Mental health team haven't contacted me

[springmachine]

I self referred after scoring highly on phq for anxiety and depression.

Had an initial hours phone call with therapist last Monday.

They said I have signs of sever depression and also some post traumatic stress and would call me on Wednesday with their plan for me.

I still haven't heard.

I feel worthless, helpless, isolated, lonely, paranoid and just generally not a worthwhile person to be around right now.

This makes me feel like my problems aren't that serious and that I've just been forgotten about.

Is this normal with mental health teams?

It can happen. Did they give you a crisis line number? If they did, you can call them anytime and explain what has happened. They'll need to do something, or tell you what you need to do because it's the weekend (eg. go to your local A&E if you're worried about any suicidal thoughts). On Monday, either you or someone who can support you should call the mental health team office hours number and explain you've been overlooked and waiting since last Wednesday, and it's making you feel worse. All being well, that will trigger a proper response and plan from their end, and something will be done.

In the meantime, try to remind yourself that these mistakes are often made in under-resourced organisations, it's not a reflection on you. They arranged to give you further support, on a specific day, so they must've felt you needed it. Even if they had changed their minds, they would've let you know, at the very least. In my experience, communication can be a bit crap between departments in CMH teams, and as a result people get missed out at times. Sorry you're being affected in this way.

I called today, no answer to left voicemail with my number first thing this morning.

I tried again at 2pm this afternoon as I heard nothing, someone answered and said they were busy and would call me back as soon as they were done.

It's now 5:30pm so assuming I won't get a call now.

I'm feeling so worthless

@springmachine Sorry to hear this. I went to the GP this morning in a complete state because I'm suicidal. The 'crisis' team were supposed to be ringing me today. Rang the doctors about an hour ago and the receptionist said she could give me their number so I could 'chase' them. I know they're busy and stretched but surely they can see that's just making the situation worse, if that's possible.