Annoyed! As a child I was put up for adoption and put into foster care at the age of 8. Now I’m nearly 30 and my mental health has been affecting my relationships, personal self esteem etc and I’m on antidepressants (setraline) I think I havd PTSD or something . Iv been on antidepressants since 2012 .
For years Since 2015 I have been trying to get the relevant support from my doctors and they don’t review my mental health or get me the help I need or even get me tested. In September 2020 I OD and ended up in the psychiatric ward at hosp, they were reluctant to keep me in even though I had overdosed on six or eight Co-Codamol tablets and have a physical disability as well as a mental health problem. I felt they didn’t care. Not just me but I felt they weren’t trained properly to deal with mentally sick patients with Long term illness. The good thing that came out of that was the NHS finally took notice of my own mental health but now I am still facing trying to get through to them because of Covid it’s harder. I hear things and am hallucinating slightly and still I’m not vital. It’s sad that the overdose is the only way I got a bit of attention from the NHS and to be put on a long waiting list for psychiatry help. I really do feel that mental health should be cared for more and this has got to change. I Understand we are in a pandemic and doctors and nurses are doing their best but mental health has been put on the back burner and those with long-term mental health problems are suffering.
I was out into Care at the age of 6 (1996-7) to live with a family who treated me Less equal to them. I faced mental and emotional abuse from my foster parents and sexual trauma that has followed me into adult hood. Mentally I carry all this baggage. I was adopted at the age of 8 into a great loving family, however social services do not consider the MH of children in care still or after adoption. I started counselling ten years later at the age of 18 after my mum (adopted mum ) noticed I had low self worth and esteem. I still feel yes social services Take into account the interest of the child and needs but they don’t take into account the long-term mental health problems that that the trauma they faced will cause. As a adult now I am grateful my life changed for the best, however I have PTSD possibly and other issues which I will carry for the rest of my life. I’m saying please support children’s MH during and after adoption and throughout care. It’s very traumatising in the long run. My mum now is the reason I haven’t turned bad (drugs etc) although my brothers and dad (adoptee) have. It’s a very traumatic experience and Iv had ten years of counselling to present to help with relationships( fear of men etc, loss etc)
"Mental health"
About: General Practices in Grampian General Practices in Grampian Royal Cornhill Hospital / Adult mental health Royal Cornhill Hospital Adult mental health Aberdeen AB25 2ZH
Posted by Vickzen (as ),
Do you have a similar story to tell?
Tell your story & make a difference
››
Responses
See more responses from Les Petrie
Update posted by Vickzen (a service user) 4 years ago