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4 weeks ago
Second visit to Psychiatrist
Hi all,Today I'm going to visit the psychiatrist for the second time. I'm scared.I've come off medication since the last visit but with difficult side effects which are still occurring - although I think are getting a bit better. I've been too worried to
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Mental Health Rights Information, State by State
Mental health rights in Australia are enacted at a state level. I've tried to provide links to legislation and more accessibly-written material, but some of the more general sites also link to the relevant legislation prominently. I was surpri
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Anhedonia, Emotional Blunting/dumbness
Hopefully someone can shed some light on this subject, I did write on another forum about depression & menopause but since then have done some research and finally at my wits end. Wont be too long winded but thought menopause was causing my
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Falling apart - A hard field to hoe
It's a hard thing coming to the realisation that I am (to use the insurance phrase) 'totally and permanently disabled". I was such a tryer, i worked hard, i was high functioning for a period in my life and really got somwwhere career wise despite my wildl
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Angelia's Story: I am a young carer
Hi, The follwing is a story about Angelia, who is a young carer...Angelia, now 18, has been a young carer since she was 10 years old.Her mother was diagnosed with degenerative disease of the spine. A gradual and painful disease, Angelia has had to wa
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ACES and it's relevance to mental health.
The Adverse Childhood Experience Study (ACES) was conducted in the United States back in the 1990's. It was a huge survey that looked at childhood trauma experiences involving 17,000 participants. What that study found was groundbreaking as it
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My Diagnosis.
As carers we always like to believe and portray that we are invincible, strong and have endless capacity for caring for our loved one's with mental health issues. The reality is that we often have our own mental health issues (e.g. depression, anxie
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So so so tired!!
That is all really! I'd like to sleep for about a year and wake up with no major issues in my life.And I'd like my head to be quieter when I wake up - less full and somewhat still.Lj
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Dialogue with Sane forum Forumites
Hi @chookmojoWhen I write : 5 minute space I may have been writing of my own ...... Self ........ I can't take too much in and always need 5 minutes to let my mind re connect with what's happening.Can't remember everything but that something you are ' dia
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