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PinkFinal said:
www.bbc.co.uk

BBC Two - Heston: My Life with Bipolar

Chef Heston Blumenthal looks back at how bipolar disorder has impacted his life.
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I watched this last night.
A woman was threatened with the police when she turned up at A&E and refused to leave unless she could speak to a mental health professional which she was denied.
She killed herself eventually.
 
PinkFinal said:
Struggling terribly if I'm honest
Waiting for NHS help as many are
I might have to move in with a relative as I'm just spending too much time alone and it's not easy
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Being on your own PF could amplify those feelings, if you have someone anyone with a bed then it might help get you through a crisis.
 
Kirkstall Blue said:
The assisted dying bill passed by 23 votes in the House of Commons. It will make a huge difference although still has to pass the Lords.
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It should be allowed for long term mental suffering. As I've said before it would be a immense relief if the option was always available. I wouldn't wish what I've been through on anyone, fucking anyone.
This is a uniquely awful time to be alive it feels like. I know many would scoff at that given what things were like 150 years ago etc.. but there seems to be a vast amount of mental dysfunction, social isolation and depression caused by how we now live that simply cannot be alleviated. We've got railway deaths daily pretty much and obviously that takes a terrible toll itself. Maybe we expect too much from life and aren't tough enough, I know that's how some see it but anyway here we are and it is what it is. I don't see it as a big deal if someone wishes to discontinue this state of being that they didn't ask for, cannot cope with and do not understand and cannot find a place in.
 
Life was simple 150 years ago for the majority, most people didn’t know what was happening in the next village, now we are bombarded with the whole wide worlds problems.
We still don’t know how to help successfully severe mental health issues except with medication and listening.
Hang in their PF so many people like you struggling, see if you can find some calming music to listen to on youtube. Which bands/singers do you like. .?
 
Kirkstall Blue said:
Life was simple 150 years ago for the majority, most people didn’t know what was happening in the next village, now we are bombarded with the whole wide worlds problems.
We still don’t know how to help successfully severe mental health issues except with medication and listening.
Hang in their PF so many people like you struggling, see if you can find some calming music to listen to on youtube. Which bands/singers do you like. .?
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Mainly punk! (All dayer at the Academy tomorrow)
But some calmer stuff too.

We seem to have created a very fine tuned hell guaranteed to deliver an immense amount of severe suffering. New victims every day thanks to the miracle of science!
 
Had a very tough weekend
Didn't go to the gig I had a ticket for as just didn't wanna go out really pissed off about that
I rang the local NHS authority last week and it still wasn't answered after 90 minutes
I have options to move in with relatives but I sense they're not that keen about it
Great
There are sanctuaries you can go to locally but I've no experience of how busy they are , what they're like etc
 
Last year I was probably at my lowest ebb found it difficult getting my social anxiety under control and depression due to dad having a major stroke was a big scare luckily he has recovered now after surgery and rehab.

Last year worked in Scotland as a chef and loved the job and my manager despite being a rag was a top fella, made loads of mates up there unfortunately for new season they laid a load of staff off for bogus reason (I survived the chop) and due to company cutbacks was told had to share accommodation after having my own place for 8 months. Rent didn't go down either which annoyed me but tried to give it a go for a month or so, but couldn't hack it, guy they put me with was a raging alcoholic and couldn't unwind after work due to his constant drinking....gave my notice and left on good terms.

***Should add I spent my early 20s doing flatshares sharing with 2-3 people etc but need my own space now.

Back home in Manchester now, looking for work hope to get something soon and in meantime have started playing 5 a side again with group found online which has been brilliant for my mental health, wouldn't normally go outside my comfort zone but forced myself to do it and so glad I did. Hopefully things will be on the up again getting work definitely is a big factor in boosting self esteem. Hope all other blues are doing well <3
 
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PinkFinal said:
Had a very tough weekend
Didn't go to the gig I had a ticket for as just didn't wanna go out really pissed off about that
I rang the local NHS authority last week and it still wasn't answered after 90 minutes
I have options to move in with relatives but I sense they're not that keen about it
Great
There are sanctuaries you can go to locally but I've no experience of how busy they are , what they're like etc
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Do you have a GP patients access on your iPad PF
support.patientaccess.com

Patient Access Support Portal

Search for help, view video tutorial and technical support
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“Patient Access” you can see your NHS results, make appointments, repeat prescriptions, and see your medical record on line.
I would talk to a doctor about not wanting to go out and about taking Ketamine even if you could afford it.
 
PinkFinal said:
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Hopes to open NHS ketamine clinic for treatment resistant depression

Ketamine is linked to serious health problems but some believe it can be used to treat depression.
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It’s expensive PF I’d wait for it on the NHS if I was you. :) . ECT used to be used for depression a long time ago, a relation of mine used to be a patient at Withington hospital, she lived until she was 94 yrs old so no harm but does it do any good.? .It seems a harsh/archaic NHS treatment something I would read up about if it was me.
 
PinkFinal said:
It should be allowed for long term mental suffering. As I've said before it would be a immense relief if the option was always available. I wouldn't wish what I've been through on anyone, fucking anyone.
This is a uniquely awful time to be alive it feels like. I know many would scoff at that given what things were like 150 years ago etc.. but there seems to be a vast amount of mental dysfunction, social isolation and depression caused by how we now live that simply cannot be alleviated. We've got railway deaths daily pretty much and obviously that takes a terrible toll itself. Maybe we expect too much from life and aren't tough enough, I know that's how some see it but anyway here we are and it is what it is. I don't see it as a big deal if someone wishes to discontinue this state of being that they didn't ask for, cannot cope with and do not understand and cannot find a place in.
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I think sometimes no one gives us as hard a time as we give ourselves and self isolation though necessary for some can become as daunting as the society we're avoiding. Last year plus has drained me but I'm physically strengthening and with that my mind appears better. I now have a quandary of whether to add to it by an employment issue that's heading for tribunal. Or whether to walk away with my integrity intact.
Music helps me as does reading and walking etc but it's the nights and early mornings I find hard. Panic attack few weeks back possibly as a release of keeping emotions well hidden. Work though a release and sanctuary is also the main cause of my anxiety. Government permitting I retire in 3-4 years and enjoy life again
 
PinkFinal said:
www.bbc.co.uk

BBC Two - Heston: My Life with Bipolar

Chef Heston Blumenthal looks back at how bipolar disorder has impacted his life.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Watched that as I'm Bipolar too.

Pretty much everything shown in that programme applies to me :(

All the stories resonate; all the psychotic grandiose episodes (I've been responsible for saving the fucking world on about FOUR occasions and nobody's EVER thanked me! Not once! :):), the hypomania, the month long depressions, the self harm, the mood swings, the suicide attempts, the lot :(

And I was Fat Heston up until about 5? 8? years ago.

Zombied out on mood stabilizers and anti-depressants and anti-psychotics and whatever other little coloured pill they decided was appropriate that month; desperately telling myself that I was "getting better" whilst piling on the pounds and mumbling and bumbling my way through conversations (unless the anti-depressants kicked in and then sometimes I'd just loose ALL memory of what I was talking about and instantly drop out of a conversation with ZERO idea of what I'd been saying - unfortunately this is a lasting side effect which I still get all these years after stopping taking their "medication"); shuffling around like an old man barely able to function, but telling myself that this "letter-boxed" middle ground "kid's funfair ride" was better than the rollercoaster of Bipolar.

It wasn't. It was fucking shit and and I hated it. It just wasn't me any more.

Stopped all their meds when they told me my cholesterol level was around 13 (I kid you not) due to some known and totally predicted side-effect of the meds, and because they weren't actually giving me any (long term) mental health benefit. I'm on 40mg statins for life and my cholesterol levels are now very healthy and have been for some time.

Self medicate now, which is much better (in general) for my mental health but unfortunately it does comes with quite high levels of stigmatization from the ill-informed, ignorant masses out there (which is the only negative side-effect of my medication). I still get the ups and downs but when you know it's a cycle and it'll end eventually, you kinda learn to live with it, it's more complicated than that, but that's sort of how it is. I self medicate to get to sleep and to keep me out of trouble, nothing more, nothing less.

What I will say is that whilst people can have the same condition, the same experiences and the same outwardly observed behaviour patterns, not everybody experiences the condition equally.

Heston obviously enjoyed the mania (he self medicated with cocaine FFS), I didn't (losing your mind is too fucking scary, both during and after the event), I prefer the hypomania (and my medication of choice reflects this)

The programme lied IMO when they said that it's totally treatable, other than that I thought it did a good job telling people "our" story
 
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Mental health is general health. Nothing to be ashamed of, and it's not your fault. Just like other illness's, they can come and go. And they are defeatable....they just don't seem like it when you're going through it all. Allow yourself time and rest just like any other illness.

My advice would be to avoid alcohol though...just from personal experience. Fucking ace when you're drinking it...wait til you come off it ...the mental problems increase with anxiety.
 
Marklr said:
Mental health is general health. Nothing to be ashamed of, and it's not your fault. Just like other illness's, they can come and go. And they are defeatable....they just don't seem like it when you're going through it all. Allow yourself time and rest just like any other illness.

My advice would be to avoid alcohol though...just from personal experience. Fucking ace when you're drinking it...wait til you come off it ...the mental problems increase with anxiety.
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I've not drank for over 18 months now, in retrospect it probably helped me sleep better if nothing else. Agree re mental health it does improve and get better often in tandem with your physical health.
 
Marklr said:
Mental health is general health. Nothing to be ashamed of, and it's not your fault. Just like other illness's, they can come and go. And they are defeatable....they just don't seem like it when you're going through it all. Allow yourself time and rest just like any other illness.

My advice would be to avoid alcohol though...just from personal experience. Fucking ace when you're drinking it...wait til you come off it ...the mental problems increase with anxiety.
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Good advice.

I've not touched alcohol for about 10/15 years (had maybe 3 or 4 pints in total in that time frame) as I don't like who it turns me into (it kinda fuels my inner demons), and as I have an addictive personality I've never really been able to do it sociably anyway.
 
the-ecstacy-of-eight said:
Good advice.

I've not touched alcohol for about 10/15 years (had maybe 3 or 4 pints in total in that time frame) as I don't like who it turns me into (it kinda fuels my inner demons), and as I have an addictive personality I've never really been able to do it sociably anyway.
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My son has done the same. He noticed those signs and decided to be teetotal. Nip it in the bud. He has the advantage of a fucked up dad as an example! haha. I've learnt a lot from my fucked up shitty life...if this was only a rehearsal for the next life....
 
shackattack said:
I've not drank for over 18 months now, in retrospect it probably helped me sleep better if nothing else. Agree re mental health it does improve and get better often in tandem with your physical health.
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A lot of people don't realise it's their alcohol intake that is causing them mental health problems. It's one of the worst drugs to use for that. The come down off alcohol causes paranoia and panic attacks. All that shit. I used to drink to avoid that. Vicious circles.
 
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