I don't know what did your pdoc say???

Which system are you talking about?

well rounded care is diagnosis, meds, pdoc, therapy. On your own reading, research, communication, discovery, developement of coping skills, faith in a higher poer if you have it, positivity, moving forward one step at a time, being the best you can be, etc.,etc.,etc.

Eve I wonder why you won't answer me. I got Stevens Johnsons Syndrome from Lamictal. Thats the only med I know of that does that. I have since been on Prozac and Now happy on Lithium. Are you saying that I should not be on meds? I don't quite get you.

Sorry sent my reply to the wrong post:(

Talking about as far as my pdoc,I am unable to work,or go out,but they say how good ,far I have come,since the breakdown I now I was really ill,but is this as good as it gets,I miss my job,friends and the person I was,I dont want to be in this house anymore,just put me on diazepam,two weeks ago just in case I go out,to go to the supermarket,thats sad,last time I went heard voices and came back with 12 different cheeses,coundnt make it down the next isle xxxxxxxxx

You have to give it time. Unlike most illnesses and unlike most illnesses our are riddled with side effects and that it screws with our minds and making it hard to distinguish between what is US and what is illness!!!!

Patience and time to do it to do it right!!! as the song goes

Ok,I will give it time but it has been 7yrs now and I am really pissed off with it XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Dear Mistymoon, being a fellow Brit now living in Southern California my Mum who used to be an SEN keeps telling me how bad the system has gotten over there. Long waits to see doctors, have operations and a lot of red tape to try and medicate. When I worked as an SRN in psyche it was great. The patients were all seen on a regular basis by the pdocs and the nurses rendered excellent care. On sunny days we took everyone out on the hospital lawn and had tea and sandwiches. Being outdoors for a while really benefitted some of the patients. It sounds as though you are woefully under medicated for your symptoms. Does your health care provider know you are hearing voices? If not try and contact someone ASAP before you start believing in what those voices are saying.

Thanks#9,no I have never told anyone that I hear voices,sorry but the last time even wihtout telling them,I was sectioned,cant go back there even if I am lying to the pdoc,xxxxxxx

Misty,

I understand your fear about being sectioned. It is very hard to get well if you're also afraid.

One of the things you *could* do that may help you out is talk to your Pdoc about the 'up' times in your illness. Most of us only talk about the 'down' part because the 'up' part is so much more productive! (right before it all goes to hell...)

I say this because the meds they offer for 'ups', like Abilify, Risperdal, Seroquel, and Zyprexa, can also quell those voices.

Sometimes, when I feel more secure in how I am feeling (when my meds are *helping*) I can then talk to my Pdoc in a way that he will talk reasonably to ME, too (no threats of sectioning).

I hope this helps.

Misty what were some of the cicumstances involving your break down?

I occasionally hear voices - but it's not someone else's voice. I argue with myself. That makes me feel worse. I feel like I'm fighting a battle that I know I can't win because I keep talking myself out of winning. I've tried several different things. Ignoring it, talking to my spouse about it, sharing with a dear friend. But to no avail... I've tried to tell myself that I'm stronger than that, but then I tell myself how weak I am to have gotten sick in the first place.