We both know that Paula. I have a chronic, long-term illness which has a huge impact on my life but it doesn't seem to matter. I'm not actively planning suicide so I'm classed as safe. My self-harm isn't a concern, I assume because I don't draw blood when I can't resist the urge. I don't have a clue which way to turn really.
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But having one referral denied is one thing, but to persistently refuse the same patient care when their GP is obviously concerned enough to refer you 3 times is outrageous. Maybe we all need to petition your local MP and tell them how shocking things are.... After all the government are meant to be making mental health one of their prime focus points.....
Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!
I just feel like I'm constantly going to be fobbed off with antidepressants and counselling for the rest of my life. You know I've queried possible bipolar before, and days like yesterday make me query it again, but they just dismiss me completely.
It's crazy really. I can get a referral, an appointment and see a rheumatologist within 2 weeks of having an elevated CRP level, but suffer from a debilitating mental illness for 10 years (and it is getting to that stage as it's preventing me living my life) and I'm on my own.
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Can you print out your mood diary and ask him to send it all with the referral letter? Get the MP involved? Complain via PALS?
Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!
^^^wss
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Apparently I don't meet the criteria. That's what I keep getting told whenever I bring it up. I'm going to give these meds ago, go back and see the other gp with the interest in MH in 3 weeks and talk about the next step, but mention my weird mood to the one I'm seeing tomorrow so it's all registered. Fingers crossed these meds work and I don't need the pysch route, and will definitely look into PALS
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I know what its like being turned away time and time again. It makes you think that they think you're making it up and there is nothing wrong with you, but at the same time you're living with it every day and still it puts doubt in your mind. I've pretty much given up any hope of any decent medical support and have learned that its down to me to pull out all the stops and find a way of coping and hopefully getting better. I'll never stop looking for ways to beat this and I'm only to pretty much anything.
I've had assessments with fresh wounds on my arm as I've been so agitated being there and still been told I'm not ill enough. It has such a huge impact on me, nothing has worked and I'm still turned away. I have changed so much to try and get better and now I just feel lost.
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I can understand that, and I'll see if I can think of anything else to try - although I'm sure you've already tried it...
Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!
I wish I had a simple answer to how to make it better for you.
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