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08-04-2017 12:21 PM
08-04-2017 12:21 PM
Mental problems
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08-04-2017 01:18 PM
08-04-2017 01:18 PM
Re: Mental problems
Try to take today as quietly as possible. I hope you start to feel more comfortable very soon.
Hugzzz
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08-04-2017 04:53 PM
08-04-2017 04:53 PM
Re: Mental problems
Hi @eudemonism
I am so sorry that things feel worse for you right now, how are you coping? and what do you usually do when it feels like this? (when depot running low)?
have you seen the coping strategies thread here? im not sure if any would be relevent for you? how can we help?
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08-04-2017 09:37 PM
08-04-2017 09:37 PM
Re: Mental problems
It sounds so very hard at the moment! I'm sorry that there is so much going on. How are you doing now? Hoping that you will have been able to reach out for help wiht meds if possible. Glad you were here on the forums and hoping that something here might help. The coping strategies thread that fancypants mentioned might be a good place to start, or keep writing here if it helps to share more.
Take care,
lj
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09-04-2017 05:23 AM
09-04-2017 05:23 AM
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The system has let me down big time. And I don't think very kindly upon them for that. -I consider what they have done to me as evil.
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09-04-2017 05:37 AM
09-04-2017 05:37 AM
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It's all good when things are going fine for them. But when things go wrong. They quickly change their tune and their attitude.
They are far to dependant on medication doing all the hard work. And are far too lost in this idea. That medication fixes the problem. (-
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09-04-2017 09:12 AM
09-04-2017 09:12 AM
Re: Mental problems
Hi @eudemonism
I think i can see how strongly you feel about the support that you have (or Havent) recieved in the past and the type of methods that have been used. You make an interesting point about a lot of workers getting paid for getting their human need to help others and be beneficial in that way, i havent through of it like that but yes, in some ways i think you are right. On the flip side of that though is that some of them have to see some people slipping, not doing so well and not being able to really change anything for those people.
I have been so very lucky with about 90% of the people/care that i have worked with through my mental health stuff and for me at least some of the medication really has helped me, but i know that not everyone has that experience.
Is there anything that has worked for you in the past? Strategies for coping, people to see and just talk to while things are feeling this crappy? (and of course the forums are here!)
lj
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09-04-2017 09:16 AM
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09-04-2017 09:21 AM
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09-04-2017 09:35 AM
09-04-2017 09:35 AM
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I was called in to the mental health office after 7 months of being medication free. And was being told bye members of their team that "you're doing fine" -I was called into the office to fill out a mental health care plan. And it made me so god dam angry. -I was put in front of a clinician who had maybe been practicing for 6 months. Only to be asked a whole heap of stupid questions. (She accused me of threatening her) another nurse years earlier. Said. "It's not fair that you're on the pension and you don't need to take medication" another said "we almost want you taking little bits of marijuwana" so I'm honestly thinking. Wtf??? -what are they really trying to do???
Has the mental health nurse who called me into the office after separating myself from the system helped with one single answer I give her to the stupid questions which made me angry? No.
Does the mental health nurse who suggested I take little bits of marijuwana realize the damage she did? Probably no idea.
Does the nurse who said it wasn't fair that I be on the pension and not need medication know what it's like to experience medication side effects 24/7 365? I don't think so.
Have they abided bye my request to not share Information about me. Becsuse it stresses me out? Not that I know of...
They have let me down. And I slipped through the cracks of a broken system. And I'm not happy about it... -a worker on the other end of the triage line. Called a real life experience I went through that stressed me out and had been reoccurring for 10 years. "Voices/symptoms" which is a lie!
My name was being mentioned in a radio segment. And I told a nurse about it. And was told in return it was my voices. That's a bloody joke that is.