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Post by murphy on May 26, 2017 10:39:52 GMT 7
Juniper, I think you should go back to your doctor and tell him about these issues like the self-harming. It's something that definitely needs professional advice. Maybe give Lifeline a ring, just for a chat? www.lifeline.org.au/My doctor knows and so does my mental health team. Thank you for your concern. Lifeline 131144 Suicide callback 1300659467 www.suicidecallbackservice.org.auBeyond Blue has forums where people discuss mental health issues. Note that they ask people to state at the beginning of their post if their post contains a trigger, such as self-harm. www.beyondblue.org.au
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Post by Denis-NFA on May 28, 2017 7:52:57 GMT 7
My doctor knows and so does my mental health team. Thank you for your concern. juniper61Hey! I hope you are okay. Further to murphy and other suggestions above maybe consider having a chat with The Salvos or Anglicare or one of them. Depends if you are more comfortable talking on the phone or face to face. I have done both in my life as in in rang life-line and talked with councilors face to face. I prefer face to face myself. Depending where you live and normally it is larger towns or cities but often you can find self help groups which can sometimes help. I have no idea what you may be dealing with but I can understand your anxiety. I think most, if not all of us, have at one stage or the other felt pretty low. I guess all I'm trying to say is don't give up hope for yourself. Ask Banjo to put up a section that you can read which says all those corny things like " it's always darkest before the dawn". They are actually well worth reading. Laughter, the best medicine. I lost my second youngest brother to suicide so kindly do not let yourself down. All the best Kind regards Denis
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Post by juniper61 on Sept 4, 2017 9:10:50 GMT 7
Hi all. It's been a while so am updating where things are at. My health took a few wrong turns. Hospital stays along the way. Ended up selling my home and currently living with my son and his partner temporarily. Had another assessment at Centrelink but she wasn't sure if it was because of my appeal or the new claim my advocate had lodged. Anyway that was a couple of months ago and today I was given an appointment for video conference medical assessment. Any advice regarding the process from here would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Post by Banjo on Sept 4, 2017 9:15:56 GMT 7
All the best, at this stage all you can really do is be yourself. Make some notes now in case you have a memory lapse when on camera.
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Post by juniper61 on Sept 21, 2017 4:43:39 GMT 7
Hi everyone. Thank you so much for this forum and every bit of advice and support given. Wish I could hug you all. I heard late yesterday that my claim was successful. Such a relief!
No more applying for jobs I can't do and feeling worse about myself for being unable to do them. It's still sucky that I can't, but it's something I can adjust to mentally now and not have it in my face all the time.
I want to thank you all so very much!! I feel such relief, but also a bit numb and a lot of what now? It's been such a long fight and felt so much like a full time job that I hadn't thought about what life would be like once I was no longer in that battle.
Thank you!!!
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Post by nomadic on Sept 21, 2017 6:47:40 GMT 7
Happy days juniper61. you got what you are entitled to. Although the needless stress would have been better. But better late than never. Now, like most of us; try and forget about clink and enjoy life as best we can. A happy post for a change.
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Post by Banjo on Sept 21, 2017 6:50:09 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 8:15:31 GMT 7
Yes good news Less Stress
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 13:06:09 GMT 7
All of the above juniper.
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Post by tasjo on Sept 21, 2017 17:21:31 GMT 7
Excellent news... I have to admit I am still in the 'what now' camp but will get used to it
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Post by anklspon on Jun 21, 2018 16:21:20 GMT 7
I have no idea what is going on anymore. My anxiety and depression is getting worse due to the stress I am under. Cognitive difficulties caused by those plus the fibromyalgia means I struggle to make sense of anything. I met with advocate the other day and asked him when the appeal was lodged.. he said he didn't know. I reworded my question and asked on what date did you take it into Centrelink for me.. again he answered that he did not know. He had called me into the meeting because he needed me to sign the new application forms that I had signed at our last meeting. Did he lose the others? Did he submit the appeal documents? I am clueless. He has announced he is retiring in a month and is going to be starting interviews for his replacement next week and train them prior to retirement. Hmm.. so much better. Not! Centrelink sent me a letter last week to tell me they are phoning me today but it does not say why. Panic attack much? Yes!! I really want to give up on life because I have none. I go pick up food from salvos and I go to my many doctors appointments and I cry and sleep and try to stretch my pain meds out as far as I can. I had to drop one fibromyalgia med as it was not on pbs. I'm self harming to stop the mental pain. I'm isolated and sinking deeper into poverty. My health.. mental and physical is deteriorating rapidly the longer I am living this way. And then people tell me how they got dsp first go for one condition when I have three and if I had the energy and could use my leg that way I'd kick them where it hurts. I'm so very tired.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 20:16:42 GMT 7
I have no idea what is going on anymore. My anxiety and depression is getting worse due to the stress I am under. Cognitive difficulties caused by those plus the fibromyalgia means I struggle to make sense of anything. I met with advocate the other day and asked him when the appeal was lodged.. he said he didn't know. I reworded my question and asked on what date did you take it into Centrelink for me.. again he answered that he did not know. He had called me into the meeting because he needed me to sign the new application forms that I had signed at our last meeting. Did he lose the others? Did he submit the appeal documents? I am clueless. He has announced he is retiring in a month and is going to be starting interviews for his replacement next week and train them prior to retirement. Hmm.. so much better. Not! Centrelink sent me a letter last week to tell me they are phoning me today but it does not say why. Panic attack much? Yes!! I really want to give up on life because I have none. I go pick up food from salvos and I go to my many doctors appointments and I cry and sleep and try to stretch my pain meds out as far as I can. I had to drop one fibromyalgia med as it was not on pbs. I'm self harming to stop the mental pain. I'm isolated and sinking deeper into poverty. My health.. mental and physical is deteriorating rapidly the longer I am living this way. And then people tell me how they got dsp first go for one condition when I have three and if I had the energy and could use my leg that way I'd kick them where it hurts. I'm so very tired. As you can see by having a look about the site anklspon you're not on your own here! Horror stories abound, but overall; I think our members wins outnumber Centrelinks attempts at failure. Cheers bear
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Post by nomadic on Jun 22, 2018 7:09:52 GMT 7
welcome also anklspon. It is mostly about perseverance. Centrelink, like all public servants have a game polan to wear you down and give up. So you must reverse it and be relentless in not giving up. You have the legal and moral high ground so you will always beat them. Sadly because of their bastadry it may take a longer time than in a decent world. They are not in any way decent though. Some on the forum have taken years to win out so never give up either. Hopefully shorter than that.
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