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What's the deal?

Eden1919Senior Contributor

What's the deal?

So I am still in hospital which sucks but now they are saying my current diagnosis is "Schizoaffective Disorder" (with a few other things) I don't know how I feel about this I am having trouble finding information on it and also I don't know how to tell my family or if I should tell them because I don't believe it anyway because honestly I just think the doctors are lying so that they can try and hurt me it is a long and complicated story anyway the point is I don't know what to do I have been trying to find support groups or something but I can't find anything it is like this doesn't even exist like there is no decent information anywhere and if there isn't then the doctors must be lying or maybe I don't know where to look I am not sure but it is stressing me out and I am not coping at all.. Has anyone else been told they have this? How did you feel? What else can you tell me?

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QueenieSenior Contributor

Re: What's the deal?

I can certainly relate to what you are saying here @Eden1919. I've been through similar circumstances when I've been acutely unwell and hospitalised.

I must say however I found the public mental health service lacking, I opted for private health insurance (expensive though!) and go to a private mental health hospital when I require hospital admissions. I am lucky because I see the same psychiatrist there that I see in the community and I find the staff fantastic. I've had some pretty "out there" delusions in the past and the staff have always treated me with dignity and respect. I also have a lot more say about my treatment there as I am voluntarily admitted.

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Eden1919Senior Contributor

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@Queenie I have been to both public and private and yes I agree private is better in many ways however both of the private hospitals I went to gave up and said I was too complicated and spent the majority of the time threatening to send me to the public system because I was apperantly too unwell. So I have not really had good experiences with either. I am just not sure what is left to do I feel like I am running out of options. I want to scream and cry but I don't even have the energy right now. Anyway I will just have to see how things go I guess.

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QueenieSenior Contributor

Re: What's the deal?

That's a shame the private system gave up on you @Eden1919. I just found their environment far less chaotic than the public system. I needed less chaos around me while recovering. I found a lot of the acutely unwell patients in public hospitals (especially the High Dependency Units), often frightened me and further escalated my paranoia and feelings of stern mistrust of the whole treating team.

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Eden1919Senior Contributor

Re: What's the deal?

@Queenie yes public can be scary i am just sad that it doesnt seem private is a good fit for me at this time. I am still having a lot of troubble coming to terms with the possibilty of having this diagnosis i dont know why i am just unsure how pepople will treat me and what will happen in the future and just everything seems scary right now and i dont know what to do.

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QueenieSenior Contributor

Re: What's the deal?

Remember, it's just a diagnostic label @Eden1919, you are still you.

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