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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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This is so sad. I’m sorry y’all have to go through this.
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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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Yeah that sucks. There is so much that needs to be don’t to correct the system
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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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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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@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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@LittleTurtle Totally agree that the system needs a pivotal change
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@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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@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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@avh202021 What do u mean by “ you need to sort that, that’s just not good enough”?
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@Dre83 Sorry that was kind of for little turtle, she deserves better care.
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@avh202021 Ah ok lol now it makes sense
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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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@Meof3 I do understand because people can't afford treatment, ambulances etc. Everywhere needs to change idk
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@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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@Dre83 Yes! We definitely get what we pay for!!!
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@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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@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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@Dre83 100% agreed. People need to take care of themselves and not heavily depend on medicines
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@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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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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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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@Meof3 especially with covid the nhs are so slow and i get it but it’s not really okay
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@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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@🐈⬛ it does if you ever need someone to talk to i’m here for you!
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i’m so sorry, this is a bit longer than i anticipated. for the people that struggle with periods on this app, i’ve had irregular ones all my life. the one i’m having now has been going on for almost two and a half weeks, i’m in so much pain, and i’ve bled through pants multiple times a day since i’ve been on it. i went to the gyno earlier this year for my first pap smear and tried talking to her about the problems i had previously faced. it felt like she ignored me and rushed through my appointment. i had to go ahead make another appointment with her because she could see me the soonest (since i was already established with her. every other office i called could only take me starting late june) due to the issues i stated previously. i’m extremely nervous to go because i’m scared she won’t listen to my issues like last time. i’ve also gone to the er a few times trying to figure out what’s wrong, but they all just do a blood test and an ultrasound and tell me to go home. i’m swimming in medical bills that i already can’t pay. on top of that, my ocd is getting to a point of being extremely debilitating. i tried seeing if the app would accept my insurance, but they don’t. even with a payment plan, i absolutely cannot afford to find therapy here. i’ve also tried looking at therapists near me, but it seems like none of them specialize in ocd. i live in a small town, so in a way that’s expected, but it doesn’t help my case. i’ve been feeling incredibly weak due to the blood loss and the lack of therapy. i just need some kind words to help me keep a positive attitude, because it’s been extremely hard to do so as of late.
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