Had enough

[irishjools]

Wanted let you know how I got on at drs today, he has stopped my sertraline and started me on mirtazapine and referred me to the psychiatry dept at my local hospital. X x

[crissy]

And what was the reason behind that desicion x

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Thanks for keeping us posted IJ. We have been worrying about you! I hope that you feel that your GP is being helpful and supportive by taking these moves. Depression is a very common symptom of Fibro, unsurprisingly, given the amount of pain most of us suffer and it is good that you will now be taken seriously and given expert help. Good luck and don't forget to let us know how you get on...there will be lots of others who read these posts who will be in the same position. All best wishes to you. Jane x

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Hello IJ, thank you for letting us know how you got on today. I expect you will get your appointment date through soon. If possible when the time comes, take someone with you to support you. Sometimes when we have our appointments we forget all the things we want to say, write everything down that you want to discuss. Hopefully it will help you.

The consolation is that you are receiving treatment to help you, try to have faith in that. You will get through this, it is better than not receiving treatment at all. We are all here for you, we all care about you and we will support you and help you as much as we can. Hopefully now with this referral, you will get to the root of things and hopefully be able to deal with them with help and this in turn will help you to feel generally better.

Please keep us in the picture and remember if you need to talk to someone urgently about anything you can always contact the Samaritans as we have mentioned to you before. They are willing to listen to problems and worries from a non-judgemental point of view and sometimes this is invaluable when we all feel we are being judged along the way with benefit issues etc. Also please feel free to private message Admin if you would prefer to "chat" that way, we keep everything in confidence and will be there to support you.

Take care IJ, here's a hug for you today. (((hug))) xxx

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[Ginsing]

Well done getting the appointment. A step in the right direction good luck I am sure they will help so courage xgins

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Im so pleased you have taken the step you have, I have been thinking about you and how you were doing, at this moment in time we seem like emotional twins.

Did the doc explain the change in meds? I've just been weaned off sertraline, my choice! didnt feel any different on it.

I hope you get your appt soon, let us know how you get on we all care, you can IB if you like.

loads of hugs

SusanY

[irishjools]

Thankyou again for all your comforting words and would like to apologize for causing worry. Whilst I am still very down I am a little more hopeful. My visit with DIAL was good and heard this morning from my local mp and he wants to come visit and support me with my appeals. Am also going to see a neurologist Wednesday because I am suffering blackouts which make me afraid to leave the house. I will keep you updated on any or all progress I make. Thankyou you again and apologies jools x x

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No need to apologise IJ, we all get down sometimes. We all care about each other and are here to support each other too during good and bad times.

I hope it all goes well for you when you see the Neurologist on Wednesday. It's very wise to go if you are experiencing blackouts.

Wishing you all the best, please let us know how you get on. Keep positive, you're doing just fine now. We are with you all the way! (((hug))) xxx

[Ozzygirl64]

I am glad you are a little more hopeful. My daughter has blackouts so I know how you feel about it all, and I wish you luck xxxxx