YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

@tangerine there's a few lakes, but we're not on water. We DO have the most roundabouts in the UK though. Haha.

Thanks Tang. It's not really my kind of thing, but I'll give it a think.

@Tangerine Got married, actually. Was easier for me to move here than for him to move to the States. MK's not fantastic, but we've got friends here and the train station is literally down the road. Wish there was more to it, though. And yeah, I can thank my ingrained optimism (and my huge fear of de...

Ditto. In fact, going to see my doc soon to see if I can change up my meds again, as the sertraline seems not to be working at all anymore (this is the 4th SSRI I've been on)... it just seems that you try stuff, if it works stay on it for a while and once it stops working try something else. Lather,...

Hi Tangerine! I can relate to being a foreigner in the UK (American). I'm up in Milton Keynes, though. How long have you been over here? I just hit 3 years back in October. (The first 6 months were probably the worst ever.) Seriously, the reduced price baked goods here are an evil thing. Kind of tha...

I seem to have done an incredibly rude thing and posted somewhere else on the forum before introducing myself. Poop. I've only just started listening to the podcast (heard it recommended on I Should Be Writing, and also saw there was an episode with Marc Maron and I'd just picked up the WTF podcast ...

Word. I generally feel like GPs here aren't taking me seriously or think I'm overreacting (well yeah, I'm clinically depressed and have generalized anxiety, of course I overreact, but that doesn't mean I don't need help). I guess it doesn't help living in a foreign country (I'm American but have liv...