This writing is from my own personal perspective and my own opinion, if anything I am a professional with mental health having had it for most of my life, certainly all of my adult life. I will leave names and places out of it unless anyone wishes to know more regarding my own personal mental health story. – Please email me directly using this email: press@tamarmh.com where we can discuss further.
When I say the two counties I am referring to Devon and Cornwall here in Southwest England.
I grew up in Cornwall and lived away from the County for over a decade returning to East Cornwall in late 2024.
My original GP practice was right, the care of lack of is worse in Cornwall than any other part of the UK.
Locations covered next including their NHS area partnerships
Exeter area including Devon NHS Partnership Trust, Plymouth NHS Partnership Trust and Cornwall NHS Partnership Trust.
Plymouth including the NHS and Livewell Southwest
Early 2025 – I was found on a bridge and detained under the Mental Health Act under Police Holding Powers of a 136.
In July 2025 I was deemed a danger to self and society and was placed in the 136 suite at Glenbourne psychiatric hospital, that night was horrid, I was too dangerous to even use the toilet so had to urinate into bottles, if I wanted a number 2 i had to ask permission to have the door unlocked to the toilet where an alarm would sound should I take too long, there was a small communal area outside which was nothing more than a metal cage attached to the wall with blood on the windows. I had the company of a baby cockroach during my night, the TV programmes were recorded from years a go and projected onto the wall. Two cctv cameras looked down on me watching my every move. There were anti suicide bedding and a mattress on the floor. However the food was really good. Being a T1 diabetic even know the Police had brought over my medication from Saltash to the hospital I was not allowed any of it for over 36 hours. – wrong. After being awake for over 24 hours I was met by 3 level 12 Doctors who said I was fine and free to leave, plus did I want to stay for lunch.
Early 2024 – Exeter Hospital and East Devon Mental Health Team
1st attempt of suicide / self harming in Hospital I was physically held down in my hospital bed, they were considering sectioning me. Was told this by East Devon CMHT.
Early 2026 – My latest episode of poor mental health
I am currently working with the local Home Treatment Team and tbh so far I am not at all impressed, after being told I was on a waiting list for a mental health bed for nearly two weeks – I have today been informed I am instead being treated with-in the community, basically means daily visits regardless if I am a danger tio myself or not, just last week I was being held in the local hospital just across the water for my own safety and because was recovering from a very severe overdose. I was in the hospital for nearly ten days, but I did feel safe. If I was wanting to leave the ward I had to be escorted, if I was to leave Id be sectioned under the MHA, looking back I should have waited to be discharged by the Drs on the ward – only as I have had even more over-doses and self harm incidents since coming home, as feared more than being in a psychiatric ward / hospital I have relapsed and am back at stage one yet again. I have a decision or few to make, firstly am awaiting a call back from 111 regarding what to do next as am technically still severly over-dosed. I cant help feel my GP could had done more when I initially told him I was having a negative response to the all new Venlafaxine anti-depressants.
I will update in time.
Thanks for reading.
