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Reply 1020
Original post by Anonymous
Got my "first point of contact" clinic with CAMHS tomorrow. What sort of things do you usually talk about? They gave me a questionnaire to fill out, will it mainly be based on that?

I've been on 20mg citalopram for almost a month now and I can't say it's working. Making a doctor's appointment for Wednesday, hopefully he'll be able to tell me why :erm:


I was put on 20mg of citalopram last Friday, did you feel nauseous in the first few days from it and also go through a terrible patch about a week after you started (that I am currently in right now)? :hugs:
Reply 1021
Original post by sunfowers01
Feeling frustrated with everything and everyone. Feel like I don´t belon or fit in where I am.


Know the frustrated feeling, and then I get frustrated that I am frustrated and it just gets worse and worse! :hugs:
Original post by AmiB
I was put on 20mg of citalopram last Friday, did you feel nauseous in the first few days from it and also go through a terrible patch about a week after you started (that I am currently in right now)? :hugs:


Look at the notice inside the box with the medication, it should say what the secondary effects are.
My doctor did say anti-depressants increase suicidal thoughts for some people, is that what you mean by terrible patch?
Reply 1023
Original post by Webberino
Ah well maybe it was getting a bit late to revise. :hugs:

Yeah, have been a bit up and down lately. Hopefully, need to summon some will power!

You will get the chance to socialise, there will be plenty of time for that later when you meet the right people. :hugs:

Good luck with your exam!


Original post by SciFiBoy
good luck with your exam :smile:


Thanks both of you :smile: :jumphug:
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Original post by superwolf
:hugs: Where's she off too? And do you think you'll be alright on your own? :console:

Do you mind sending me that PM about how you think I've been acting weird today? GP appointment's not til tomorrow, but I keep getting kind of worked up about how everyone seems to be worried about me even when I haven't said anything to them, and I still don't seem to have any insight into what might be wrong with me. So I'd really appreciate anything you could say to me. Also, do you know if laut would still rather not speak to me?




Everyone: sorry if I've been making you worry about me, it's all been unintentional. Been trying not to post too much because of this, but that's pretty hard since you guys are my friends and I want to talk to you. I've got a friend staying with me now who's going to keep an eye on me, and a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, so I am getting help from people. Still not got a clue what's wrong with me, so I'm afraid you guys don't know any less than me. :tongue:

There are a lot of people/posts I've been wanting to reply to (got them all stacked up as usual), but I haven't wanted to because I know I've been acting strange and upsetting people so I don't want to do that more, especially with people I know are vulnerable like me. Really do want to talk to you guys and answer your posts, but I don't know how long til I should really start doing that again, and I think I should especially stay away from posts where you're talking about serious issues.

It's absolutely killing me to write this, and I don't know if I'm just going to end up upsetting people again (started off just wanting to reassure you about me :s-smilie:), so please just ignore me if I do.


I'm at college atm so ima PM you when I'm home :jumphug:
Original post by AmiB
I was put on 20mg of citalopram last Friday, did you feel nauseous in the first few days from it and also go through a terrible patch about a week after you started (that I am currently in right now)? :hugs:


When I was on citalopram I felt really nauseous for the first few days and had a killer headache but it did wear off. Keep at it and hopefully it will start to kick in soon.


Original post by superwolf
Everyone: sorry if I've been making you worry about me, it's all been unintentional. Been trying not to post too much because of this, but that's pretty hard since you guys are my friends and I want to talk to you. I've got a friend staying with me now who's going to keep an eye on me, and a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, so I am getting help from people. Still not got a clue what's wrong with me, so I'm afraid you guys don't know any less than me. :tongue:

There are a lot of people/posts I've been wanting to reply to (got them all stacked up as usual), but I haven't wanted to because I know I've been acting strange and upsetting people so I don't want to do that more, especially with people I know are vulnerable like me. Really do want to talk to you guys and answer your posts, but I don't know how long til I should really start doing that again, and I think I should especially stay away from posts where you're talking about serious issues.

It's absolutely killing me to write this, and I don't know if I'm just going to end up upsetting people again (started off just wanting to reassure you about me :s-smilie:), so please just ignore me if I do.


I'm probably not alone in saying keep posting, I actually like it when you post a lot because [perhaps wrongly] it shows that you're actually doing something more than lying staring at your bedroom wall, which is always positive.

I'm very glad to hear your friend is staying with you. I hope that it helps you. And if you want me to do anything to help then please just say. :hugs:
I overslept and missed the morning session at the drop in clinic :frown: Well, I say overslept, I woke up at 7 after only getting to sleep at about half 3/4, then lay awake stressing and getting agitated before falling back to sleep at 9.30.

I think the next session is at 5, so I'll go along at 4.30ish and ask if the female doctor is there. Really don't like the male one. If she's in, I'll stay. If not, I'll go back another time when she's there.
Original post by Anonymous
Got my "first point of contact" clinic with CAMHS tomorrow. What sort of things do you usually talk about? They gave me a questionnaire to fill out, will it mainly be based on that?

I've been on 20mg citalopram for almost a month now and I can't say it's working. Making a doctor's appointment for Wednesday, hopefully he'll be able to tell me why :erm:


It's been ages since I had an appointment with CAMHS (too old now... ) but when i had my first appointment is was just a chat about what has been going on right now, what you are struggling with. They will probably ask about your family history and your medical history too. It's nothing to worry about, they are really nice and will help you.

Sometimes, some anti depressants don't work for some people, but there are loads out there (although if you are under 18, there is a more limited choice). Hopefully your doctor will be able to get you another drug which will help.
Original post by Sabertooth


It is interesting. But I'm still letting no one near my brain :tongue:
Original post by Sabertooth


Hell I'd do it. The way I see it even if it did **** my brain up it wouldn't exactly be a major loss.
3004 words down. :woo:


Original post by bullettheory
It is interesting. But I'm still letting no one near my brain :tongue:


Same here. Not a chance in hell.



Original post by superwolf
Hell I'd do it. The way I see it even if it did **** my brain up it wouldn't exactly be a major loss.


I thought of you when I read the article tbh. You should maybe ask about it if you have no response to the latest drug.
Original post by Sabertooth
3004 words down. :woo:





I thought of you when I read the article tbh. You should maybe ask about it if you have no response to the latest drug.


Somebody's doing pretty damn good. :dumbells:



Be cool if I got to keep electric powers afterwards. I could go round sneaking up on people (especially you :colone:) and using my electricity to mess their hair up.
Original post by Sabertooth
3004 words down. :woo:


Congratulations :smile:.
So I'm finally getting a weekly therapist. She also said she didn't think I was borderline - but 'clinically depressed with psychotic traits'.

:smile: Hope everybody's good!
Thanks for the reassurance about the CAMHS clinic, everyone :hugs: It was okay, didn't last too long luckily! They told me that seeing as I've been working with a therapist at school they think I should continue doing that for now, but refer back to them once my current sessions end if I need to. Anyway, I'm seeing my therapist tomorrow so I need to attempt to tell her about how I've been feeling, and then seeing my GP on Thursday. Hopefully he'll either increase or change my meds because I really don't feel like I'm functioning at the moment :erm: Went to sleep at 5:00 this morning and woke up naturally at 7:30-ish, and I didn't sleep at all on Friday night. It's getting exhausting!

Original post by AmiB
I was put on 20mg of citalopram last Friday, did you feel nauseous in the first few days from it and also go through a terrible patch about a week after you started (that I am currently in right now)? :hugs:


I completely lost my appetite for the first week, became a little shaky and had a couple of instances where my head felt a bit strange (I'm not prone to headaches). After the first week I started binge eating again. My sleeping has been all over the place; either mild insomnia (not sleeping for up to 2 days usually) or sleeping for 15 hours+. Some lack of concentration, and my short-term memory seems worse than usual. As you can see, I got really lucky :tongue: Although to be honest it's hard to say which things have been caused by the meds and which would have happened anyway!

I hope you aren't feeling too bad :hugs: What sort of things have you been experiencing?
(edited 11 years ago)
Reply 1036
Original post by Anonymous

I completely lost my appetite for the first week, became a little shaky and had a couple of instances where my head felt a bit strange (I'm not prone to headaches). After the first week I started binge eating again. My sleeping has been all over the place; either mild insomnia (not sleeping for up to 2 days usually) or sleeping for 15 hours+. Some lack of concentration, and my short-term memory seems worse than usual. As you can see, I got really lucky :tongue: Although to be honest it's hard to say which things have been caused by the meds and which would have happened anyway!

I hope you aren't feeling too bad :hugs: What sort of things have you been experiencing?


Nausea for the first few days, eating has been off, will not eat anything then binge on a takeaway or something late at night. Been sleeping lots but that could be because I just spend a lot of the day lying on my bed with nothing else to do/can't face going out. Keep forgetting things too like I cycled down to uni and then just walked home and forgot that I had cycled down! Saturday night was horrific, was meant to be at my summer ball but had to leave halfway through, just hit my head against the wall quite a few times which I now regret for the headaches.

Got a GPs appt this evening to see how it's going, hoping it won't get any worse than this! :rolleyes:
(edited 11 years ago)
Original post by headunderwater
So I'm finally getting a weekly therapist. She also said she didn't think I was borderline - but 'clinically depressed with psychotic traits'.

:smile: Hope everybody's good!


congrats :smile: I hope they are able to help you and stuff!
Original post by superwolf
Somebody's doing pretty damn good. :dumbells:



Be cool if I got to keep electric powers afterwards. I could go round sneaking up on people (especially you :colone:) and using my electricity to mess their hair up.


It would need to be pretty high voltage to override my gel. :cool:

Original post by McNuggetsAhoy
Congratulations :smile:.


:hat2: thank you.








I'm getting a new cat this week!

She has no name, and is black and white, so if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them.
Call it Thuban.

On the mention of futurama - new series starts end of June (20th) :woo:

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