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**sam34** · 22-03-2012, 06:30

conas- on this website we have a policy of not giving medical advice. that includes advising people not to seek medical help. do not post here in that manner again.

Katy89 · 22-03-2012, 14:32

op, if the waiting list for a psychiatrist is long, why don't you go to your gp and tell him what's going on.

if it's that bad an acute, he can describe you something which gives you relief immediately while you in this rough patch with college and puts you out of danger of dropping out.

sunnie · 22-03-2012, 15:10

hi corkhead, i can completly comply with what you are going through at the moment. i too have battled with depression and anixty for many many years. i have my good wkks and my bad weeks. recently ive been havin alot of bad days, so much so that it is starting to slpit my relationship up with my boyfriend. I have been to see someone but that was back in janurary and have not heard anything from anyone since. ive gone to my doc to see wat the hold up is but nothing as of yet from anyone. im afraid im going to ruein my relationship if i dont sort myself out soon

corkhead · 22-03-2012, 18:56

Hey thanks to everyone for the help, went to my gp today and he gave me a referral letter, i have to go to the local mental health centre tomorrow and hopefully i'll be able to see a psych there, im feeling a bit better today but hopefully ill get to see someone tomorrow and not just on a waiting list.
my gp is the guy who's doing the cbt therapy with me, i didn't ask him but i don't think he'll put me on anything other than the prozac im already on coz he seems to be very anti-medication. if needs be ill find another gp.
sunnie hang in there, i hope you get to see somebody soon. I find it ridiculous that they tell people suffering from depression to talk to there gp and when you do you can be left waiting for ages to get the help you need. i don't know what the problems you're having with your boyfriend are but if you want to talk let me know. I find it helps if you tell your partner that your not well and you need to be supported and understood. you don't need to be judged or to have people criticize you. was in a relationship before where the person wasn't willing or able to do that but in the long run that was good because in the long run i don't want to be with someone whose impatient, unhelpful and small minded. my fiance offered to go to the hospital with me today which was great, problem is she had mental health problems before and she sometimes thinks what worked for her should for me generally she tries.
conas you shouldn't be posting things like that online, medication works for a lot of people and you could do real harm by telling people not to see a psychiatrist. it's very difficult for a lot of people already to go for help and putting those kind of innaccurate generalizations around is dangerous.

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22-03-2012, 06:30	#16
sam34 Category Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,895 Adverts \| Friends CMod: Biology, Health Science Mods, Health Sciences, Long Term Illness, Science Moderators, Weather Moderators, The Gentlemen's Club, Science, Science Mods	conas- on this website we have a policy of not giving medical advice. that includes advising people not to seek medical help. do not post here in that manner again.

22-03-2012, 14:32	#17
Katy89 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 114 Adverts \| Friends	op, if the waiting list for a psychiatrist is long, why don't you go to your gp and tell him what's going on. if it's that bad an acute, he can describe you something which gives you relief immediately while you in this rough patch with college and puts you out of danger of dropping out.

22-03-2012, 15:10	#18
sunnie Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 14 Adverts \| Friends	hi corkhead, i can completly comply with what you are going through at the moment. i too have battled with depression and anixty for many many years. i have my good wkks and my bad weeks. recently ive been havin alot of bad days, so much so that it is starting to slpit my relationship up with my boyfriend. I have been to see someone but that was back in janurary and have not heard anything from anyone since. ive gone to my doc to see wat the hold up is but nothing as of yet from anyone. im afraid im going to ruein my relationship if i dont sort myself out soon

22-03-2012, 18:56	#19
corkhead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 8 Adverts \| Friends	Hey thanks to everyone for the help, went to my gp today and he gave me a referral letter, i have to go to the local mental health centre tomorrow and hopefully i'll be able to see a psych there, im feeling a bit better today but hopefully ill get to see someone tomorrow and not just on a waiting list. my gp is the guy who's doing the cbt therapy with me, i didn't ask him but i don't think he'll put me on anything other than the prozac im already on coz he seems to be very anti-medication. if needs be ill find another gp. sunnie hang in there, i hope you get to see somebody soon. I find it ridiculous that they tell people suffering from depression to talk to there gp and when you do you can be left waiting for ages to get the help you need. i don't know what the problems you're having with your boyfriend are but if you want to talk let me know. I find it helps if you tell your partner that your not well and you need to be supported and understood. you don't need to be judged or to have people criticize you. was in a relationship before where the person wasn't willing or able to do that but in the long run that was good because in the long run i don't want to be with someone whose impatient, unhelpful and small minded. my fiance offered to go to the hospital with me today which was great, problem is she had mental health problems before and she sometimes thinks what worked for her should for me generally she tries. conas you shouldn't be posting things like that online, medication works for a lot of people and you could do real harm by telling people not to see a psychiatrist. it's very difficult for a lot of people already to go for help and putting those kind of innaccurate generalizations around is dangerous.