Your doctor will make an initial appointment, rule out physical causes ie under active thyroid can be mistaken for depression Possible outcomes – your GP may ask you to come back for further appointments and monitor you before offering treatment. Your doctor might give you a diagnosis ie anxiety, depression. This does not
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When mental health is poor and a person is finding it difficult to cope with thoughts, feelings and or behaviour or there is an impact on your day to day life. It maybe time to seek health and find out about available support. Seeking help is an important step towards getting and staying well. But
On tuesday 18th may did a presentation and poetry reading for the patients and carers experience forum via microsoft teams. Went very wel, they said i stole the show and how powerful it was So impressed with the presentation they are organising me to do a presentation and poetry reading for the board of directors
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Good evening for past eight days felt very low, using cbt and setting small realistic goals to combat lethargy and having somthing to feel good about myself
Both the selby times and goole times have written aricles about my self, book and blog with photo. It is very well written and informative
Now we will look at a few mental health disorders. All these and more will be discussed in more detail at a later date Anxiety – anxiety is when we feel tense, worried or afraid. If these feelings are strong and go on for a long time you maybe diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. It
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Lots of things add to our mental wellbeing. Many people experience the mild symptoms of mental ill health. Such as feeling a bit anxious or worried, the blues or a bit low. Our mental wellbeing can change overtime depending overtime depending on the amount of stress were under, our level of self esteem and self
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The four levels of mental illness are mild, moderate, severe and profound. These can very at different points in a persons life. They are the degree that affects a person’s functioning Interms of myself i was originally diagnosed with bipolar and mild psychosis. In 2010 to2012 my psychosis became more severe with paranoia, visual and
The blog will be ordered as follows What is mental health, the classification of mental illness, mental wellbeing and mental illness What is mental health Mental health problems are commonplace, they affect one in four people at anytime during the year. When experiencing one it can be upsetting, confusing and frightening. You may feel you
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Morning moon children. In depression you get physical symptoms such as lethargy and tiredness which lead to changes in behaviour Ive not posted for a bit due to having a low. I felt tired, lethargic, suicidal and unable to cope lasted about ten days. Increased my lamotragine and began to feel better after three days