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Tag Archives: Hospital care
Hospital at home
Trigger warning: suicidal thoughts and planning A depressing side effect of being a seasoned blogger with a fluctuating condition is that the archive makes it very clear that I go around and around, having better times, then having groundhog day … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, GP, Hospital, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Rapid cycling, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged Absconding, Care in the Community, Crisis, Crisis care, Crisis Resolution Team, Crisis Team, Home Treatment Team, Hospital care, Mixed mood, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric ward, Rapid cycling, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
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Warehousing
During my first admission, I was bored. Really bored. Most of the time I sat around talking to other patients. In the absence of communal seating areas not dominated by a blaring TV, we sat on the floor in the … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis care, Hospital, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Recovery, The arts, Therapy, Uncategorized
Tagged Activities, Bipolar, Bipolar affective disorder, Bipolar disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Hospital care, Inpatient, Inpatient care, Inpatient treatment, Inpatient unit, Occupational Therapy, OT, Psychiatric hospital
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Revolving door
TW: references to suicide methods I remember the first time I was in hospital I was sitting on the floor chatting with my friend Phil, when he spotted somebody he recalled from a previous admission. “There’s Paul!” he said, looking … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Community Psychiatric Nurse, CPN, Crisis, Crisis care, Crisis Resolution Team, Crisis Team, Hospital bed, Hospital care, Inpatient, Inpatient care, Inpatient treatment, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Suicidal, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicidality, Suicide, Suicide planning, Suicide risk
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And what do YOU do?
Nothing. I do nothing. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of days I’ve worked in the past 18 months. When I was well, I had a career with professional training, and was promoted every two … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Employment and benefits, Mental health, Mood disorder, Recovery, Stigma and discrimination, Uncategorized
Tagged Blogging, Employment, Hospital care, Patient experience, Patient participation, Peer researcher, Research, Work, Workplace
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Bed/crisis
In past times when I have been very ill a bed has been found at my local unit – and quickly. I think one was sourced within the day the first time around, and the following day at the start of my … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Hospital, Hypomania, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Politics and current affairs, Psychiatry, Rapid cycling, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Bed crisis, Crisis care, Crisis services, Crisis Team, Distraction techniques, Home Treatment Team, Hospital bed, Hospital care, Inpatient bed, Inpatient treatment, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Mixed state, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric ward, Rapid cycling
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What do you know, I was there all along
*TW: Although this a positive positive post, it makes graphic reference to past experience of overdose* I am reticent about sharing the good things. I’m more superstitious than I let on, and I constantly worry about jinxing my run of … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Hospital, Medication, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, psychology, Recovery, Self-management, Social media, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Therapy, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Antipsychotics, Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Home Treatment Team, Hospital care, Identity, Medication, Mood disorder, Self-help, Self-management
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What she was thinking of
I know I want to jump. I don’t know if I want to die. I feel compelled. I think I might need to be in hospital. I think there might be nothing wrong with me. I am out of Home Treatment for only 8 days before … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Hospital, Inpatient care, Medication, Mental health, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, psychology, Social media, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Therapy, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Home Treatment Team, Hospital care, Inpatient treatment, Inpatient unit, Mental health, Mixed mood, Mixed state, Suicidal thoughts
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Look Mum, no antipsychotics!
On (re)diagnosis in 2011 I was recommended quetiapine, but also asked to consider lamotrigene. I was given the chance to go away and read the leaflets and come back the following week, but I wanted to get started. Also my … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Bipolar, Crisis care, Medication, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, NHS services, Psychiatry, Recovery, Side effects, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar disorder, Bipolar mood disorder, Care planning, Crisis care, Discontinuation, Drugs, Home Treatment Team, Hospital care, Medication change, Mental health, NHS, Suicidal thoughts, Treatment plan
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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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Unpacking
Today I unpacked a little wheelie suitcase. To the casual observer it would probably have looked as if I were off to a weekend in Barcelona or Prague or somewhere, trying to get by with just a carry-on bag. It … Continue reading
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