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Hi. Just wanted to share my very brief experience of cognitive behavioural therapy. I tried it for four sessions on the NHS, but found it wasn't for me. I was referred there by my GP, having experienced depression, anxiety, social phobia and other issues for many years as a result of...

Hi. First time I've posted on here, just thought would throw my story out there, and I want to say a big thank you to all members and the website organisers for the support you offer people. I've suffered with depression for at least eleven years now (I've just turned 30). Like I'm sure others...

Hi guys. Just been for my first appointment with my surgeon (I had ETS in 99 and 2000, then Lumbar Sympathectomy in 2001) since 2003. Was hoping that he would give me the miracle I crave and agree to try and repair the severed nerves but (not to my surprise) he said that the damage is...

Hi. Have been working on something that I thought I would post to share my personal experience of hyperhidrosis / compensatory hyperhidrosis. I hope it's of interest to anyone who has gone through sympathectomy or is thinking of doing so. My earliest memory of hyperhidrosis is when I was 8...

Hi guys / girls. Just an update re my ETS / lumbar sympathectomy operations between 1999-2001. Despite my GP reasurring me in 2003 (4 years after the first op) that things would get better with time (in terms of the side-effects I was suffering), as it stands my overall situation is worse than...

Registered on here maybe 1-2 years ago but think this is my first post. Just wanted to say hi really. I'm one of the post-surgery members. Noticed people asking about ETS, my advice would be to avoid it at all costs. I had ETS in 1999 and re-done in 2000, + lumbar sympathectomy in 2001...