The stigma around taking anti-depressants is the most common response I get when talking with people with mental health conditions. Here I am about to start a PhD while taking heavy dosage SSRIs and sleeping tablets. I am no longer ashamed.
#WorldMentalHealthDay
Today I did something I never thought I would do because of anxiety: present at a conference. But I did it! Proud of myself. Yay for overcoming my strange brain.
Hi. Beta blockers have been amazing for my anxiety. No it’s not a placebo. I don’t need a psychologist spreading paternalist and non evidenced based information on Twitter.
Does anyone else think their thesis is the shittyiest thing they have ever written in their life and have no idea how they are going to graduate or pass? Asking for myself
#PhD
#PhDVoice
Looking for an infographic UK based artist to design a one page -simplistic- infographic based on my finding from my PhD. (Bonus points if you also identify as having a mental health condition!) Please retweet!
Oh yes the ‘natural’ route if only I had tried that before? Fellow people with mental health conditions: do not be ashamed for seeking medical support. Medication should not turn you into a zombie but if it does discuss this with your doctor.
So unbelievably excited to say that I have been awarded the Rosamund Snow Scholarship for Patient-Led Research by
@greentempleton
@OxPrimaryCare
. Thank you to all my MS&HERG colleagues for all the support and guidance. Will be such an honour to do the DPhil in Snow's name.
Just got home after teaching
#qualitative
methods to undergrad psychologists. Some really interesting questions, and proud of myself to have achieved one of my new year goals (to confidently teach). Excited to show them
@ginnybraun
@drvicclarke
’s thematic analysis next week.
What is patient-led research?
Kicking off today’s first in-person Dept Open Meeting since covid at
@StAnnesCollege
, some of our DPhil students talk us through their research and personal experiences.
Today I had a day off for my mental health and quickly looked at my emails to find my first study of my phd has been accepted for publication. Yes I cried. Thank you to my excellent team
@AlburyCharlotte
@sarasiobhan
@oxcharlottelee
Kamal!!!
Hello my name is Amelia and I am a person living with bipolar but also a patient-led researcher at
@OxPrimaryCare
researching treatment-resistant depression.
#MyGPguide
@Mental_Elf
I may have a diagnosis of persistent depressive disorder and generalised anxiety disorder which means I can be sensitive, but I’m also a great friend, caring, compassionate, and driven. I’m a sister, a daughter, an academic, a woman. I’m me.
#morethanmydiagnosis
@its0kaytotalk
Excited to be presenting my research today
@OxPrimaryCare
conference. Talking about the contestation of treatment resistant depression and improving awareness.
I am off to
@britsoci
@BSAMedsoc
Medical Sociology conference tomorrow. My first EVER in person conference and I am chairing the mental health stream. I will be live-tweeting what I can from
@PLRCollective
#medsoc
4 years ago I was offered the Ann McPherson predoctoral fellowship
@OxPrimaryCare
and now I’m close to finishing my Rosamund Snow PhD! Thank you to all who believed in me.
#MyGPguide
@Mental_Elf
something that really helped me when I was having a tough time was my GP ringing me once a week. He did not have to do this- but it meant the world knowing that someone was there and I was not forgotten. Small differences can have a big impact.
Great morning. Supervision with
@AlburyCharlotte
who always makes me feel more empowered and ready to take on my research. Then lunch
@greentempleton
with
@trishgreenhalgh
. Lovely chat about my research and the challenges and successes of living with bipolar.
I have only gone and won a recognition award for my RA work this/ last year!!! Very lucky to be supported by wonderful colleagues who make me feel so welcome in our lovely department and research group. (Ty
@annadowrick
for nomination)
This all seems so official now. I am so excited to be undertaking a DPhil
@UniofOxford
@OxPrimaryCare
funded by the Rosamund Snow Scholarship. Check out my interview here:
We spoke to
@AmeliaTalbot
, this year's awardee of the Rosamund Snow Scholarship for Patient-Led Research by
@greentempleton
and
@OxPrimaryCare
, about her journey and her PhD plans to research treatment-resistant depression.
Been a hard week for me but celebrating some small wins:
1. Finished transcribing my GP interviews.
2. Recruited a few patients.
3. Coded 7/14 GPs.
4. Submitted abstract to medsoc.
5. Wrote methods of GP interviews.
Lovely lunch today with
@trishgreenhalgh
and members of the IRIHS team at
@greentempleton
. My first experience of eating at my college due to covid and it was a 10/10!
Today I’m presenting at my second conference ‘SAPC mental health.’ I’m doing a three minute elevator pitch on my Twitter treatment resistant depression study!
And just like that my systematic review chapter is written. Planning to give it a read before sending to my supervisors tomorrow. Feel like I have reached a major milestone today.
Pleased to announce that myself and
@ToriHerstory
have been awarded a grant from the
@britsoci
to hold a postgraduate event at
@OxPrimaryCare
@greentempleton
. We will be planning this event in the next few weeks with the support of the BSA. Watch this space.
Great talk by
@trishgreenhalgh
this morning
@UniofOxford
@OxPrimaryCare
about the importance and use of interdisciplinarity research. Interesting discussion about how research is influenced by paradigms.
I am attending
@EmergingMindsUK
conference tomorrow as a lived-experience expert (PPI member). Look out for me presenting with
@MariaLoades
and
@GTanith
on implementation ‘let’s make it happen…’ 13:20-14:10 in the Mary Sunley Centre Theatre!
Excited to announce that I will be joining
@UniofOxford
as a research assistant (Ann McPherson Research Fellowship) in October with the amazing Health Experiences Research Group.
Had a fab writing retreat the past two days but have woken up today to a wave of depression. Anyone others on
#AcademicChatter
@AcademicChatter
ever feel this way?
Was told by a colleague how impressed she is with all that I have managed to achieve in twenty-two years of life and that I should be more proud of my achievements. I almost cried- I love this department so much.
I’m overwhelmed by the response to this tweet. The amount of academics coming out and sharing their experience of mental health and medication has filled me with hope and joy. Thank you!
The stigma around taking anti-depressants is the most common response I get when talking with people with mental health conditions. Here I am about to start a PhD while taking heavy dosage SSRIs and sleeping tablets. I am no longer ashamed.
#WorldMentalHealthDay
Really proud of myself. Gone from worrying and catastrophising about one my DPhil Chapters (reanalysing results) to smashing out the writing of my analysis today 🥇
As someone living with a serious mental health condition, I really hate posts stating “more people will die from mental illness than covid.” It’s really insensitive and is like comparing apples to oranges.
✅ Pre-registered my content analysis.
✅ Responded to reviewers on a paper.
✅ Two meetings
✅ Gathered 50 Tweets for content analysis.
✅ Thought about some initial codes.
Not bad for someone battling bipolar 😜
Wrote a section in our well-being newsletter
@OxPrimaryCare
about my experiences of being diagnosed with bipolar and had so many lovely emails from my colleagues. So lucky to work in this department.
Made the hard decision to go home for a few days today. I haven’t been very well mentally the pay week or so and it’s no longer safe for me to be by myself. Virtual hugs welcome
#mentalhealth
#MentalHealthMatters
I’m a medical student & have been taking antidepressants since I started my degree, except for phases where internalised stigma pressured me to stop them.
A Monday reminder that there is no shame in taking medications for our mental health or in struggling with mental illness.
Did not get the job i interviewed for the other day; understandably because I lacked direct experience. However, I have had another interview come through today, which would be such an exciting experience and I really hope I get 🤞
I have been told by a senior academic to rethink being a researcher because academia will not change for me. I am not going anywhere. I consistently show I can be an academic with SMI. I am not going down without a fight 💪🏻
Disabled academics exist. Yes in your field. Yes in your department. Yes, potentially even on your team.
We notice when you say conference accessibility doesn't matter, when you say it's impossible for us to be researchers, when you say that it's okay if we die in a pandemic.