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No shame implied on my part. Modern "antidepressants" differ from those of the past in name only. Benzodiazepam's first marketed as Valium are much the same drug they have always been. The Pharma's simply pull them off the market, rename and then relaunch with a modified incentives package for the GP's. I know this to be fact having worked with 2 ex-GSK drugs reps - mental health is simply looked at like all other ills - another market opportunity.
Sadly the days of the GP being a model of a 1930's "Doctor Finlay" are long gone, most work to a time constraint even if they wanted to help. Many more are happy to sign a prescription just to get their patient gone, likewise many patients expect and desire nothing more than a prescription and are not happy if they don't receive it.
My father sought help from his GP back in the early 70's and was told to buy a dog and go on long walks! He described it later as the best prescription he ever received. Its horses for courses, I'm not preaching, just distrustful of modern GP's.
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qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member
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*trigger warning*
My experience with Mental Health services has been quite different to that. About 5 years ago I hit pretty much the bottom and had put a suicide plan into action. Fortunately my wife and a good friend had seen a lot of the signs I had been annoying and when it all came to a head got me help.
Before I was prescribed any medication I was sent for counselling, I ended up going to group therapy which was fairly brutal, but ultimately very helpful. Medication was only prescribed when stuff started going backwards slightly. I was on a very low dose of Citalopram for about 18months and then came off them.
I was fine until approximately this time last year when my mood dropped again. I put a lot of the plans into action that I had learned through the therapy, but when they failed to have the desired effect I again elected to go onto medication. Again a very low dose which takes the edge off. Recently I have been noticing some warning signs again (lack of motivation, low mood, very hard on myself about little things) when I spoke to my GP she suggested the Vitamin D instead of any medication. It certainly seems to have helped so far.
I would implore anyone who is feeling down, like they're wading through treacle etc etc to speak to some one. I've been there and I know it can be hard, but it gets better. I've also lost a really good friend to suicide and I don't want anyone else to be in that position.
Tom
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Don't know if it's the weather turning so much colder or some weird YouTube algorithm i seem to have got snared in, but I keep looking longingly at adverts and videos of 4x4's - particularly Discovery 3's. I've had a Discovery before (a 1996 300tdi) which I owned one winter and it was brilliant. I also used to own this 1998 Defender... ....... which looked good but was an absolute pile of poop. It spent more time broken than working and there was hardly a week went by when something didn't break or fall off. I only kept it a very short time as it was just so awful!! To buy a Disco 3 I'd have to sell at least one of my cars - to have the room to park it and the cash to pay for it. One of these would have to go..... The buggy and the MG are tucked up in the garage for winter and it's a really bad time of year to try and sell cars like that. The T5 van is really useful and is a camper, so will get used again more in the summer. The Merc is a recent purchase and would be the obvious choice to chop in for a Discovery, but I have this nagging feeling that I'd regret it when I was cursing the Landrover for being as unreliable and expensive to maintain and missing the well built, needing nothing, reliable and cool slammed Mercedes. At least the constant searching for a potential new ride is filling up the cold winter evenings and keeping the winter blues away!! EDIT: PS. Actually, writing this puts things a bit in perspective, I think I'm talking myself out of the idea of a Landrover Disco 3 - unless any of you have any words of wisdom about living with one?
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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I don't see anything there worth losing for a disco.
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All I’ll say is I’m glad the mods have seen sense and not locked this thread, mental health issues are Better aired even if it’s with internet pals ……thank you mods
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Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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Winter and the build-up to Christmas feel very different to me now. Mum passed away on Christmas day 2020 and now every time I see anything to do with it it's like a poke in the eye. The last few days have been really difficult to be honest, I had a bit of a cry yesterday and feel a bit low today, but not depressed. I'm just simply dealing with it. I'm quite open about how I feel so that the people around me appreciate where my heads at. Depression is an entirely different thing from my experience. I'm a doer of all sorts and I'll always find something to do indoors if I can't go out doors. Currently I've got my tip shop bikes in bits on the living room table so i can get them in better condition for the better weather, and I've just started looking at the hotwheels again after a bit of a break. I don't have a TV because I can't sit still for long enough without getting an idea to get off my ar$e and do something, and personally I don't think veging infront of the TV helps with mental health. I watch afew car things on YouTube, faff about on this wonderful forum, and tinker. That's about it. 🙂
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To try to cheer this thread up a bit Have a look at this old beast My latest find for silly money and I’m just loving the lazy luxury beast…..many said don’t do it ………I did it and love the s type she’s a lovely old girl and low mileage too
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Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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Dec 11, 2022 11:57:48 GMT
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disasterbus leave the Disco 3 alone, terrible vehicles, rot and rust aswell as the electrical gremlins.
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Dec 11, 2022 12:45:01 GMT
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disasterbus leave the Disco 3 alone, terrible vehicles, rot and rust aswell as the electrical gremlins. This…. And then there’s the air suspension and self-dismantling engine. Nick
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend) 1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing) 1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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Dec 11, 2022 13:08:17 GMT
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Dec 11, 2022 15:22:00 GMT
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They are orbit wheels I bought them direct from the importer
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Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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Dec 11, 2022 16:15:30 GMT
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They are orbit wheels I bought them direct from the importer Danny beat me to the reply - his old motor and he sourced the wheels - rarer than poor quality wobbly children's play pony poop
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Dec 11, 2022 17:21:54 GMT
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Yep and I miss this car already 😫
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Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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