I am newly diagnosed with bipolar and am experiencing one of the worst lows of my life.
My initial experience at Rockingham was pleasant, the triage nurses had me out the back as soon as I was checked in.
I then had the pleasure of being told to lie in a bed in the middle of the thoroughfare for all to see and wait to be breath tested. I felt degraded. I came in to save myself from suicide and found myself wanting it more. It was degrading. Eventually by midnight a lovely nurse had me a bed behind a curtain and knocked me out with some drugs, only to wake disorientated in the hall again.. what a shock to the system. Finally after being their for 12 hours I was discharged all while being diagnosed with bipolar and knowing I'm suicidal - because they have no beds in the mental health ward. So now I'm back at square one wondering how I can get through the day. What is this system coming to?
"Mental Health at Rockingham Hospital"
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