"Complex mental illnesses"

About: Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust The Thorpe Practice (Hackenthorpe)

(as the patient),

For years now I have been passed from one department to another over and over again. Nobody wanted to help with my problems, I was always apparently talking to the wrong person so passed on to someone else. I never got the treatment I need. In at least 5 years I have had no treatment at all, just a lot of waiting around to be eventually told once again "we can't help you". The last referral was a few years ago and I still haven't heard anything. Someone from TT said they would refer me to mental health services. When I chased it up with my GP the notes said nothing about a referral, instead saying I would be coming to make an appointment. While I was waiting for a referral they were waiting for me to ask for one!

What I need (and have asked for often) is a psychiatrist/psychologist. But I'm not sure they even exist as nobody seems to be able to find one. I finally know the cause of my problems, it took me 50 years to work it out on my own. I diagnosed myself, I removed the cause, I did all that by myself. But now I need help repairing the damage, who do I turn to? I have no idea because I'm deprogramming years of control and abuse that has caused me to suffer PTSD, anxiety, depression and BPD... and they're just the ones I've figured out. How did I feel about my treatment? Lost, ignored, unworthy, alone... Very, very let down and disappointed.

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