Off Topic Thread: Stuff (13 April 2019)

Yeah SSRIs will do that. Fucking horrible drugs. I told all the docs I was seeing, never give me those things again, they made my depression 10x worse.

Is it actually helping your depression? If not you should ask for alternatives otherwise you just get put on the SSRI roundabout forever.

Mirtazapine, although it also didn't work for me, works for many others so it might be worth trying. The NHS has no trouble giving it out.

For me what actually finally dug me out of my hole was my ADHD meds, dexamphetamine. Docs don't mind scripting this however it can only be scripted by ADHD specialists and the waiting list for those on the NHS is super long.

If your problem is anxiety then pregabalin or diazepam (or any other benzos, I'm scripted clonazepam) would help you more but the NHS is reluctant to prescribe those since they're controlled drugs.

If you have a few hundred quid to invest in your health, and your health is well worth investing in, there's a site called Psychiatry-UK that will let you video chat with an actual psychiatrist instead of wasting time being dicked about by your GP.

They are private psychiatrists so they don't have to play by NHS rules or bureaucracy and can do what's best for you. Two of my mates got dexamphetamine scripts virtually instantly using that service which would have taken years on the NHS.

It's basically the same as seeing a psychiatrist privately but it's far more affordable. IRL an evaluation would cost about a grand. That site will charge about £200-300. Then the rest of your communication is by email.

If you want more info PM me any time and I can walk you through the process and tell you which docs to speak to on there. If you don't mind telling me what your exact issues are, I can recommend which docs are most likely to help you and what treatments worked for me and what to avoid (although of course YMMV, but the docs are solid).

I highly recommend using that site to speak to a private psychiatrist because seeing a psychiatrist on the NHS is almost impossible these days and GP's have no clue what they are doing most of the time.

Like I said PM me if you wanna speak privately, I've been through all these issues and gone through the system myself many times and I know how to get proper care rather than having a clueless GP throw new SSRIs at you each visit.