Self Help

Welcome to the 'Self Help' area of One Link. From here we hope  you can find helpful information that will answer your questions or at least point you in the right direction for information.

Below are a list of topics that we hold information for. Whilst they may seem daunting please remember that many of the symptoms are often nothing more than natural changes in you, so don't automatically think the worst

Please remember - whilst this site will give you lots of useful information, if you are concerned you may be suffering from any of the Conditions or Symptoms please contact your GP or other health professional.

If you think  any of the topics below apply to do click the link to get related information.

• Problems with memory
  This may include forgetting names of people you know well or where they, or you, live amongst other things.
  
  
• Confusion
  Becoming confused in new surroundings or by new people, or about who or where you are.
  
  
• Becoming muddled when performing normal tasks
  Simple tasks, such as cooking an everyday meal, may seem more difficult.
  
  
• Continuous low / blue mood or sadness
  Continuous low mood or sadness.
  
  
• Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness
  Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness.
  
  
• Low Self-esteem
  Low Self-esteem.
  
  
• Lack of motivation
  Continually feeling lethargic or uninterested in daily life or events.
  
  
• Suicidal Thoughts
  Suicidial Thoughts / Thoughts of harming someone else.
  
  

• Dementia
  Dementia is the loss - usually gradually - of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning.
  
  
• Depression
  Depression is a serious illness. Health professionals use the terms 'depression', 'depressive illness' or 'clinical depression' to refer to something very different from the common experience of feeling miserable.
  
  
• Memory Loss
  Memory Loss
  
  
• Parkinson's Disease
  Parkinson's Disease
  
  
• Carers
  Information for carers
  
  
• Carer (Age 60+)
  Older Carers
  
  
• Asthma
  Asthma
  
  
• Arthritis
  Arthritis
  
  
• Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
  Motor Neurone Disease
  
  
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) / (ME)
  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
  
  
• Diabetes
  Diabetes
  
  
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  
  
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  
  
• Osteoporosis
  Osteoporosis
  
  
• Stroke
  Strokes and TIAs
  
  
• Self Directed Support and Personalised Budgets
  Personalised Budgets are designed to help people take control of their own social care budgets, manage their own support and choose the services that suit them best using the money from different areas more flexibly. The person is at the centre of the planning process as they are best placed to understand their own needs.
  
  
• Heart disease
  Heart disease
  
  
• Alzheimer's disease
  Alzheimer's disease
  
  
• Angina
  Angina
  
  
• Hearing impairment
  Hearing impairment
  
  
• Hypertension
  Hypertension
  
  
• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) / (CFS)
  Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
  
  
• Sight impairment
  Sight impairment
  
  
• Tinnitus
  The word 'Tinnitus' comes from the Latin word for 'ringing' and is the perception of sound in the absence of any corresponding external sound.
  
  
• Huntingtons Disease
  

  Huntington's disease is an inherited disease of the brain, for which there is no cure.
  
  The disease damages the nerve cells in the brain causing deterioration and gradual loss of function of areas of the brain. This affects movement, cognition (perception, awareness, thinking, judgement) and behaviour.
  
  Huntington's disease was originally called Huntington's chorea, after the Greek word for dancing, as the associated involuntary movements can look like jerky dancing.

   

  
  
  
• Fibromyalgia (FM)
  

  Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic condition that causes pain all over the body. The condition affects the muscles, tendons and ligaments (bands of tissue that connect bone to bone), resulting in widespread pain, fatigue and extreme sensitivity to pain.

  The name fibromyalgia comes from the Latin word 'fibro', meaning fibrous tissues (tendons, ligaments), 'my' meaning muscles, and 'algia' meaning pain.

  
  
  
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• Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
  

  Social phobia is sometimes called social anxiety disorder. Social phobia is not just shyness, it is more severe than this. With social phobia you get very anxious about what other people may think of you, or how they may judge you. As a result you have great difficulty in social situations which can affect your day-to-day life.

   

  
  
  
• Bipolar Disorder
  

  Bipolar disorder - previously known as manic depression - is a condition that affects your moods, which can swing from one extreme to another. If you have bipolar disorder you will have periods, or ‘episodes’, of depression and mania.