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I need the advice of people in the know in other words people who have studied with an mi. I have the opportunity to study again this year depending on my HECs debt etc. The thing is my pdoc thinks it is a bad thing that i am infact heading towards mania
I can't seem to shake this depression. It's been a good month now that I have become obsessive about suiciding. The gp has told me to increase my meds but I can't do it. He wanted me to go see him by today, but I didn't. I don't want to
Currently I'm not working and have being diagnosed with schizophenia. I'm required to look for jobs since i didn't go to a doctor to get a medical certficate by choice. But now I'm struggling with it since I don't think i can work since i'm tired all the
Not sure what to do as lately been having local mental health call me both Friday and today to check in on me as apparently they have me on their system as a Medium S@#@$d risk and told me I'm NDIA's responsibility. I cant take more of this as the st
I was told by an academic a couple of years back that if I did a graduate diploma, I could move on to do a PhD. I started the course thinking the two year course would take me three part-time years. It's taken me six years due to ill health, d
Hi - I take 9 different medications each day for my various mental and non-mental illnesses. Because of that and my ECT that I had years ago, my brain is just flat. I can't think for myself at times, and people give me a lot of crap over my weight 😞
Hi everyone, nice to find this forum. This is going to be a long post and I have no idea where to begin.I was in hospital in 2018 and I had this nurse who was the nicest nurse you’d ever meet. She was always looking out for me and called me her baby.
I've been directed here to try and find some peer support/support groups. I'm 23 and have paranoid schizophrenia. Any advice on where to go or who to contact would be appreciated.
Last Sunday, I went to hospital ED to get a referral for a suicide prevention group run by the hospital. Apparently, they can't do that, I have to get a referral from a gp outside of hospital. The reason I went to them instead of my gp was bec
Hello i know everyone affected is struggling with the impact of the bushfires. I don't know how to cope.
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