Mental Health & The NHS

Torry_Quine

DomRavioli wrote: »

Perhaps take the medication prescribed to you. The paranoia regarding the medication will disappear.

I have to agree. Yes medication isn't some kind of magic answer and all your problems will disappear but in any cases it can be very helpful. If you haven't tried it then you may be ignoring something which could make your life so much better.

mynameistallulah

DomRavioli wrote: »

Perhaps take the medication prescribed to you. The paranoia regarding the medication will disappear.

I am intrigued as to how you can make such a statement without a) knowing the OP's medical history, and b) stipulating which medication you are referring to. Given that paranoia can be a side effect of some anti depressants, your post appears to be a load of old twaddle

(I am not for a minute suggesting that medication cannot be helpful to some people, but certainly not in all cases.)

mynameistallulah

kurgon wrote: »

What therapies ahve you accessed. Do your local; service have any democratic communities (psychological support groups for emotionally unstable presentations.).
Difficltu to know what to suggest without knowing what you have accessed.
As for mental health being poorly funded this is hogwash. The Govt is committed to a rolling out program of Improved Access to Psychological seervcices (IAPT), ensuring that people who need therapy can access it. This is, in fact, where a lot of the money is currently going. Therapies focus on CBT but can also include CAT (more analytical than CBT), DBT(NICE recommends for peronality disorders), IPT (for those with relationship issues) and a vaity of others.

Please let us know where you live, as your commissioning board is far more effective than most! In my area CBT is only available on a short term basis, anything over twelve sessions and you have to go back on the waiting list, and DBT only in a group therapy environment, which makes it inaccessible for a good number of people.

At my last appt the psychiatrist told me I was too ill for help at present, so there was no point in continuing with the sessions. However he then wrote to my GP and told him I had progressed sufficiently that I could be discharged. I can only assume he did this to make his figures look good ...

Zziggi

mynameistallulah wrote: »

At my last appt the psychiatrist told me I was too ill for help at present, so there was no point in continuing with the sessions. However he then wrote to my GP and told him I had progressed sufficiently that I could be discharged. I can only assume he did this to make his figures look good ...

You know this is just what happened to my OH as well!!

caela_2

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the comments above, it's good to see other people's points of view. I think that's terrible that someone should be considered too ill for treatment as it were and be laid off from all services! Obviously, we would expect them to have different treatment or if anything, more! I wonder if perhaps we're the only sane ones lol!

ineed

Hi, I'm sorry your feeling down. Have you ever tried this website? no more panic (just to give you a link there) it's full of helpful advice, free to use and register, if you sign up you can post in the forums, use the chat room, play games in the chill out section, etc.

Also this registered charity has a phone line open between 10am and 10pm staffed by volunteers who have suffered mental health problems themselves, here is a link, no panic, after 10pm they play a recorded message for people to help them through anxiety. nothing to do with the previous website i linked to but no more panic does have a few no panic articles on its website. Also you can call mind of course.

You can do CBT online via the NHS, check out this website living life to the full.

Good luck .

DomRavioli

mynameistallulah wrote: »

I am intrigued as to how you can make such a statement without a) knowing the OP's medical history, and b) stipulating which medication you are referring to. Given that paranoia can be a side effect of some anti depressants, your post appears to be a load of old twaddle

(I am not for a minute suggesting that medication cannot be helpful to some people, but certainly not in all cases.)

The VAST majority of mental health issues can be MANAGED by medication, and I know that, having had a severe mental health issue for the last 20 years (I'm only 27 myself). At first, I rejected medication, but it enables me to have a job, be at uni and live a relatively normal life.

Paranoia is a rare side effect of some hallucinogenics and benzodiapates, and these are used as a last ditch attempt when no others work.

caela_2

I can understand that medication helps for some people and I'm happy for them that they have something that works, but I am quite strongly opposed to taking it myself and that's not something that will change. I guess a lot of people will think I am inviting a situation on myself if I refuse available help in the form of medication, but until I can get some serious help I'm not prepared to put myself at further risk. I think the NHS desperately need to sort it out because there is no reason to put physical conditions over mental ones.

mynameistallulah

DomRavioli wrote: »

The VAST majority of mental health issues can be MANAGED by medication, and I know that, having had a severe mental health issue for the last 20 years (I'm only 27 myself). At first, I rejected medication, but it enables me to have a job, be at uni and live a relatively normal life.

Paranoia is a rare side effect of some hallucinogenics and benzodiapates, and these are used as a last ditch attempt when no others work.

Paranoia can be a side effect of pretty much all AD's, even SSRI's, and I speak from personal experience. So again, how can you make such a sweeping statement when you know nothing about the OP? Seems pretty ignorant to me.

bored_at_home

im sorry but i do think you are as you say inviting a situation by refusing to take medication, and expecting the nhs to come up with various other expensive alternative therapies for you instead when you are refusing to try the simplest treatments first. surely the places for those therapies should be given to those for who the medication is not totally working for?
i didnt want to take meds for my depression, i was ashamed of needing them and scared id get reliant on them, be like a zombie etc etc and its only now they have worked and helped me move on that i realise i was just being stupid. if i can take a pill each day and itl take all the despair, all the horrible crap that went with it its a small price to pay to get my life back.