Official Mental Health Thread

[Lucem Ferre]

Everyday but the medication has helped.

I think it's a combination of meds and distracting my self with tons of stuff that entertains me like movies, music, games, etc. that have drastically reduced depression.

Originally Posted by WWWP

My psychiatrist when I first went into IOP told me if my "suicidal thoughts" score didnt go down she was going to refer me to a year of shock therapy. She was glad to see that they immediately went down and stayed down.

That's disgusting. You got threatened into repressing yourself.

Do therapists get some type of score for how well their patients are doing?

[WWWP]

^ Yeah she's since been fired. The first of 3 in 9 months lol I heard she had a history of a ton of patient complaints.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

I think it's a combination of meds and distracting my self with tons of stuff that entertains me like movies, music, games, etc. that have drastically reduced depression.

I remember back when I didn't have internet, a job, video games, human interaction, or anything but non-cable TV for years and I got to the point where I literally considered myself a sub-race of human who was superior to other humans. Now thankfully all I need to at least maintain some kind of even keel is lots and lots of multimedia. Having the creativity of others to bounce my psyche off of is super helpful.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by WWWP

^ Yeah she's since been fired. The first of 3 in 9 months lol I heard she had a history of a ton of patient complaints.

That sounds like an institutional problem as well - I guess I don’t have to tell you

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by elphenor

as for suicide

I go through months where I think about it everyday as like the only comfort

I purposely answered yes to every suicide question around October last year and was held, which is what I wanted

it seemed like the only way they'd take it seriously instead of giving me useless **** about mentality, but they still didn't really help

Go to a PHP/IOP program, they're a lot more helpful than inpatient.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Tristan Rosenstock

Go to a PHP/IOP program, they're a lot more helpful than inpatient.

Don’t you need fantastic insurance to get that kind of care?

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Don’t you need fantastic insurance to get that kind of care?

I suppose I'm lucky in that regard. It's probably less costly than inpatient though.

[goldendoodle]

I don't suppose medicaid would cover anything like IOP/PHP. And ofc the Louisiana medicaid site is incredibly vague about behavioral health services.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

That’s a beautiful description Chio

I’m sorry that you suffer and if I could I’d make you not suffer but even your suffering is beautiful - it’s ****ing amazing

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[Mindfulness]

Im going to start taking a antihistamine that the nurse prescribed me for anxiety. have any of yall took one for anxiety and did it work? that gapapentin stuff didnt work at all.

i hope the pills come today or tomorrow for thursday

[WWWP]

Oh, that's interesting. I didn't know antihistamines can help with anxiety.