Adolescent Depression

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by Natasha1994 on Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:45 pm

Adolescent Depression

I am an 18 year old girl, I have been suffering for Mental Health problems since I was around 14 which started with the death of my father at the age of 9. I was going though bereavement very slowly compared to other people, but I would say I was only mildly grieving at the age of 14 until everything changed, my mum started dating and I felt so isolated. My little sister was only 2 when my dad died so she could not remember our dad, so I felt like I was the only one who was still grieving and actually missed him.

I began to self harm to deal with my emotional pain, but I would not have described myself as depressed as I was still partaking with clubs and I was only 'sad' or 'down' when I was alone.
It was when I was nearly 16 that my mental well-being really took a turn for the worst, I was turning to alcohol and drugs to block everyone and everything out. I attempted suicide in late August, only a few weeks before my 16th birthday. I attempted after a fight with my mum, as she said I could no longer speak to my best friend.

My mum only ever suggested I seek medical help for my mental issues in September 2012 just before I turned 18, so I never got to go to CAMHS. I was referred to a bereavement counsellor which I visited for around 3 months, but my counsellor strongly advised in February that bereavement was not my biggest issue anymore and that I needed to go back and visit my GP who has since then diagnosed me with bulimia (which I know have a care team for) and depression.

My anti-depresants are not doing anything for me even though my GP has doubled my dose. I'm worried that if I go visit my GP again that I will just look like a drama queen :oops: Would being given another anti-depressant make any difference?

Natasha x

p.s. sorry for the long rambling post.
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by talkhealth on Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:40 pm

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Natasha – welcome to talkhealth. Thank you for your very open and honest post, as I am sure that many people worry about being seen as drama queens. From your post you clearly have had a tough time and we would certainly urge you to seek the advice once again of your GP. Conditions such as depression and bulimia certainly do not have quick fixes and do require professional help. Chronic conditions require management and that management changes frequently and is different for each person, thus seeing your GP on a regular basis in order to manage your conditions is essential.

There are several charities that are dedicated to helping people deal with the type of problems you have described - here are a couple of suggestions:

http://www.b-eat.co.uk/ - offers support and advice for eating disorders and http://www.youngminds.org.uk/ and http://www.mind.org.uk/

We also have an upcoming online clinic on Mental Health in October - you can use this to get answers from experts on any specific questions that you might have.

We look forward to hearing how you progress

With best wishes
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by Natasha1994 on Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:01 pm

Re: Adolescent Depression

talkhealth wrote:Natasha – welcome to talkhealth. Thank you for your very open and honest post, as I am sure that many people worry about being seen as drama queens. From your post you clearly have had a tough time and we would certainly urge you to seek the advice once again of your GP. Conditions such as depression and bulimia certainly do not have quick fixes and do require professional help. Chronic conditions require management and that management changes frequently and is different for each person, thus seeing your GP on a regular basis in order to manage your conditions is essential.

There are several charities that are dedicated to helping people deal with the type of problems you have described - here are a couple of suggestions:

http://www.b-eat.co.uk/ - offers support and advice for eating disorders and http://www.youngminds.org.uk/ and http://www.mind.org.uk/

We also have an upcoming online clinic on Mental Health in October - you can use this to get answers from experts on any specific questions that you might have.

We look forward to hearing how you progress

With best wishes

Thank you for the advice, I will definitely be going back to visit my Doctor in the near future. And yes I have a reminder set for that online forum!

Once again thank you. Natasha
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by willieTK on Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:35 am

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Your doctor should be there to help you. Maybe you need to talk to someone about this. Counseling might do you some good...have you ever thought about that?

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