Posted by alexandra_k on December 29, 2004, at 16:01:18
In reply to Re: the ongoing saga of T1 » alexandra_k, posted by judy1 on December 28, 2004, at 18:01:00
Thanks.
I just get so weary of fighting. The main reason given for my unsuitablility is my 'inability to come up with suitable treatment goals'. I come up with stuff, but then they require me to operationalise that. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO OPERATIONALISE THEIR OWN GOALS FOR GODS SAKE??? Then they invariably say 'can't help you with that - sorry'.
I had an old keyworker who helped me out even though she left community mental health to go work for maternity mental health. She told me to request a meeting with some big admin person from the hospital. She told me the form the meeting would take etc and went with me for support. I had to go through each and every point of why I was 'unsuitable' to try to convince her that the points were false / invalid. There were a couple of past clinicians batting for the 'other side'. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DO THIS?
The outcome was that admin decided that I was suitable for treatment. I was then told honestly (honesty from community mental health, get this) that there simply wasn't anyone suitable to work with me. That that was the problem.
But nothing gets changed with respect to the reccomendation of 'no treatment' on my file. I don't even get a right of response on their assessment. It puts off new clinicians who may agree to work with me if they had gotten the chance to get to know me a bit.
I don't know when / if things are likely to change for me with respect to treatment.
I am going to begin the fight for 'you have said I SHOULD get treatment, so how about funding that with someone suitable?' But my keyworker is gone now. I don't know where to begin.
Perhaps other people are in this situation but find the fight too overwhelming to contemplate.
I feel sick
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