Crisis team

[Olimar]

I've been put under the crisis team again. I don't need them, I'm not depressed or suicidal. I had to agree to have them to get out of hospital, otherwise they were going to section me. Now they are telling me I need to sleep and that all humans need to sleep. Well I don't so maybe I'm not human, I mean I don't remember being born so I could have come from another planet instead.

Oh my lovely, it seems like you might be manic. It's so hard to see this when you're experiencing it, but I promise you.. you ARE human and you certainly do need sleep. In fact, you will probably feel a lot better when you do get some much needed rest 🩷

I really hope you choose to engage with the crisis team, that you take your medication, and that you start to recover soon. Wishing you all the best.

Keep talking to us on here if you can OP. Lots of people that understand & have been where you are.

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@Olimar do you have any friends or family that you trust? - maybe you could get in touch with them and just have a chat?

I think you might be having a psychotic episode having come off your aripiprizole. You sound like I did in November when I was sectioned. I know you feel you are being watched but is there a family member you can chat to who you trust? How often are the crisis team visiting you?

Just wondering if all the PP telling the OP that they are having a psychotic episode/ manic episode / etc is actually helping? - because someone having a psychotic episode doesn't recognise that and is likely to just dismiss anyone who is saying that as being ' someone who just doesn't understand' And, therefore, is less likely to listen to any advice given.
And if it sounds like nobody understands, it just reinforces Olimar's feelings of paranoia

@Scutterbug what happened in November when you were sectioned? - did you listen to anyone who said you needed medication?

Those like OP who have come off their medication aren't going to respond to logical arguments of what's happening - if they haven't got family and friends around to take care of them and see what's happening, the sad truth is that they're at risk until SS or Mental Health Services can intervene

I had no choice but to listen as they sectioned me. It’s strange when you are psychotic. You just have a different view of reality and become very paranoid about everyone. I thought my husband was working with my CMHT to kill me and that I needed to kill them first. You are probably right that I wouldn’t listen to people telling me I was psychotic although now I realise I was. It is very tricky. I hope the OP gets the right support.

@Scutterbug wow ! How did you stop killing your husband at the end with thoughts like this !? Soo scary omg

@Scutterbug thank you for your honesty , and I hope all is well with you now? :) x

I too hope @Olimar is able to get the support they need

I was sectioned. My psych raised concerns and I was assessed the next day and sectioned under section 2.

I haven't read all the replies on this thread as I'm out at the moment. But I'm definitely not manic or psychotic and I am thinking clearly. In fact I am thinking better than I ever have done now I'm med free. Like I said before I don't need the crisis team, I just had to agree to them so I could get out of hospital.

Thank you for updating us. Have a good evening and I hope your visits from the crisis team go ok x

I'm having a fantastic evening. I'm at the beach watching out for boats coming in. Going to take a walk up the river soon.

I've always loved the sea - where are you watching the boats? I used to live in the North-East and go to the beach at Tynemouth and North Shields, Whitley Bay ..... I used to love it there as a child - watching the sea was so peaceful!
Enjoy your walk up the river afterwards :)

I live in a port town on the south coast but I've been to Whitby before.

Hope you got home safely @Olimar

@Flowersbutpain the police were tracking me everywhere I went using the GPS on my phone. I tried to get away from them but they caught me.

Sorry to hear that @Olimar
Have they taken you to hospital?

@Flowersbutpain no they gave me the choice of hospital or home so of course I chose home. Waiting here a bit before I go back out.

Please be careful @Olimar if you are wandering around in the dark by yourself. Maybe wait til it gets light before you go out again?

@Olimar I live in a port town on the south coast but I've been to Whitby before.

I've never been to Whitby - The only thing I know about it is it's meant to be really good for fish and chips 😎
Did you like it?

@setmestraightplease I don't remember too much about my trip there, it was a long time ago. I remember it being a lot of steps up to a church on a hill, so I didn't do that part. And also it has something to do with Dracula.

@Olimar I didn't know it had something to do with Dracula - off to do some Googling!

How are you doing now? Are you snuggled up all nice and cosy at home?