nhs mental health service

[Tabilock]

so i have been having mental health prooblems since i was 14 on and off and for the last 10 years i have been on here on and off.

various times in the last 12 years i have attempted the nhs mental health system and either given up, felt better on my own, or got so frustrated i didnt see the point.

I am now trying again because i have finally acknowledge unless i get this sorted im gonna keep ending up like this.

granted i have better support in my boyfriend than i have ever had previously but my god its hard.

My gp i was seeing has left the practice, she really was a godsend the last few months, and then the big blow i think all of us dread.........the dr that just doesnt get it.

He said i was over reacting (despite being diagnosed with bi-polar, severe adjustment disorder and suspected borderline) and despite my referral as a priority case to my local psych dept.

It has really set me back, i had work after the appoinment and broke down. HAve since (thanks to my boyfriend speaking to the drs surgery for me) seen another dr who has signed me off for a week.

Am now seeing gp on a weekly basis , mental health nurse on a bi-weekly basis while i wait 2 months to see an actual psych.

guess im just wondering is anyone else struggling with getting to see the right people and waiting times.

just finding it hard not to give up and just try and do it alone again

[shadow-light]

In a similar situration... I moved from Aberdeen to London 7 months ago and so lost all my support. I registered with and sawe a GP within 3 weeks of moving and was put on an 18 month waiting list... Since then seen several GPs at the surgery and out of the 4 who work theree only 1 doesn't keep saying "it's ll in your head so can;t you just get over it?"



Sometimes you have to almost fight to get the treatment/support that you need, but if you keep trying in the end you will get it

[The War With My Mind]

Same with me Tazzy. The doctor I was seeing was so helpful but sadly left the practice to finish training else where. I've been waiting on a proper appointment for over 2 months now with a phych, frustrated ain't near how I feel.

Things have started to feel better at the moment but I know I still need help and will carry on trying and waiting for the proper help.

John

[beautifulpain]

I just seem to go from waiting list to waiting list!! Its a nightmare :\ I think once your actually in the system it gets alot better though, its just getting there. Its now been 3months since my last psych appointment, when i was supposed to see them at a maximum of 6 weeks time..

[Tabilock]

its just this combined with me adjusting to meds again is getting really hard. Im not coping want the world to stop for a few days just so i can catch up with myself but its not an option

[lexxsbe]

hello, I dont suffer from a mental health problem but my partner does. after many many years of severe depression and self harm he has just been diagnosed with BPD..although we knew there was always something else wrong.
we have been let down by the various services near us. the amount of times he has been let down by the crisis team is unreal. but after a year of mainly downs he has finally started to get somewhere. has has various appointments with a coping skills group (DBT) and one on one appointments with a psychologist. and all that with a change of doctors funnily enough we moved and his childhood dr never looked at any other possibilities for his mood etc.
i just wanted to say dont let it get you down..keep on their backs all the time..if you have a case worker talk to them.