Treatment team

Solstice · 27-05-2016, 09:13 PM

How many of you trust your treatment team? Who does your treatment team consist of?
I trust my treatment team and don't know what I would do without them right now. They consist of my psychiatrist, my psychologist, my social worker, my treatment plan coordinator and my rehab specialist
How about you all?

Solstice · 11-06-2016, 03:44 PM

The other day my therapist and I were working through some things that happened with a nurse (I punched and kicked him for holding me down, I wasn't in my right mind) and how things tied in with my psychiatrist. Anyway, I asked her if she ever felt like I wasn't trying and she told me no, that I try more than ninety-nine percent of the clients she's ever seen. She says the nurses think she does some kind of vudu magic with me because she can get me to eat when I stop eating and take my medication when I stop taking it so they think she's magical and she told me that if anyone is magical, it's me. She said she doesn't know how I continue to try as hard as I do. It was really encouraging. She literally missed and entire session with someone else to stay with me while she held me while I cried then the next day she rescheduled with that person and again, ended up late with them because she was with me. I am afraid to say it but I think she cares, she shows she cares and when I told her I thought she would forget about me whenever I left here, it almost seemed to hurt her feelings. She was like, that's like saying you're going to forget about me when you leave. I will never forget about her. In fact, I think we will figure out a way to keep in contact with each other whenever I leave, just things she says makes me think that. She talks to me about her kids and her recent divorce (she was having a really hard time in April) and just things that people who don't care, don't talk about, I hope I'm right. They have a six month rule but she's kind of a rule breaker so I think there will be way. She's already told me if she ever gets fired she will sneak notes through people to get to me, most people wouldn't tell someone that if they didn't care. She does things for me that she's told me she wouldn't do for other patients. I think it's because she knows I'm trying my hardest and wants to support me through the hardest part of my life (other than the actual events). I told her yesterday I appreciate her, she told me she appreciates me, I told her I really appreciate her, she said sometimes she leaves and feels like she doesn't do anything, I told her she always does something and I think I told her I'm thankful for her, she told me I do a lot for her too. It was a sweet conversation

Pi.R^2 · 12-06-2016, 05:37 PM

That's great to hear that you trust your team! I think I kind of trust mine, which is a big thing as I'm generally very distrustful (is that a word??) of MH services.

I hope thing continue to go well with your team.

Solstice · 15-06-2016, 08:21 PM

So I am in the state hospital and yesterday I found something to cut myself with, I won't go into specifics but I ended up needing stitches so they sent me to the hospital for stitches and my therapist went with me. At first they told me I was going to have to get in a hospital gown and pee in a cup and I freaked out because I was going to have to do it in front of male staff and my therapist offered to also get in a hospital gown and pee in a cup with me! And she was actually serious. I mean seriously, how many therapist do you know who would even go to the hospital with you, let alone do those other things for you? On our way back she was like if you ever doubt I care remember I was willing to get in a hospital gown and pee in a cup for you. Then she came to my room this morning first thing to check on me and then went to her morning meeting to hear what they had to say about me to "see who [she] needed to punch in the face and then came back and told me all they really said was I had a rough day, what I used to cut myself and that I needed to go to the hospital for stitches and that I had a doctors appointment today. Then she stayed with me until my psychiatrist came in and told me I wasn't on unit ops and that she wanted me to go to my classes which I was actually really thankful for. I'm back on two to one which sucks but she told me that we will talk tomorrow about changing that so we will see. She said what changes tomorrow depends on how tonight goes so I am going to be extra good tonight. I told her I wanted to pull my stiches out and she told me that would be make the opposite of what I wanted to happen, happen. Rough day yesterday, little bit better today. We will see

Sooty · 16-06-2016, 10:02 AM

Dear Solstice,

It sounds like you've really found a therapist you can connect with and is working well with you. Although she has put her self out for you and made you feel really special, please be careful about forming an unhealthy attachment. I know how easy it is to pour your heart into someone who has a a professional boundary and how easy it is to be hurt by this.

Sophie.x

Solstice · 18-06-2016, 02:35 PM

I wrote a post recently about my amazing psychologist, and now I must write one about my amazing psychiatrist
Yesterday I woke up feeling overly anxious for no reason (later it was decided it was probably a precursor for the seizure I was later to have) but anyway, my psychiatrist came straight to me as soon as she got to work and grabbed my hand and was trying to figure out what was wrong with me, one of which was pain, so she went and had them get me pain medication and when she came back she had the book we had been reading about two months prior but had not been able to get a chance to read for about two months and told my two to ones to leave, that she was going to take care of me until nine. They left and she sat with me for a half an hour and read to me to get me calmed down. How many psychiatrists would do that? I would imagine not many. Then she took me to get dressed and took me to DBT and after that, we had multiple other conversations to prepare me for the weekend of being on and off of two to one. I'm only on two to one if I'm in my room. My psychologist told me the night before they took me off two to one all day she had received an email telling her that they were going to keep me on two to one for a week so it was very surprising to both of us that I was off two to one not only the next day, but the next morning. This place has shown me so much grace. I mean, I actually got all of the tops of the book shelves taken out of all of the rooms for what I did. In the thirteen years this place has been open, no one had done what I did, and they are still willing to work with me, that is grace shown in abundance. I couldn't ask for a better psychiatrist and psychologist. I am definitely blessed, even when I'm overwhelmed and all I can think of is how much I want to leave, I have to remind myself, I'm lucky to have these people and to be getting this help by people who actually care

Crysainta · 19-06-2016, 06:35 AM

I don't know much about this place where you are but I hope they are genuinely helping you in the ways that you need. Miss you.

Crysainta · 19-06-2016, 06:40 AM

It's really not good for your therapist to be acting this way, although she may have the best intentions at heart. It's not good for either of you, or for her other patients. Please be careful Nicole.

Pi.R^2 · 22-06-2016, 04:19 AM

I'm glad you have found a therapist who you feel is helpful and that you're feeling a little better.

I do really agree with what has been mentioned in some of your other threads about the risks of becoming too attached to a professional and that your therapist seems to sometimes overstep the mark. Maybe it would be worth asking her if you guys can work on self-soothing strategies and being able to communicate a need for privacy (e.g. asking the men to not be present whilst you were changing). That way if you are ever in a situation like this again and your therapist is not there, you will feel confident getting through it on your own.

Hope that makes sense.

Steel Maiden · 25-06-2016, 09:30 AM

I was trusting of my team until recently when they ignored my severe challenging behaviour episodes and refused to assess me for extra support (I'm autistic). I was sectioned by the police and had over a month on the psych ward because my challenging behaviour got so bad. Now I'm out but my mh team have neglected to arrange the support they promised they would arrange so almost a week on and I still have no support workers from the autism charity. I'm struggling to look after myself. I can't even go out alone. So I'm not happy with them.