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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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depression - aibu?

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WaffilyVersatile · 03/12/2013 11:31

I have been waiting for 2 weeks for this appt with my gp. Now that I am in the waiting room I have no idea what I will say and just feel a bit silly really. Aibu to want to go hide in the car?

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Utterly · 10/12/2013 10:45

Just 'wow' to your initial doctor.

Your son sounds lovely. Good luck OP .

omuwalamulungi · 10/12/2013 10:53

Good luck

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WaffilyVersatile · 10/12/2013 11:44

home now. this gp has referred me for counselling and has prescribed Fluoxetin. I must admit I am nervous about taking pills but something has to change. Thank you all for your support, you have all helped me so much x

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PigWhisperer · 10/12/2013 11:48

Good for you for going back!

You may find the mental health boards here useful?

Good Luck!

redexpat · 10/12/2013 12:00

Yay! Well done for going back.

coffeeinbed · 10/12/2013 12:10

Good job OP.
What an arse the first GP is.
Hope all goes better for you.

struggling100 · 10/12/2013 12:14

Well done you! It's not easy to persist when you are treated like that.

And please don't be worried about the pills. They will not act dramatically, or suddenly. They will just take the edge off the anxiety and sadness, so that you can cope again.

hellsbellsmelons · 10/12/2013 12:19

So pleased you went back.
Must have been hard but you did it.
I really hope you start to feel better very soon.
And bless your son and it sounds like you handled that very well.

monicalewinski · 10/12/2013 14:47

The pills are nothing to be scared of, like struggling said they take the edge off and level you out.

Well done for sticking with it, hopefully you should start feeling more 'normal' in the next week or so, and then its onwards and upwards from there. xx

MrsWickens · 10/12/2013 14:56

Well done for going back, that's the hardest bit over and done with. Please don't worry about taking the tablets. I visualise my depression on one side of an old fashioned set of scales and the tablets are the weights that help the scales balance. I'm not sure that makes sense to anyone else but it does to me.

ProfondoRosso · 10/12/2013 15:02

Good work, Waffly. There are some regular posters on the Mental Health board who are wonderful - they usually have a long running thread going on (the Village, I think). I've been on there under a different name in the past, and they are great people.

Your son sounds a credit to you. What a great job you've done raising him to be so compassionate and thoughtful! As others have said, don't worry about the pills - they're not mind-altering drugs, more just levellers. They might feel a bit funny at first, but hopefully they'll help you feel more like yourself again soon.

Hogwash · 10/12/2013 20:52

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sandfrog · 10/12/2013 20:59

So glad your second appointment went well. That sounds much more the sort of thing that could help.

Snowbility · 10/12/2013 21:00

Waffley just caught up with this thread. Well done for persisting with another GP. What an arse the first one was....clearly has no idea what depression is, which us worrying for anyone relying on his help.

Hope the treatment helps...I find talking about how I feel and hard exercise/walking ease the symptoms a little.

Just wanted to wish you all the best for a speedy recovery.

ohfourfoxache · 11/12/2013 10:00

Well done Waffily - you should be very proud of yourself x

As others have said, try not to worry about the tablets - they haven't been given to you to "change" you, but to help you to get onto an even keel. I have to admit that, since taking them, for the first time in my life they have made me feel "normal" (I know that is a hugely subjective idea - so I suppose they have actually made me feel that I know now what "normal" should feel like iyswim)

Thinking of them as a "leveller" is very accurate imho

Hope you start to feel better soon x

Bananagio · 11/12/2013 14:33

well done Waffily for going back. Now you can focus on getting well. All the best.

ColouringInQueen · 11/12/2013 14:38

So pleased for you waffly a good step on the road to recovery. Take care.

Braganza · 11/12/2013 14:56

Well done on going back. It's a positive step of taking back control of your emotions. Anyone suffering from depression suffers in their own way. In my case I found that having fixed and regular commitments gave me a framework to get through the worst days and stopped me dwelling too much on whatever issues I had. Getting better is a long process, and not every step will be forwards, but you've taken the initiative now to start on the road, and that's an incredibly important -and strong- thing to do.

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