened with section if I didn't go to hospital voluntarily. No beds in the local hospital so was taken to a high security intensive unit where I was stripped, searched, had everything removed from me including the underwear I was wearing and forced to take sedatives as me asking to be discharged was 'hostile behaviour'. Finally got discharged to my local hospital where again, threatened with section when I tried to leave. Told me I was schizophrenic put me on antipsychotics. Next psychiatrist I saw decided to take me off the antipsychotics, transfer me to a crisis house where I wanted to go initially. Then the crisis team rocked up decided they want me to go home so I'm now in the ****ing basement of my halls scared ****less about the spies, not given medication that could possible help, pissed at the people who put me in hospital and feeling suicidal but can't call the crisis team because I am NEVER going back into hospital again.

For anyone who thinks hospital is place of rest or respite it's not. It is a last resort for times of serious crisis.

[headunderwater]

(Original post by avhhs)
I think I'm going to get admitted into hospital.

Do you want to talk about it? Why do you think that.

[Exopaladin]

(Original post by Angury)
Thanks for your replies! I just have one more question.. would there be any consequences if I did end up getting diagnosed with depression? Would it limit me in someway in the future? Would I have to mention it in forms when I apply for jobs or whatever? I'm planning to ask the doctor this anyway if I do get diagnosed, but you guys are so helpful.

As far as I'm aware you're not obligated to put it on application forms, not sure that any of the ones I looked at while applying for graduate jobs had sections on disabilities. It's normally something you'd deal with on other forms once you get a job offer/have signed a contract.

[avhhs]

(Original post by 35mm_)
Do you want to talk about it? Why do you think that.

I'm currently in A&E, waiting for a psych review.

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I was extremely mad at my mum yesterday and this morning.

[Sabertooth]

(Original post by Noodlzzz)
Got admitted for a week, only just got out. Told my GP that I thought she was part of a group who wan to hurt me. She sent me to an A&E. They put ****ing police officers outside my cubicle incase I tried to run. Then got threatened with section if I didn't go to hospital voluntarily. No beds in the local hospital so was taken to a high security intensive unit where I was stripped, searched, had everything removed from me including the underwear I was wearing and forced to take sedatives as me asking to be discharged was 'hostile behaviour'. Finally got discharged to my local hospital where again, threatened with section when I tried to leave. Told me I was schizophrenic put me on antipsychotics. Next psychiatrist I saw decided to take me off the antipsychotics, transfer me to a crisis house where I wanted to go initially. Then the crisis team rocked up decided they want me to go home so I'm now in the ****ing basement of my halls scared ****less about the spies, not given medication that could possible help, pissed at the people who put me in hospital and feeling suicidal but can't call the crisis team because I am NEVER going back into hospital again.

For anyone who thinks hospital is place of rest or respite it's not. It is a last resort for times of serious crisis.

Argh, that sounds like a total nightmare.

Why'd they take you off of the antipsychotics?

[headunderwater]

(Original post by avhhs)


I'm currently in A&E, waiting for a psych review.

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I was extremely mad at my mum yesterday and this morning.

Ah. I'm sorry it's came to this, but maybe being admitted to hospital may help with whatever you've got going on at the moment. I've got a bad feeling I'm going to be admitted again in the next week. Sucks. I hope things get better for you, I truly do.

[avhhs]

(Original post by 35mm_)
Ah. I'm sorry it's came to this, but maybe being admitted to hospital may help with whatever you've got going on at the moment. I've got a bad feeling I'm going to be admitted again in the next week. Sucks. I hope things get better for you, I truly do.

Thanks . I hope things get better for you too

And I might not be able to post too much for now.