Yeah I've been way too sensitive and childish lately. Lock me up pls. But, I feel it's to do with the fact I don't deal with my problems and I just let them sink to the bottom of me. I recently found a place that helps people to feel better about themselves, but it's all ‘talk N' bullshit’ in my mind. I wasn't pushing it a side, I was actually giving it ago, but it doesn't work for me. Plus the price to go is outrageous. So, I went to this place purely based on the fact that my counselling had put me on a waiting list of a month a half, and I really needed some help after feeling so down. Anyway, I've turned down the other help I was getting, because of the money and that it wasn’t really helping. But with this, it has made me wonder: is it even worth having counselling? I'm still unchanged since September - and in fact I'd say I was much better in September. Things have got much worse and I’m sorta questioning my future.
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Counselling is a waste of my time?
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I think another thing to try is medication. I get depressed because of anxiety, so dealing with my anxiety would stop me being depressed. Are there any anti-anxiety medications? and are these more dangerous/safer to use than anti-depressants?
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Thinking about it some more; I think the reason I'm getting more agressive is to with my frustration of small problems - which I consider big problems. People put pressure on me to like 'pull my socks up' and get over it. My mum was really annoyed with me the othe day because I don't do what other people my age do...
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Often, when I feel so anxious I nearly resort to alcohol beause it is the *only* thing that stops my anxiety dead in its tracks. I tried drinking whiskey one time before I went out because I get so terrified of people, but I was caught. I will most probably be an alcoholic if my parents weren't around to keep an eye on me.
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I think I have obssssive compulsive disorder. i was doing some more thinking about why I only do certain things and why I feel that by not doing them something bad will happen, so I searched on this and what you know... it seems to be an obsessive compulsive disorder. Now that this to me DEFINITELY seems to be me (worrying of weight, height looks, voice, hair, illness, life, death, being watched, doing certain movements over and over to help), how will I go about doing something about it? I can't just go: Hey mum, Dad, I think I have obsessive compulsive disorder - they would tell me to stop being silly. Fucking hell.
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Ok... posting this thread was stupid of me - look at all the posts I've made talking to myself
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I'm happy to reply. I think medication would be well worth while. I know many people think medication is bad, but it's hard to see why. If you had (say) mono, people wouldn't be discouraging medication. Mental disorders are just as real as physical disorders, and just as serious - and the track record of drug therapy is far better than that of talking therapy alone. Talking has its uses of course, and it is important that your response to medications be monitored.SSRI antidepressants are very good for treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. If you're doing certain movements over and over, that does sound like OCD (though you may have some Generalised Anxiety Disorder as well). These are treatable!Alcohol is in fact an anxiolytic, though not the most effective (and it has a lot of side-effects). If your anxiety responds well to it, a low dose of a more effective anxiolytic may do wonders.
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I think it's best for me to really go see my doctor. I'm not exactly sure how he will know if it's appropriate to put me on this stuff, when he isn't as informed about my anxiety as my counsellor is - in the sense he won't know my exact anxiety problem. Looks like I'll need to do a lot of explaining.
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He's not going to create a molecule based on your specific parameters. It's not all that complicated...don't worry. He'll talk to you, write a prescription, if appropriate, and warn you about side effects, which you already know about, since you've read that Web page. Of course he'll want to know what other drugs you're taking, to prevent interactions. It is unlikely that you will have serious side effects, and if you do have side effects, they will likely be temporary. If you do have any side effects, discuss them with the doctor, and he and you will then decide how to proceed. If you just don't like the med, you can just stop taking it (although the doctor might taper you off it rather than stop it suddenly).You will probably not have any major issues...most people don't. Give it a try. There's not much to lose, and potentially a lot to gain.
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Ditto to everything Ineligible said, plus you might want to quit anything but very modest drinking when on antidepressants. This is something else to discuss with the doctor.
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I went to see a doctor the other day about it. Oh my...what a enjoyable experience that was. I went in - out of college to see someone as I could get no other day. So I go in, and tell him all the details, and do you know what? He sat there and said 'Probably nothing, I can offer mints to stop the sickness though.' I thought: OH NY FUCKING GOD!, I've took time out to go see a doctor about this seriously and I'm treated like a sack of shit. I would've said what was on my mind, but having anxiety N' all, I found it real hard to. What am I supposed to do now?