Oh I have very much been made to feel like that too on a medical ward @Ausgirl I was tubed and spent 4 weeks on a medical ward last year and I felt like a waste of space, that I was faking it and in the end I was told I was being sent home no matter what my oral intake was….. so my tube was basically pulled out and I was sent home within the hour. Rather traumatic in the end. Medical wards are helpful cause we are physically unwell, but they don’t understand the mental side of things. And psych wards aren’t equipped either way really.
oh that does suck about the medical portals. The hospital notes and my community mh notes are all combined here, which is really good. Although I don’t overly like that hospital staff can all see my mental health stuff cause it makes it hard when you go in for physical stuff, all they see is the fact I have a psych history.
blood tests can be really invalidating!!! They don’t show the true struggle we are dealing with every day. When my bloods are bad it’s like good job ED. It’s reward. I hope that some good can come out of your appointments tomorrow! It’s always best to be honest, no matter how hard and confronting it is 🙂
do you have an ED mental health care plan? It’s different to the usual mental health plan. It gives you extra psychologist visits… 40 I think. I know that doesn’t solve the gap fee though for you. It also gives you 20 dietitian appointments. I don’t pay a gap for my dietitian. if you have an offical ED diagnosis then you should be able to get an ED plan.
I’m fortunate that I was finally picked up by my local community mh team. I have a psychologist, case manager and psychiatrist through them.
i have no need for NDIS at the moment I guess. But am looking at applying for DSP. That stresses me out though.
how long have you had an ED for?
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