Good morning
I have not posted in some time so I will quickly re cap my situation. I was carer for my ex partner almost a year and a half ago now. He suffers from depression and anxiety and is on medication for this. He has only recently been offered CBT after a referral to Healthy Minds from his GP. Trying to get this first appointment has been a complete shambles. He's been told different dates,different centres to turn up at and as of yet still hasn't had his first CBT session. He had a complete mental health meltdown last weekend over a personal issue which to a person without anxiety would seem trivial but to a person suffering anxiety this can all to often intensify. He reclused himself away last weekend and I could not reason with him at all. He was worried about his actions towards the person causing him the issues. Although he carried nothing out he was worried because he had thoughts of this. I managed to get him out and to my home on the Monday morning in which we tried getting in touch with the mental health centre who would be offering the CBT. When he did succeed in getting through he explained about the mix up with his CBT appointment and went some way in explaining his mental health meltdown that weekend. He stressed that he felt he desperately needed to talk to a mental health professional and was told someone would call him back to which even up to now no one has. We have been in touch again and again explained to be told the same thing. He can go back to his GP but its professional mental health professionals he needs to talk to and we can't seem to get that. He told his GP just before Christmas hehad been experiencing suicidal thoughts and was then given the referral to healthy minds and the best advice if he had further thoughts would be to pray to god. I'm actually speechless. Although the meltdown has passed and he is fine at the moment I cannot believe how hard it is to access support when facing a crisis. He's terrified to go to the RAID team at the local hospital because he is convinced they will section him. I don't know if anyone on this fabulous site could offer any advice
Many thanks
Christine
I have not posted in some time so I will quickly re cap my situation. I was carer for my ex partner almost a year and a half ago now. He suffers from depression and anxiety and is on medication for this. He has only recently been offered CBT after a referral to Healthy Minds from his GP. Trying to get this first appointment has been a complete shambles. He's been told different dates,different centres to turn up at and as of yet still hasn't had his first CBT session. He had a complete mental health meltdown last weekend over a personal issue which to a person without anxiety would seem trivial but to a person suffering anxiety this can all to often intensify. He reclused himself away last weekend and I could not reason with him at all. He was worried about his actions towards the person causing him the issues. Although he carried nothing out he was worried because he had thoughts of this. I managed to get him out and to my home on the Monday morning in which we tried getting in touch with the mental health centre who would be offering the CBT. When he did succeed in getting through he explained about the mix up with his CBT appointment and went some way in explaining his mental health meltdown that weekend. He stressed that he felt he desperately needed to talk to a mental health professional and was told someone would call him back to which even up to now no one has. We have been in touch again and again explained to be told the same thing. He can go back to his GP but its professional mental health professionals he needs to talk to and we can't seem to get that. He told his GP just before Christmas hehad been experiencing suicidal thoughts and was then given the referral to healthy minds and the best advice if he had further thoughts would be to pray to god. I'm actually speechless. Although the meltdown has passed and he is fine at the moment I cannot believe how hard it is to access support when facing a crisis. He's terrified to go to the RAID team at the local hospital because he is convinced they will section him. I don't know if anyone on this fabulous site could offer any advice
Many thanks
Christine