U.K NHS mental health services

[Deleted member 1465]

feck it..... Discharged from hospital at 1am, No Money, no phone, no offer of anything, in my PJs, covered in blood, I walked 9/10 miles until a lady stopped and refused to go further until she gave me a lift,
HTT, saw me in middle of a major panic attack, saw blood pouring from my arms, said they would come see me another day, another day, agiitated and struggling, couldn't speak... nurse discharged me, informed me I was engaging and better then last time
3 day's later I over dosed, taken to hospital, they didn't care, discharged me
2 weeks later I landed on a bridge, taken back to a hospital, discharged, despite panic attack after panic attack, police threatening to arrest me if I didn't stop lashing out at myself... it was a fucking panic attack
Sent home hours later
fast forward 8/10 weeks NO help NO support, nothing, professionals from other organisations pushing the mental health services yet nothing.
Finally a letter informing as I had missed an appointment I was being discharged fully, with no further help... fuck that, what appointment!!!
14th oct I attempted again, 8 hours in police got me off the bridge, I sit here today, seen twice by someone, told today my next appointment end of November as it's not deemed urgent or important, despite being in tears on the phone, admitting I was struggling, End of November, but itmay change depending on how busy they are and if a urgent referral comes in, I have to wait,
its a waiting game, I told her I am feeling suicidal, she didn't listen, I hung up on her mid talk whilst the tears flowed,

Mental Health Services in Cornwall fucking suck.....



PS this is a long story cut short, do I add in the missing persons report moment, do I add in the self harm moments they wittnessed and ignored? and so on? seriously it fucking sucks

That is just awful. Cruelty. Makes me ashamed to be of the same species as the people who treated you like that. I know the NHS is stretched but if they're gonna behave in such a hidious way, why bother at all, just to make things worse?

 

[hypo666]

Apologies for the digression but I ask all of you who live in the UK and want a chance to improve the funding for NHS mental Health services to consider registering to vote in the upcoming elections. You have until midnight on 26 November to do it and if you don't want to actually go to a polling both you can apply for a postal vote, you don't have to give a reason and you'll get postal voting papers in all future elections until you move house - or shuffle off this mortal coil.
Even if you don't think that the NHS could ever help you, there are people they do help and this current government is set to continue to defund it and ultimately move it to private insurance (and our US cousins know how terrible that option is).

So if you can, please register to vote and hopefully you'll vote for a change of government that will ultimately improve NHS services and keep them free at the point of use.


https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

/end begging

My first stint under MH services was under the labour government back in the early 2000's and it was crap then as well. That was when they brought in 'recovery' which really meant discharging you from them with zero support and followup. I was told by my community psychiatric nurse at my last appointment that 'she wasn't my friend and I needed to make my own friends and mental health services are about recovery ...

', perhaps that is the case but clearly having friends or not having friends wasn't anything to do with my mental illness ,as ten years later I became unwell again stopped seeing my friends and due to paranoia I never contacted my GP. I ended up being sectioned after I attacked a noisy neighbour and then made a suicide attempt. I don't think either party can be trusted with mental health services especially adult mental health services,as they are an easy target for cuts .Care in the community has not been fit for purpose under either party because of lack of funding, the money there is not going into the right areas, and the age old stigma . NHS mental health services have always been also known as 'the cinderalla' part of the NHS. NHS mental health services also need to change who they recruit to work there as some staff never should be allowed to work with some of he most vunerable in society.

 

[arelia]

My first stint under MH services was under the labour government back in the early 2000's and it was crap then as well. That was when they brought in 'recovery' which really meant discharging you from them with zero support and followup. I was told by my community psychiatric nurse at my last appointment that 'she wasn't my friend and I needed to make my own friends and mental health services are about recovery ...

', perhaps that is the case but clearly having friends or not having friends wasn't anything to do with my mental illness ,as ten years later I became unwell again stopped seeing my friends and due to paranoia I never contacted my GP. I ended up being sectioned after I attacked a noisy neighbour and then made a suicide attempt. I don't think either party can be trusted with mental health services especially adult mental health services,as they are an easy target for cuts .Care in the community has not been fit for purpose under either party because of lack of funding, the money there is not going into the right areas, and the age old stigma . NHS mental health services have always been also known as 'the cinderalla' part of the NHS. NHS mental health services also need to change who they recruit to work there as some staff never should be allowed to work with some of he most vunerable in society.

The only comment I think I can make here is if there isn't a change of govt then the next time you get sectioned I hope you've got the funds to pay for it or good health insurance that covers existing conditions. Our US cousins can give you an indication of how much they get charged every time they brush up against the medical service.
It's your choice of course.

 

[terry_a_davis]

Saved my life.