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adult mental health services

toffuna101toffuna101 Posts: 4,125 Community Veteran
in Health & Wellbeing
discussions for my transition to adult mental health services will start in december since thats when ill almost be 17 and a half. technically i turn 17 and a half in january but in december thats when i have both an appointment with my care coordinator and counsellor and an appointment with my psychiatrist. and currently i have camhs appointments every three months or so with my care coordinator and counsellor and every four months with my psychiatrist so the discussions need to start then. thats if i even need adult mental health services by then, but honestly i think i need them for at least a year after i get discharged from camhs due to me being in college until im 19. i dont think it would be very fitting if i asked the college for counselling sessions after i get discharged from camhs and if i dont get moved to adult mental health services because they may need to lower the amount of anti-psychotics and anti-depressants that i take. my dad predicts that in a couple of years i may not even need anti-depressants anymore because im doing ok mentally. as for anti-psychotics... im not sure. im scared that if i gradually go off them ill start to hallucinate again which is why i probably need to stay in adult mental health services just in case anything bad happens. but the question is how long will i stay there for? who knows.
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  • AzzimanAzziman Discussion Boards Moderator Posts: 2,543 Boards Guru
    Hi @toffuna101, sorry that you haven't had a reply sooner. I can hear how you're worried about the change in support might impact your mental wellbeing, and your feelings are valid - it's a lot of change, and you deserve to be supported even after you turn 17 and a half.

    Is there any more information that you could get from the coordinator, counsellor, psychiatrist etc that might help to explain how you'll continue to be supported post-transition, or could you ask them to get clarity on this? We're here to support you through this.
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  • toffuna101toffuna101 Posts: 4,125 Community Veteran
    Azziman wrote: »
    Hi @toffuna101, sorry that you haven't had a reply sooner. I can hear how you're worried about the change in support might impact your mental wellbeing, and your feelings are valid - it's a lot of change, and you deserve to be supported even after you turn 17 and a half.

    Is there any more information that you could get from the coordinator, counsellor, psychiatrist etc that might help to explain how you'll continue to be supported post-transition, or could you ask them to get clarity on this? We're here to support you through this.

    technically i dont fully transition into adult mental health services until i turn 18 so i still have some time, but yeah i could ask them.
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