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bruces is there nothing that will distract you while you are waiting for your meds review? Do you like reading? watching films? computer games? sport? I know you feel awful at the moment but things will get better once your meds have been tweaked. x

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bruces, suicide is NOT an option. If you are seriously contemplating this get yourself to A&E and get some emergency help. You feel like sh** because you are depressed. Once your depression has been addressed by sorting out your meds things will get better much better. Is there anybody with you that you can talk to? Does your dad know how sad you are at the moment? Is he someone you can talk to?

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If you feel selfish now just think how your family would feel if you were to take your life? Bruces breaks my heart to type this but I know exactly how they would feel because 18 months ago my daughter tried to take her own life. Thankfully she wasn't successful but I can tell you exactly what its like to spend the night at a hospital bed with one of the most important people in your world and not knowing if they are going to make it. She did make it and is now in a good place and bitterly regrets what she tried to do. Sadly 18 months on I can't get over it and I never will. Its was the final straw that caused my ocd relapse. Bruces please try to find distractions to keep yourself busy until you have your meds review. I haven't but I could type on here exactly how your family would feel. Bruces be kind to yourself and wait for your meds appt. ACE has offered you help and support take it talk to him. I'm not trying to make you feel worse and I sincerely hope I haven't but I really want you to think and to know that things can and do get better. x

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I know it would devastate my family that's why I havnt done it yet,but the alternative is I live in abject misery,I once had the hope things could get better but I was only kidding myself after 20 plus years of different meds and treatment I think I've tried it all,there isn't anything that can be done but I do appreciate your kind words I read somewhere suicide is a permanant solution to a temporary problem but ocd isn't temporary it's chronic.

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Bruces,meds alone don't really do anything for OCD.They only help you deal with the anxiety as you tackle the OCD with therapy.Your solution to this is to go and get some proper CBT from a qualified therapist and stick with it until you feel better.In my opinion that is the way for you to get yourself out of this.Honestly so many people have been like you and then been treated and have recovered

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gp ......... saying he didn't want to mess about with my meds anymore and he wanted To give me a referral to a specialist and let them advise on medication

I think this is probably right. GPs are general practitioners - they know some (probably a lot) about a lot of illnesses and conditions, but they don't have the time to be expert in everything.

A psychiatrist specialises in mental health problems and disorders and will probably be au fait with the latest treatments and so on. Also they will almost certainly have much more experience of these disorders and will know how the different meds work and so on.

If you can, please let your GP refer you - to be seen by an expert has got to give you a better chance of finding the right meds and treatment.

Take care

whitebeam

PS when I had a bout of depression out of the blue - before my OCD took hold - I was prescribed amitryptiline and it worked really well

My ocd was brought under control by a combination of clomipramine and clonazepam

I'm not saying these will work for you - but they helped me enormously. In the case of the clomipramine and clonazepam I would definitely say they saved my life.

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I'm with white beam Bruces.Let your GP refer you to a mental health professional.I know you say you aren't in the right frame of mind to engage in it right now but they will have ways of bringing you round.Depression shouldn't stop you having treatment and is in fact a reason to have some

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bruces I think like many if not all here the no 1 thing first of all is to get your depression under control as CBT will be pretty difficult to try right now even though of course you never stop trying.When you're so down you can only try your best do whatever it takes&it's not your fault because being so low well really usually nothing ever helps at all being so depressed.CBT tends to be pretty difficult when you're feeling so down but not saying of course you can't try it.

But you like me&anyone/everyone else please allow your GP refer you to a Psychiatrist asap,is it possible that you can be admitted to hospital judging on how depressed you're bruces? :original: .I know how you're feeling I really do and I've been there when being so depressed everything is absolute black as hell but you must see a Psychiatrist asap please do that I know you're in such a bad position right now&all seems understandably hopeless right now but things will turn around for you I know they will.

There are so many meds out there,anything pretty much can be used to help you and there are combinations also which I've found personally after that many meds myself,constant hospital stays,Shock treatement you name it so there is something out there for everyone trust me my friend :original: .

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He didn't say a lot I wouldn't know how to do that I told the doc I feel suicidal the pain is just so immense and such a torture I feel physically sick from it I'm not religious but I find myself praying to god take me away and let my soul rest in peace

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Bruces I just don't know what to say to you because nothing I type is going to make you feel better but I want you to know that things will improve. You are going to have to be really strong while you wait for your appointment. Suicide is NOT an option. Things will seem much brighter once your depression is tackled. x

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I switched from Clomipramine to Sertraline which I've been on for the quite a while now and I find my mood isn't as good as it was when I was on Clomipramine so I'm in the same boat with Sertraline not seeming to be helping.

Don't give up. There is a medication out there that will help you. It's frustrating I know when one doesn't seem to be working but you won't feel this way forever.

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You certainly haven't exhausted the list of medications you can try. You haven't tried Clomipramine for example which is often referred to as one of the best drugs for ocd and I found it really good for depression. You need help with the depression that is making you feel hopeless right now. There is a way out.

Chris

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bruces there are meds that can help you I know there are ther'es always somehting out there I know it.Clomipramine as suugested by evolve is meant to be one of the good one's for OCD.Maybe a combination like I'm on may be a trick for you hopefully it may help?.I know right now nothing at all helps you due to how severe your depression&OCDS are but you must see a specialist asap can you please do that or go to the hospital asap?.

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