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- Dre83
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- 3y ago
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- Gevelyn Gevelyn
- Date posted
- 3y ago
luckily we have free healthcare so what we do get, we generally don’t get billed for. I’m 17 and started experiencing symptoms of OCD this summer. I held off from going to the doctors until it was pretty much unbearable, and when I finally did in November it was honestly useless. They didn’t do anything except tell me to come back if it got even worse. By the time I waited to see if it got any worse, the episode started to end and I’m now in that strange limbo between them. She even said “I’m not a psychologist but...” and then proceeded to tell me what she thought was going on (which wasn’t accurate to my experience at all). Definitely not good that time, but from speaking to friends it can take multiple visits before you get anywhere. Once you do, the system is apparently decent.
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- Dre83Dre83
- Date posted
- 3y ago
This is so sad. I’m sorry y’all have to go through this.
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- avh202021avh202021
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- 3y ago
It’s frustrating, I don’t know if it’s making things worse because of Covid, but me personally new to ocd, they haven’t really got a clue but I think that’s mental health in general. It’s horrible talking to people on the phone and they talk to you quite condescending. A gp will just put u on an sri, things just labelled as depression/anxiety. Gp doesn’t have a great deal of power, I’ve had 2 referrals to mental health as I was going weeks without sleep because of nightmare intrusive thoughts and they took 8 days to get back to me.
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
Yeah that sucks. There is so much that needs to be don’t to correct the system
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- LittleTurtleLittleTurtle
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- 3y ago
It's awful. "Free" yes. But completely inaccessible. I've been under care of mental health team since I was 16 (21 now), been begging for help with OCD since then, to be told no because it wasn't my 'biggest problem' (have other mental health issues too). Had OCD since I was 7 but not diagnosed until 16. Told the team I'm under 6 months ago I'm at breaking point and can't cope anymore with the OCD, they told me any OCD treatment will be 1-3 year wait because they don't offer it in my area yet and need to research it.
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
So sorry to hear this man. Free isn’t always better that’s for sure. There has to be a better way. Keep fighting man I know it’s hard but hang in there
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- LittleTurtleLittleTurtle
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- 3y ago
@Dre83 Thankyou. I'm researching private options but have no income (literally none) because I'm disabled and have had my benefits taken away for no reason. I'm thankful for the NHS but the system needs changing.
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
@LittleTurtle Totally agree that the system needs a pivotal change
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- avh202021avh202021
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- 3y ago
@Dre83 I think the shit will hit the fan this year with mental health. You need to sort that, that’s just not good enough.
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- LittleTurtleLittleTurtle
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- 3y ago
@avh202021 Yeah. Unfortunately there's not much the public can do. The NHS is massively underfunded and understaffed by the government. The people who do work in the mental health sector, most of them haven't been trained well (in my experience), simply because they hire anyone who applied pretty much.
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
@avh202021 What do u mean by “ you need to sort that, that’s just not good enough”?
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- avh202021avh202021
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- 3y ago
@Dre83 Sorry that was kind of for little turtle, she deserves better care.
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
@avh202021 Ah ok lol now it makes sense
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- Meof3Meof3
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- 3y ago
I come from a country with universal health care as well and the quality of health care is awful so I don't understand when many americans are asking for it in their country.
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- LittleTurtleLittleTurtle
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- 3y ago
@Meof3 I do understand because people can't afford treatment, ambulances etc. Everywhere needs to change idk
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
@Meof3 Exactly I live in America and I don’t understand. They think it’s this great idea but as I’ve always believed you get what you pay for. But sometimes people gotta learn the hard way just sucks for those of us who know it won’t work.
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- Meof3Meof3
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- 3y ago
@Dre83 Yes! We definitely get what we pay for!!!
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
@LittleTurtle Yeah it’s a cluster fuck. Insurance needs to be affordable for people. And people need to take care of themselves so rates don’t increase like they do.
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
@LittleTurtle Like physically take care of themselves. A lot of conditions could be prevented if we ate healthier and exercised at least here in America cause obesity is a problem.
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- Meof3Meof3
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- 3y ago
@Dre83 100% agreed. People need to take care of themselves and not heavily depend on medicines
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- Dre83Dre83
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- 3y ago
@Meof3 Yep but America’s mindset is there is a pill for everything it’s quite sad to be honest. Nobody wants to do the work that’s required to be healthy physically
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- AmberAmber
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- 3y ago
absolutely awful i’ve been on a waiting list for CAHMS and i had extrememly severe ocd and anxiety and if not for my parents being able to afford to go to a psychiatrist for a couple of months to get medicated and get cbt and get me the help i need i don’t even know if i would be here anymore it was so bad
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- Meof3Meof3
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- 3y ago
Ugh... That sounds so awful. I cannot believe that people are put on a waiting list when they have severe OCD. Ocd can be so crippling.
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- AmberAmber
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- 3y ago
@Meof3 especially with covid the nhs are so slow and i get it but it’s not really okay
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- Doot 🎺Doot 🎺
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- 3y ago
@Amb They put me on a waiting list for a free service when I had my first bad episode late summer Still waiting Had 2 more bad episodes since UK mental health help sucks
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- AmberAmber
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- 3y ago
@🐈⬛ it does if you ever need someone to talk to i’m here for you!
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- Curls.90
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- 5y ago
It's the worst feeling knowing what you need to do to help yourself but not feeling able too, not being able to find the help you so desperately need. I can't do it alone I've tried and failed. I need professional help and can't wait for the stupid NHS for another year. The state of the mental health service in the UK is something I feel so strongly about, it needs sorting but no chance with bloody Boris Johnson and this tory government. the guy is an idiot.
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- YaBoio
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- 3y ago
I’m depressed cause turns out I’m only able to have proper therapy at the end of Feb or March and I don’t know if I can last that long. I just want help why is it so hard. If I broke my leg the hospital would cast it instantly but, if I go back to the ER for being suicidal I have to wait hours just to be given meds and then be sent back home told to wait till there’s an opening. Mental health isn’t treated equally to physical health I feel let down and uncared for.
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- Faye June
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- 3y ago
Is anyone else just blown away at the price of therapy? It’s like... £/$250-300 per hour!? And upwards from that! No wonder people don’t reach out for help, because as a student whose from a less financially stable family, I just can’t afford that. I’m not attacking the therapists/psychologists, but there’s something sinister about the pricing. I feel like all I ever hear in the media is “reach out for help”, yet when you reach, 100’s are being snatched out of the same hand. It’s just sad. This isn’t directly related to money, but I was reading an article about a girl who had been referred to the hospital from her school counsellor because she was conveying that she was in a very low place, and I’m assuming explaining a suicidal ideation. She went to the hospital and waited 8 HOURS. 8. After the 8 hours, she had a 15 minute conversation with a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with depression & anxiety and sent her on her way. She was given no further advice aside from her diagnosis, and was told by the psychiatrist that her and her father should look for therapies in their area. 1 week later, this poor girl took her own life. A week. I don’t think any of the people who were directly involved in the lead up to the girls suicide should be berated and ostracised, but the system that they work within should. If that isn’t a reflection of the state of mental health support, I don’t know what is. These sorts of occurrences need to stop, and there should be ways in which individuals can get ample support when they don’t have the finances to go privately. Being less economically advantaged means that individuals who are struggling have to receive below the bar support. It just saddens me. For those of you out there who don’t have the means to receive the support you need, know that you are seen and heard. You’re not alone.
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