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Forgive me for saying, (only an opinion) I think anti depressants are being over prescribed. I understand they help people but I can't help think that doctors or other medical professionals just use them as the easy option.🤔 |
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Here's a breakdown of mental health support options:
Samaritans:
Phone: 116 123 (free, 24/7)
Website: Samaritans
NHS Talking Therapies:
For: People in England aged 18 or over
Conditions treated: Depression, anxiety, phobias, OCD, PTSD, etc.
How to access: Speak to your GP or contact the talking therapies service directly
Mind website
Mind Legal Advice:
For: Legal advice related to mental health, mental capacity, community care, human rights, and discrimination/equality
Hub of Hope:
For: Finding local mental health charities
Website: Hub of Hope
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK:
For: Compassionate and understanding support for those with mental health concerns or thoughts of suicide
Phone: 0800 587 0800
Hours: 6 pm - midnight, every day
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"Here's a breakdown of mental health support options:
Samaritans:
Phone: 116 123 (free, 24/7)
Website: Samaritans
NHS Talking Therapies:
For: People in England aged 18 or over
Conditions treated: Depression, anxiety, phobias, OCD, PTSD, etc.
How to access: Speak to your GP or contact the talking therapies service directly
Mind website
Mind Legal Advice:
For: Legal advice related to mental health, mental capacity, community care, human rights, and discrimination/equality
Hub of Hope:
For: Finding local mental health charities
Website: Hub of Hope
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK:
For: Compassionate and understanding support for those with mental health concerns or thoughts of suicide
Phone: 0800 587 0800
Hours: 6 pm - midnight, every day
111
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Good on you for posting this!👏👏👏 |
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"Forgive me for saying, (only an opinion) I think anti depressants are being over prescribed. I understand they help people but I can't help think that doctors or other medical professionals just use them as the easy option.🤔 "
Unfortunately the best (combined) help is therapy. This is either expensive or has a long waiting list. |
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"Forgive me for saying, (only an opinion) I think anti depressants are being over prescribed. I understand they help people but I can't help think that doctors or other medical professionals just use them as the easy option.🤔
Unfortunately the best (combined) help is therapy. This is either expensive or has a long waiting list."
Yeah, I know you're right... It annoys me that the government ( won't mention who) made such huge cut backs in social treatment. The ripple effect is massive and will take years to recover, if it ever does 😔 |
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"When I was going through my divorce my gp wanted to put me on it and I took it for over a week but for me I didn’t like the detachment feeling…"
That's exactly what in talking about...I can understand that given your situation you may have been feeling down and awful (who could possibly blame you) however it's more of an emotional distressed state (situationally) as opposed to a depressed (especially clinically) state. The symptoms are similar however the causes are completely different. I think sometimes doctors miss this and simply just sign a prescription for ease. 🤔 |
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By *toxyMan 1 week ago
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Just been prescribed setraline for depression was on fluoxetine for years started on one a day and last year was put up to 3 a day but things got worse and worse nearly cost me my job and marriage after the fluoxetine I was put on citalepram or however you spell it these didn’t work for me hence now on setraline haven’t had any side effects apart from not sleeping |
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I've had diazepam, dothiepin, fluoxitine and now sertraline. I thought sertraline was by far the best but of course this is a very individual thing.
The one thing that trumps the lot is talking over a coffee or beer with my closest friends and sharing our hopes and fears. That is the best therapy of all. |
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I was prescribed setraline at first, didn't feel like they were doing anything, then they switched me to metazipine (my apologies for spelling that completely wrong) they definitely helped me sleep but damn did i feel crap during the day.
I've stopped taking them (my own choice) I definitely don't feel as blah during the day and some days do feel like I'm winning the fight...to be honest I've not talked to anyone about this really as I don't know what to do ,do I go back and ask for something different again or do I go on without anything..I just don't want to be taking them all my life that's one of my worries  |
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"I've had diazepam, dothiepin, fluoxitine and now sertraline. I thought sertraline was by far the best but of course this is a very individual thing.
The one thing that trumps the lot is talking over a coffee or beer with my closest friends and sharing our hopes and fears. That is the best therapy of all. "
Which is why talking therapies are advocated.
As a society many people have lost the social support of family/neighbours/friends compared to decades ago. We are a fractured society. |
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"I was prescribed these and took them for a few months they made me suicidle basically i stopped them straight away! Doctors dont care anymore they will give u anything they get paid either way! "
I hope you found strategies that work. |
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"I was prescribed setraline at first, didn't feel like they were doing anything, then they switched me to metazipine (my apologies for spelling that completely wrong) they definitely helped me sleep but damn did i feel crap during the day.
I've stopped taking them (my own choice) I definitely don't feel as blah during the day and some days do feel like I'm winning the fight...to be honest I've not talked to anyone about this really as I don't know what to do ,do I go back and ask for something different again or do I go on without anything..I just don't want to be taking them all my life that's one of my worries "
It will be dependent on the cause(s) of the depression to how long you'll be on them. If you have made headway yourself, acknowledge that.
Must add, don't ever use alcohol as a strategy. It is a depressant. |
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"There are so many anti-depressants being prescribed.
The thread Sertraline was so popular, and hopefully helpful, it'd be good to continue."
Great work keeping it going
When I first created the discussion a while ago it struck me as no one was talking about the side effects and I knew if I had something other would to so thought why no start a dialogue |
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"There are so many anti-depressants being prescribed.
The thread Sertraline was so popular, and hopefully helpful, it'd be good to continue.
Great work keeping it going
When I first created the discussion a while ago it struck me as no one was talking about the side effects and I knew if I had something other would to so thought why no start a dialogue "
The more it is talked about means it loses its stigma. |
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"Forgive me for saying, (only an opinion) I think anti depressants are being over prescribed. I understand they help people but I can't help think that doctors or other medical professionals just use them as the easy option.🤔 "
Absolutely, gut health, brain injury and poor breathing techniques all add more sediment to this muddy pool of low moods. |
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"I've had diazepam, dothiepin, fluoxitine and now sertraline. I thought sertraline was by far the best but of course this is a very individual thing.
The one thing that trumps the lot is talking over a coffee or beer with my closest friends and sharing our hopes and fears. That is the best therapy of all. "
I could not agree more |
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"I've had diazepam, dothiepin, fluoxitine and now sertraline. I thought sertraline was by far the best but of course this is a very individual thing.
The one thing that trumps the lot is talking over a coffee or beer with my closest friends and sharing our hopes and fears. That is the best therapy of all.
Which is why talking therapies are advocated.
As a society many people have lost the social support of family/neighbours/friends compared to decades ago. We are a fractured society."
I agree totally. I feel lonely a lot even when I was in a relationship. Family 200 miles away. Winter is always hardest for be, quite I get SAD, plus all my social life is summer based, cricket, golf etc. I do walking football and they have a good social side too. Lots of blokes in the group struggle with mental health. |
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Didn’t get on with them in the slightest on different ones now total different Outlook and help me massively and to top it off I’ve just been told I’ve got ADHD so I’ve been on them tablets for the last month |
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"I've had diazepam, dothiepin, fluoxitine and now sertraline. I thought sertraline was by far the best but of course this is a very individual thing.
The one thing that trumps the lot is talking over a coffee or beer with my closest friends and sharing our hopes and fears. That is the best therapy of all.
I could not agree more"
Therapy also takes place in, pubs cafes, allotments, sheds, riverbanks and even hill climbs. |
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"I have been depressed and was sertaline, for me getting back to normal was finding what made ne depressed and removing it from my life
Hope that helps someone "
This has to be the ultimate goal... Addressing the cause, won't be easy though!
Well done!👍👏👏 |
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By (user no longer on site) 5 days ago
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Meeting a councillor was the best thing I ever did. Not only were they sympathetic to what I was saying, the way they ask you questions lets you discover the answers. Wish I’d done it sooner! |
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Perhaps, but for some of us who suffer from neurochemical imbalances, they really are the only option. Either that or accept the fact we'll never feel normal. Mental illnesses aren't things that can be understood by anyone who's never suffered them.
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"Perhaps, but for some of us who suffer from neurochemical imbalances, they really are the only option. Either that or accept the fact we'll never feel normal. Mental illnesses aren't things that can be understood by anyone who's never suffered them.
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This, completely agree ❤️ |
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Recently I have come off sertraline. Have been on it for several years and although slowly the dose had to be increased it kept me steady. Things started to go wrong again last year with the loss of my job and then the sudden loss of my girlfriend of 18 years. Xmas was a particularly horrible time. I was maxed out on sertraline. So they have swapped me. Now on venlafaxine. Early days. |
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"Recently I have come off sertraline. Have been on it for several years and although slowly the dose had to be increased it kept me steady. Things started to go wrong again last year with the loss of my job and then the sudden loss of my girlfriend of 18 years. Xmas was a particularly horrible time. I was maxed out on sertraline. So they have swapped me. Now on venlafaxine. Early days."
This medication can increase blood pressure, so do allow the GP to keep an eye on it. |
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"Here's a breakdown of mental health support options:
Samaritans:
Phone: 116 123 (free, 24/7)
Website: Samaritans
NHS Talking Therapies:
For: People in England aged 18 or over
Conditions treated: Depression, anxiety, phobias, OCD, PTSD, etc.
How to access: Speak to your GP or contact the talking therapies service directly
Mind website
Mind Legal Advice:
For: Legal advice related to mental health, mental capacity, community care, human rights, and discrimination/equality
Hub of Hope:
For: Finding local mental health charities
Website: Hub of Hope
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK:
For: Compassionate and understanding support for those with mental health concerns or thoughts of suicide
Phone: 0800 587 0800
Hours: 6 pm - midnight, every day
111
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Brilliant 👏👏
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