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Ross
Member
Hello everyone
I am new to this site so please bear with me if I make any mistakes.
I have suffered from severe clinical depression for the last 17 years.
I underwent 11 ECT treatments during my first stay in a psychiatric unit (it was supposed to be 12 but my consultant decided it was not doing any good). Anyone else have any experience of ECT - good or bad?
I am trying in my own little way to remove the taboo of mental illness and to end the "poor relations" attitude that the government and the NHS currently have.
During my last stay in hospital there were 35 in-patients and only 30 beds available. Patients were juggled between home and hospital. There were times when I came back off 'home leave' only to be told that I had to go home again as there was no beds available. This unit has now been reduced to 28 beds!!
I have written to my MP regarding this unacceptable situation and I would encourage everyone to do the same. MPs can be emailed so it is not hard to do.
We are fighting a war on two fronts - our own battles with our illnesses and the fight for decent treatment by the government.
I know it is a hard battle, made worse by our conditions, but I would encourage everyone of you to use those better moments to add your arrows to the fray. We are all important and the bigger the crowd the louder the voice.
Thank you all.
Ross
I am new to this site so please bear with me if I make any mistakes.
I have suffered from severe clinical depression for the last 17 years.
I underwent 11 ECT treatments during my first stay in a psychiatric unit (it was supposed to be 12 but my consultant decided it was not doing any good). Anyone else have any experience of ECT - good or bad?
I am trying in my own little way to remove the taboo of mental illness and to end the "poor relations" attitude that the government and the NHS currently have.
During my last stay in hospital there were 35 in-patients and only 30 beds available. Patients were juggled between home and hospital. There were times when I came back off 'home leave' only to be told that I had to go home again as there was no beds available. This unit has now been reduced to 28 beds!!
I have written to my MP regarding this unacceptable situation and I would encourage everyone to do the same. MPs can be emailed so it is not hard to do.
We are fighting a war on two fronts - our own battles with our illnesses and the fight for decent treatment by the government.
I know it is a hard battle, made worse by our conditions, but I would encourage everyone of you to use those better moments to add your arrows to the fray. We are all important and the bigger the crowd the louder the voice.
Thank you all.
Ross