Whilst under the care of the team I feel as though I was sidelined I was never mistreated or anything like that from reading other peoples comments that wasn't my experience I did however feel that I wasn't listened too and a lot more could have been done to help me and diagnose me with what I have just been diagnosed with sooner but I understand this is a bigger issue to do with funding with NHS especially mental health but it felt to me there was an urgency to get me discharged and I feel I was far from ready to be discharged from the clinic when I was there hence why I ended up being back at square 1 I do wish that at the time I was being discharged I disagreed and said I don't feel ready in myself or well enough but I didn't which I have to take responsibility for myself in that time I have now moved away from Manchester in a bid to get away and make a fresh start and unfortunately ended up not long ago attempting suicide ready to jump of car park and had to be persuaded by a police officer who was my lifeline and saver that it wasn't the right decision and just her telling me one day that I will make a great mother I believed help save my life if I had been at prescott house at least for another 6-12 months longer i believe I would and could have been ok in the long run and not have ended right back to where I started like I said but I do believe everything happens for a reason. I have now been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder which is a relief believe it or not because it all seems to add up and makes sense to myself and family and I am on medication that seems to be helping me greatly and giving me my life back finally i do know its not an easy journey and I still have a long way to go but where I am now I am being listened too and supported and I just feel that there needs to be more listening to the patient and having some patience as well and I can understand the workload that people who work in mental health must be under and have but listening really does make a world of difference and also support as well whilst I was there I didn't have a support worker like I do here but my care co ordinator was great and so were the Doctors like I said I was treated with dignity and respect but I think if I could and would have seen them more frequently the outcome would have been so different for myself and the reason I am writing this is because its something that has been on my playing on my mind and on my chest and I feel I needed to say it so improvements can be made which if are would make a massive difference to this clinic and be amazing.
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