Kittymarie
28-01-18, 09:31
Hi all! I'm kittymarie from Devon. Currently living in Newcastle while I'm undertaking a PhD, but for mental health reasons I'm moving home early - end of next month! I'm both delighted and terrified - it's a big move and I have so much to do. And I just can't live up here without my husband, anymore. Over the past two years, my anxiety has got the better of me again and I'm struggling to get my work done. I'm even struggling to see people and get out of the house some days... My coping mechanism is music. I have to listen to it when I'm out. It somehow makes me feel less vulnerable.
I'm not on any medication right now. A few years ago I was on anti-depressants - citalopram, prozac - they got me stable enough to start getting better. But moving away from my family for the PhD seems to have reversed my progress. I was seeing a counsellor earlier in the year who was fantastic, but I was only allowed to see him for so long as it was through the uni and they put a cap on the length of time (I got 12 weeks, I think). Soon after I stopped seeing him, maybe a month or so, I stopped making progress again.
I think I'm blabbering on too much so I'll leave it there! I have no wifi till I move home so I'll be online intermittently... But I will try to get on the forum as often as I can as this seems like a great place to start getting better.
I'm not on any medication right now. A few years ago I was on anti-depressants - citalopram, prozac - they got me stable enough to start getting better. But moving away from my family for the PhD seems to have reversed my progress. I was seeing a counsellor earlier in the year who was fantastic, but I was only allowed to see him for so long as it was through the uni and they put a cap on the length of time (I got 12 weeks, I think). Soon after I stopped seeing him, maybe a month or so, I stopped making progress again.
I think I'm blabbering on too much so I'll leave it there! I have no wifi till I move home so I'll be online intermittently... But I will try to get on the forum as often as I can as this seems like a great place to start getting better.