I Am Not Me Anymore...

Mipmunk said:

1. Go to your GP, explain how you are feeling, he may put you on some anti depressants or sedatives to help.
2. He may refer you to a psychiatrist who will analyise you and will know what to do for the best.

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thank you very much for your reply...

i have already being seeing my GP about this for the time i have had it as well as seeing two psychiatrists...

all the meds i have been on have made me worse...

and then when i took effexor i was nearly hospitalized...

it is not a case of me not being able to cope with the side effects...i have allergic reactions to meds! i never read the side effect bits on the leaflets as i will panic about them...so i let my mother read them incase i am feeling something i should not be...

every tablet i have taken after the effexor has given me allergic reactions and i keep having to stop taking them after about 3 doses as the effects are so extreme...

i now do not see any psychiatrists as i refuse to go on meds as i want to try other things to help...

but all my GP (although a lovely man i and i like talking to) wants to do is put me on meds, and so does my psychotherapist...

if i had been told about alternative therapy when my anxiety problems had been getting more of a problem i KNOW i would not be in this position and i am kicking myself because of it...

but i suppose at the time i so wanted to be ok that i tried anything...

i am sorry...just having the worse day of my life to date i think...and so needed to vent...

i have not totally given up on medication but you can see why i do not want to take any right now...

i have been through 11 different kinds of meds and so maybe now my body wants a break...

i am hopefully going to be changing my therapist soon and want to know if anyone does CBT anywhere near me...

i am very sorry to hear what you had been through...that must have been so hard and i really do sympathise and admire your courage...

i will go on meds if nothing else works...

but for now...

i have a small operation coming up in december (and i do not want to be starting meds during that)...and so will see how i go...

something indeed has to be done medically/psychologically/emotionally done about all this...

but it is hard to go forward when there is not much to do right this minute.

thank you so much though Mipmunk for your reply...i fully appreciate it