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Depression Related Forums => Depression Central => Topic started by: hawk on July 29, 2012, 04:37:56 PM
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Hi im new hear, im 26 and been suffering from depression and anxiety for most my life, this has got worse the past 2 years. iv been on AD's such as citalopram lustral and mirtazapine, have allso had CBT and some private counselling, but am still finding it very hard to cope with day to day things like working ect..
I have been trying to be seen by a psychiatrist for a long time as i wold like some intense therapy, i went a fuw years agow and got refused as i was drinking qwite a lot and smoking pot, fair enuff. its been 2 years and i have cut down my drinking to prity much nothing and same with the pot,
eventually i got a nuther appointment and thay are still refuseing me any help because of the drink & drugs thing. but he put me on Rodomel XL wich iv just started, its just odd how thay are happy for me to go on AD's but will not put me in for therapy!. its not like thay dont know how bad it gets (sewerside attempts ect) i do say, im starting to think its the way i come across in the assessment as i am very shy and introverted, so thay prob think im on drugs? i dont know.
feel like im going round in circles _-+
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Could you not find a way of getting off the drink and drugs? There must be help either via voluntary organisations or the NHS
Z xx
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Hi Zaf, yes iv just started DASH and have qwit the pot and im drinking nothing but becks blue at the mo, its very hard as pot is a big help for eating, and chilling out + somthing to do, not eating much atall now.
i just dont get wy thay will give me meds wen what i need is somone to talk to and sort my head out, not just more drugs! gurrr
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Have you thought of trying a different GP hawk?
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I agree a different GP may be different. Or maybe try MIND to get counselling there. You don't have to go through your GP then. S x x
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hi yes i did change my GP last year but this one isnt much better, dont have time for me. am hopeing DASH will have a counselling service? only had a assessment so will see. i did go to MIND but ran out of funds so had to stop, might go back soon but im still pritty skint :/
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on a more +ve note iv only been on rodomel XL(venlafaxine) for 3 days but i think my mood is a bit better allredy!, is that even possible??
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I would say so. My meds worked quite quickly. Hopefully as time goes on you will feel even more improvement. S x x x
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hope so, not feeling to good today feeling very anxious about going back to work, been signed off for 5 weeks and it runs out tomorrow. im not friends with anyone there and dont know how thay will be with me. ore if im gunna be ''okay'' at work. stressing out :-[
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Could you not get signed off for longer until the meds start working better? Not a good idea to go back to early and stress yourself.
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Getting an extention on your sick leave would seem a good idea xx
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I agree with the others after all dealing with depression is completely different to getting over flu (for example)
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think im gunna try to go in tomorrow and see how i get on, not looking forword to it!.
iv been on ven 5 days now at 75mg how qwick can i go up to 150mg??
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Sorry but cannot help with increase in doseage of Venlavaxine. If you have decided to go into work, I hope you have been ok.
S x x x x
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didn't make it in today, thort i would be ok but im realy not :'(
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Think you did the right thing. Hope the meds work soon. S x x x x
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hey guys! thanks for all the kind words, it did help me out, im back to work now! =+- and it seems to be all okay with my co-workers! have made it in evary day this week!, and am injoying my job for the furst time!!!!!! the new meds are grate, im so happy thay work $%$
much love,
Jon.
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That's so good to hear. S x x x x
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Thats really great $%$ $%$
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thanks guys you are grate!, its a bit of an odd feeling being 'okay' in a way, its a new feeling that iv never had!. iv been on most AD combos out there for over 12 years, wy didunt thay try ven sooner? just mad how long it takes to get help! no wonder wy people self medcate %$£
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It's great that you're feeling better Jon
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Its just a matter of having a good GP I think. I am lucky with mine. He has been so good with me. S x x x x
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yeah! i do see now that my new dock has been pushing a lot harder than my last, just a shame how hard it is to see him, but i supoze that the same with most good docks.
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They always seem to be so busy. Again I am lucky if I ring at 8am get to see him that day. S x x x x
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2 weeks for me :( but still its usually woth it because of the time he givs me, i haunt been an easy patient
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Wow that's a long time. Me neither ;). S x x x x
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yeah my old docks wur like that, do miss it in a way. but i do like my new dock he is sound!. how long you been ill for shaz? x
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8 years now. But like you. Feel really quite well depression wise with the meds I am on now. S x x x.
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im glad the meds are working for u to, yes i don't feel very down atall! dont have hardy any dark thoughts now, and the panic attacks ect.. seem to be going!, all im on is ven 150mg and mirtazapine 30mg!. i was so sick of meds not working, its the best thing that has happened to me for such a long time :D
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Thats great $%$
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Its so lovely when we eventually get the right meds that work. So pleased for you. S x x x x
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thanks guys, iv not had a very good day today got a letter form my work about redunancies coming up this year, not good nuws but im copeing a lot better than i woul have done before :-\
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Ouch, not good news about redundancies at your place of work. Hope you keep coping tho' %^%
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Not good news. But its good that you are coping better. S x x x x
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hey not had a good day today, feel like the ven stoped doing shutch a good job, on 150mg thinking of getting it up to 225? and mit 45? anyone on that????
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I personally think it would be better to increase the dose as your dr advised. Maybe give your dr a ring and see what he/she says.
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dock will not put the ven up and has stoped the mit, and gave me some diazepam. docks are &$%+!
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all going bad dunno wy just feeling low and gilty for all the hurt i have put apon all the people that have stuck buy me. been out with my best friend 2night and he got very drunk and seemed to hate me a lot! i was keeping my cool and trying to get out of him wy he was being like this, and arfter a lot of very drunk'n crap he spillt that its was about me and all the -ve depresing crap ect.. i have not been an eazy friend but he has allways been there!!, just feel so crap about myself. so sad *^* *^*
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I am sure he did not mean what he said and it was just the drink talking. Depression can make us see things different ways. Its hard for friends and loved ones to know how to help us. S x x x x
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Shaz is right xxx
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things are realy bad again, im not rite atall :/
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I was on Venlafaxine for 5 weeks before I increased to 150mg but only on 150mg for 2 weeks before increasing to 225mg.
I had instant relief on Citalopram but it eventually stopped working for me. If the Venlafaxine is helping that's great, everybody is affected differently by ADs.
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Hey hawk. Just been reading through your pages. You've had some tough moments to get through, but I can't help but admire how you always manage to fight your way back to the top again.
What's going on for you now? Writing can be a great therapy tool; it can help us put our brain in gear.
Hope you're okay