Send Me a Message! My time at then Maitland Private Hospital was very much concerned with reducing the number of psychoactive medications I was having (with little benefit) and to go old school in the search of medications that may prove useful. This was achieved through the use of a Tricyclic Antidepressant known as Clomipramine. But since being discharged it has become apparent that the Clomipramine on its own isn't quite doing the job. So in this episode we look at where we have come from and...
Feb 07, 2023•26 min•Ep. 56
Send Me a Message! The next instalment of the fortnightly check-in series. Medication changes, flat feelings and exciting episodes on their way! Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!
Feb 02, 2023•7 min•Ep. 55
Send Me a Message! Discover Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) with 'The Dysregulated Podcast'! Episode #1: Radical Acceptance Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!
Jan 25, 2023•23 min•Ep. 54
Send Me a Message! Happy New Year! We are at the start line of another year, congratulations! Never before have I felt as much potential going into a new year. But in order to reach our potential there are a few areas that need a bit of tweaking....but could this be the start of Elliot's big comeback?! Only time will tell..... Follow the show on Instagram @thedysregulated.podcast Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
Jan 01, 2023•15 min•Ep. 53
Send Me a Message! DBT is the gold standard treatment for BPD, as well as proving helpful for many other concerns relating to mental health. This episode is the first of a new series looking at DBT and the skills that it uses. These skills and techniques can help all of us enrich and improve our lives, whether suffering from BPD or not. DBT is a proven treatment and I am so excited to introduce its concepts! Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Face...
Dec 30, 2022•10 min•Ep. 52
Send Me a Message! Follow my journey living with mental illness and the hard-fought lessons learned along the way. Lived Experience is the driving force of this podcast, and it is through this lens that my stories are told. This is a raw, honest, and very real account of how various psychological disorders have shaped my past, and continue to influence my future. Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
Dec 23, 2022•10 min•Ep. 51
Send Me a Message! Follow my journey living with mental illness and the hard-fought lessons learned along the way. The lived experience is the driving force of this podcast, and it is through this lens that my stories are told. This is a raw, honest, and very real account of how various psychological disorders have shaped my past, and continue to influence my future. Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
Dec 16, 2022•15 min•Ep. 50
Send Me a Message! 5000 reasons to be grateful. Big thank you to all who continue to support the show, you mean the world to me! Follow the podcast on Instagram @thedysregulated.podcast Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!
Dec 13, 2022•4 min•Ep. 49
Send Me a Message! This episode focuses on my most recent stay in a psychiatric ward. During my admission a complete medication overhaul was undertaken, and a lot of time was spent analysing my behaviours and discovering parts of the self which need to be worked on. The ship has turned around and is back on course, but in order to keep moving forward there is a lot more to do. This admission is only one part of this ever developing story. You can follow the podcast on Instagram @thedysregulated....
Dec 05, 2022•29 min•Ep. 48
Send Me a Message! The stories continue from my time on the psych ward, this time focusing on my current and very real problem of withdrawals. It is hard enough when your brain wants to play tricks on you but even more challenging when medications used in the past are actually found to be part of the problem. And it isn't as simple as just stopping dosages, oh no! Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
Nov 17, 2022•19 min•Ep. 47
Send Me a Message! Who would've thought colouring in could be so stressful?! Well, when you have Social Anxiety Disorder to contend with it starts to make sense. Being in the common room here at the hospital hasn't been easy for someone like me. Are they negatively judging me? Or is it all in my head? Well, in this episode we find out and learn a quick and easy skill to overcome some of Social Anxieties core beliefs. Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the sho...
Nov 05, 2022•10 min•Ep. 46
Send Me a Message! Borderline Personality Disorder, or BPD. Such a crucial component of my psyche which has had a very significant influence on the direction life has taken me. So this episode I try to break down BPD to see where it comes from, what it's like having it as well as how those around the individual can be affected. The good news is if BPD is treated then great results can be found, including complete remission from the disorder. So for the BPD sufferers listening, of which I am one,...
Nov 04, 2022•27 min•Ep. 45
Send Me a Message! Hot off the heels of a brand new diagnosis I thought it might be a good idea to have a bit of a look at it! Aspergers Syndrome, although now referred to as high functioning Autism, further explains bits and pieces of my story and offers an explanation as to why so many of my medication regimens have failed! Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
Nov 01, 2022•18 min•Ep. 44
Send Me a Message! The beginning of my psych ward journey. I touch on some first impressions, what I've been getting up to and some of the diagnostic and pharmacological alternations that have already been made. Big changes already, which is exactly what we were looking for! Almost one week down, a few more to go! Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
Oct 29, 2022•11 min•Ep. 43
Send Me a Message! I finally have confirmation, in just a few days time I will be admitted for an extended stay in a psychiatric ward. This is great news! In this episode I discuss how difficult it has been waiting for admission, and the measures I have had to take to combat my obsessive negative intrusive thoughts. I explain what awaits me at the psych ward, my mentality towards it and the expectations I have for the process. This is going to be a difficult few weeks, yet the meaning and purpos...
Oct 21, 2022•20 min•Ep. 42
Send Me a Message! The "BPD, OCD and Depression Model" is a conceptualisation I have created to highlight and explain how these disorders work in tandem to make life difficult for us with living with these illnesses. On their own these disorders can do untold levels of damage and ruin lives, but when they link up and work together the results can be devastating. Through the knowledge of how these disorders gang up on us and the ways in which to treat and eventually dismantle the mechanism is cru...
Oct 09, 2022•11 min•Ep. 41
Send Me a Message! In this episode I read out and explore the referral letter sent by my GP to the Maitland Private hospital. It is this letter that has got me in to get the help I desperately need. I am hopeful that it shows at least in part the process involved in gaining an admission to a private psychiatric ward and gives a brief overview of what I have been dealing with over the last few months to years, and some of the possible causes. This is as real as it gets. This is my actual referral...
Oct 08, 2022•7 min•Ep. 40
Send Me a Message! It has been a little while since an episode has been uploaded (apologies), but all is explained within. I have been plagued by constant obsessive and negative intrusive thoughts which has made life my personal version of hell. In true Elliot style though, we have not given up! We have a new plan to tackle my mental illnesses and they don't know what is about to hit them! Lately my presentation has been very much driven by OCD, helped along by my other mental illnesses. This is...
Oct 07, 2022•19 min•Ep. 39
Send Me a Message! This episode is the first in a long while. And unfortunately it isn't all good news. But, thanks to a resilient mindset borne out of the inspirational Rocky series, this guy isn't throwing in the towel! A special thank you to each and every listener. Your support certainly has got me through some dark days and I look forward to sharing in the wins again with you soon. Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
Aug 24, 2022•9 min•Ep. 38
Send Me a Message! In this episode I explain how the hardest three weeks have impacted me, and in particular how the last two days have been undoubtably the most difficult of my mental health journey so far. But fear not! This episode has a positive ending! But it took everything I had to get there. This is as raw , genuine and real as it gets. This is an episode coming from the frontlines of my mental health battle. The good news is, I got a few good shots in! You can follow the show on Instagr...
Jul 15, 2022•28 min•Ep. 37
Send Me a Message! This was a hard episode to record and I think you can hear it in my voice. I have just about ran out of fuel and am barely holding on! I explain how Depression, Anxiety and ADHD contribute to running our energy levels down and the implications this can have on us. There are two ways to fill up your fuel tank, organic healthy means such as exercise and good diet, or you can rely on medications. And if you have been crippled by different mental illnesses such as I have recently,...
Jul 08, 2022•26 min•Ep. 36
Send Me a Message! The week from hell continues as we dig in and fight onwards! Every moment spells danger but thanks to true grit and resilience we are in the game and doing our best. This mental-health warrior has plenty left in the tank! New jobs throw up their challenges, but when you are so self-defeating it can make the task to press on so much more difficult. But that is exactly what I am doing. No surrender here! Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the...
Jul 02, 2022•15 min•Ep. 35
Send Me a Message! In this episode I finally reveal what my new job is, and the stress that I have been putting on myself since I started. I analyse why I put such lofty expectations on my performance, which I think has to do with a defensive mechanism gone wrong. And of course, my various mental illnesses have played their part in making this happen! You can follow the show on Instagram @thedysregulated.podcast Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on ...
Jun 26, 2022•8 min•Ep. 34
Send Me a Message! In this episode I dive back into my hospital discharge papers and reflect on what was possibly the lowest period of my life. I recount the circumstances brought upon by mental illness which saw me admitted to a psychiatric ward, and the follow-up consultation with the psychiatrist who would formally diagnose me with Borderline Personality Disorder. This episode contains a trigger warning for themes relating to self harm and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you care about n...
Jun 18, 2022•42 min•Ep. 33
Send Me a Message! This episode explores my first week in my new job! Although I can't go into specifics about this new job just yet. And the reason for this? Anxiety! My old friend who just likes to stick around.... I dive into some of the illogical beliefs and thought processes I have been contending with over the last few days which have threatened, but not succeeded, in derailing what is a great step forward. The battle rages on but so far we are standing tall! Support the show You can follo...
Jun 13, 2022•13 min•Ep. 32
Send Me a Message! Been a bit of a struggle over the last two weeks, but recording an episode is a great way to push back against negative thoughts and emotions! Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!
Jun 03, 2022•8 min•Ep. 31
Send Me a Message! Caffeine has for a long time been a very significant part of my mental health story. So much so that I have been told I have "Caffeine Use Disorder". So what is this disorder and what does it mean for our caffeine intakes? In this episode I go through the qualifiers for Caffeine Use Disorder and share some insights into how caffeine has been helpful and a hinderance along my mental health journey. Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show...
May 22, 2022•44 min•Ep. 30
Send Me a Message! In this episode I talk about my struggles with anhedonia and feeling "flat". I touch on how ADHD and Depression appear to be linked by anhedonia and the neurotransmitter dopamine. Finally, I share some tips on goal setting and the importance of taking small incremental steps towards our grand objectives. Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
May 18, 2022•13 min•Ep. 29
Send Me a Message! In this episode I discuss two techniques to create space from negative thought processes, cognitive distancing and cognitive defusion. By deciding how we engage with thoughts, whether they have validity or not, and being able to watch them drift by, we can extinguish negative thoughts before they impact our emotions and behaviours. Support the show You can follow me on Instagram: @ elliot.t.waters, and the show on Facebook!...
May 14, 2022•18 min•Ep. 28
Send Me a Message! In this episode I re-live one of my hardest bouts with mental illness. Every day was a war, and it took a few unfortunate events for me to decide a trip up to the hospital was needed to gain some allies in my battle. I dive into the discharge papers from the psychiatrist which gives a holistic view of how I was presenting during this time. I didn't come away from the hospital with a magic pill, but I was able to adjust my perception just enough to put me on a better path. Supp...
May 10, 2022•27 min•Ep. 27
