"My daughters treatment"

This started before covid lock down . My daughter called surgery asking for help from mental health reasons . Was told it was normal for her age group to be feeling depressed. She called again and was given no help even though suicidal thoughts and eating disorder. Same doctor both times 

Went to university and spent 3 months locked inside to pandemic March 2021, admitted to Cornhill after breakdown . My daughter was unrecognisable. I could not see her due to pandemic but had several calls daily. She keeps wanting the staff to talk to her but instead more medication. After 4 weeks and a court hearing she was detained by law. 3 days later a call to me saying she was discharged. After discharge we had no help, no consultant, no visits, no advice and she was completely glazed over with medication.

I lost count to how many times I emailed and called and was basically told there was no staff. GP wouldn’t help with medication so with family help we started to reduce and come off it. My daughter was able to function and not feel numb. She described her being as like a robot. Still mentally challenged we tried to access Counseling and again doors were closed.

We paid for private Counsiling which is still ongoing. My daughter went to try university at Glasgow again and had an accident sailing. She was in a lot of pain in her lower back which then moved to her leg. She asked GP for help and xray and was told it was siatica. She did what was told and was still several weeks later in chronic pain and again was told she was too young for it to be anything serious.

She was back in Glasgow and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. She was unable to walk or pass water. MRI scans showed a condition which requires surgery. There was a 18 month to 2 year waiting list. After 9 months of chronic pain and after her time in Cornhill and mentally physically we simply couldn’t wait for that so had to go private again which we shouldn’t have to do. The consultant was fantastic and did say if this had been picked up earlier physio may have fixed it but it was too late.

July 2022 surgery and we are still recovering physically which is going well though very carefully. Mentally she still struggles and we have been put in touch with a Dr at Cornhill hospital however only I stress because of our private Counseling not because of our own GP or indeed Cornhill itself. 

The same doctor treated my daughter throughout with her first call about mental health to her calls about her back. This doctor has now left the practice. 

My daughter was 20 at the end of last year and has been through so so much trauma. I have barely touched the surface. My real sadness is she was seriously ill twice and basically got no support. I worry about her, she still needs help support and lives with me as not able in her head to live away. She was such a confident person . She has the live help support of me and finance. 

So many people are I am sure going through similar or worse situations with no family network. I feel so let down and my daughter thankful is still with us but by no means mentally stable . 

I would like some sort of resolution though I guess this may not be possible .