Mental health

I am struggling, wake up with knots in my belly tummy churning feel sick bowels up the wall too. My pain is worse than it has been too, I wish they would understand how the months of speculation has made everything worse for us. I've suffered with pain and physical disability for over 30 years and yet still have reviews every 3 years, I'm not going to get better as my nerve damage is permanent, my other illnesses are lifelong and deteriorating I have terrible pain daily and need help with most things but I would choose those over the mental anguish of the PTSD I developed a couple of years ago after the traumatic death of my younger sibling that I witnessed and all the processes that followed. On top of that my review papers came through just weeks after death and before we could have any funeral, the review took almost a year as did the inquest and investigations my anxiety has been on high alert ever since, my PTSD has been worse the past few weeks with all these changes and speculation. I fight every day to not go over the edge into oblivion but how long can you fight for when you feel the whole world is against you.

Thank you for your message, I feel alright now. I read the green paper and I feel calmer now because it looks like my pip is safe because of getting 4 points in an activity. Lack of sleep definitely makes things worse, haven't slept properly in weeks. Been meaning to contact my community mental health team and chase my follow up appt with my psychiatrist because I still haven't heard from them and they said it would be in 2 months but its been 3 months now and no contact.. And i really need to speak to them because I feel like I'm falling into crisis again. I literally only got discharged from mental health hospital in end of Nov and I'm not really getting any support. Just sick of being in and out of hospitals, just want to be normal.

I am so glad you are feeling better, I was worried about you. I understand your frustration with mental health services. I got a text this morning saying I will have to wait at least 10 weeks for my referral to CMHS. There are always people on this platform who understand and are here to help, or just listen. You are never alone.

10 weeks? thats way too long. I've been with my community mental health team for years now since like 2017 and back then there was no long wait at all. I was referred within 2 days. Things have got really bad now in terms of waits etc. I'm sorry you are going through that long wait for your referral. I think the reason why mine was quick referral back then was because I was sectioned at University so I was admitted to hospital and then came home and had crisis team and then I was referred.

Yes a telephone assessment is what I am waiting for. I went through Talking Therapies but they only deal with short term/simple issues. I need specialist longer term help for my C-PTSD. Don't get me started on wait times for ADHD assessments 🙄 I suppose I survived nearly 53 years without one, waiting longer won't kill me.

Good morning @luvpink I'm sorry you're not feeling too good. I'm headache y too after yesterday, hoping itcdiesnt become migraine. I've got a gp appt on phone tonight was asking for help two weeks ago re depression/my ant i depressants but now, I'm going to tell her I want DNAR put on my records and ask her about the Assisted Dying Act if it gets passed and widened to include those who are not 'terminally ill' I want included in the future.

In the meantime I'm going to try to summon up to fight the plans. Just not today.

I do hope you start to feel better and that you can gave a restful day, take care of yourself.