Northcroft Erdington CMHT

Very limited. After receiving a diagnosis for Bipolar over 12 months ago I have only received one follow up telephone appointment.

They have been good. The only thing is they didn’t put me on a high enough dose of medicine which was causing problem. I went at 9 am the following morning and got my dose increased. Long time between appointments, six months plus. They need to be more regular. If I am in a bad phase I can’t get an appointment to see my doctor.

They were ok, treated me well. Had to wait to be seen but happy with service overall.

In general I have since child hood struggled and now 55 and struggle more
Nurses - etc etc they are not enough professional people
Anxiety major depression
I can’t go out to visit family or go any where
I want to live like other people but other people see my vulnerability so how do I hide away from people it’s extremely hard:;
Now there is more too it
You topic is depression anxiety
Yet I feel there is more undiagnosed problems never pointed out in my self or any person
My son has autism I am similar but this is what I am try in too say why have I not been helped to identify if I do have some think more than depression as this may be my last ask for help- would stop if you just understand people are diffferent I am different as since a child I never fitted in with people picked on as quiet used as of my vulnerability and here I am writing a questionnaire
The effort I will find too actually get too your place north Croft as too ask of help as i just am pushed aside
And tablets I have tried as a Guinni pig
Never rescribed again as effort to ask my gp who uselly says no any way
I try other ways I will carry on google

Why I don’t bother with people as I find it hard to get my point across
Being hello I have a disability hello it’s not just anxiety where I shout I can’t argue with people as I shout can’t speak I wake up every morning with regret I constantly think what is life why am I still here
You doctor has even said oh he just wants benifits
No I want to work I want to work I want to get out of this flat this cardboard box I live in tormented from mental health neighbours over the years and still to this day the same thing
Do I hate people they never leave me alone
No real help as I get pushed aside suffer my pain
People fail to see a person who cant get his or there point across

Dr showed no interest or showed no empathy dont know who gave him a job waste of time going there as there was no outcomes to my appointment his attitude was no one ever died from anxiety not what i wanted to here when its a struggle for me every day for the last 16 years

This week spoke to a nurse and can only say simply amazing done more for me in 3 days than anyone has done in ten years
She is a legend

The doctors they give me keeps leaving and there no one in place to take over the last doctor i was under was supposes to be getting back to me about medication i was waiting phone just under a week later to be told he left this place need looking at. all i was told by the secretary was well they are only temps i said i was not told that and i told her a independent psychiatrist said i need to be seen more often than i was the secretary said well it the nhs not help full at all

I was referred to the service after my anxiety and depression had been managed locally by my GP for many years. Due to the recurring nature and length of time I was having to take off work I got a referral. Once in the system I was seen by a lovely Psychiatric Nurse, who spent the time to go through my history, what I was feeling and asked me what I wanted out of this referral. I was started on a new course of treatment, given out of hours contact details if I was worried about anything and booked for a return review. I also saw a clinical psychologist who took an overview of my case. This was all a year ago. I am now back at work. I have a a couple more tweeks to my meds and some counselling (in the community).

Impossible to get an appointment - secretary was rude to me on the phone.
I have suffered with depression and anxiety for 20 years. My care has been sporadic and sometimes not very helpful. I have tried to work but am now too ill to do so.
This account is the most recent one to date. My nurse practitioner decided to change my anti-dep (Paroxetine) after it was felt that it was no longer working. I have been on this drug for 18 years. She didn't follow a proper tapering procedure and I became very ill, whilst on our first holiday for 4 years. I suffered with extreme withdrawal symptoms, hallucinations, sickness and diarrhoea but the worst was the suicidal thoughts. I seriously was considering hanging myself from a beam in the cottage. I saw my husband's razor in the bathroom and considered cutting my wrists. I have never been a self harmer so all this was very alarming to me and my poor husband couldn't cope. I honestly don't know how I survived this latest episode.
I think it is disgraceful that I was taken off a 40 mg drug in one week - with the reintroduction of fluoxetine. It has been 5 weeks of hell. I am unable to get an appointment with my Psychiatrist. I don't know how they expect you to cope when the support system is not there when you are very ill. I have been to see my GP twice and even she hasn't been able to get me an appointment. The system as at breaking point. Mental health is poorly funded and people are suffering because of this. 1 in 4 people have mental illness so why is the government not providing proper medical care?

I referred myself 16 months ago, I have been assessed three times, but to date, have not had any treatment. Priority of the service seems to be to crisis manage, rather than attend to the needs of patients. There have been a couple of occasions where the team seem to have wished discharge me despite the fact that they have acknowledged I do need help and support. On my last visit I was told that as I was in a "crisis situation" currently it would not be suitable to treat me. I find this, to say the least, baffling.