Rejected By Trauma Service :(

[Maggiemay]

After seeing psych couple of weeks ago, I was hopeful things would get better, there was light at the end of the tunnel. I was put on quetiapine & referred to specialist trauma service. I was so relieved that *finally* my difficulties were acknowledged & taken seriously. I felt people were listening. Not anymore... :_(

T phoned them up on Tues after I saw GP & he was as good as useless about my distressing sleep antics. They said they had prioritiesed me & they would call her back with advice by the end of the day. Well, they phoned back today. And they've rejected me :_( Aparently I'm 'too complex' for them. :_( I'm deverstated. They're the only service that has the understanding and expertise to deal with my PTSD symptoms.

But...Just like GP, they saw diagnosis of BPD and running a mile :( I've had treatment for my BPD, it's under control, that's not at the forefront right now. Yes, of course it interacts in the way I communicate, but def not acting out :(

I'm gutted. I've been rejected, as per everything in my life :( But, these people could have genuinely helped me if they weren't so close minded :_( My current T is furious, even cried about it as can't believe they can reject me like that :s

Gotta have yet another psych assessment done, despite only having gone thro it a couple of weeks ago, with plan in place :_( T saying all they'll do is refer me to service for Personality Disorders was under 7 yrs ago. But, that worked, I got well, my PD symptoms are managed. Plus, feel like I've failed if I go back there. It's an embarrasment. Last thing they knew was I was going really well, qualified as a teacher, living on own, enjoying life. And now... It's all crumbling around me... :(

 

[JustBe]

:( I'm so sorry :( You deserve support and treatment!:mad:

 

[Meadowsweet]

Maggiemay, try not to take it to heart.

I'm from the UK too and have been told my trauma is too complex for the trauma service.

I was told that the trauma centre uses EMDR, but, when they first started using EMDR they treated people with multiple trauma and it led to too many breakdowns.

So, rather than change the service and type of therapy to suit their clients - they changed their clients to suit their treatments. So now, the trauma service will only accept people with single trauma.

I've ended up going for treatment with a charity that offers therapy for sexual abuse. My other option would have been to go into tier 2 MH services, but that would take over 12 months to be seen in my area.

I havn't started treatment yet, so I couldn't tell you what it's like. But there are other organisations that fill the gap, when the NHS fails.

 

[Maggiemay]

Thanx guys :)

Movin on - have gone from feeling so so cross to now feeling very low & lost. I wanted to go back to work in 4 weeks, with everything in place, like that's gonna happen now :_( I needed this to happen.

Meadowsweet - I see what ur saying about multiple traumas, that's how I go into this current place of crisis as opened too much up too quickly in therapy & caused massive relapse in symptoms :( I know it's gotta get worse before it gets better, but also I should be in a place where am safe & can function, which I'm not :( Didn't think about charities, can't afford private, altho current T has offered to c me in her private clinic for free :s NHS has officially failed me :( To get diff treatment, now gotta wait for another psych assessment, which will be ages, then to be put on a waiting list which equally will take ages :( as in ur case, this can be a yr. I won't survive if I have to live like this for a yr :( urgh!!!

phoned old T from 5yrs ago for advice (as his is the service I will be passed onto) waiting on call back :s

xxx