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The EADD Mental Health Support Thread II

cheers, so far ive managed one day of healthy eating, and 2 days of exercise. Now to motivate myself to do enough washing up to enable cooking another half decent meal. Last nights meal was fuckin wonderful even if i say so myself. Started off with batchellors cheese n brcolli pasta sachet. In another pan i fried bacon, then added garlic and fresh broccoli. I then scraped all that into the pasta pan, along with several spinach leaves. It was fuckin delicious and looked great too. OK it was cheating a bit to use a packet sachet thing, but at least im getting some nutritous veg incorporated. I swear Im looking better allready.
 
That sounds like a very good plan MDB, wishing you the best of luck. I hope it goes well.

Question for people on SSRIs/who have been on SSRIs: how quickly does it start affecting your mood? I know an increase in depression/suicidal thoughts is a very common side-effect in the first few months, is it possible for that to kick in after just a couple weeks or would it take longer?
 
You have a brief period up ( couple of days maybe) with runs ( serotonin neurotransmitters are in stomach i think). Then you are down for phwerrr couple of weeks then you feel yourself starting to go up. It makes some people very sleepy though Pagey. ( and fat)

Drugbuddy.. i admire you man and envy that kind of independence, energy and motivation. My mouth was watering. Probably, toast or a potato here for dinner being as I have little money now a large chunk of my welfare has gone, and since ive been diagnosed with a few disabilitating conditions i can hardly pick a dirty mug up.

Well done!

Ed:I was v ill today.. thought i was going to breathe my last. Even heard a swansong rattle..
 
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I'm a tramadol. with a bit of lyrica occasionally to slow the racing and flight of thought down a bit. Theyre like my navigator breaks. Like a L car pedal in the passenger seat of my hijacked mind body and soul car.

The faster it goes the more i take and then i get a bit homer like. *shrug* who cares.

Lyrica <3



Crucial!

You?
 
NightsEpiphany said:
You have a brief period up ( couple of days maybe) with runs ( serotonin neurotransmitters are in stomach i think). Then you are down for phwerrr couple of weeks then you feel yourself starting to go up. It makes some people very sleepy though Pagey. ( and fat)
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Thanks NE, that actually sounds exactly like what I've been getting so far. Felt physically horrible the first few days, then massively euphoric the next few, and now I'm completely depressed. And want to sleep 24/7. Good to know it's normal :)
 
Pagey said:
Thanks NE, that actually sounds exactly like what I've been getting so far. Felt physically horrible the first few days, then massively euphoric the next few, and now I'm completely depressed. And want to sleep 24/7. Good to know it's normal :)
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Sounds standard ssri up thing. I hope you feel better soon.

I'm sure you've considered the risks and benefits so i wont preach or freak you out about the getting off of them mare.

Which one are you on incidentally?
 
NightsEpiphany said:
Sounds standard ssri up thing. I hope you feel better soon.

I'm sure you've considered the risks and benefits so i wont preach or freak you out about the getting off of them mare.

Which one are you on incidentally?
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Thank you :)

I'm on escitalopram, 10mg a day. Yeah, I really did think about it for months and months but it eventually got to a point where I felt like I'd tried everything else so may as well give SSRIs a go...the side-effects though, fucking hell, had no idea they'd be this bad.
 
Lexapro hmm sounds bad.

(many make your hair quite fine)

In all sincerity, the ones ive tried it does feel better eventually. Not great but better than the pits.
 
Yeah I've heard it does ease up a bit after the first couple of weeks. First couple of days I'd be shaking really violently for hours, could barely open my mouth cuz I was gurning so hard, felt like all my muscles were gonna snap...now I'm on them I realise how insane it is these meds are so overprescribed, really not stuff to mess around with.
 
i said it a few months ago but i am truly sick and tied of living again getting to often now to just shrug off really starting to look around at i could do this here and that there .

use to be able to cope with the voices with mass amounts of drugs but even thats not working now doctors don't help drug seeking and bull like that sectioning me twice didn't help christ i ended up slitting my wrist on lsd while in there so where now i think i know but just how n when are all i have left to figger out . sorry feeling really lonely and unwanted tonight
 
Foolsgold, I hope you don't mind as I've not spoken to you before. I can relate to what you are saying in some way. We all have a lot to figure out, but you don't have to feel alone. Words on a screen might not keep you warm at night, but it doesn't mean that there isn't a caring soul behind them. Keep talking, keep reaching out. Many of us are fighting the same battles, strength in numbers. x
 
You sound quite unwell foolsgold. I understand you're wary of the doctors but you do need to find some help. Have you considered ringing MIND? It can be completely confidential but you should get some advice, there has to be someone who can help and let you live a normal life. Are the voices a new thing or is that why you got sectioned before? Have you had a 'diagnosis' of any sort?
 
Must echo what B&W has said, MIND are fantastic. They won't judge you on the basis of what you put in your body or mind and their waiting lists are a lot shorter that that of your average GP practice. You can self-refer and they really are wonderful. If the voices and urges are too much and talking to a stranger on the web or waiting for a MIND practitioner is not enough, then please seek more immediate help FG. We haven't spoken, but I've read your words and you are clearly an intelligent guy with an enormous heart. You are not alone, keep talking. The world is a better place with you in it, believe me...
 
foolsgold said:
i said it a few months ago but i am truly sick and tied of living again getting to often now to just shrug off really starting to look around at i could do this here and that there .

use to be able to cope with the voices with mass amounts of drugs but even thats not working now doctors don't help drug seeking and bull like that sectioning me twice didn't help christ i ended up slitting my wrist on lsd while in there so where now i think i know but just how n when are all i have left to figger out . sorry feeling really lonely and unwanted tonight
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Really go and get some professional help, and if you've tried try again. If you have someone you trust that can accompany you to the doctors etc, I would recommend it.

My experience of seeking help for mental health issues has been generally good, I've been pretty upfront about drug and alcohol issues and have rarely felt it was a problem. Yes I've had a few useless doctors or ones that I said some truly hurtful things but in the main they have been compassionate and helpful.

I self admitted a while back, in truth Mrs A drove me to A&E such was the state I was in, I got a place in a local secure unit and wasn't sectioned, they really have no need if your staying there. One girl did get sectioned as she insisted she was leaving, it was justified as she was not safe to be on the outside.

Maybe I was lucky, the unit I was in was for drug detox and mental health, yep I saw a few people taken to the ground and injected but it was done in a respectful and careful manner and we had an independent advocate in twice a week if we wanted to take issue with the place.

The nurses (mainly African imigrants for reasons I don't know....and no I don't just mean they were black) were really good people and I was treated with respect and cared for as well as feeling I was in a safe place for a bit.

One day a couple of the nurses got a few of us guys in the main TV lounge, a guy who was coming of B had a guitar and they had a few percussion instruments and we sang redemption songs by Bod Marley together, that one moment probably did more for me in the long run than another.

Get some help, if I hadn't I doubt I would be around now, in fact I know I wouldn't be. If I had survived I would have lost all those I loved, they were already nothing more than images on the other side of the glass.

Things keep changing you will not feel as you do now forever, it won't ever be perfect but you can improve things.....with help.

PM me any time for what I don't know but I'd hate to think you felt alone because your not<3
 
ColtDan said:
Sorry to hear that Foolsgold, we're always here if you wanna chat
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So much more succinct than my ramble, there aren't many places you can open up about such things and people aren't backing away in all directions.

Bob Marley - Redemption Song

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.

'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
 
swampdragon said:
No idea what I can say, other than things will get better. <3
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thanks but sometimes the just don't and things come to their natural end

Digital*Recluse said:
Foolsgold, I hope you don't mind as I've not spoken to you before. I can relate to what you are saying in some way. We all have a lot to figure out, but you don't have to feel alone. Words on a screen might not keep you warm at night, but it doesn't mean that there isn't a caring soul behind them. Keep talking, keep reaching out. Many of us are fighting the same battles, strength in numbers. x
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thank you <3

NightsEpiphany said:
is there a diagnosis at the moment?
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no i always get called a lair basically by the doctor saying its bullshit and drug seeking fuck man i was abused as a kid got fucking raped hear voices but im just drug seeking :)

Digital*Recluse said:
Must echo what B&W has said, MIND are fantastic. They won't judge you on the basis of what you put in your body or mind and their waiting lists are a lot shorter that that of your average GP practice. You can self-refer and they really are wonderful. If the voices and urges are too much and talking to a stranger on the web or waiting for a MIND practitioner is not enough, then please seek more immediate help FG. We haven't spoken, but I've read your words and you are clearly an intelligent guy with an enormous heart. You are not alone, keep talking. The world is a better place with you in it, believe me...
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again thank you :)

Allein said:
Really go and get some professional help, and if you've tried try again. If you have someone you trust that can accompany you to the doctors etc, I would recommend it.


My experience of seeking help for mental health issues has been generally good, I've been pretty upfront about drug and alcohol issues and have rarely felt it was a problem. Yes I've had a few useless doctors or ones that I said some truly hurtful things but in the main they have been compassionate and helpful.

I self admitted a while back, in truth Mrs A drove me to A&E such was the state I was in, I got a place in a local secure unit and wasn't sectioned, they really have no need if your staying there. One girl did get sectioned as she insisted she was leaving, it was justified as she was not safe to be on the outside.

Maybe I was lucky, the unit I was in was for drug detox and mental health, yep I saw a few people taken to the ground and injected but it was done in a respectful and careful manner and we had an independent advocate in twice a week if we wanted to take issue with the place.

The nurses (mainly African imigrants for reasons I don't know....and no I don't just mean they were black) were really good people and I was treated with respect and cared for as well as feeling I was in a safe place for a bit.

One day a couple of the nurses got a few of us guys in the main TV lounge, a guy who was coming of B had a guitar and they had a few percussion instruments and we sang redemption songs by Bod Marley together, that one moment probably did more for me in the long run than another.

Get some help, if I hadn't I doubt I would be around now, in fact I know I wouldn't be. If I had survived I would have lost all those I loved, they were already nothing more than images on the other side of the glass.

Things keep changing you will not feel as you do now forever, it won't ever be perfect but you can improve things.....with help.

PM me any time for what I don't know but I'd hate to think you felt alone because your not<3
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ive got no one thats the thing no family as such no friends ive been locked in this room basically nearly 24/7 for 14 years because of my past and not being able to have a relationship because of whats happened and some fucking nasty people in this world but thank you again <3

ColtDan said:
Sorry to hear that Foolsgold, we're always here if you wanna chat
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cheers :)

Allein said:
So much more succinct than my ramble, there aren't many places you can open up about such things and people aren't backing away in all directions.

Bob Marley - Redemption Song

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.

'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
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just glad slitting my wrist when sober hurts to much or i could get on with it tonight http://youtu.be/dpmAY059TTY Guns N' Roses - Estranged this fits so well at the minute :)
 
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