MyGov and Mental Health

Oh no, that's terrible, @Warra ! 😮

I am also someone who didn't tick the box.

I'm very sorry that happened to you 😢

An important forum tip is if you type @ and then click on a name in the drop-down box, that person will get a notification and won't miss your reply. Just telling you this so I can follow along.

I said No, @Warra. Doctors also make mistakes and access means that new doctors I may consult would come with preconditioned bias.

My doctors and therapist never upload anything to myhealthrecord. I wish that they would

Mine has a few pathology results and pharmacy dispense information. Nothing else

• If the ER is the same hospital as your MH treatment, they could access it internally too

Back in the early 2000’s I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. It was caught early, had surgery and that was it.

couple of years later I started having a really rough time with my mental health. In and out of hospital. Psych wards. Etc.

during this time I started experiencing a lot of stomach issues. I presented to the ER numerous times and was often dismissed. I was rather sick at one point, and was treated really badly by one dr in particular. She would not take my pain seriously. I was adamant that she seen my mental health history and I was treated poorly due to that. I ended up discharging myself and going to another hospital, where I was taken seriously, and investigations done and I had a recurrence of my ovarian cancer, which had spread.

This mygov stuff wasn’t around then, but as I was originally at the same hospital for both my MH issues and cancer they would have had access to my history.

i wrote a formal letter of complaint to the dr that treated me so poorly. I did get a reply, which was just as poor as her medical treatment.

@Warra Not sure if we're talking about the same thing here, but when myhealthrecord came in, I opted not to have one. I remember I had to phone up and talk to someone to avoid having one automatically set up.

I don't know if my health records would be linked to my myGov account, as the only thing I believe I've linked to my myGov is my tax records.

Nonetheless, it does worry me that my history with the mental health system might be tied somehow into my permanent government records; especially considdering how my therapists misdiagnosed me terribly. What kind of rubbish from their twisted minds might be fraudulently tattooed upon my official identity? It is a worry.

Ohhhh no @Bow ! 😢

Sending out a Hello to you @chibam and hoping that you are doing alright. I'm trying to keep busy, and while things appear to be going superficially well, I'm just going to enjoy it for as long as it lasts.🌞

@Historylover! So good to hear from you! 🙂🤗

I've been a bit neglectful in reaching out, haven't I? Sorry about that. Hard to believe that January's pretty much over already. Time keeps getting away from me.

How are you going, beyond the "superficially well"? I hope things are looking brighter for you in this new year.

I'm doing about as well as usual. Having trouble sleeping; and subsequently having no steam when I am awake. The heat knocks me around a bit, too. Though thankfully, it's been a pretty gentle summer with only the occasional stifling heatwave. Small mercies.

No, not neglectful, @chibam, just an absence of need to connect. I just wanted to let you know that you're never forgotten. I think of you often and always hope things are, at worst, tolerable, with a healthy splattering of good days thrown in.

I'm still playing carpet bowls and hopefully starting tennis this week. I finally have my kit together. I don't know how I'll go as I feel rather uncoordinated these days, and it's been decades since I played squash as comparison. So, I'm riding a reasonably good wave at the moment and will continue for as long as it lasts. I hope it lasts a while. The light reprieve has been wonderful.

The weather has been mild here with just a few bursts of higher temperatures too. Summer is tolerable at these levels.

Still enjoying Niall McClaren's articles.

So that is my outlook for a while. Good to hear from you. Stay well, and cheers. 😎🌞😊

P.S. I only got a thumbs up inbox message and came across your reply here accidentally. So annoying.

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@Historylover wrote:

I just wanted to let you know that you're never forgotten. I think of you often and always hope things are, at worst, tolerable, with a healthy splattering of good days thrown in.

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Likewise, @Historylover .🙂

Good luck with the tennis. I hope it goes well for you and that you have lots of fun with it!

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P.S. I only got a thumbs up inbox message and came across your reply here accidentally. So annoying.

Yes, sporadic notifications have been a problem for ages on here. I've missed responding to people numerous times because I was never notified of their posts that tagged me.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's gotten a bit worse over the past few days though. Judging by some of the new post titles, I think that the mods have been monkeying around with the server programming. Normally when stuff like that's going on, the everyday users can expect to encounter glitches.