It's always a relief to be able to realise that what you're feeling mightn't be just how things are; acknowledging that there are chemical processes going on that you're not accountable for, and damn right they can alter your entire perception of yourself and the world. Anyone who say's mental illness is 'all in the mind' does a discredit to what powerful things our brains are, and the damage they can cause when they start going off kilter.
It's great you've got a sympathetic GP, one who hasn't written off your symptoms as 'mood swings' or whatever, and has the good clinical judgement to defer to a specialist. Hold on in until the 17th!
As it is, I'm having a week where I am awesome and everything else is awesome, but come next week I'm going to be low as hell and what you just said is going to be a great help.
My GP is the coolest GP ever. When I was seventeen I decided to bite the bullet and talk to someone about my depression. I saw every GP in the surgery before him, and every one of them told me to go home because it was just "women's problems" (which was, obviously, terribly offensive, but even worse when the female doctors said it too). Then I went to see this guy and he pretty much immediately figured out that I had a thyroid problem. He's fantastic.
Thanks again. That was a really lovely thing to say, you know :)
I'm so glad it helped! Really, that's making me smile. Self-awareness is important in all long-term or recurrent illnesses, and especially so in the case of mental health. The goal is to have some sort of recognition system to realise that, actually, you're not well and need some additional support rather than running with the delusional thinking and digging yourself deeper and deeper. It takes some getting, and I know I'm not there yet, but having people around you like your step-sister and GP can help intervene when delusional thoughts start to take hold
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It's great you've got a sympathetic GP, one who hasn't written off your symptoms as 'mood swings' or whatever, and has the good clinical judgement to defer to a specialist. Hold on in until the 17th!
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As it is, I'm having a week where I am awesome and everything else is awesome, but come next week I'm going to be low as hell and what you just said is going to be a great help.
My GP is the coolest GP ever. When I was seventeen I decided to bite the bullet and talk to someone about my depression. I saw every GP in the surgery before him, and every one of them told me to go home because it was just "women's problems" (which was, obviously, terribly offensive, but even worse when the female doctors said it too). Then I went to see this guy and he pretty much immediately figured out that I had a thyroid problem. He's fantastic.
Thanks again. That was a really lovely thing to say, you know :)
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