Been on Concerta 36mg for a week and I keep getting blurry vision. Just looks like my eyes can't focus on things properly.
I know this is a known side effect but has anyone dealt with this before? Did it wear off?
Letting agent called me around a month ago stating the landlord is selling up and that I'll need to me, and implied a section 8 will be on the way. I said fair enough, I'll start looking for a new place and will expect to leave around September time as that would have been the four month mark.
A few weeks passed and I waited for the section 8 which never came. Got an email from the lettings agent asking how my search was going. I said I wasn't looking yet as no section 8 notice had arrived.
Then it clocked what they were trying to do, the landlord wanted to list the property WITHOT a section 8 so that if it didn't sell he could relist and rent out without losing much rental income. He basically expected me to move on a whim and put myself out of pocket to facilitate this.
I wrote an email to the lettings agent stating that if they wanted me to leave without a section 8 that I will require my deposit back in full and my moving costs covered, a fair offer I thought. I would use the deposit on a new place, and the moving costs to well... not be out of pocket.
Yesterday the lettings agent called me and she was clearly quite irritated, she was quite sarcastic and snappy, asking me how my search was going. I informed her that I had no obligation to leave until a section 8 is served.
She took this personally and tried to intimidate me, implying that a section 8 notice would make me unable to rent in the future as landlord would see this as a failed reference. Is this true or she trying to frighten me into leaving my flat voluntarily?
Always loved caffeine, probably because I used it as a tool to manage my symptoms.
Currently on Concerta 36mg, and am drinking around 1 can of RedBull and around 1-2 espressos a day.
Have noticed that Caffeine is making me very sleepy and causes me a some brain fog, plus I get a horrible crash.
What is your relationship with caffeine if you are on meds? Do you totally avoid it?
I understand that the meds should give you all the boost that the brain needs, but I LOVE caffeine.
My BP and pulse are fine even if I have 300mg+ of caffeine a day.
Basically my flat is going to be put on the market, but the letting agent has asked me to move out. I said ok fair enough and that I'll consider looking for a property around September time or so.
There has been no talk about a section 8, and they expect me to leave on my own free will.
I believe what's happening here is the Landlord wants to list the property, test the waters and the stick it back on the rental market if no one buys it. If I leave without a section 8 they can rent it out ASAP, if a section 8 is issued they won't be able to rent it out for 12 months.
The flat sold for £138k in 2021, and I pay only £750 in rent, I don't believe this is covering their mortgage and fees, and they are probably losing money on the flat. Overall, properties in my area have gone down by around 5% in the last year, and it's unlikely they would get more than £140k for it.
The flat itself is a tiny one bedroom, and the walls are paper thin. I can hear my upstairs and downstairs neighbours talk at conversation noise level. I see this flat as a way to save up some cash before buying myself, so I have no real long erm plans to stay here, but I don't really want to move out earlier than 6 months time.
Should I be a "good tenant" and leave on my own free will, or try and push them to giving me a section 8?
We agreed I'd look at places around September time, but this is not binding and I could stay until the section 8 is issued and a date is given.
TL;DR - Landlord wants to put the flat on the market but doesn't want to be stuck with a 12 month period being unable to rent if a section 8 is given to me. Should I ignore this request until a section 8 is given, or play nice?
Have always had bad sleep, and Concerta is making my sleep even worse than before.
Had a look and saw that Melatonin can be prescribed for ADHD sleep issues.
Has anyone tried it? Does it work? Should I ask the GP or the ADHD people?
Recruiter contacted me a few days ago out of the blue for a job that seemed too perfect to be true. I interviewed and the senior management really liked me, I got a job offer around two hours later.
The offer came with a new job title and 25% salary bump. There's also incredible growth potential.
I brought this up with my current employer also offered giving me a more senior job title, a company car and 20% bump in salary with the hopes that the company car makes up the difference.
I went back to the company trying to hire me and I'm waiting to hear their counter offer.
I think I'll go with the new company due to potential career growth, but should I stick to my guns and try to milk even more? Could they turn around and withdraw the job offer?
The senior management basically created this new role entirely for me, so I'm clearly the only candidate for the position.
At what point am I just being greedy?
My landlord is selling the flat but it's not yet on the market. The for sale sign was put up without my knowledge and I reached out to the lettings agency, they confirmed this. I asked for the price, and put an offer in via email. The offer was below the market value, but I didn't think on the unreasonable side.
I never heard anything back from the lettings agency, and now got a call saying the landlord is selling and that I'll need to move out, and that a section 8 notice is on the way.
Is this normal? Seems a little messy to me, as I offered to buy the flat but got ghosted and am now being asked to move. No counter offer nothing.
I always though I was a decent tenant, never missed rent, have looked after the place. Just seems a little sad really.
Whenever I get referred to some service they ask me what's wrong with me, I don't know what's wrong with me as I have never had a formal diagnosis so I list my symptoms for them to interpret.
Sometimes they claim total nonsense like "you have ADHD". How can I, someone who is not trained in MH and just a member of the public, tell this person that I have ADHD without ever being diagnosed?
Then other times when I bring something up like believing I have CPTSD I am mocked and basically told to stop making things up.
I really don't get this, one MH practitioner tells me I might have bipolar, then the next person I talk to mocks me for assuming without a formal diagnosis and tells me I might have ADHD, then I bring this up with the GP and get mocked for believing I might have ADHD!
Why doesn't care begin with actually trying to diagnose the person first? Why am I expected to diagnose myself and then get mocked for doing it? What do these people actually want from me?
I present my symptoms, and then one day I have ADHD, the next I might have bipolar, then I don't have anything wrong with me at all and should just go home. It doesn't make sense to me.
My landlord is selling the flat but it's not yet on the market. The for sale sign was put up without my knowledge and I reached out to the lettings agency, they confirmed this. I asked for the price, and put an offer in via email. The offer was below the market value, but I didn't think on the unreasonable side.
I never heard anything back from the lettings agency, and now got a call saying the landlord is selling and that I'll need to move out, and that a section 8 notice is on the way.
Is this normal? Seems a little messy to me, as I offered to buy the flat but got ghosted and am now being asked to move. No counter offer nothing.
I always though I was a decent tenant, never missed rent, have looked after the place. Just seems a little sad really.
GP has washed his hands off me as he "doesn't feel comfortable experimenting on me" with medication as after 5 different antidepressants my mental state has gotten worse.
He made an "urgent" CMHT referral around 2 weeks ago and I was given an appointment 8 weeks from then for an initial assessment.
My medication has been stopped as all 5 antidepressants I tried made me a bit manic. Currently I'm off everything waiting for this referral and I essentially have no one to turn to.
GP says to stop contacting him as he needs specialist advice to continue my care, and the CMHT won't see me before July and that's just the initial assessment.
Is there anyone I can actually talk to as I am essentially in man's land as no one is interested in seeing me. I had 7 days supply of Valium when I came off Mirtazapine, but that was almost 2 weeks ago now and I feel kind of abandoned really.
Finished it yesterday and personally I don't get the hype. Spoilers ahead obviously.
>!Characters: I disliked all the characters including the protagonist Richard who was morally quite repulsive to me. Now I understand the message of the book that these are misguided youths living in isolation believing themselves to be superior to the common man, but it was still hard feeling any sort of fondness of them after spending 600 pages by their side. !<
>!The plot: Overall the book is too long, the writing is decent and you get plenty of vignettes into this posh old money New England life that the author is trying to show to you, but once again it's vapid and empty. Once again I understand that this is the point in a sense, that behind this surface beauty you only find rot. The author refuses to make any real judgments about the actions of anyone and it kind of just fizzles out by the end into a nothingness. !<
>!I largely side with Tolstoy and believe that great art should provide you with a moral education, but in this book you find that evil is a bit banal. I get that the characters suffer as a result of their acts, but there is no repentance or even any true judgment. Henry's suicide is an aesthetic act rather than a moral one, which mirrors these characters who pretend to live this deep inner life but are in fact all surface.!<
Basically my take is that this game is a metaphor for the Israel Palestine conflict, you have two sides neither of which will ever forgive the other until one is fully wiped out. Too much evil has been committed by both sides, so what can even be done?
The WLF and the Seraphites embody this , you have religious extremists vs ideological extremists. Both sides believe their cause is just, neither side can agree what peace would even look like, if a ceasefire did happen it would be broken eventually and the struggle would resume.
This is exactly what's happening between Ellie and Abby. Neither side can forgive the other, and so the cycle of violence continues perpetually until one side is fully destroyed and overpowered by the other.
Now the game attempts to argue that to break this cycle is essentially impossible without one side being totally defeated. Whenever Abby spares Ellie's life it harms her, all of Abby's friends die because of this act of "kindness" at the beginning. The game's morality essentially paints Abby sparing Ellie as an act of weakness.
If Abby DID kill Ellie and Tommy this would have resulted in a happy ending for her in which she sails away with Owen into the sunset cured of her past trauma due to her act of kindness.
So morally Abby's choice to "spare" Ellie at the beginning is an act of weakness. The game essentially argues that you cannot have peace unless if one side is totally wiped out, and that "peace" is shorthand for "regrouping".
To return to the Israel / Palestine metaphor, when you have two waring sides both of which have committed evil acts, peace is not possible until one side is totally wiped out. To me this seems like a disgusting morally incomprehensible take, and this is why I dislike the morality behind this game.
Stopped smoking a few years ago after crashing out from my dream job due not being able to handle the stress. Decided to make a positive change in failure and improve myself so stopped smoking.
Over the last year I went through basically all psychiatric drugs the GP provides and nothing worked. As there's basically nothing anyone can do for me should I stop being a pussy and start smoking again? What do I have to lose?
Morning all, had a bit of a breakdown the last week. I have tied 5 antidepressants over the last year and all cause me to get into a manic state where I can't sleep/rest and am super wired. The last one, Mirtazapine was really amazing in some ways, but also made me manic near the end so I went to A&E as directed by my GP and they told me to stop, so I did.
I went off all meds as directed by the doctor at the A&E, but then when I made a follow-up appointment my GP was very surprised this happened, and referred me to the CMTH team and flagged it as "urgent" due to issues I have been having. I left without any long term meds or a plan of any kind and was still in a very manic state.
I have some Zopiclone pills and took two, but these did nothing and I hadn't slept for around 3 days at this point. I didn't know what to do as I was still quite manic and had not eaten anything in around two days apart from an apple and some biscuits so decided to come back to A&E, my thinking wasn't very straight at this point from stopping the meds and the lack of sleep.
I sat around in A&E for around 8 hours, and they refused to take me into the mental health section due it being full, a liaison nurse saw me at around 3am and assessed me further referring me to the CMHT, he also gave me some diazepam for 7 days, which runs out today.
I have gotten a bit bitter over this week as stopping the meds has made me more "sane", but also I'm going to have to go 7 weeks without any medication and this terrifies me. Is there anyone I can contact? My GP said I shouldn't go to them regarding MH stuff as I'm now in the care of the CMTH, so I feel kind of abandoned.
The diazepam has helped a bit, but I'm worried what's going to happen when it runs out, and I shouldn't be using Zopiclone to sleep every night.
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to get this out.
Morning all, had a bit of a breakdown the last week. I have tied 5 antidepressants over the last year and all cause me to get into a manic state where I can't sleep/rest and am super wired. The last one, Mirtazapine was really amazing in some ways, but also made me manic near the end so I went to A&E as directed by my GP and they told me to stop, so I did.
I went off all meds as directed by the doctor at the A&E, but then when I made a follow-up appointment my GP was very surprised this happened, and referred me to the CMTH team and flagged it as "urgent" due to issues I have been having. I left without any long term meds or a plan of any kind and was still in a very manic state.
I have some Zopiclone pills and took two, but these did nothing and I hadn't slept for around 3 days at this point. I didn't know what to do as I was still quite manic and had not eaten anything in around two days apart from an apple and some biscuits so decided to come back to A&E, my thinking wasn't very straight at this point from stopping the meds and the lack of sleep.
I sat around in A&E for around 8 hours, and they refused to take me into the mental health section due it being full, a liaison nurse saw me at around 3am and assessed me further referring me to the CMHT, he also gave me some diazepam for 7 days, which runs out today.
I have gotten a bit bitter over this week as stopping the meds has made me more "sane", but also I'm going to have to go 7 weeks without any medication and this terrifies me. Is there anyone I can contact? My GP said I shouldn't go to them regarding MH stuff as I'm now in the care of the CMTH, so I feel kind of abandoned.
The diazepam has helped a bit, but I'm worried what's going to happen when it runs out, and I shouldn't be using Zopiclone to sleep every night.
Sorry for the long post, just not sure where else to vent.
Got given Diazepam due to a bit of an episode I have been having. Has anyone else tried it?
I have been taking it daily as prescribed but don't feel any effect.
Been on 5 medications in the last year for anxiety and depression. These were Sertraline, Escitalopram, Duloxetine, Venlafaxine and now Mirtazapine. All of these made me hyperactivated and manic. It feels like my brain is going 200%, I can't sleep, I'm constantly agitated and angry and I keep making plans to "fix" myself.
I went to A&E a few days ago due to how bad my mania was, the GP there asked if I was ever diagnosed for bipolar. This kind of sent my mind racing, and it would make sense. Antidepressants trigger manic episodes in people with bipolar.
Now this is not a diagnosis, but it will take a few weeks to hear back from a psychiatrist for an evaluation but in the meanwhile I have stopped all meds but still feel manic and like a mess.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? I never really thought about this but every few months I tend to go from super energetic hardly sleeping, to sleeping 10 hours a day and no energy at all.
Clearly I can't diagnose myself but the GP at the A&E really made me think here.
I'm currently off all my meds, but I'm really scared to be without any safety blanket while I wait for my assessment. Is there anything my GP could do to help me? At A&E I was told to quit and wait, but stopping all meds is terrifying, especially because I know how much of a mess I used to be.
Been on 5 medications in the last year for anxiety and depression. These were Sertraline, Escitalopram, Duloxetine, Venlafaxine and now Mirtazapine. All of these made me hyperactivated and manic. It feels like my brain is going 200%, I can't sleep, I'm constantly agitated and angry and I keep making plans to "fix" myself.
I went to A&E a few days ago due to how bad my mania was, the GP there asked if I was ever diagnosed for bipolar. This kind of sent my mind racing, and it would make sense. Antidepressants trigger manic episodes in people with bipolar.
Now this is not a diagnosis, but it will take a few weeks to hear back from a psychiatrist for an evaluation but in the meanwhile I have stopped all meds but still feel manic and like a mess.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? I never really thought about this but every few months I tend to go from super energetic hardly sleeping, to sleeping 10 hours a day and no energy at all.
Clearly I can't diagnose myself but the GP at the A&E really made me think here.
I'm currently off all my meds, but I'm really scared to be without any safety blanket while I wait for my assessment. Is there anything my GP could do to help me? At A&E I was told to quit and wait, but stopping all meds is terrifying, especially because I know how much of a mess I used to be.
I work as a contract manager/commercial in construction and I can be late, leave early, pop out mid shift if I need a haircut etc. Site staff don't get to do anything like that. Doctor's appointment? Tough luck you need to take the day off and use up a day of annual leave.
The guys who work for us are all sun burned and look physically wrecked, meanwhile I'm sat in an air conditioned office eating healthy food and doing maybe 4 hours of "work" a day.
How is this system fair? Who decided that sitting in front of a screen is a bigger contribution than actually wrecking your body for less money?
The whole thing is just completely wrong.
Have been having a wild ride with meds for the past few months and have had to keep changing due to side effects. Last med I was on was Venlafaxine, which cause me horrible side effects including blood in my poo due to stomach issues. When I asked to change urgently the doctor on the phone began gaslighting me blaming me for these medications not working, when I said "I don't want to take SNRI's again because this class causes me severe side effects" his response was "What? Are you saying you were FORCED to take medication against your own will? This is an incredibly serious accusation and we need to investigate at one! Are you really accusing us of this?". I was very taken aback and then had to calm the doctor down. It came off like he had a very stressful day and was taking his frustration out on me, nit-picking my language and using it against me.
I have had such things happen often, and in general doctors don't listen to you thinking they know best when they very much don't, as clearly I am more familiar with my own body than they are. In general I am very unimpressed with the medical profession as there is almost no thinking or listening involved, they merely follow the NHS flowchart, and even if a class of drug like SNRI's are causing you severe issues they will overrule you and return to the flowchart like it's the word of God.
What are your personal experiences with this?