Please Help getting desperate

jennie-jack

if you can prove that you have tried the options in your pct and they havent worked you can use this to force a referal elsewhere. pals can help with this, my friend had to do this to get an out of area referal for her son

depress

Hey thanks for all your responses, feeling a bit better now but comes and goes.

I am going to try and appeal to the Ombudsman and try and state the European Convention on Human Rights Article 2, I know it probably wont work but I will give it a go.

After that Il have to move to a different area as the department of Heath said that would be the quickest way to get help. The thing is that now I live at home and don't pay any rent, its ironic really that I will be forced to a different area where I will probably end up with housing benefit and Income support (costing the Government much more money then needed) and I will go on from there.

The Government is going to end up paying more for my care in the long run then is needed all be-it via separate departments. Not to mention the police and A+E services that I have to use as there is no one who supports me.

idvi

depress wrote: »

Hey thanks for all your responses, feeling a bit better now but comes and goes.

I am going to try and appeal to the Ombudsman and try and state the European Convention on Human Rights Article 2, I know it probably wont work but I will give it a go.

After that Il have to move to a different area as the department of Heath said that would be the quickest way to get help. The thing is that now I live at home and don't pay any rent, its ironic really that I will be forced to a different area where I will probably end up with housing benefit and Income support (costing the Government much more money then needed) and I will go on from there.

The Government is going to end up paying more for my care in the long run then is needed all be-it via separate departments. Not to mention the police and A+E services that I have to use as there is no one who supports me.

i can see why a&e is useful in a crisis.. but in what way do them and the police actually support you/

why the police :eek: only time ive ever had to deal with them is when i was sectioned

depress

A+E helps as they talk over the situation and keeps budging my GP to make more referals.

The police I dealt with them two times to restrain me, when I go mad, never been taken in. But they try and calm me down and offer advice.

nelehpr

Hi,

I think advocacy is a good idea. I work in the public sector and when official complaints with advocates (or MPs!) involved come through, they seem to get more attention. An advocate will be able to tell you what help you should get, where to go to complain, & what to expect etc as well as helping you to complain.

There is an independent complaints service called ICAS (independent complaints advocacy service) which is easy to find on google (can't post the link).

Also your local branch of MIND or Rethink (or other mental health charity) may have an advocacy service, as well as other support. And the support they offer themselves might be helpful in itself, eg support workers.

If self harm is an issue you might want to contact Bristol Crisis Service for Women who have a helpline: 0117 925 1119 (if you/re not female they could probably tell you other contacts). There are lots of helplines including samaritans, mind, saneline who you could call in a crisis or just when you need to talk.

Your local PCT should provide/commission mental health services which are available to you - all PCTs do this - so if you can't go to one service there should be somewhere else for you. I don't understand the reason they've given you. If you have any letters about this it might be good to show them to the advocate - if you see one - so you can be clear about the NHS's reasoning, and then argue against it clearly.

Advocates might be able to attend appointments with you as well if you think this would help, to make sure you're listened to and understood.

There is support out there even though it's not always easy to find. Like I say charities do provide support as well as the NHS.

Bear in mind too that antidepressants do take a while to start working, so even if you don't feel any better now that doesn't mean you won't soon. There are lots of types of medication too, and it's worth trying different things because they all affect different people differently. I'm speaking from experience, I've taken 3 different antidepressants and they all affected me completely differently. One didn't work at all, another worked but made me really sleepy, the other works really well for me and has made a huge difference.

Hope that's helpful, take care

Helen