Discharged from crisis team
Hi
I’m currently under the care of the crisis team, they come out every other day to see me. They’re talking about the next steps and being discharged from them but I don’t think I’m ready to be discharged.
I’ve only recently been diagnosed with BPD and I honestly don’t know a lot about it. I’m suffering with PTSD, nightmares and suicidal thoughts and I’m still hearing voices.
I don’t feel like the crisis team are taking me seriously, I know when I get discharged I’ll be moving onto mental health concern but again, I don’t know a lot about them or what they do.
I guess I’m just anxious and with me still experiencing suicidal thoughts and voices, it is making me more scared of being discharged.
Do you think I’m ready to be discharged from the crisis team? Is there any advice or support anyone on here can give me?
@aszalay In the area where I am, the crisis team would discharge you to an adult care team. A CPN (community psychiatric nurse) would be assigned to support you, and you'd also have a special helpline number you can call when things are difficult.
Of course I don't know if that's how things work in your area, but I can imagine it might be something similar. If the crisis team are talking to you about next steps, I suppose you could maybe ask them directly, "Will I get a CPN?"
Handing over from one team to another is not ideal, because you don't get continuity of care from people you're familiar with, but unfortunately it's often the way things work with crisis teams. It's misleading that they use the word "discharge" when what they really mean is "handover".
Charlie
Hey, I’m from the north east, they’ve advised when they discharge me I’ll go over to mental health concerns who will do some stabilisation therapy with me before I get handed over to the community treatment team (which is when I’ll get a CPN). However there is a massive wait for the community treatment team🥺
I’m more nervous about relapsing, I’ve been having more and more suicidal thoughts and I feel like I’m going backwards. I think this is why I’m not ready to be discharged from the crisis team🥺
@aszalay Stabilisation therapy sounds like it could be really helpful if you feel like you're going backwards. I agree—it doesn't seem like you're ready to move on from the crisis team at this stage.
Charlie