In A Pickle ~ An Update.

[Mr Veritas]

For those who have asked about In A Pickle,and for those who are also interested.

Pickle has now left the Community Mental Hospital,and is home.
It didn't really do him much good being there.It may have changed it's name to try and sound more patient friendly,but it was still really an old Victorian Lunatic Asylum redecorated and spruced up.
The staff are wonderful,but completely overstretched.
The pysch Doctors (mostly) don't seem to have a clue,and just dosed IAP with various meds according to what they felt would keep him sedated(even though he has NEVER ever been violent quite the opposite).
When these didn't work,or relieve the symptoms,he had the barbaric ECT (Electron Convulsive Therapy).
He was discharged at 30 minutes notice,and if his partner had not been able to get to to the hospital he would have been expected to make his own way home (20 miles across country) The hospital is very isolated an not near any bus routes.
We hope being with his partner,and in safe familiar surroundings will soon bring him back to his old self,even that would better than the zombie that he has been made into.
Sorry if this is rambling,but I just want people to realise that despoite all the promises,mental health is still the cinderella of the NHS,and is hidden away from view.
These are people who cannot speak up for themselves.
Thanks guys.

[China-Doll]

Please give him my best reagards too Mr V. I always liked talking to him on here, we had some good banter sometimes and he often made me laugh.

[flump1]

Mr Veritas, how lovely to hear an update regarding IAP and I would like to add my best wishes for him to the ones before, and my thanks to you. Flump 1xx

[~Wingnut~]

I was only thinking about IAP the other day and how he was!!! Thanx for the update Mr Veritas :o)

Please pass on my best wishes and I hope he is back to his old self very soon. Tell him he's very much missed on here xxxx

[Bathsheba]

Thanks for the update Mr V. Please pass on my best wishes to IAP also xx

[Drisgirl]

I too was only thinking of him the other day -he is very much missed on here and i'm sure he will come on in leaps and bounds in his own sanctuary.
Love and best wishes to him and also to you Mr V for being his friend and updating us xx

[tiggerblue10]

Thank you Mr Veritas for keeping us updated with how IAP is doing. It seem mental health is not easy to treat and even worse with staff shortages. My mother was admitted to a mental hospital many years ago when she had a nervous breakdown and being only 15 at the time it left a mental scar on me. She came home after a month because the hospital was awful and we had to give her round the clock care but I'd rather she was at home than in that hospital.

Anyway, please give IAP my best wishes and love and maybe one day I hope we will see him back on AB.

Tigger xxx

[Charisse]

Mr Veritas, I am so sorry to read about the poor care that your friend received.

It is obvious that many hold inapickle in high regard and so let us hope that they will find improved mental health.

[albaqwerty]

onlu on here since April and am sorry to hear of IAP not keeping the best of health. best wishes x

[smudge]

Hi Mr V - sorry I'm late......

Although I'm not on here very often, I would like to pass on my very best wishes to IAP too.

He has always been such a nice sincere man, who deserves the very best in life.

Thank you for letting us know. -xx-

[Panic Button]

In a Pickle is one of the best on here, and I am very distressed to hear of hi recent troubles.

Please pass him my best regards, and hope he is back here soon.

P. Button Esq

[Aprilis]

Thank you for the update Mr V. I too send my love and best wishes to pickle. He's one of the best for sure x x x

[wolf63]

Mr V - as a fellow sufferer of Bipolar disorder I can only imagine the distress that this illness is causing both pickle and his loving partner.

To have kept him in hospital for so long and to discharge him in such a way is a sad reflection on our cash starved mental health services.

Wish him well and I hope that it is not too long before he is back on AB.

[wendilla]

Thanks for update .I remember 4 years ago In a Pickle gave me very good advice on a subject for which I took heed of and all worked out ok .I hope it does the same for him. All the best to him for the future.