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Discussion & help on depression & mental health related issues

EFCPaul said:
Feeling in a bind again and need some advice, typically it will be something that will seem very small to everyone else I'm sure but it's causing me a lot of angst.

My team in work have agreed to go for a meal on Friday before we go off for Christmas. I was up for that but earlier today I found out the resturant they want to go too is down the road from a bar that I frequent and am very friendly with the staff. I fancy one of the staff and have been trying conjure the courage to ask her out for a while to be honest, we're very friendly but anxiety has held me back so far. My colleagues now want to go in to this place for drinks on the night after we've eaten.

The dilemma is, I behave differently in work to how I do with when I'm friends outside of it, I play the clown in the office a bit but i'm a bit more shy in social settings. Now I'm feeling very awkward at the prospect of going in there and inter-twining two, i've mentioned this girl to my colleagues before but I never imagined having to deal with them all being in the same place, the potential embarrassment or awkwardness could be excruciating. I don't know what to do now. To just go and see what happens and risk it all blowing up into a mess or to make my excuse to not go and hope no one gives it a 2nd thought.

The match best be good tonight, I need my mind off this crap haha.
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It's Christmas time - get to the bar, get a bit tipsy and ask the girl out. Could be the best present you get this year if she says yes.
 
Ok. This is tricky.
I love this thread, I've got PTSD etc and I'm sound, got all the cognitive skills. No worries at all.
But, a family member has now got issues.
Big, fat, massive issues.
He's 15.
His girlfriend flagged up self harming.
Been the doctors. Prozac was prescribed.
He's saying he has voices in his head telling him to slash his throat ?
Any, literally, any advice would be ace, as we've no idea.
 
Toast said:
Ok. This is tricky.
I love this thread, I've got PTSD etc and I'm sound, got all the cognitive skills. No worries at all.
But, a family member has now got issues.
Big, fat, massive issues.
He's 15.
His girlfriend flagged up self harming.
Been the doctors. Prozac was prescribed.
He's saying he has voices in his head telling him to slash his throat ?
Any, literally, any advice would be ace, as we've no idea.
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They need to go back to their GP.
Prozac, and other SSRI's, can cause suicidal thoughts, especially in adoloscents

From https://www.rxlist.com/prozac-drug/patient-images-side-effects.htm

Report any new or worsening symptoms to your doctor, such as: mood or behavior changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, or if you feel impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically), more depressed, or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.
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It may well be that the side effect is only temporary, and once the drugs are fully in their system, he'll be fine, but, as a minimum, it'll need monitoring.
 

Toast said:
He is being monitored already, I believe.
Back in with hospital tomorrow.
Prozac seemed so odd short term IMO.
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Without knowing the exact circumstances behind the initial prescription it's really hard to make a call on it, but suicidal thoughts when prescribed Prozac are rare, even in adolescents. Try not to analyze it too much. The important thing is that his family have picked up on it and he's being looked after in an appropriate manner. No one drug or treatment fits all, and a GP can only make a risk-based judgement on a situation, so won't always get it "right".

It's always easy in retrospect.
 
Catfish Blues said:
Without knowing the exact circumstances behind the initial prescription it's really hard to make a call on it, but suicidal thoughts when prescribed Prozac are rare, even in adolescents. Try not to analyze it too much. The important thing is that his family have picked up on it and he's being looked after in an appropriate manner. No one drug or treatment fits all, and a GP can only make a risk-based judgement on a situation, so won't always get it "right".

It's always easy in retrospect.
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Thank you.
 
Can't really recall what I posted here last time as probably a year ago. Anyway I was working in London and my wife had just given birth. The job i had had for 12 years crumbled and I was getting into debt. I was signed off for anxiety and depression and swore I would never go back to that office. One year on and I'm still fighting the insurance co. for salary they owe me. We now live in rural spain and I'm a manual labourer at the tender age of 39. My son is an angel. I posted on here as I was first going into the doctors a year back about my guilt for being a useless father, someone off here assured me I will always be his hero. I cried. Life in general has improved money is still a problem but not the be all as it seems in England. The one thing that kills me is my little son not seeing his cousins and grandparents. So I was excited to learn my mum and stepfather were coming to see me in January. Sadly I got a call today any my mum needs an angiograph and can't travel while my step dad who's sight has almost completely gone now appears to be suffering dementia. Fair to say there were a lot of tears over the phone. It's really set me back tbh just therapeutic putting it into words. Chin up everyone it's a testing world
 
Had my 3rd CT scan in 6 weeks yesterday. This time I had to drink about a litre of iodine water and had iodine injected via a canular as well. Not a pleasant experience tbh. Made worse by the fact I had forgotten to wear a fleece without a metal zip and so had to take it off exposing my 15 inch scar which drew a wince from the radiographer, and it was bloody freezing.
 

Foot Long Hot Dog said:
Had my 3rd CT scan in 6 weeks yesterday. This time I had to drink about a litre of iodine water and had iodine injected via a canular as well. Not a pleasant experience tbh. Made worse by the fact I had forgotten to wear a fleece without a metal zip and so had to take it off exposing my 15 inch scar which drew a wince from the radiographer, and it was bloody freezing.
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On a similar note I had to have an X-ray a few year back and had worn some jogging bottoms with a metal zip, so had to take them off. As I put them back on I realised my knob had been poking out my boxers the whole time, fortunately it's quite small so I don't think they noticed.

Hope you get some positive news after Christmas mate.
 
Bungle said:
On a similar note I had to have an X-ray a few year back and had worn some jogging bottoms with a metal zip, so had to take them off. As I put them back on I realised my knob had been poking out my boxers the whole time, fortunately it's quite small so I don't think they noticed.

Hope you get some positive news after Christmas mate.
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I actually laughed out loud.
 
Toast said:
Ok. This is tricky.
I love this thread, I've got PTSD etc and I'm sound, got all the cognitive skills. No worries at all.
But, a family member has now got issues.
Big, fat, massive issues.
He's 15.
His girlfriend flagged up self harming.
Been the doctors. Prozac was prescribed.
He's saying he has voices in his head telling him to slash his throat ?
Any, literally, any advice would be ace, as we've no idea.
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Have a look for schizophrenia support groups online mate.

He may have it, he may not.

You should be able to gather info from them.

From the little I know about it, I believe adolescence / puberty can be a driving factor.

Does he take drugs / weed, as one of my old mates developed it when he was in his teens through caning weed - probably unlocked it.

Kids get much more support than adults mate, so he should be well looked after.

It may be that he's sectioned for his own safety, which sounds bad, but if it happens, it'll give them a chance to access him properly and work out the best course of action for treating him.
 
Bungle said:
On a similar note I had to have an X-ray a few year back and had worn some jogging bottoms with a metal zip, so had to take them off. As I put them back on I realised my knob had been poking out my boxers the whole time, fortunately it's quite small so I don't think they noticed.

Hope you get some positive news after Christmas mate.
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I went for a job interview and when I stood up to shake their hands my old boy was hanging out my suit trousers. I have a massive Johnson so im sure they noticed. I never got the job I can only guess that the guy was intimidated and the woman frightened
 
witchdoc187 said:
I went for a job interview and when I stood up to shake their hands my old boy was hanging out my suit trousers. I have a massive Johnson so im sure they noticed. I never got the job I can only guess that the guy was intimidated and the woman frightened
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Bit odd taking your dad to an interview, let alone the pair of you occupying the same pair of trousers.
 

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