ptsd Turned Away At Mental Health Walk-in!

[john999]

The way to get seen in a reasonable time period is to tell them you are going to off yourself. It worked for me.

[jmack]

I agree with Carlie. Purple go ahead and unload here on Hadit, it's ok. Alot of us have been there too. I felt the same way last week. And I understand about the admission thing, they don't care sometimes. But if you don't want to be admitted please, please, please release it here. We love you :D B) :) :) :) ;)

May God bless you and I hope your day turn into lots of smiles.

Jmack

[Pete53]

Purple:

Hang in there. Like Carlie said go to ER if you have to see someone. Don't get upset cause you think VA has decided just not to see you. Go to the Patient Rep and ask for help. Hell if it was me I would go to the Administrative Offices and tell them that you want to talk to the BOSS. I bet someone will fix it from there.

Good Luck

[purple]

Oh, they know I'm suicidal...I even put it on the intake form for the walk-in. Didn't seem to make any difference to them.

The pt advocate for the mental health clinic wasn't there today. They said they were "short-staffed" because of the holiday weekend. So not my problem.

I just don't get it.

I have a hunch though. Retaliation. I was worried about this. Retaliation for me getting Washington DC-level reps looking into the women's clinic and now the cardiology clinic. I was warned years ago about this. I was warned that if I wanted to get good care there, I needed to stop filing complaints. This came from more than one medical-type person. One was those exact words, another was indirect wording and came from the former Prime Care Chief.

Just seems like it's what is going on.

[Pete53]

Retaliation crossed my mind also.Go see the Patient Rep or the Head Honcho at the VAMC in Dayton.

[Wings]

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Purple, I wouldn't go near the VA if I was feeling suicidal. Find yourself a sliding-scale community counselor through the yellow pages. tell them what happened at the va, there's many counselors who are pro-veteran and have an understanding of how dysfunctional the VA system is! A Domestic Violence coalition can give you some leads, or the schools might have a counselor or a medical clinic might have a social worker, etc. You just need someone to talk to, how about a minister or priest? Just thinking out loud, do hang in there with us. you are not alone. ~Wings