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It's been 2 years since my worst bout of depression and got diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Feeling a bit strange looking back at it. Bit haunted by the memories and worries me it will happen again. Anyone else have a period of a couple of weeks where you feel a bit wobbly around the time you were ...

Well they seem to occur to significant events like you mentioned which would suggest why you get depressed but then again not everyone gets properly depressed when things go wrong. How people react differs and if your reaction is causing you more grief than you feel it should then you do need to thi...

Chick, remember that anything under 100mg is a low dose if you are taking lamotrigine for depression. If you get nothing from 200, then I'd consider it a failure unless you are trying to control something other than unipolar depression. I know that's what crazy meds say and the studies they have re...

Just to update for the benefit of others to know about the drug. I now have fairly good mood stabilisation on 500mg. It's much better for the lows (been brilliant for chotic racing thoughts aswell) so I am still playing with other meds for the highs. I must stress I did get only improvements with do...

ps it's older treatments that can have more side effects, the newer ones have fewer that interfere with daily life but still need eg liver function observation

What meds have you tried? Have you tried different types of anti depressants (tricyclics, maoi's?), anti convulsants, Lithium, anti psychotics? Be useful to know if you have definately tried everything. The other meds that are not first line treatment, but not necessarily newer treatments, can actua...

Great you got over it, you must feel fab having something to look forward to and a purpose in life. It can help others to see a sucess story...give them some hope. However I just wanted to emphasise for anyone who may feel bad that they cannot do the same atm that not everyone can beat depression th...

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sometimes is my view

How about doing a short OU course...they offer tasters at degree level that you could study over 10 weeks or 5 months and they are very part time, just a few hours a week. It would help with confidence in studying i'm sure.

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An addiction is a sign of deeper underlying problems whatever the addiction is, self esteem is poor, so it's not a sign of healthy mental health.

Why should YOU be the only tolerant one? Because it benefits him. If Francis can do it and it is beneficial to him/gets what he wants why not? People can be quite stubborn with "why should i..." which is not really helpful when all you need to do is ask, "how can I help myself?"...

I got over needle phobis quickly with CBT. I learnt general CBT concepts first then as soon as went onto specific anxiety provoking situations I used blood tests as an example and we made "flashcards" to take to the situation (my case nurse appt). While there I read it... all the info abou...

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I'm not depressed anymore (although I am always alert to another spell). I've had various therapies but didn't really get anywhere till I started medication (anti convulsants and occasional anti psychotics). I do recommend both therapy and meds tho. Also do question treatment if it doesn't seem righ...