Originally Posted by
frozenfairytale
So yeah basically what helps me (realized i'd never answered hazel's question!), is if my case manager were to actually initiate contact and do the home visits she's supposed to do and actually ask me questions. I know that's probably asking too much, but I am so bad at asking for help. I might be able to text or email her (not sure if I can do either, she doesn't talk to me much), but I really need someone telling me it's ok to talk and that I'm not bothering them. I feel like I get ignored by her for the clients that call her 24/7. So yeah, fixing the system to where professionals understand whether you want to be contacted or if you prefer to contact them (i'm obviously the former), would be good. They should ask you up front or something. That would really help. I have to say if that were to happen I would probably have not gone to the hospital so many times. The only reason i used to go so much was cause I knew no other way to ask for help. If I walked into a hospital I was forced to talk. It was somehow easier. But if professionals could initiate contact with me I would probably be fairly honest and wouldn't get to the desperate point. I no longer have ANY desire to go to the hospital, which now means I will probably do neither unfortunately. I know it's not their fault but I wish I could get just a little more care. It would also help if they didn't push the meds so much so you don't feel like every time you have an issue you're going to be put on a med or added a fourth medication or put up to the near highest dose. (actual examples of what's happened to me)
I've never really had the problem of having meds pushed at me... in fact I had to ask to be put on medication
and I'm glad I did as I can function a little better now. I mean, still can't go outside or speak to people properly, but I can now walk around my flat and cope with being alone for a couple of hours without trying to harm/kill myself...
I guess professionals maybe think that if they ask dirrectly they will not get an honest answer?
Looking back there are a couple of times in my life where I'm kind of supprised thqat I didn't end up hospitalised... ended up in hospital for physical type things alot, including suicide attempts and severly low BMI, but never been hospitalised in a psychiatric mannor. Then again they generally just "patched me up" or increased my weight and then let me go, half the time with no-little follow up...
I refuse to even go to A&E anymore as I am on a first name basis with half the staff as I've been there so much
I just treat myself now, which probably isn't a great plan... But as has been said the physical state of a person shouldn't really be the main contributor to the decision of hospitalisation.
I've been looking on line to see if I could find any official guidelines to psychiatric hospitalisation, but there don't seem to be any
would be interesting to know what they judge the decision on... though, I guess it may be just on proessionals own judgement as everyone is different and people may react in different ways when they are not coping