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Hello, my name is Rob, my wife has suffered with her mental health for a long time and was admitted to ICU after taking an overdose.

My wife is recovering very slowly, is sectioned for her own safety and to hopefully give time to heal and recover, along with giving an opportunity to see if medication may be helpful. After years of being on a concoction of medications that didn’t appear to be working and also asking on several occasions for a medication review.

Can I ask about support for myself and our daughter? Is anyone aware of help, perhaps from a support group/network, or perhaps a charity?

Thank you for allowing me to join this group and share my story so far. Sending lots of love and hugs to you all.

Rob.

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Sepsur

cc-sn.org is a charity that offers practical help & emotional support for you & your loved one whilst & after they are in ICU - it doesn’t matter why & how you or your loved one ended up in ICU.

We recognised how little support any of us were offered - this is not a criticism of our health service, just an observation. If x-patient found little support, then our families were even further out of the loop.

Family drop-in is every Tuesday at 20.00 GMT - contact us via web site if you’d like to join a session

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Rdance

how old is your daughter? Are they still at school? If so, at primary school they probably have an ELSA. They supported my daughter during my icu admission. At secondary they may have a mental health support worker attached - our local ones do and they would be a good starting point.

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Ambrosiacustard in reply toRdance

Hello, thank you for your message. My daughter is 23 and is employed, although she is off work at the moment.

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Rdance in reply toAmbrosiacustard

That info not very useful to you then! Sometimes employers occupational health teams can refer for counselling services.

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Ambrosiacustard in reply toRdance

Thank you, my daughter has an employee assistance program and has been referred for some counselling which is starting relatively soon.

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Icudreams

I'm bipolar and was in icu ten days. They did absolutely nothing for my mental health and I told them I was going to jump out the window.

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Sepsur in reply toIcudreams

Many ICUs dont have psychiatric access funded. The unit I was in had a very limited service - because they were unfunded, paying for this was restricted to an hour a week and meant some other part of the hospital lost some funding.

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