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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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Unknown userMember03 Oct 2016, 11:22 pm AEDT

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Hi again @Former-Member

Are you able to purchase opal card if they use it were you live?

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Unknown userMember03 Oct 2016, 11:24 pm AEDT

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Yep, I use an opal card.

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DecadianSenior Contributor03 Oct 2016, 11:31 pm AEDT

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Hi again @Former-Member

$9.00 a day for fares is horrific - I travel on a concession card or get a Seniors free fare sometimes - I am more inclined to use taxis though - I have a taxi card - it means I only have to pay half

They get you coming and going - you have to pay fares and you are limited with seeing your psycholgist - having to wait so long to have another 10 sessions in really rough

I used up 6 this year - I spaced them out - and my psychologist moved back to Sydney - and I am not ready to start with someone else yet

But that's really hard for you - you have started work and you have to pay so much in fares to work and these health department sessions still leave you out of pocket - tough stuff

They really do get you coming and going - they get me coming and going -

Decadian

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Unknown userMember03 Oct 2016, 11:38 pm AEDT

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Thanks @Decadian, you make me feel better about being angry about it all!!!
I hate how much I spend on health insurance- i was sexually assisted in a public ward, so I refuse to go public again for mh hospitalisations. And I spend $85 a fortnight just so I can go to hospital where I won't be attacked!
But I guess everyone on this site probably spends up big on healthcare too.

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Unknown userMember03 Oct 2016, 11:45 pm AEDT

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I get so angry about current mh funding- I think about going into health policy so I can change it all.

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KurraSenior Contributor03 Oct 2016, 11:48 pm AEDT

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I can't get a bus (no trains) that will get me to work before 6am so I have to drive when I'm on early shift. I can't get a bus when I'm on late shift finishing at midnight and I have no means of getting a bus to night shifts that start at 10pm so I can only drive.

Early shifts cost $12 for parking though late shifts is only $4. Night shift parking is free. They encourage people to take public transport but don't provide a service suitable for shift workers. Besides which the bus seats exacerbate my back pain so much that I'm virtually crawling on all 4s to get from the bus to home. Pretty dumb service eh?

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KurraSenior Contributor03 Oct 2016, 11:51 pm AEDT

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I'm about to drop my health insurance. It's just become too expensive for me to continue paying. Apart from that I'm always admitted as a public patient as I'm always on a treatment order.

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Unknown userMember03 Oct 2016, 11:54 pm AEDT

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@Kurra, that sucks.
It's almost like being punished for going to work!
Treatment orders suck too. Do you at least get better in hospital? I know some people don't find it helpful.

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KurraSenior Contributor03 Oct 2016, 11:58 pm AEDT

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They usually keep me there on an order until I am better @Former-Member. Very long hospitalisations are common for me. I'm talking about many months at a time. I usually get much worse to start with because I give up trying. It is what it is.

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DecadianSenior Contributor04 Oct 2016, 12:02 am AEDT

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@Former-Member

It's okay to be appropriately angry - supressed anger turns into depression

I have taken out private cover recently - I had it years ago - and I was covered until the pension was by far not enough to pay for private cover - but things improved in my life last year and I can pay that now - which is a relief -

I had to have surgery on my knee a few years ago and I borrowed money off my mother to go into hospital unfunded - it was worth it - after spending time in public hospitals for my bad spine I was delighted with the superior nursing and the wonderful food - I was only in overnight - but they were so kind to me -

But now - I have cover - I am happy to have it and will be even happier if I never have to use it

I did spend a few weeks in a public psyche hospital many years ago - it's complicated and something to do with the private cover at the time -- and someone got into bed with me one night and I started screaming and hyperventilating - nothing happened because the nurses all ran into the room and made the guy get out of bed and I don't know what happened with him - but I certainly thing that having that happen to you - to anyone - is really horrible

And back then the therapy was pretty sparse - I did not find it at all helpful - it was not a good time in my life

Life is not at all easy - now I have PTSD, I am a bereaved mother and dxd as being emotionally fragile - I can come unstuck very easily - but I doubt if I will have to be hospitalized for MH now - after all these years - but I was certainly glad to have private cover back when I did - private hospitals tend to treat the clients - even treat us as guests -

Decadian

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