"Medication madness"

I was transferred to the care of Peel Mental Health following a hospitalisation which temporarily hindered my mental health. I was treated by a doctor who saw me for 3 years. I must have had a dozen case managers who just couldn’t hold down a position. Getting use to new people was absolutely detrimental to my already deteriorating health.

I felt I was not taken seriously at all, which made me so upset and infuriated. I was put on at least 15 medications which made me feel even worse. Every time I would call my case manager, I would talk to reception who I felt were extremely rude. By this point I had had enough and asked for my file to be transferred to somewhere closer which they rejected and repeatedly turned down. I had to beg them to transfer it in which it was still in the process after 3 weeks of begging.

I had really lost faith in the system and felt extremely let down by this experience. I live with a chronic pain disorder on top of this and nothing has been done about how I’m feeling after repeated asking for psychology. I feel they will never give me the time of day and will not even review my medications after multiple phone calls made to them explaining and pleading that I need different medication. I am absolutely distraught about the “care” I received at Peel Mental Health. The behaviour I had witnessed I felt was in the extreme. I felt as if I was in a nightmare that I couldn’t wake up from and felt as if I was being held hostage to this terrible, terrible practise. I am appalled.