Is it normal that my cpn has never been to my house?

[Messupmum]

She's my fourth cpn, and all the others came to my house at least once and met my dd. Just wondered if it was fine for them to just see you in the clinic, I suppose gp's etc don't do home visits, but I would have thought a cpn would want to know more about your home life so they can help more? Maybe I'm wrong. I know I'm analysing things too much at the moment and worrying about being discharged.

I had two CPNs, one always came to see me at home and the other (my first one) never did. He told me it was to encourage me to get out more. I was actually quite relived, because I didn't really like him. I did end up using the "I want a female" card to be rid of him though. The lovely lady who was 2nd cpn was so much more helpful, and somehow it felt more personal that she visited at home; like she cared more.

But I don't think it has to mean you're being discharged; probably just different preferences of different cpns. I had a home visit on the very day mine discharged me, and that had been talked about a lot in advance so it didn't come as a surprise. By all means ask them about it, though, since it worries you. All the best!

I see my cpn at the community mh team offices. I think it is just a more efficient way to see people.

i go to the health centre to see my CPN. i've been on her books for over a year and she's done a home visit once, after discharge from hospital. she won't be getting rid of me any time soon...'

My cpn comes to my place every time. That's very handy since I have two small kids and the office is not near. But once I was at the office to see psych, I saw one older woman who was seeing her cpn there. Maybe it depends on your circumstances where they see you?

I think it depends on the size of area they cover, their other roles ( eg if your appointment is just before a meeting in the offices, or being on emergency duty etc so therefore need to be in the office). Obviously the more people that go to one place the more people they can see a day and my old Cpn had 40 patients on her list. 40 patients, a weekly team meeting, half a day off seeing normal patient list to man the phones for emergency. So if she travelled the area no way could she see 40 people every two weeks etc.

Why not ask her to do a home visit in the school holidays when dd there? If you ask the question you may get the answer you want.

I work for a mental health team. We have to do a minimum number of contacts each month so seeing people in clinic means that we can see more people. Also we don't waste time in traffic etc.
It also means that people are encouraged to get out and for some to take more responsibility in their own recovery.
We do see people at home if they can't get to clinic or if we have concerns re living conditions etc

I saw mine in the CMHT office until I started working full time again. Then we would meet at home at the end of the day, because my place was on her way to the train station. I don't feel like my care suffered at all by the lack of home visits tbh.

Thanks for the replied. Just feeling paranoid at the moment but feel a bit reassured now. Still think they're fed up off though and going to discharge me soon. Starting to feel like I don't care anymore anyway, so everyone might as well just leave me alone. God that sound childish sorry, just losing the will..

Something's not right though, I'm so tired all the time that I can't think straight and keep making mistakes, sorry.

Is it worth going to see your gp and asking for blood tests to rule out physical causes of tiredness: iron/folate levels, thyroid and vitamin D are ones I can think of as obvious. Sometimes it is easy to see everything as a mental issue and not having a physical cause.

I would be really reassured they have not even felt the need to do a home visit as well. But if you would like one do ask. Especially as an oportunity to meet your dd then.

Try not to worry about discharge. Yes they do not see you for the rest of your life (!) and sadly some people seem to want to be under them so do not try to recover ( apparently!!) but they are astute and know when they can help support people and will put that in place when they are the best team to meet those needs.

They work towards recovery and discharge. That is their job. They will perhaps transfer people to different care if they are not able to move people towards recovery.

Why not discuss your fears with your Cpn if it would help?

I will discuss my worries with my cpn but I'll probably get no answers.

I'm really struggling tonight.

Yes they do not really do answers!

Sorry tonight is hard. I recorded Strictly to watch which I find a good distraction. Is there anything til you sleep that is calming you can do/watch etc?