Mental Health Thread • Page 115

All you guys on meds, I just want to say... I don't know what to say. I'd had a therapist for three months, but that's about as far as I've gone in terms of getting professional help. I don't have the experience of getting prescribed meds by a psychiatrist, I don't know the struggle of trial and error to find the right drug, the right dosage. I feel kind of useless because I can't offer any advice or anything. I hope this comes off as supportive, I don't know if what I'm about to say can be taken as condescending, but I just find it so brave that you post about your experiences on here, and I want to thank you for sharing. I just wish I had something more productive to say, but just know that I'm lurking in here reading everything and cheering you guys on.

 

I've been even trying to figure out a way to talk about this but it's hard. Sorry if this is all over the place. I may delete this so please just reply or PM me.

Does anyone have experience with an outpatient substance abuse program? I'm absolutely struggling with addiction (something that runs heavily in my family -- my dad has been in rehab twice in the past 15 years and is mostly clean now) and I am aware of it. I just can't stop. I live at home with my mom and it would hurt her immensely to find out so I want to look at options where I don't have to be admitted. I need to see a doctor for a physical but I'm terrified to find out what my addiction has done to my body and I'm afraid my doctor will want to admit me. I might just do a self-referral to a therapist and go from there.

I don't think this will happen immediately but something needs to change soon or else I'm not sure what will happen.

 

I've done an intensive outpatient rehab program. PM me if you want to keep it private I can give you advice and details of what I went through. And am currently going through, I relapsed then quit cold turkey and am now seeing an addiction psychiatrist for treatment

 

Not having a great day, I'm dwelling on shit and feeling totally worthless. Trying to keep as busy as I can but when I'm alone it's been really tough.

 

Very supportive! This thread is open to anyone no matter how much experience you've had with mental illness. I can only give the tiny bit of advice that I do bc I'm old as fuck and have been dealing with it for a while. Don't ever be scared to post whatever you want. There are a lot of people curious about therapy too!

 

Omg I cannot handle the ignorance of the ppl where I live. It's taking a toll on my mental health and makes me feel unwelcome. Like I had to hear the same person tell the same ignorant story like 4 times to different people throughout the day. I made a remark about it but I know it didn't make any sort of difference except maybe helped like 1 person understand the level of violence others face. I just cannot. It's gross and toxic to be around.

 

I'm annoying myself. When I talk to people they just wanna talk about themselves. Nobody asks me how I'm doing in like a serious way or really asks questions about my life. They just wanna talk about themselves. And I don't think I'm much different so I'm not judging. I think even if someone asked me how I was I'd just say "fine" and shrug it off. But like part of me does want someone to pry a bit? I feel as if I'm internally screaming for someone to ask me if I'm okay, but then I'm sure if they did I'd just be like "idk I'm fine, weirdo." So like what do I even want? I want people to care but then push people away and then get upset when they respect my wishes and leave me alone. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with that. I feel like some ppl know I'm struggling a bit but nobody has really cared to find out how bad it is. It's not like suicidal bad but I'm internally struggling more than most ppl realize. If nobody else reaches out then I should reach out, but I'll never do that. So it's like that dumb cycle of me waiting for someone to throw me a life boat but if they did I'd probably pop it and feed it to the sharks and then resent them for letting me drown. Meh.

 

I feel this. I'm here if you want to chat

 

Two months since I last used. Feels good

 

Here's to many more months I believe in you

 

i'm having too much anxiety talking about politics/religion it's affecting my health really badly. i just felt like i was going to have a heart attack.

i just wish people cared...

 

It takes a lot of courage for me to speak up in groups / in class. My cheeks burn so brightly pink and I stumble over my words. Of course, a few people had to laugh at me (my teacher had a chuckle herself). I never want to speak in front of a group again. I work up all this strength to speak up, and I feel humiliated. Thankfully, I have a friend in that class who made sure I was okay after. I know this is so trivial but I'm so insecure in front of others and this made it worse.

 

I care. always here if you need to vent or just talk about something other than politics and religion.

 

Can someone who suffers from lack of energy due to their depression describe how they feel/how it affects them please? I'm trying to figure out whether my lethargy is diet-related, sleep-related or something more. Tyia.

 

Before I got on my medication I'm on that's what it was for me, I was just so depressed I never felt like getting out of bed or leaving my apartment, the most mundane tasks took way too much energy for me to even considering tackling, I just wanted to lay in bed and die. And I was getting plenty of sleep so I knew it wasn't that. Since starting Wellbutrin two and a half weeks ago I've seen a huge turn around

 

I feel the bolded part on a spiritual level! lol. I'm not at a point where I feel like staying inside & staying in bed forever (gotta go to work to afford the roof over my head!), but I don't really want to go out & socialise on the other hand. But there are certain things that I feel that I physically cannot do (household chores etc.) and it's hard to pin down exactly why I am so lethargic when I am unsure whether or not I have any other symptoms of depression.
I do weights 3x per week so maybe that is taking it's toll more than I realise. Thank you for your reply btw.

 

For me I know it's because my dopamine levels were so depleted from abusing heroin so I got on Wellbutrin which is supposed to even them out and so far it has been. Other symptoms of depression would be a really down mood all the time, I was quite suicidal and done with the world and figured there was no way anything would get better. Try toning down your exercise just a bit and try eating better, which has also contributed to my lethargy problem because I never ate breakfast, but if it's not depression it could be something else so I'd consult a doctor.

 

Glad Wellbutrin is working for you man. I'm one of those people who fears doctors/medication so I'm praying it doesn't come to that, but on the other hand I would not self-diagnose a mental health problem which is why I am kinda going through and eliminating physical factors first. I will cut back on exercise but I think my diet is pretty good. I am vegetarian and avoid processed foods as much as possible. Vegetarians do lack certain vitamins etc though so I will look into it more.
Thanks again.

 

Definitely look into vitamins and even shakes and such that will restore the vitamins you're missing out on, that could help as well. Make these changes and give it a few weeks but if you're still feeling the same a doctors visit may be in order. They probably won't jump you straight to meds but they can give you a better idea of what needs to be done to combat your problem so it's worth a shot

 

My energy levels were terrible for so long, even on Lexapro which has helped with my anxiety/depression, but three weeks ago I started a low carb diet and my mood, energy and general health has improved massively.

 

I just wanted to use everyone as a sound board. Don't worry if no one wants to reply.

We have extended research we have to stay on track with at work and it plays to our strengths while still teaching us the basics of other areas. My strength is mental health and I've been looking at the percentages internationally. I'm studying the UK and there are average 6,000 suicides per year, 80% being male. I just wanted to toss this out there to see if anyone has any reasons as to why you think this is?

 

I remember reading somewhere that gonna spoil this just in case it's triggering men are more likely to go with guns and women are more likely to go with pills so more women attempt but more men actually commit itWhy are men more likely than women to take their own lives?

 

I forget the name, but I believe there was a documentary about this on Netflix at some point. From what I remember, it came down to the fact that men aren't as likely to talk about their issues, but they're more likely to act on their ideations.

 

Why do more men commit suicide than women?