Mental health

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  • Meredithshep
    Meredithshep Community Member Posts: 96 Empowering

    Hi everyone, the sun is shining and that sometimes helps. I have decided to write to my gp so thank you all.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community Member Posts: 1,416 Championing

    Albus , I read that pip would be cut for us with autism . I am terrified. I have other health issues but I hadn't contacted dwp for pip with them because I know they can give you no points. My daughter also on pip for it .honestly this making me ill. I just want to give up. How am I going to pay bills. I'm 58, so who would employ me, if I could work. Surely it's against our human rights to be treated like this, can't scope contact them. I can't sleep, with worry. Will our pip be stopped straight away.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community Member Posts: 1,416 Championing

    Thank you, yes I'm hoping they will back down. Its unfair how we are being punished for their failures.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 4,689 Championing

    Morning all.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 4,689 Championing

    @Bluebell21

    Thank you.

    I am tired today but I'm going out later for a few drinks to celebrate Saint Patrick's day.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 15,450 Championing

    good morning everyone how's everyone doing?

  • Meredithshep
    Meredithshep Community Member Posts: 96 Empowering

    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.

  • Enduring_Rogue
    Enduring_Rogue Community Member Posts: 70 Contributor

    Good morning @Fuji I just came across your post and wanted to see how you are doing. Please let us know you are ok. Lack of sleep always makes everything feel worse doesn't it. @Holly_Scope posted some info about wellbeing which might help you get through this difficult time. Take care of yourself and don't give up x

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 4,689 Championing

    Morning all.

    The sun is shining

    I have a flare up of my fibro and burning with pain.

  • Enduring_Rogue
    Enduring_Rogue Community Member Posts: 70 Contributor

    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.

  • Enduring_Rogue
    Enduring_Rogue Community Member Posts: 70 Contributor

    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 ๐Ÿ™„ I suppose I survived nearly 53 years without one, waiting longer won't kill me.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 4,689 Championing

    Good morning.

    I didn't sleep much last night and I have such an awful headache due to the stress of the government announcement

    yesturday

    I wish you all as pleasant a day as it can be for you

  • Santosha12
    Santosha12 Community Member Posts: 4,307 Championing

    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.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 4,689 Championing

    Hi thank you.

    We have had work men banging and clanging all week in the flats here and that doesn't help alongside the proposed benefit reforms

    Good luck with your .assessment.

    I'm not sure what I think about DNAR or the assisted dyeing bill tbh

  • Santosha12
    Santosha12 Community Member Posts: 4,307 Championing

    @luvpink thank you. Same here, roofers on bungalows opposite but guess at least I see somebody ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™‚

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 4,689 Championing

    True I live alone and sometimes I don't see a single person

    I am going to make the effort to go out for a stroll today.

    Its cold but dry here.

    I feel quite physically and mentally drained over these proposed benefit reforms.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 4,689 Championing
  • Meredithshep
    Meredithshep Community Member Posts: 96 Empowering

    Good morning, just reading through some of your comments makes me so sad, sad that the mental health service is like a merry go around of waiting and waiting then get so many allocated sessions of whatever treatment to be stopped when allocation is up then back to being referred and waiting all over again. I'm tired, weary and the past few weeks have made so many feel hopeless too. It's cruel how they've dealt with mental health and the comments trivialising people with mental illness. I hope you can all manage to get some rest x

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 9,132 Championing

    Hi @Bluebell21 , my sincere apologies for my lack of participation. I'm so so . Seem to be getting on and off issues with my stomach. Sending kind blessings your way. I hope you have a reasonable day today. Thank you for your kindness