[Anxiousvalkyrie]

So I've had two urgent referrals sent to the psychiatric 'open clinic' here in Gothenburg. One from my psychologist and one from the inpatient hospital psychiatrist. To try to get me an appointment with an outpatient Pdoc that can treat and maintain treatment of my BP. I've already been diagnosed by my psychologist and two different inpatient psychiatrists. I've been waiting over s month for a letter with an appointment time. Average time to get an appointment is three months but with an urgent referral you're supposed to get in within a couple of weeks.

I'm in the midst of a horrible manic episode, been in and out of the hospital on suicide watch this whole time. By law only the open clinic doc can prescribe me drugs to treat my bipolar because they will be the ones looking after me in the future. ERs and inpatient mental facilities here cannot write prescriptions here. They can send you home with say, a day's worth of anxiety and sleep medication but that's about it.

I'm so frustrated and I'm getting to the point I can't handle it anymore. I was going to attempt suicide again last night but my husband found me and has been watching me since. I don't know how to deal with this. The mania has devolved so far into anxiety, anger and panic that I'm afraid I'm starting to lose touch with reality.

I'm sorry you're going through this!

I'm surprised you've been waiting so long. Is there any way your doctors can make this request go through faster? Like, can you contact them and get them to push it through?

I can only imagine how difficult it must be... but hang in there. You've got a wonderful, caring husband who will do whatever it takes to keep you safe.

[Anxiousvalkyrie]

Unfortunately since we have a socialized healthcare system there is nothing I, or the doctors that sent the referrals can do. I've contacted them several times to see if there's anyway to speed things up and there isn't. They are as frustrated as I am, but they're e first to admit the system doesn't really work for a lot of reasons and patients end up suffering much longer than they should. :/

[BeyondtheRainbow]

I'm sorry you have to go through this. I have a pdoc that I see monthly but because I maxed out my Seroquel then had a bad reaction to another AP and then spent some time trying to get a drug company to provide samples they never came up, followed by 6 weeks of waiting with bags packed for a dr. to admit me to the hospital unit (the dr. in charge quit and nobody wanted to take a complicated patient), with I went through many months of waiting for treatment that would help in the last year and I know how hard it is. (Even though I was on meds they were doing little to nothing). I can say that I eventually did get on meds that work and am getting better every week now. So I hope the same will happen for you and that your wait won't be much longer.