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Post by Toni-Louise on Jul 21, 2013 22:37:11 GMT
I'm not really sure where I should be posting this question and whether it will bother people, but I was wondering what led people with mental health problems and in particular mood disorders really to seek help,at which point did you realise that the way you were feeling was not "normal" and did you struggle to ask for the help?Sorry about this question I know it is most likely tough but I would really appreciate an answer.Thank you
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Josh
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Post by Josh on Jul 21, 2013 23:19:47 GMT
My parents kinda wouldnt take no for an answer and forced me to see my GP. I couldnt really say no as i knew i had some problems, plus the fact that i was 22 and they hadnt kicked me out of he house yet after 4 years of hermit mode.
I knew for about 2 months before i decided to quit my job that i had problems, but it was easier to just hide from them. But yeah, last few months have been hard, graded exposure sucks, but anti-depressents arent too bad.
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Post by Ami on Jul 21, 2013 23:50:16 GMT
My teachers at school started to notice something was up as I was usually a happy, bubbly person but I became more withdrawn and quiet. My head of year got me on to the waiting list for CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services)and I've been going ever since.
I was very aware that something was wrong but I didn't want to ask for help. I felt like I was a burden on everyone and I didn't want to make it any worse for them.
I've been going to CAMHS for nearly 4 years now and I've tried many different medications including fluoxetine, citalopram, sodium valproate and more. I'm currently on sertraline, and this is the last anti-depressant available before my doctor considers combinations of different meds.
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Post by Toni-Louise on Jul 22, 2013 8:41:44 GMT
Thank you =]
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 15:11:13 GMT
I was sick of constantly feeling down and weepy, feeling tired but not being able to sleep, not feeling hungry but forcing myself to eat, not having the motivation or enthusiasm to do day to day things like shopping. I sat there and thought to myself, I have two choices, stay like this for the rest of time and be classed as 'boring' or change. It was difficult as I knew what I was suffering with. I felt weak asking for help but then I found a quote that I ended up getting tattooed when I was better.
Even The Best Fall Down Sometimes.
I didn't feel weak anymore. I realised that I just had been too strong for too long!
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Post by Toni-Louise on Jul 22, 2013 16:38:46 GMT
Thank you, That quote seems very good, you should put it in the thread for motivational quotes and stuff (If you haven't already) =]
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Alex
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Post by Alex on Jul 25, 2013 11:25:15 GMT
For me, I confided issues I was having with self-harm with a friend, who told her parents, who told our school, who told my parents.
That pretty quickly resulted in this thing I was burying being thrown out into the open and needing a response, I was receiving mental health care within about 3 months.
If that hadn't happened like it did, I'd probably never have come to terms with how I felt and would almost certainly be in a far worse mental state than I am now.
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Luke
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Post by Luke on Jul 26, 2013 13:39:21 GMT
A friend of mine had pretty bad anxiety problems and I talked to them about my own issues and difficult thoughts. In the end they got so worried that they saw the visiting school nurse about me, cue an afternoon in a random room with a nurse then being driven home and my parents told. The next day I was driven (again by the nurse) to my local CAMHS unit where I was given various assessments and placed under the head nurse. I also had police visit my house because my dad (legally) owns guns and they were worried about that aspect. I ended up spending a year with the CAMHS unit until my 18th birthday and it really helped to stabalise my mood and I gradually got better.
I still have my ups and downs but my friend definitely saved my life that day. Moral of the story, don't wait too long to get help nobody is that strong.
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Post by Bry on Jul 27, 2013 13:20:01 GMT
I found it difficult to separate the repercussions of a not nice experience during my childhood and actually being bipolar, for many years I just believed it was the stuff that happened as a kid that messed me up, anyway it was the repeat trips to A and E that finally made me think it wasn't just my childhood effecting me. Fortunately(well not quite but silver linings and all that) My mental health history was pretty well documented from when I was a child (3) up until I was basically old enough to say for myself, I didn't want to go(that and I moved out at 16). But with the previous notes and being pretty desperate since dying wasn't an option it seemed, so I had a few frank weeks with some lovely people being more honest then I ever probably will be again and the rest is history, although I seek very little professional help just knowing about has helped me teach myself to cope better...ish  TL;DR About 16-17 after I moved out and went off the rails |
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Post by Stacey on Aug 1, 2013 14:39:19 GMT
I just didn't feel normal, I felt like there was something wrong with me. I was always upset and just didn't even have the motivation to get out of bed in the morning, there was no point. I lost interest in my studies and the things that I enjoyed, I stopped going out with friends and just didn't want to speak to anyone. The only thing I really looked forward to was seeing my bf at the time, and although I loved him and thought he was my world, he didn't treat me right and it got to the point where he would constantly be hurting me. It was him that helped me to seek help though, I guess he was afraid since not long after I did we broke up. Even to this day I still blame myself for it, even though I know I shouldn't. Anyway, I went to see the doctor for help, my mam came with me for support as I was terrified, the doctor asked me a few questions and put me straight on anti-depressants. I asked if I could be referred to counselling as I didn't just want to be stuck on meds. The counselling I received didn't help in the slightest, all I can really remember about it was she would ask if any issues had arisen currently and when I'd said no she replied saying that I might as well just go home. That happened for a while and I just stopped going. I didn't go back to the doctors for any more meds. My bf had just left me and I felt like even though I had been reaching out for help, no-one cared enough to bother. After that was the lowest I'd ever been. I honestly can't remember much about it but my friends and family would describe me back then as a zombie. It's almost 4 years later now and I didn't seek any more help. I still feel like I have things wrong with me even today. But ultimately it was my friends and family which pulled me out of that rut back then and I honestly am ever so grateful to have such wonderful people in my life. /endofessay haha sorry, couldn't stop writing once I had started.  |
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Post by Michaela on Aug 1, 2013 17:15:37 GMT
At first I always saw it as something wrong with me - my personality etc, I knew I was different but I thought that meant I was weak, I didn't realise I was just ill. My mum eventually forced me to go to the doctors when I was 17, by which point I had realised I was ill, but I didn't want help - it was far too scary, I didn't want to have to talk about it and I felt like I deserved those feelings anyway. It took until I was 19 and deeply suicidal for me to finally willingly ask for help and that was one of the hardest things I ever did. I think the suicidal thoughts had gotten to the level where I knew I had to do something, they scared me more than asking for help did I guess. I don't know that I ever would've gotten help if things hadn't gotten that low. Sometimes I guess you have to hit rock bottom before things can improve! Hope this wasn't triggering. Good question!
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Post by Toni-Louise on Aug 1, 2013 18:49:13 GMT
Stacey I wish I could have been there for you more when all of it was going on but I didnt have a clue what was going on, you wouldnt let me see you, I'll never forget the day I came around after HE had ended it and hurt you, It was awful seeing you that way and thinking about it still brings tears to my eyes.I wish you could have seen sooner what he was doing to you and that it had never gotten the way it did, I wish I had known what to do and been able to help.I love you so much you are such an important person to me, you are like a sister to me (a sister that I actually love and enjoy spending time with, not an you annoy the hell out of me kind lmao)I hope that you will always know I am here for you.
and michaela I am glad you liked the question and I am very glad that you finally got help and hope you are feeling better now.
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Post by Katrine on Aug 9, 2013 15:16:34 GMT
Desperation. I knew something was wrong for a very, very long time. But it was so difficult for me to ask for help from anyone, that I spent literally years just getting worse. I think I slowly started feeling depressed from time to time from the age of 13-14, it got worse and I had suicidal thoughts from age 15-16. But it wasn't until I was 18 I went to my doctor. I was so depressed and I was hurting myself, and I knew that either I had to seek help or kill myself. So I forced myself to the doctor's and it was really hard for me. But I did it and I got better I should have gone much, much sooner. But better late than never I suppose. |
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Post by annette27 on Aug 10, 2013 13:58:37 GMT
I have all ways been up and down but I think I new something was rong at 15 wen I had my first son and got post natal deperson but it was not till I was 26 that I was told agan so thy tell me I had bpd but looking bk at my live iv had it all my live
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Post by Veronica Romero Lopez on Aug 27, 2013 23:15:19 GMT
I'd believe that some life events that occurred in my life have triggered off Bipolar Disorder for me, and also the fact that my Mother has mental health issues running through her family I have become more prone to it developing one.
I used to think I was normal mood wise, but I started re-evaluating myself in my early teens and started noticing problems in myself that most people never do. For example I have always since a young age have found suicidal thoughts a normal daily thing for me. Only a few years ago I realized that isn't actually normal, especially for a 10 year old.
I would always found myself being depressed and never ever planning my future and never caring about my education. Only when I realised I may have a mental health issue is when someone suggested to me that i had split personality- which I do not.
I hope I helped and made sense. Best of luck X
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