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It's not for me
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Medications and talking therapies... useless.
I have 'medically unexplained' symptoms.
I'm not seeing my GP again, or the Psychiatrist or the mental health nurse. It's all bollocks. It's all been a waste of time.
Anyway, gonna stop seeing them and come off these meds.
wish me luck?
:banghead:
I have 'medically unexplained' symptoms.
I'm not seeing my GP again, or the Psychiatrist or the mental health nurse. It's all bollocks. It's all been a waste of time.
Anyway, gonna stop seeing them and come off these meds.
wish me luck?
:banghead:
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i understand what it's like to feel like you are getting nowhere with your treatment, i really do. i don't think what you are doing is for the best, but it sounds like you have made your mind up. so i would just say, please keep in touch regularly with your GP and try to come off your medication gradually. if you come of it suddenly you'll be really unwell and if you are going it alone then you don't need that. you know yourself better than anyone else does - try to notice the telltale signs of things worsening and reach out for help if that happens.
as i said, i don't think your actions are in your best interests, but i understand them. and i don't think you made the post to be talked out of it (correct me if i'm wrong), i think you made it because you wanted some support.
keep us updated and please take care of yourself.
*hug*
I am not going to take my meds.
I really hear that you are frustrated not to be getting anywhere but please take care - quite often people experience withdrawal and side effects from coming off their medication suddenly, even if they didn't report any benefits from being on them.
Have you got any other support in place to help you in this transition?
Please let us know how you are, doing it all on your own sounds hard.
Why not try it out? Surely your money isn't that important in comparison to your mental health. I suppose you really WANT to get better and believe in the therapy too, which would make such a treatment not really valid to me.
Probably given myself a cold doing that now....
i feel quite restless though. I'm not sure what to do. I have to go to uni this morning... like i can focus...
I have cuts all over my arms.
And there is someone fucking drilling outside!!!
Hope you're doing OK this evening. Seems like things have been frustrating for you. The fact that you wanted some support from the Crisis Team, speaks that perhaps you would like some support? Crisis Teams are usually attached to the Mental Health Services and they work closey together. As you've discovered, you have to have an open case with the Crisis Team for them to talk to and work with you, which can be frustrating when you are in crisis. You normally get a referral to them from the hospital or other mental health worker.
If you feel in crisis you could perhaps present at A&E, or you could also call your mental health nurse and see if they can see you as soon as possible? It's great that you have made an appointment with your GP, but again, frustrating that you have to wait so long. What are you hoping the GP will say / do?
Just a little fact - being cold cannot actually give you a cold - you only get a cold by picking up the virus/bacteria from somewhere - so your trip out today won't have made you poorly - unless you came into contact with some germs. That might reassure you?
Take care
I keep feeling pretty desperate.
I keep thinking, I was seeing the top dog of mental health care, a consultant psychiatrist... have I thrown it all away? He seemed OK with me going back. I don't know if I will though.
*hug*
Good luck, I hope they are of help to you.
*hug*
Call everyday, at the right time, tell the truth- this is how they think they can best help you and... I really hope they can help.
x
Glad to hear you've got the crisis team involved during this hard time and we're hear to listen ongoing...
sorry to hear that too. i just googled labyrinthitis because i didnt know what it was, it sounds scary. i hope you take care of yourself, seems like you need tlc. keep in touch with the crisis team, hopefully their intervention will alleviate some of the horrible feelings and thoughts you have been getting. i know from experience it's good to have a routine, even if it is just talking to a person each day about how you're feeling.