Lived Experience Forum

[Appleblossom]

Hearing you @Eden1919 I think it is fine if you wanted to start a thread, and you never know who might respnd and add to the discussion.

I have maintained a consistent attitude on the forum and mods have been alright with it. In that I often speak about side effects and other options, but accept that a lot of people get a lot of relief.  I am med "compliant", but that said, I am given a lot of say over how I up or down a dose. Mostly I go for minimum, given the circumstances. My current gp is making noises, normalising a lot of my responses and I hope to come off my mood stabiliser and reduce AD next year.... slowly. I do not expect medications to solve my problems and saw bad side effects early in my life, so always wary.  

[Appleblossom]

@Eden1919 

Thinking of you and Just thought I would share this with you.

When I or anyone else, share this type of thing, if there is no follow up it is easy for the post to dissappear into never never land.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-17/we-need-fewer-hospitals-not-more/11793746 

We need more follow up and less over the top crisisapproach to long tern conditions ... mental and physical.

[Eden1919]

@Appleblossom  Yes more at home help is always a good thing hospital is never as healing as being at home provided your home is safe and healthy for you to be in. 

[Appleblossom]

Yes @Eden1919 , but that is a big proviso, that home is a good and safe place.  It often is not. It is also often hard to admit that it is not. I have experienced that, but am lucky, or just gotten old enough, to finally have achieved a safe space.

Take Care