Absolutely, and the Samaritans do some amazing work. A friend of mine used to volunteer for them. She told me though, that if someone rings up and says (for example) that they have just taken an overdose, you are not allowed to call an ambulance to try and rescue them. If they want to die, you can stay on the phone and talk to them, but you cannot try and stop them.

I think i might suffer with Bi polar im not sure. iv read about it and stuff and a lot of it fits to how i feel most of the time. but my doctors dont speak english so i cant really go and talk to them about it.

of course your doctors speak English!!! JeeZ!! You could read most diagnosis things and apply your self to some of it, I wouldnt go by those too much. If you are feeling concerned about the way you feel then go to your doctors, who, even if they are foreign will be able to understand you and they are trained.

Theres some good support forums for people experiencing problems, one I recommend is Nomorepanic

http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/

I have to agree with what Netto has said, we can all fit ourselves into neat little boxes if we want to. Be very careful about self diagnosing yourself. If the GP you saw doesnt speak clear enough english then you need to ask to see another. I really think you would be struggling to say I think I am bi-polar if you truly were, it isnt something that is so easy to cope with if you have it.

Like I said I have a diagnosis and am very lucky that I am what is described as "high functioning" bi-polar. I thank the fairies every day for that, I live a relativley normal life that is controlled by a strict medication regime. I know I couldnt function without those meds. I still have episodes, but my family around me now know how to cope with those. I am very lucky indeed, in fact I sometimes think my bi-polar is a gift and not something bad, it lets me look at the world very differently :spin2:

I have just been diagnosed with sever reactionary depression. I popped my first happy pill today. Fluoxetine hydrochloride (prozac) and I am going to have to go for counselling (that is so not me)

I feel ****ing stupid as even though I know this can happen to anyone, this does not happen to me.

:hug:

Sorry to hear that.

Your right it can happen to anyone noones immune mate. I was on anti depressants for a year Im off them now and Im fine, thank god for happy pills all I can say:thumbs:

Thanks babe.

Prozac is one that I have never been on. I have now been put on some freekin heavy duty tablets in the interim before I see a specialist. They are horrid, they ever sedate me or dont sedate me enough so I am climbing the walls.

I've had a good few weeks but I can feel it bad signs seeping in again and I have no way of controlling them

Plus I have no idea how long my appointment with a specialist will be of if they can help.

I'm not really happy at being labeled with a personality disorder when it seems so general. I feel like I have been passed from pillar to post because I dont fit into any neat little boxes

It struck me yesterday when someone mentioned about mental illness. So I am mental now. Great :conf:

Now looking forward to the side effects to kicking before things hopefully look better.

Oh well, shall we be mentalists together?

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welcome to my world

Just be minded that it can have some odd side effects. SSRI's can leave you very jittery and restless.

I dont get on with SSRI's at all, they tend to make me feel like I have taken amphetamines which I hate

"they tend to make me feel like I have taken amphetamines"

Sweet... maybe not.

lol..... but not in a good way :wink:

When I 1st took SSRI's I had to take a few weeks off work because I felt so wired.

Hence why I dont take them :bored:

Doing a bit of reading it looks like I will either notice nothing in the way of side affects or become a gibbering over active zombie... that sweats a lot.

I had the ***** for a couple of days on citalopram (SSRI) but after that nothing till I came off them then I felt jittery...Having said that I may of just had the ***** cos I was panicky all the time:yuk:

It looks like us Leicestershire lot are a bunch of nutters.

Lol must be summat in the water

and Ive just realised if you write ***** plural its not offensive enough to be censored WoW! ***** ***** *****:spin:

I know its the ***** init! :spin:

Wait until you get the nice dry mouth and feel like you have chewed cotton wool feeling that comes often with most SSRI's !!!!
At least you are not taking meds that can leave you a little incontinent lol now when you read that as a possibly side effect you worry :bored:

oh yeh dry mouth I did have that!

Thats a horrid side effect, plus because of the dry mouth I used to start to panic (a dry mouth is my first sign of a panic attack) so it was a no win situation because the SSRI's made me panic even more due to the dry mouth.

wow i diddn`t realise there would be so many members on tibb going through similiar things.Although I am in a much happier place now than i used to be i still feel so alone ,other than when i go to my councilling sessions I don`t tend to speak about my depression as I`ve found friends prefer to turn a blind eye,i understand,its not that there bad friends i just don`t think they know what to say.

Just a quick one, how long before I should expect the side affects to start?

Your on Fluoxetine right?