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What to do when something is really wrong, and you cant get help

What to do when something is really wrong, and you cant get help

I find it hard to cope with all the slogans and advice about getting help, but even when I recognise something is majorly wrong and i am not coping, I seem to be the one that slips through all the gaps in the system and I dont know where to go and I seem to be getting ping ponged backward and forward and going around in circles.

I have been so ill from anorexia and really physically unwell and majorly depressed and unsafe, and everywhere i go I am told I am too ill from anorexia to get help and no one wants to take on the responsibility of anorexia.

Everyone says I need to be in hospital but the wait lists for private hospitals and the exclusion criterias means I cant access care when I need it, and the local public hospitals just say they dont treat eds and they wont/cant do any proper ax or referral process.



People talk about early intervention but what about when you cant get treatment and just get sicker and sicker, and are effectively left at home on your own getting sicker and left to self destruct.

If people are ready to access treatment it would be nice if there was actually treatment available. When health professionals and services refuse to offer treatment when it is needed people just get sicker and sicker with more and more complications.

Everyone knows the death rate with anorexia is the highest of all mental illness, yet it is impossible to people with a severe and enduring eating disorder to access treatment.

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Re: What to do when something is really wrong, and you cant get help

Hi,

Yes, I recieved a reply from Jai Rowell - the minister for mental health. But he just referred me to the places that had refused treatment.

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Re: What to do when something is really wrong, and you cant get help

Please don't let Jai Rowell - the minister for mental health get away with it.

Please write back clearly saying that he has referred you to the very places from which you were not able to get services and ask for further suggestions.

I do understand how hard it can be to keep up the energy but please try to do it. I can help you if you would like.

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Re: What to do when something is really wrong, and you cant get help

Dear Pipkin,

Well done! You are amazing - taking it up with those public authorities who need to accept responsibility for this schmozzle.

I completely agree with Maude. Don't let them fob you off with this merry-go-round. If you can, keep going with the letter writing. I know it probably takes a lot of time and energy from small reserves. You are one courageous, gutsy person.

Kind regards,

Kristin

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