Discharging my daughter- am i making the right decision?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:03 pm
Hi All,
I have posted previously about my daughter's mental health problems.
She is currently in a hospital in Manchester (225 miles away from home) she has been there for 4 weeks and has had her meds changed as she is experiencing voice and paranoia.
She is in a cygnet hospital and although the staff have been good she has suffered from terrible bullying from another patient. This patient has also displayed aggressive behaviour and is regularly restrained by staff. Don't get me wrong I understand that this person is also mentally ill however I am concerned for my daughter's safety.
Last night after making some pretty awful comments to my daughter she set about burning things in the kitchen setting off the fire alarms and causing havoc. I had my daughter on the phone at half eleven with shouting and wailing alarms in the background, absolutely hysterical.
I barely slept last night and so maybe that's why I made the rash decision of 'if they don't move this patient then I'm bringing my daughter home'. Cygnet has acknowledged that the ward is not equipped to cope with this other patients behaviour and that she needs to be at PICU but the good old NHS and CAMHs have no bed available so she remains.
So I am travelling to Manchester tomorrow to discharge my daughter and bring her home. and I'm so scared.
She isn't ready to come and I am not ready for her to return home but I cannot listen to night after night of chaos on the phone with my daughter sobbing. I fear for her safety and feel that she cannot recover properly in that environment
I have spoken to the community team here today and they are arranging for the outreach team to be put in place for her return but I fear I have made a mistake.
I have posted previously about my daughter's mental health problems.
She is currently in a hospital in Manchester (225 miles away from home) she has been there for 4 weeks and has had her meds changed as she is experiencing voice and paranoia.
She is in a cygnet hospital and although the staff have been good she has suffered from terrible bullying from another patient. This patient has also displayed aggressive behaviour and is regularly restrained by staff. Don't get me wrong I understand that this person is also mentally ill however I am concerned for my daughter's safety.
Last night after making some pretty awful comments to my daughter she set about burning things in the kitchen setting off the fire alarms and causing havoc. I had my daughter on the phone at half eleven with shouting and wailing alarms in the background, absolutely hysterical.
I barely slept last night and so maybe that's why I made the rash decision of 'if they don't move this patient then I'm bringing my daughter home'. Cygnet has acknowledged that the ward is not equipped to cope with this other patients behaviour and that she needs to be at PICU but the good old NHS and CAMHs have no bed available so she remains.
So I am travelling to Manchester tomorrow to discharge my daughter and bring her home. and I'm so scared.
She isn't ready to come and I am not ready for her to return home but I cannot listen to night after night of chaos on the phone with my daughter sobbing. I fear for her safety and feel that she cannot recover properly in that environment
I have spoken to the community team here today and they are arranging for the outreach team to be put in place for her return but I fear I have made a mistake.