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Tag Archives: Home Treatment Team
The naked brain
Ever wanted to run off to a cave and hide for a couple of weeks? Today it was agreed that after everything I described in my last post, my symptoms are “clearly iatrogenic” (medically induced) and “clearly intolerable” and that … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Medication, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, Pillshaming, Psychiatry, Recovery, Side effects, Uncategorized
Tagged Antipsychotics, Aripiprazole, Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Crisis Resolution Team, Drugs, Home Treatment Team, Lamotrigine, Lithium, Medication, Medication side effects, Mental health, Mental health drugs, Psychiatry, Psychoactive drug, Psychotropic medication, Psychotropics drugs, Quetiapine, Self-management, Side effects
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Not back on track
***TRIGGER WARNING SUICIDE*** Uh-oh. My rate of blogging is always a sign I could be unwell and here we are, two in two days. I mentioned medication change and aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) almost in passing yesterday. Truth is, I was using … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Bipolar, Crisis care, GP, hallucinations, Hospital, Medication, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Primary care, Psychiatry, Side effects, Suicidal thought
Tagged Antipsychotics, Anxiety, Aripiprazole, Bipolar, Bipolar affective disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Home Treatment Team, Medication, Quetiapine, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts
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Arrested adjustment
They always say the period after a hospital admission is a difficult one, but I didn’t expect it to go on and on being difficult. My mood was good in the first three weeks or so, which I at least partly … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Hospital, Inpatient care, Medication, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Self-management, Therapy, Uncategorized
Tagged Aripiprazole, Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Community care, Community mental health service, Depression, Drugs, Home Treatment Team, Hospital care, Inpatient treatment, Inpatient unit, Medication, Medication side effects, Mental health, Mental health medication, Quetiapine, Side effects
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The Shame
I have never been ashamed of being bipolar, of having a mental health condition of any kind. I’m not responsible for my genes, my childhood, it’s nothing anyone would choose. I am so unashamed that the recent hashtag #imnotashamed caught … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Employment and benefits, Hospital, Medication, Mental health, mental health debate, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar affective disorder, Bipolar disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Crisis care, Depression, Home Treatment Team, Mental health, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts
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Check in, check out
I thought maybe I wouldn’t be here by this time today. Because today was the day. I had a hotel room booked. I was to leave early and be out all day under the cover of an (actual) psychology appointment and … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Hospital, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Crisis care, Depression, Home Treatment Team, Mental health, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
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NHS cogwheels: why should I have to grease them?
There are oodles of definitions of person-centred, or patient-centred, care – sometimes it can feel like people/organisations reinvent what they mean by these terms every time they start a new project or initiative. I’ll tell you what I mean by it: … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, GP, Hospital, Inpatient care, Medication, NHS services, Primary care, Psychiatry, Self-management, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Antipsychotics, Bipolar, Bipolar affective disorder, Bipolar disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Crisis care, Home Treatment Team, Mental disorder, Mental health, Psychiatry
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Discharge
TW: suicidal thoughts I was tempted to call this post “home”, but I’m not, I haven’t even set off yet. I’ve been seen by two nurses from Home Treatment Team (one of whom I know quite well) and officially taken … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, exercise, Hospital, Hypomania, Inpatient care, Medication, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Rapid cycling, Social media, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Antipsychotics, Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Crisis care, Home Treatment Team, Hospital care, Hypomania, Inpatient treatment, Inpatient unit, Mental health, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatry, Psychotropic medication, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Twitter
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The wrong side of the tracks
***TRIGGER WARNING SUICIDE*** You can tell when I am not very well because there is a sudden flurry of posts after weeks of sitting around twiddling my thumbs thinking that I have nothing to say. I’d even begun to think this … Continue reading
Groundhog Day
I’m having trouble blogging right now. I want to, I think it would be cathartic, but anything I could write about I have written here before. There is nothing new in my experience. Feels like Groundhog Day. I’m back under … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Medication, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Depression, Home Treatment Team, Mental disorder, Mental health, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
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She took to her bed: safe spaces and danger zones
Today I have been trying to explain to my Consultant that I feel that there are a number of zones in which They have more chance to get at me, where their power is stronger. Places like what I am … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Psychosis
Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Crisis care, Home Treatment Team, Mental health crisis, Psychosis, Psychotic
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