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I can't get help for severe depression
Jack25
Posts: 71 Budding Regular
Hi it's me again. Sorry for my influx of posts recently.
Anyways, I had my appointment with my MH prac today who is really nice, but I have left with pretty much nothing. My options are:
See if I can get help from a PTSD service in my area (I don't have PTSD I just have depression so it's very unlikely I can)
CMHT - however I will not be offered a key worker/CCO or crisis support, just an appointment with a psychiatrist (I brought up how I want help staying safe in prolonged crises where I believe everything my brain tells me, start to do things I shouldn't but I can't get support w this, I could at CAMHS though, and said how other NHS options I'm not happy with due to how I'm treated at these services as I mentioned in my last post, mainly the crisis centre.
But that's it. I was told I will most likely have to learn more coping skills and this will just be how life is, and maybe I can slowly overcome it myself. So I've essentially been told I can't get help for severe depression because nothing exists. She said she has seen how bad my CAMHS experience was and said CMHT won't be any different because I won't get a key worker - like what happened at CAMHS!
I don't know what's next on my journey, especially if I can't get the PTSD support. It feels like this will continue forever. I'm worried. I don't know what to do next really, it feels like this is the end of "getting better" 🙁, and the start of a rapid decline, and there's nothing to help stop or get me out of it like there was last time and keep me safe. Hopelessness only feeds the depression, but what is there to be hopeful about anymore.
TW mentions of suicidal thoughts
Thank you
Anyways, I had my appointment with my MH prac today who is really nice, but I have left with pretty much nothing. My options are:
See if I can get help from a PTSD service in my area (I don't have PTSD I just have depression so it's very unlikely I can)
CMHT - however I will not be offered a key worker/CCO or crisis support, just an appointment with a psychiatrist (I brought up how I want help staying safe in prolonged crises where I believe everything my brain tells me, start to do things I shouldn't but I can't get support w this, I could at CAMHS though, and said how other NHS options I'm not happy with due to how I'm treated at these services as I mentioned in my last post, mainly the crisis centre.
But that's it. I was told I will most likely have to learn more coping skills and this will just be how life is, and maybe I can slowly overcome it myself. So I've essentially been told I can't get help for severe depression because nothing exists. She said she has seen how bad my CAMHS experience was and said CMHT won't be any different because I won't get a key worker - like what happened at CAMHS!
I don't know what's next on my journey, especially if I can't get the PTSD support. It feels like this will continue forever. I'm worried. I don't know what to do next really, it feels like this is the end of "getting better" 🙁, and the start of a rapid decline, and there's nothing to help stop or get me out of it like there was last time and keep me safe. Hopelessness only feeds the depression, but what is there to be hopeful about anymore.
TW mentions of suicidal thoughts
ALSO I would like to add this is a ridiculous situation, how can I be discharged from therapy for being "too suicidal", and be left with nothing instead.
Thank you
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it’s such a ridiculous system, you deserve better than that ! we’re always here for you !
@mai I'm so sorry that happened to you, and I can imagine being told to colour in wasn't very helpful, and definitely doesn't replace professional support, and I can hear your frustrations too with the system. It really feels like a tough position to be in, but you aren't alone!
We are also here for both of you as well