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Hi. I'm taking an antidepressant and recently changed to a different generic. I've noticed my anxiety and depression are resurfacing. It may be a coincidence but I am wondering if this has happened to you? Are generics different enough to do this?
Hi there - apologies if I've posted in the wrong area. Basically, I am blessed with a daughter. I had a traumatic birth ending in emergency c section four and a bit months ago and had complications following the birth with recovery and HUGE complicat
Hi all, I came across this forum while scouring the Internet (as you do) in the hope of finding answers to this question. So I've heard that it's normal to hear voices inside your head but not outside... that is, it's only if you hear voices out
Anyone experienced porn and weed addictions? I've realised this was my coping mechanism. Porn for over 13years and weed for 10. I never took the time to realise it was having a negative effect on me. Anyone recommend someone to speak to or can refer someo
Hello everyone,I was wondering if you could help me. The other night I this I experienced a drug induced psychosis. It was brought on by smoking weed. It was the second time I ever smoked in my life and it happened the first time I smoked which was over 1
Just had a big lesson about getting preoccupied with someone else's needs and forgetting my own. Last night a friend I help out with mobility needs rang quite late and asked me to take her into town today. I set the alarm and was up and ready
I just needed a place to 'talk' about this. Help me work it thorugh a bit maybe. Forgive the wall of words. I have had anxiety ranging from so severe that it kept me house bound, to a sort of ever present but manageable level for many yea
I'm feeling confused which is leading to depression and anxiety. I've been going oto gym for about 4 & half years now, to lose weight and improve my life. I started about 160kg plus got down to 117kg late last year then ended up in hospital for 2 nigh
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
I've had depression for two years now. I feel like I'm never going to be well again or feel self-confident again. I recently lost my job after returning to work following 18mths away with depression. Truthfully I started feeling unwell again two weeks aft
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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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