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Hi all just wondering if anyone else suffers both PMDD and Bipolar ? I can't take antidepressants for the PMDD , which is the most common treatment, due to the bipolar. I am on an anti-convulsant mood stabiliser, which is great to control bipolar but stil
What's it like in a hospital full of people with mental illness? What's your experience? Any tips? What are some comforting things to bring with you? What can you bring with you into hospital? Thanks ^-^
I feel so strongly about not having another child. I just am not mentally tough enough to handle another couple of years of no sleep and PPD amongst other things. My husband knows/sees how much i love our son and he has always wanted two. So did i until i
Im really struggling at the moment and i dont have anyone i can talk to.
Well I'm home from hospital after 4 weeks in a private clinic for schizophrenia and depression. I still hear voices, but nowhere near as badly as I did when I first was admitted. An increase in my antipsychotics are the order of the day it see
I bite my tongue until it bleeds and sometimes i bite a hole in my tongue or cheeks/lips. I do this very regularly and it hurts and stings badly to eat. I like the pain it causes and i also hate the pain usually the next day. I cant stop myself from this.
I have depression and PMDD. I have had a particularly rough 6 months, finally I dropped the 100 things I was trying to juggle and had a break down a little while back. I had no choice but to pull my head out of the sand and get some help. Which I found ha
I am just wondering if there is anyone here who had an idyllic childhood and still has a MI? I have always refused to blame the past for my present state but now im not so sure. Here are some of my life events in summar;- physically and emotionally abused
hi everyone, i have read so many posts about wanting to be normal or trying to be normal so i pose you with this question define what is "normal" to you because truly "normal" is not one specific thing so everybody says they want to be normal but what is
In bed and have been crying all night, I'm so over these anxiety attacks, even in bed I'll feel my body start trembling and I feel panicky. I'm so angry that at my age I'm suppose to be going out and having fun, but I physically can't, the physical sympto
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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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