"Community Mental Health Hope Centre"

I had a severe mental health relapse exacerbated by a heart condition and was awaiting surgery, my physical health was really poor and I struggled with exhaustion and breathlessness as well as constant erratic heart beats.

I have been under mental health services before and was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder many years ago, on this occasion I was referred via occupational health and my GP just a day of so before Christmas 2016 with severe negative thoughts, I received a call the next day to provide phone support over the Christmas period, knowing it was there helped and if I hadn't known I was able to use it I would not be here now. In the new year I was assessed in Beeston and allocated Dave to see. At first it seemed a never ending battle to prevent myself from leaving my home and not returning ever, but, I self managed using the self care I knew could help, simple things such as waiting and not acting on impulse and gradually achieving small goals. Dave always offered words of hope and even when it seemed I was too low to listen they did sink in. Dr Fahy wrote a letter to my employer explaining that my cardiac condition once fixed would ease the mental relapse and after surgery and being back at work 4 1/2 months now and seeing another Christmas she was right. Now I have a fixed heart which had previously been in decline  for many years before diagnosis making a massive turn around to my mental health.

A really big thank you to Broxtowe and Hucknall CMHT, I am now discharged and from the abyss of a year ago have made a total turn around.