I have my appointment with the psychiatrist on Friday

[WigWamBam]

And I'm terrified and just need to off-load.

My GP has referred me because he says he can't change my medication (I'm on 40mg Citalopram)without referral to a psychiatrist, but from what he tells me now, the psychiatrist won't really want to see me because they're not really interested in straightforward depression. They are only seeing me because they have to (new guidelines on one particular medication) and not because they feel that they can help me. That's made me feel really wonderful about wasting the psychiatrist's time just for a change of meds that the GP isn't able to do.

I was hoping for a good, positive session with the psych but with my GP saying this, I can't see it happening now. To add insult to injury, dh was going to be coming with me for a bit of moral support, but he forgot and has now arranged a business trip for Friday.

I was feeling really positive about this, as I've been waiting for a couple of months for this appointment, but now I feel I'm just going round in circles. If the psychiatrist isn't going to want to help me, who will?

I feel as if I'm just going round in circles

[HappyHuggy]

Hiya wigwambam

how are you feeling now?

[Sax]

bump!

[Surfermum]

Good luck for tomorrow WWB. Hope it goes well.

[Sax]

WigWamBam - all the very best for the appointment, I will check in in the morning to see how you are!

[marthamoo]

WWB, I don't know how I missed this. I'm so sorry you're still struggling and best of luck for tomorrow (today!) I do know how hard it is.

[HappyHuggy]

good luck wigwambam



hope eberything goes okay for you and you come back feeling 'lighter' iykwim

[Sax]

Good luck for the appointment WigWamBam and I hope you feel you can come back and tell us how it went and how you feeling

[lilaclotus]

wwb i didn't know you felt depressed {{hug}}
good luck!

[Evesmama]

good luck with appointment today

[HappyHuggy]

how did it go?

hope you're ok

[LGJ]

Happy Huggy you beat me to it.


Did you run here ??

[HappyHuggy]

as fast as i could.....

[WigWamBam]

Hi girls, thank you for your thoughts.

Weeeeeeell, I saw the psychiatrist this morning, the long and the short of it is, she agrees with the GP about changing the meds to see how I get on with a different ad, so she's taking me off the Citalopram and putting me onto Efexor, but I can't change the meds until I've had a raft of blood tests and en ECG done - which I have to go back to the GP to arrange. If the Efexor doesn't have any effect within the next three months, she will recommend that I be put on the waiting lists for some kind of therapy or counselling, althougth she would rather try and fix it with meds.

From what I've told her she thinks I've had long-term mild depression since my teens, which then kicked off into this more severe depression when I had my dd. It wasn't post-natal depression, just a worsening of a pre-existing condition which had never really troubled me before. She isn't too worried about the OCD that goes along with it, as she thinks that's anxiety-related, and the anti-depressants will help.

Thank you so much for talking to me while I've been waiting for this. I know I've been a bit daft with feeling so anxious about seeing the psychiatrist, but having people to talk to has really helped.

[bundle]

wwb, i'm glad the psychiatrist took your condition so seriously and it sounds like you hit it off (which obviously helps). good luck with the change-over, xx

[HappyHuggy]

you havent been daft at all!

im waiting for my referal to he psychotherapist and its nerve racking!

well done you for going!!!!!

how are you feeling about it?

[LGJ]

[RTKangaMummy]

Oh WWB sorry missed this thread earlier

Glad you have been seen and hope that you will get some more help

[WigWamBam]

Thanks, I feel a bit weird and wobbly now. She was trying to get a full history, and she's had me digging up things from the past that I thought were long dead and buried, and I hadn't realised how much they still affect me.

[HappyHuggy]

i know that feeling too. Its not nice.

Has she given you any thoughts on how to cope with them memories that come back?

Ive gone through different stages and have no reached anger and am resiting the urge to smash things up so am finding another outlet for it, probably some form of excersize.

you should be really proud of yourself for going, its not an easy step to take.

You should take some time to relax now - watch a film, read a book or something and let your mind settle

[WigWamBam]

I'm going to go and kick the cat

No, I shall sit for a while and do nothing; might even go and relax in the bath, see if I can stop my mind churning. She didn't give me any ideas for how to cope with the memories; she was just trying to get the background really.

Exercise is good, too - if the weather stays nice I shall take dd for a run around in the park.

[bundle]

it's going to be gorgeous this weekend, apparently. and you can look forward to it even more as you no longer have the "stress" of anticipating your psych appt

[LGJ]

Right I have finished my Friday treat of chips, so I can type, pretty impossible to type when you are holding a bag of chips .

WWB

Would it be a good idea to write things down as they come back to you and then burn them ???

And by doing so set that part of yourself free ??

Or am I just talking testicles ???

[WigWamBam]

You had to mention chips, didn't you

That's a good idea, actually, I had thought that I might write some letters to certain people and then burn them, I don't know if it would work but it can't hurt.