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I have been on a new medication for four weeks from yesterday and it isn’t working. I don’t feel happy or sad I just feel empty. I am new to this forum. Lifeline recommended it to me tonight when I called them. I just want these meds to kick in 😞
Hi there,I moved to a new area last May due to husbands work, it's a country area, in that time I have met no one to chat to or be friends with, not one single person in 10 mths but I have tried, and I have become very sad. I had the same job for 14
My therapist of 11 years is retiring in May 2018. I'm not handling it well even though I've known for a year it was going to happen. We talk about it every session, but I can't seem to get away from my denial and my grief over not having her in my life an
Hi Everything How do you put a picture up on here? I use my phone not a computer & i can't find any option to say what i should be doing.Thank you☺️
Hi. I am so over living in this nightmare of moods and emotions. I just want to get off this roller-coaster. Im sick of not being able to have two days in a row where I feel happy.How do others cope? What am I doing wrong?
Hello all,I am new to this forum so I though that the best way to get to know you all is to start with telling you all a little about me and my recent journey.A bit about me, I just turned 35 and I recently had an episode of psychosis with deep depression
I can't hold down a job. I'm turning 39 this year and have always had the one profession (though never at a business for longer than a year). Same story repeating itself. I present well in the interview - educated, witty, experienced and confident. On the
Hey all, haven't been on here for ages. Can't remember who to tag. Lot has changed. I've finally seen a physchiatrist after waiting months to see a private one. She has me on a mood stabiliser plus my old meds now. Physically I've had a few hurdles so lot
Hello all,I realised while in hospital that i have to increase social contact. That is nice thinking when in hospital and pretty easy done when in hospital.Yesterday I met a group of people. It was work related, but people I never met before. Eventually i
I'm new here. Although I've been reading along with quite a few stories for quite a while, I've not felt confident writing anything myself for a long time and even now I'm battling myself and my natural instinct to isolate myself from the world.I've alway
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
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