To all who have been, or are in the process of, being diagnosed as an adult.

I have already had the lifetime of drugs, misdiagnosis and failed treatments. Perhaps, as I am currently well and coping, they see no point. I am retired, on a pension, so no benefits required. Why would they bother. 

I have seen this lack of interest in retired people in all aspects of health.

There have been headlines in the press stating that mental health is given low priority. When I was being seen by a psychiatrist, our hospital had a new, dedicated ward. This was taken over by another department and mental health moved to another building. That has now been sold to a developer, and the much contracted  comunity psychiatric team now uses rooms at the gps surgeries.

Even the government are acknowledging that services have dwindled and waiting times for treatments are going to be enforced. If you need in patient treatment in an emergency, you can now end up in another county, far away from family.

Perhaps your area is putting its house in order, but here, it can take in excess of 6 months to get cbt, if you can persuade a doctor to give something other than tablets.

My problem is, if I get ill, I can no longer understand/comunicate what is wrong. When I was bullied, they said I was paranoid and gave me antipsychotics. At that point, one of the cpt asked me if I was still having problems with colleagues. My reply was yes, but I don't care any more. He thought that was fine and sent me on my way.

Pills are cheap, they shut people up. They stop you thinking. By the time you get better, you cannot gather your thoughts to explain what was wrong and they have sicker people to concentrate on.

I am now thinking that If I can makeit without medical intervention, so much the better. I did talk to one person for advice and they said go private. They also queried whether I had anything to gain from diagnosis.

I hope this is not too much of a disollusioned rant, but I rather despair of getting anything constructive out of Drs these days.

I have already had the lifetime of drugs, misdiagnosis and failed treatments. Perhaps, as I am currently well and coping, they see no point. I am retired, on a pension, so no benefits required. Why would they bother. 

I have seen this lack of interest in retired people in all aspects of health.

There have been headlines in the press stating that mental health is given low priority. When I was being seen by a psychiatrist, our hospital had a new, dedicated ward. This was taken over by another department and mental health moved to another building. That has now been sold to a developer, and the much contracted  comunity psychiatric team now uses rooms at the gps surgeries.

Even the government are acknowledging that services have dwindled and waiting times for treatments are going to be enforced. If you need in patient treatment in an emergency, you can now end up in another county, far away from family.

Perhaps your area is putting its house in order, but here, it can take in excess of 6 months to get cbt, if you can persuade a doctor to give something other than tablets.

My problem is, if I get ill, I can no longer understand/comunicate what is wrong. When I was bullied, they said I was paranoid and gave me antipsychotics. At that point, one of the cpt asked me if I was still having problems with colleagues. My reply was yes, but I don't care any more. He thought that was fine and sent me on my way.

Pills are cheap, they shut people up. They stop you thinking. By the time you get better, you cannot gather your thoughts to explain what was wrong and they have sicker people to concentrate on.

I am now thinking that If I can makeit without medical intervention, so much the better. I did talk to one person for advice and they said go private. They also queried whether I had anything to gain from diagnosis.

I hope this is not too much of a disollusioned rant, but I rather despair of getting anything constructive out of Drs these days.