JJean
19-06-16, 23:30
Hello, im 17 years old, a few months away from being 18. I was diagnosed with depression, OCD and a social anxiety disorder a couple of years ago but I've been suffering with the anxiety mainly since I was young. I was referred to cahms (which is UK government funded mental health help for young people if you're not from England) when I was about 11 and it was crap and my mum thought I was coping so I discontinued treatment. A few years later the depression set in and im ashamed to say that I was self harming at 14/15. My mum found out and I was sent to a CBT therapist who was really good (and quite expensive), thats when I was diagnosed and put on fluoxetine. A year or so ago I stopped seeing her because she thought I was ready and a few months after that I stopped taking fluoxetine because I thought it was making me dizzy. After some investigation I found this "dizziness" to be an unreal anxiety symptom thing that had gradually gotten worse, which sucks because im unmediated and dont see a therapist anymore so im kinda struggling, thats why I signed up; I have been reading these threads for years but felt weird signing up but here I am. Im at school in sixthform, I have a job as a receptionist (which shows the therapy worked for my social anxiety) and I've recently started driving and I am bricking it, im at that point where I have to start thinking about uni and the future and I cant even drive myself to school because of the unreal feeling and the anxiety. To be honest its so tiring and im quite young so it gets me down, not to mention that mental illness is still somewhat misunderstood by family and professionals alike so its tough to know what to do and my morale is getting low, I thought maybe speaking to like minded people and helping however I can would help me feel a bit better perhaps.
Looking forward to meeting new people x
Looking forward to meeting new people x