Im loosing my CPN :(

dane-katie

Ive had a CPN for roughly 12 months now and i will be loosing her next month she did tell me about this couple of months ago, but its really upsetting me.
I live under Rotherham council and they are changing there mental health teams including Doncaster and South Humber.
I dont really understand what is going to happen to me i just know i wont have my CPN anymore, and nobody will be coming to my house to help me.
If i need someone i have to go to them, which is bad enough when i need help i cant even go in the garden.
I also lost my psychiatrist in decemeber, she left dont know why, so now i have a "locum" doctor if i spelt it right? who i have to go see next week (not looking forward talking to a stranger again)
Anyone else lost there CPN?

elaine12022

That sounds very stressful katie, it all sounds very uncertain for you at the minute.

Do you have a keyworker? My OH has one, linked to the council, they have been brilliant. He can ring them up, and they've helped him overthe phone, they've come out to see him too. They're a specialist mental health team.

Do you know if there's anything similar in your area?

Hopefully the locum will be a nice doctor too. Maybe you could ask them, hopefully they'll be able to help. He had to get the Psychiatrist to recommend that he needed a keyworker but they helped him before that too.

Big Hugs xx

jimjams_mommy

my cpn dischard me as she said in a "positive way to move forward her coming would only remind me what happen and remind of my illness and see it as a way to stand on my own two feet ". i have big slip ups and go to my gp and health vistor, home start for support but see it as a positive! it is scary but be strong and try it. I know its hard with new locums but push yourself to move forward ever step counts.


I have good days and bad days but try it with a positvie out look with positive people and have things to look forward to every month.
good luckxx

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

I know how you feel as up until last year I had an Occupational therapist that would visit me regularly & attend any appintment that I needed.

I do feel lost without her but I was only supposed to have her for 6 months & actually had her for 4 years.

They have cut back alot of the mental health services in our area & I was discharged by the mental health team last year too despite attempting suicide a couple of times.

If I start to feel bad again I just go see my gp as she is really understanding but it does feel stupid that I can't get any more professional help.

vision2009

Nearby in Doncaster, Changes have effectivley just dumped clients with no help. Its disgusting. Used to get regular 3 to 4 monthly appointments with psych, now havn't seen one since May last year. I have a letter from July last year stating "you will be contacted by the new team in due course" NO CONTACT.
I think the system is in chaos. I saw the crisis team in December who said they would arrange a appointment for review, Still no appointment. What a shambles.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

This isn't a new issue where I live.

They started discharging people from services about 4 yrs ago. That included people who had been in the system for over 25 yrs. They basically discharged as many people as they could back to the GP & it's been an absolute nightmare.

I have been having issues for quite sometime now & it's only after my OH threatened to write to the GMC, that anything moved forward.

It's still proving to be a battle to get suitable help. It's clear that mental health services ain't really happy about accepting me back into secondary services, but I really need help & support as I am not managing to function enough than basic survival most of the time.

Obviously, this is happening slowly all over the country unfortunatly. Just hang in there & keep fighting to get a key worker re-assigned to you.

dmg24

I have been asking to get a CPN or some sort of extra help for a few years now. Apparently I am far too intelligent to need someone to help me on a regular basis, seeing the psych every six weeks should be more than enough. Yep, that's why my condition has only got worse over the past few years.

Sorry, ranting ... I understand there are budget cuts, but when people are in need that is not fair. Hope you get something sorted dane-katie.

skipsmum

Oh hun, I'm sorry.
I had to change my CPN last year (I was moved from acute care to community) and it did set me back at the time.
have you got any day services in your area?
xx

dane-katie

I have no idea what services there is in my area, i wouldnt know where to start to look.

I am so gutted im loosing her, she seems to be the only one who i can trust who understands me, i feel like ive taken 2 steps forward and one step back now with all this happening its just set me back and all the paranoia and seeing things has started to creep back in.

I just hope they will give me more support as i can see myself slipping further and further in to a relapse and i really dont want to end up in hospital.

On a good note, im off out to my FIL and MIL house for a curry *nom nom* how sad am i getting excited over a curry :P

the_devil_made_me_do_it

dmg24 wrote: »

I have been asking to get a CPN or some sort of extra help for a few years now. Apparently I am far too intelligent to need someone to help me on a regular basis...Yep, that's why my condition has only got worse over the past few years..

I can totally empathise with this dmg. This has what's been pretty much said to me.

pixieland

my O.H had a cpn then she went due to cut backs,at least he had me to look after him.We carried on,doing my best for him,then he had a spell in hospital.To cut a very long story short,we at long last have a cpn back but it has taken one spell in hospital and my husband getting very ill for them to think that perhaps we cant manage this on our own.[live in west norfolk]