I have been sectioned.

[lazyhazydaisy]

I have just got access to the internet. I am much less petrified than I was at first but definitely 0 out of ten. I have a tribunal and if that fails I think I will be here until July. I feel as though I am living in a nightmare. I have never felt so alone.

Thanks for your feedback, blunt or not.
I am focussing on the tribunal, getting the house straight and preparing to returning to hospital.

I am also focussing on the positive, and will do this under another name.

Hi Daisy... Have followed this thread, And been thinking of you. I don't have any practical advice... I wish I did, but keep talking and take each day at a time. Take care

Apologies re perceived bluntness, I'm inpatient myself and phone doesn't have good net access.

I hope you feel better soon.

apologies from me too then upward!

Are you inpatient or impatient?

I am outpatient at the mo but not sure about tomorrow.

Trying to be positive.

LHD

SORRY TO SHOUT BUT I AM FURIOUS AND UPSET AND WOULD APPRECIATE FEEDBACK ASAP FROM ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

I have just seen my chaos team member and she told me that my front door lock will be completely replaced and mended, etc,on a certain soon date, and that the bill will be paid by my parents.

In my view, and I will only know when I finally get my sectioning notes from the GP (or at least my lawyers will get to see them, and tell me) they are the ones responsible for the sectioning in the first place. I have sought and been given constant reassurance that NO ONE is to be given any information about me. I have specifically requested that my parents (who I hold responsible for this hell) have been contacted by the chaos/crisis team.

I am very, very upset. This is the worst possible course of events. I wanted to focus my tribunal on their actions and in actions of the police.

Please let me know what my rights are vis a vis these people. I have only seen them once in 5 years. I do not consider them family and I am horrified that the very people who started this appear to have any rights whatsoever.

I'm sorry I don't have any specialist knowledge and hope someone comes along soon who does. I'm sorry that this is another blow for you - can you talk to your lawyers tomorrow to get some clarity on this? It doesn't seem to make any sense to me at all

I have sent email to lawyers, so should reccive call tomorrow. Thanks.

I hope you get something concrete from your lawyers today daisy. thinking of you xx

It may be worth starting another post with nearest relative in the title.

LHD You can only be sectioned if two psychiatrists agree as Doyouthinktheysaurus said up thread so your parents could start or request it but they wouldn't be able to demand it AFAIK.

Do you have relatives/friends that you do trust to help you? To give you support and perhaps take the place of your parents as 'nearest relative'.

I find out, in a conversation, that I am due to return to Hosp on Friday. At least I have some notice. lhd.

What seems to have happened here is that your rights seem to have vanished. What is your advocate saying (you say s/he is 'brilliant'), your lawyers? I know it's very hard to keep steady when we feel great injustice has been done to us, but try. At some point in the future, this will be over and you will have the chance to look at it clearly and able to take steps to address each aspect; either the reasons for your section, the police methods used to section you, your mother, your hospital 'treatment', legally having your say. Try to hold on until then.

I hope the break has given you the chance to settle a bit and that you feel prepared to go back in tomorrow. xx

Thank you. I have seen the registrar and he is upping my drugs. I asked him how much it costs to stay here. To my astonishment, he said between £800-1000. That is considerable more than I had thought. Some people have been here for months and years

I am not joking, but is OT and the general nothingness here meant to bore one better.

I think that boarding at public school works out as cheaper than, 'care', and I wonder how much people here were presented with the money, for a lovely holiday or something.

I am asked for £140, for the broken lock, Yet my 'treatment' here must have cost at least £70k so far.

Did anyone hear or read about a group of psychiatrist raising concern about the new DSM (?) I heard something about it on the radio.

How are you daisy ?

Hi Daisy this thread seems to have dwindled to a stop....been wndering about you. How are you. Assume you arenow home?

Daisy, I hope you feel things have improved for you. Just to answer your question about OT and whether it's ' meant to bore one better', OT has many functions, the main being to support an individual in regaining skills lost through illness that impede on one's functional independence. In terms of an in-patient unit with a good OT programme, a variety of meaningful activities should be provided. These will vary from creative activities to discussion oriented groups, all of which serve to improve skills such as concentration, decision making, memory, sequencing tasks, planning skills, social skills; all of which can be impaired by mental ill health and all of which are vital for independent living. Activities can be 1:1 or group based, OT's will address issues like appropriate housing, job/ college retention, vocational pursuits post discharge. Sessions will be run on the unit and possiblly in the local community eg local swimming pool, gym etc.
Hope that makes sense
:)

Thinking of you too Daisy. Sorry most of us have been a bit crap (ok then, I'll speak for myself) but I think a lot of us care, just don't know much about what you're going through or what to suggest. Is it enough to just be here for you?

How are you doing?

Just had an email about the Care Quality Commission who monitor experiences of being assessed under the Mental Health Act:

An opportunity has arisen for service users to offer feedback to the CQC (Care Quality Commission) on their experience of being assessed under the Mental Health Act. The CQC is the independent regulator of health and adult social care, and is responsible for regulating quality, standards and safety of delivery of Mental Health Act services and routinely inspects services. It all helps to build an evidence base of what is and is not happening.

This is something that is happening in my city - I'm not sure where you are daisy? pm me if you would like more details.

I'll put this info on the MH board as a separate thread.

sending you good stuff daisy X

share your experience

Thanks so much everyone; I only have sporadic internet access, I am so touched that you have been giving me such good information. I thought that I had just started a new thread about my dosage of Quetiapine, but i can't find it. I'll do another. I feel normal and i am not sure, still, why i am here, but i am still waiting for my medical notes. Thank you. It feels like a lifeline. I only see my psychiatrist once a week and he asks me questions, which is frustrating because i want to ask him questions.

Can you ask him if you can ask him questions? It seems a bit bizarre that it is a one-way convo! Great to hear from you and that you are feeling normal. HOpe the notes come through soon x

daisy the thread is there -I've posted on it

Thank you daff!
I have another questin:
(I received my obervation today, still waiting for GP reports in last September(
I have consistently, to the pont of utter obsession, requested that my mother is given no information about me, and that any thing she says about me should not only be diregarded, but viewed as an insight in to my own feelings over the last five years, the last occasion that I saw her.

I have now just read that not only has she been trying to get access to my house and my dog, has written screeds to the staff her

Having read my notes, it would appear that they have arranged for my father to pay for the damage to the door, they have tried to take the puppy; they both hate dogs, btw)

I appriate that here are legal issues round next of kin stuff, but this has gone WAY beyond the letter of that law.
S