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Chuckdog | New Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

New to being a carer.

My partner was diagnosed 12 years ago. We have only been together 2 years so I met him after treatment had begun. Generally he gets on well with life but the last few months have been difficult. He lost his job after 4 years on a false accusation and has

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johnnyspack | Casual Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Starting my care journey, advice appreciated.

Hi this is my first post and the beginning of my care journey. A quick outline of our situation: Both my parents are in their late 80’s and 6 weeks ago my mother had a nasty fall which resulted in a broken hip and femur and a subsequent operation.

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PRICILLA | Casual Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

MY WORLD HAS CRASHED

Hi, I am new to this group and advised yesterday this might be a place that could help me.My husband was diagnosed on Monday with Paranoid Schizophrenia. For 5 years I have seen a decline in him and his thoughts with continued stories of people foll

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znp | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

BPD

Hi everyone. My son is nearly 20 and has been suffering with mental health issues for 4 years (diagnosed) and possibly longer (undiagnosed). Initially we uncovered this all when he was ill for a week at the commencement of Year 10 - he went to

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Skyfree | Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Disconnection

Hello all,Does anyone have some advice on how to reconnect with a partner going through an emotional turmoil. We had very good open communication across many platforms and now she is under intense stress and has recently been pre diagnosed with BPD. We ha

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Capricorn28 | New Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

No insight and no support

Our son, 30yrs, has no insight into his mentalHealth. Over last 5years he his psychotic episodes have become more frequent and more intense. He has been admitttd into hospital 3 times involuntarily and received meds Under a community treatment order for 1

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Shaz51 | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Help, soo confusing !!!!

Hi again , three weeks ago my husband went to hospital for a week with depression, have been home for two weeks , saw one doctor last week and he said take the tablets and come back next week , went back yesterday and he said keep taking the tablets and c

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Nanna10 | Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Multiple mental health and drug use

I have just joined this forum because our adult son (33) has multiple mental health diagnosis and drug use. For the past 2 years our son has been addicted to (a drug), he has confirmed BPD, Bipolar, ADHD alcohol addiction and now drug addiction.He also sm

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Shaz51 | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Finding motivation again

Hi, My Husband is saying latey that he is losing his motivation in doing things , How can I help him to get his motivation back ??

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Shaz51 | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Natural Remedy --- Do they work

Natural Remedy -- do they workHello everyone , I was told today to do natural remedy for my husband`s MI .what do you think ?? what have you found that works ??

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