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eo1711
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Hi everyone,
I’m not really sure where to start or if I’m posting in the right place. I’m not posting for myself. My fiancé has struggled with his mental health since the beginning of his teens, he is now 21. He has depression and anxiety. It’s always been bad since I’ve known him, but recently it’s getting so much worse. He is suffering with a lot of health issues too (some of which he gets embarrassed by), which he has been to the GP about, tests have been done, however the GP has come to the conclusion that they are all caused by his anxiety and just left him to deal with it himself, whereas my fiancé believes the doctor is incorrect. The GP also gave him antidepressants (which was literally it, no other offer of help) but my fiancé has stopped taking them. These health issues have made his mental health so much worse and he feels he can no longer go to work. His mum lives over an hour away from us and is trying to help but she’s being pushy and it’s stressing him out even more. I feel like I’m on my own in supporting him and it’s really difficult because I don’t know what else I can do to help him. I’m worried it’s just going to get worse and worse. I don’t know where to go from here. He gets quite irritated and angry at the smallest things, so even talking about trying to get help stresses him out. He refuses to go back to the GP, to see a therapist or to go to a specialist clinic for the health issues he’s experiencing. I really don’t know what I can do to help, it worries me so much and he won’t talk to me or anyone. I’m just asking here to maybe get some advice from people who are going through/have been through a similar thing to him so I can help him better. It breaks my heart that he is going through something so bad and if nothing is done I know it’s only going to get even worse, but I’m at a standstill now and I don’t know what to do to help him. If anyone has any advice at all, it would be so greatly appreciated.
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I’m not really sure where to start or if I’m posting in the right place. I’m not posting for myself. My fiancé has struggled with his mental health since the beginning of his teens, he is now 21. He has depression and anxiety. It’s always been bad since I’ve known him, but recently it’s getting so much worse. He is suffering with a lot of health issues too (some of which he gets embarrassed by), which he has been to the GP about, tests have been done, however the GP has come to the conclusion that they are all caused by his anxiety and just left him to deal with it himself, whereas my fiancé believes the doctor is incorrect. The GP also gave him antidepressants (which was literally it, no other offer of help) but my fiancé has stopped taking them. These health issues have made his mental health so much worse and he feels he can no longer go to work. His mum lives over an hour away from us and is trying to help but she’s being pushy and it’s stressing him out even more. I feel like I’m on my own in supporting him and it’s really difficult because I don’t know what else I can do to help him. I’m worried it’s just going to get worse and worse. I don’t know where to go from here. He gets quite irritated and angry at the smallest things, so even talking about trying to get help stresses him out. He refuses to go back to the GP, to see a therapist or to go to a specialist clinic for the health issues he’s experiencing. I really don’t know what I can do to help, it worries me so much and he won’t talk to me or anyone. I’m just asking here to maybe get some advice from people who are going through/have been through a similar thing to him so I can help him better. It breaks my heart that he is going through something so bad and if nothing is done I know it’s only going to get even worse, but I’m at a standstill now and I don’t know what to do to help him. If anyone has any advice at all, it would be so greatly appreciated.
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