Has anyone on here got experience 09:23 - Aug 29 with 6335 views | No_Moore_Kieffer | With any mental health services in Ipswich? As a person I never feel stressed and consider myself to be very positive and happy most of the time, I don't worry about thing normally because you can't change the past but you can still affect the future, plus the things that people worry about don't often happen so the worry is for no reason. However, for good reason I'm currently the most stressed that I've ever been and I can't really talk to family about it - partly because I don't have the type of relationship with them where I talk about things but secondly I don't feel like I'd talk to them about this even if I did. So I need some help from a professional service, somebody to talk to. Does anyone have any experience of using a mental heath service in Ipswich that they would recommend? I've looked at a few online but of course opinions from those who've experienced a service are more valuable than what the website says about the companies. | | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:39 - Aug 29 with 4141 views | Bent_double | Surely you need to start with your GP, talk to them and they will refer you to a specialist if needed. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 09:42 - Aug 29 with 4117 views | Marshalls_Mullet | Useless response from me, but; sorry to hear about that, and I hope you overcome your current issues. Sorry I cant be more helpful!! | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 09:45 - Aug 29 with 4097 views | SouperJim |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:39 - Aug 29 by Bent_double | Surely you need to start with your GP, talk to them and they will refer you to a specialist if needed. |
This, go to your GP first | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 09:48 - Aug 29 with 4095 views | Sikamikanico | Unfortunately yes. https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/suffolk/ If you go to your GP you will be referred to the Wellbeing Service. Your GP can offer medication but that is entirely down to you to consider. The Wellbeing Service is a self-referral so by going to your GP you actually delay the process. You will be asked to complete some forms on mood and how you feel and there will then be a telephone review. This is likely to lead to a seminar where you will be offered a variety of courses and you will get to pick one to attend. This course will either be an interactive group or as a seminar. There may be some charities in Ipswich that can help (I am not based here). I did have that available in my town but there was not a suitable 1 to 1 consultant. | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:51 - Aug 29 with 4073 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:39 - Aug 29 by Bent_double | Surely you need to start with your GP, talk to them and they will refer you to a specialist if needed. |
Good point. Was just wondering if there was anybody who'd used something like Mind or a local non-referral clinic that they recommended but good shout. | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:54 - Aug 29 with 4062 views | mrshallisfit | GP and Suffolk Mind. You will get through it. | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:54 - Aug 29 with 4066 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:42 - Aug 29 by Marshalls_Mullet | Useless response from me, but; sorry to hear about that, and I hope you overcome your current issues. Sorry I cant be more helpful!! |
Thank you, I hope so too. Usually in this position I'd take some time off work to get things sorted out, but I'm leaving my job next week and have too many handover jobs to complete and due to the company size have no HR department or anyone like that to talk to about it so I'm just hoping to get through the next week or so and take it from there. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:10 - Aug 29 with 4025 views | Guthrum |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:48 - Aug 29 by Sikamikanico | Unfortunately yes. https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/suffolk/ If you go to your GP you will be referred to the Wellbeing Service. Your GP can offer medication but that is entirely down to you to consider. The Wellbeing Service is a self-referral so by going to your GP you actually delay the process. You will be asked to complete some forms on mood and how you feel and there will then be a telephone review. This is likely to lead to a seminar where you will be offered a variety of courses and you will get to pick one to attend. This course will either be an interactive group or as a seminar. There may be some charities in Ipswich that can help (I am not based here). I did have that available in my town but there was not a suitable 1 to 1 consultant. |
Not local to Ipswich, but on the subject of medication: I was always strongly resistant to taking anything, until, some years ago, I got into a position of great stress which was affecting me badly (waking up with panic attacks, only getting a couple of hours sleep kind of thing). Went to the doctor, they prescribed Sertraline (amongst other approaches to the situation). Despite my reluctance, I took the stuff and have to say it did the job, reducing panic levels to the point I could sleep, which enabled me to look rationally at the issues which were causing the problems and start working to tackle them. Only very minor side effects (slight drowsiness, dealt with by taking them in the evening rather than morning) and came off the tablets after a bit under a year. Just my personal experience, but thought it might be useful. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 10:15 - Aug 29 with 4000 views | Sikamikanico |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:10 - Aug 29 by Guthrum | Not local to Ipswich, but on the subject of medication: I was always strongly resistant to taking anything, until, some years ago, I got into a position of great stress which was affecting me badly (waking up with panic attacks, only getting a couple of hours sleep kind of thing). Went to the doctor, they prescribed Sertraline (amongst other approaches to the situation). Despite my reluctance, I took the stuff and have to say it did the job, reducing panic levels to the point I could sleep, which enabled me to look rationally at the issues which were causing the problems and start working to tackle them. Only very minor side effects (slight drowsiness, dealt with by taking them in the evening rather than morning) and came off the tablets after a bit under a year. Just my personal experience, but thought it might be useful. |
Agreed that medication has its place. Unfortunately it has never agreed with me due to a previous employer effectively forcing me to ask my GP for it. I currently am unable to take medication due to other health matters | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:23 - Aug 29 with 3979 views | gainsboroughblue |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:48 - Aug 29 by Sikamikanico | Unfortunately yes. https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/suffolk/ If you go to your GP you will be referred to the Wellbeing Service. Your GP can offer medication but that is entirely down to you to consider. The Wellbeing Service is a self-referral so by going to your GP you actually delay the process. You will be asked to complete some forms on mood and how you feel and there will then be a telephone review. This is likely to lead to a seminar where you will be offered a variety of courses and you will get to pick one to attend. This course will either be an interactive group or as a seminar. There may be some charities in Ipswich that can help (I am not based here). I did have that available in my town but there was not a suitable 1 to 1 consultant. |
This would be my advice. Suffolk Mind also have lots of resources, courses and groups on offer too. You are welcome to drop me a PM anytime as I work in mental health recovery and may be able to signpost. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 10:24 - Aug 29 with 3976 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
Has anyone on here got experience on 09:48 - Aug 29 by Sikamikanico | Unfortunately yes. https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/suffolk/ If you go to your GP you will be referred to the Wellbeing Service. Your GP can offer medication but that is entirely down to you to consider. The Wellbeing Service is a self-referral so by going to your GP you actually delay the process. You will be asked to complete some forms on mood and how you feel and there will then be a telephone review. This is likely to lead to a seminar where you will be offered a variety of courses and you will get to pick one to attend. This course will either be an interactive group or as a seminar. There may be some charities in Ipswich that can help (I am not based here). I did have that available in my town but there was not a suitable 1 to 1 consultant. |
I personally feel that as my stress is related to one specific problem that an one-to-one consultant is most beneficial to me. Does the service you mention offer that or is it all seminars/groups? | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:25 - Aug 29 with 3970 views | Guthrum |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:15 - Aug 29 by Sikamikanico | Agreed that medication has its place. Unfortunately it has never agreed with me due to a previous employer effectively forcing me to ask my GP for it. I currently am unable to take medication due to other health matters |
Agreed, not for everybody. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 10:26 - Aug 29 with 3965 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:23 - Aug 29 by gainsboroughblue | This would be my advice. Suffolk Mind also have lots of resources, courses and groups on offer too. You are welcome to drop me a PM anytime as I work in mental health recovery and may be able to signpost. |
Appreciate that, thank you. I may do that at some point today, I just need to talk really. | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:29 - Aug 29 with 3955 views | Sikamikanico |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:24 - Aug 29 by No_Moore_Kieffer | I personally feel that as my stress is related to one specific problem that an one-to-one consultant is most beneficial to me. Does the service you mention offer that or is it all seminars/groups? |
It does - but is a very long waiting list. If it is a specific problem causing stress they may be able to put you into contact with a specialised service, as they have recently with me. | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:30 - Aug 29 with 3953 views | chicoazul | I have no advice i can offer you but good luck my brother. TWTD will always be here for you. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 11:08 - Aug 29 with 3878 views | WeWereZombies |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:10 - Aug 29 by Guthrum | Not local to Ipswich, but on the subject of medication: I was always strongly resistant to taking anything, until, some years ago, I got into a position of great stress which was affecting me badly (waking up with panic attacks, only getting a couple of hours sleep kind of thing). Went to the doctor, they prescribed Sertraline (amongst other approaches to the situation). Despite my reluctance, I took the stuff and have to say it did the job, reducing panic levels to the point I could sleep, which enabled me to look rationally at the issues which were causing the problems and start working to tackle them. Only very minor side effects (slight drowsiness, dealt with by taking them in the evening rather than morning) and came off the tablets after a bit under a year. Just my personal experience, but thought it might be useful. |
I had a hyperventilation problem about three decades ago (worked for a company going to the wall big time and there were not enough hours in the day to do everything that needed to be done for it all to survive), I got through it using hypnosis like inducement of a deeply relaxed state by a psychoanalyst, but that did cost twenty quid a session. I expect it would be a lot more nowadays. But no drugs. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 11:55 - Aug 29 with 3803 views | Mookamoo |
Has anyone on here got experience on 10:29 - Aug 29 by Sikamikanico | It does - but is a very long waiting list. If it is a specific problem causing stress they may be able to put you into contact with a specialised service, as they have recently with me. |
Worth giving them a call. They're getting a lot more Practitioners on board who are able to the 1 to 1 assessments (via a phone call) and then go on to do the treatments (normally a 6 week programme via a weekly phone call). The Norfolk and Suffolk trust have recognised their service was woful and do seem to be trying to do something about it. | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 12:54 - Aug 29 with 3741 views | thatdamgood89 | Sadly Yes I have. I won't add anything further because it's been covered in this thread already other then be prepared for a long wait. I was told by my therapist it's now currently a 3 month wait just for the original call back appointment. It's 6 for a face to face. It is worth the wait however. Great people really want to help and it's no longer a taboo thing to be doing etc. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 13:09 - Aug 29 with 3721 views | BigManBlue | Hi mate, When my wife was waiting to be referred for her depression via our GP she spoke to MIND who were a great help. We're in Norfolk but I think it's all the same organisation. All the best obviously happy to tell you more privately. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 13:36 - Aug 29 with 3685 views | NthQldITFC | It may not be all that you need right now, but I would strongly recommend reading The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle. I only read it properly (slowly and reflectively) after coming out of a long and relatively mild period of depression, but it struck so many helpful notes for me, and I wish I had read it years before. | |
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Has anyone on here got experience on 14:49 - Aug 29 with 3650 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
Has anyone on here got experience on 12:54 - Aug 29 by thatdamgood89 | Sadly Yes I have. I won't add anything further because it's been covered in this thread already other then be prepared for a long wait. I was told by my therapist it's now currently a 3 month wait just for the original call back appointment. It's 6 for a face to face. It is worth the wait however. Great people really want to help and it's no longer a taboo thing to be doing etc. |
Hope you're doing okay and cheers for the heads up | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 14:50 - Aug 29 with 3649 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
Has anyone on here got experience on 13:09 - Aug 29 by BigManBlue | Hi mate, When my wife was waiting to be referred for her depression via our GP she spoke to MIND who were a great help. We're in Norfolk but I think it's all the same organisation. All the best obviously happy to tell you more privately. |
I think MIND seems like a good place to start, might have a look into what they can offer me, thanks. | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 14:51 - Aug 29 with 3646 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
Has anyone on here got experience on 13:36 - Aug 29 by NthQldITFC | It may not be all that you need right now, but I would strongly recommend reading The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle. I only read it properly (slowly and reflectively) after coming out of a long and relatively mild period of depression, but it struck so many helpful notes for me, and I wish I had read it years before. |
I am trying to make an effort to read more so perhaps that is one that I can add to my list, thanks! Hope you're doing okay now | | | |
Has anyone on here got experience on 14:56 - Aug 29 with 3625 views | mo_itfc | I'm sorry to hear this and I hope you're ok. I've got a few friends who work in the mental health sector, they recommend MIND. Also, there are some really good phone apps such as headspace, which can help give you skills to handle stress. Things like that could be an option for you whilst you wait for a professional service. I have personally used BetterHelp, somewhat expensive, i found it worth it in the long run. | |
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