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Has anyone tried these mental health lines?

DigbyDevon

Good morning everyone,

Last night I had a bit of a wobble about a long standing mental health condition and texted the "SHOUT" service. I did not get anyone on the line and gave up after 45 minutes. Looking on Reddit, it seems a lot of other people either did not get through in good time or when they did were left feeling it did not help. 

I am aware these lines are busy, esp on a sunday morning and don't always have the team behind them at such hours, but I was wondering has anyone tried any other lines? 

I tried SHOUT as it was text based and I did not want to be on the phone in a family house at 3am. It seems the other text based services seem to be for teenagers or children because apparently adults can just speak openly about their mental health on the phone in the middle of the night? 

Just to be clear to prevent confusion, I am NOT suicidal but just felt very low last night.

Many thanks for reading. 

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  • I was in crisis a few months ago and had the same experrience sadly I also tried The Samaritans at the time and again, it was left riniging, no one answered. I think in the end I ended up ringing NHS 111 and picking the mental health optiion. They said they'd get someone to call me back over that weekend but never did. Again I had a crisis a  couple of weeks ago and actually managed to get through to The Samaritans at the time which did help. I spoke to my doctor the next day who said he was going to refer me to the Community Mental Health Team. I was sent an email to track the the referal but everytime I click on it it says I have 0 referals happening! Rolling eyes I'm sorry to hear you were so low, I hope you are at least feeling a bit better this afternoon? 

  • in reply to LateToTheAlphaQuadrant

    I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm shocked The Samaritans did not pick up the phone, I thought that was an emergency fast response phoneline. It is also terrible that they never got back to you either, what an awful way to treat someone. 

    Did the NHS not give you a referral? Can you phone the GP and ask about that?

    I am feeling better now thank you, I have also arranged a GP appointment for Thursday which should help get the ball moving again. 

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  • in reply to LateToTheAlphaQuadrant

    I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm shocked The Samaritans did not pick up the phone, I thought that was an emergency fast response phoneline. It is also terrible that they never got back to you either, what an awful way to treat someone. 

    Did the NHS not give you a referral? Can you phone the GP and ask about that?

    I am feeling better now thank you, I have also arranged a GP appointment for Thursday which should help get the ball moving again. 

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