Wasn't sure where to post this. Here or mental health.
So daughter is 23, she has medication resistant epilepsy. She has ptsd, bpd , ocd and anxiety & depression.
Takes a lot of medication. She was put forward for brain surgery but isn't brain damaged enough for her to meet the criteria for surgery.
All her hopes were dashed in a 4 sentence letter.
She kept pushing us all away. Lying. We knew something was up. She took an overdose on Thursday. Rushed to hospital, treated and then voluntary section.
While in the mh hospital she attempted to suffocate herself, cut herself up, that much she was in a suicide suit. With 2:1.
She was sedated for fighting with staff trying to take the knife off her. Then sedated again for trying to suffocate herself. Then attacked another patient.
Told in ward round she was discharged.
So we are all worried , I sat and cried at work.
Got to 7pm . Still no call off the hospital or daughter to collect.
Girlfriend phoned.
Daughter has been arrested. It transpired that you can't be arrested while on a section, so they waited till the ink was dry and police were waiting for her.
The hospital had told her as well that I was continually phoning so I was removed from contact. No I wasn't. I phoned twice since Friday. Only because she was unable to speak due to being sedated and I wanted to know what the hell was going on.
So she is now being held in a custody suit, fresh discharge from a mh hospital.
Only bits of info coming through.
She will never trust mh services again. Who would we trust to turn to.
I don't condone the violence. She was having a psychotic breakdown. The neurologist had messed with her medication that much. She was complaining of voices and noises in her head. Couldn't walk properly, mood swings and self harm.
Where do we go from here?
I feel she's been let down.