Monday, July 18, 2011

What will CAMHS most likely do?

I am seeing CAMHS (Child&Adolescent Mental Health Services) in the next week. I am a teenage girl, was referred by my doctor and assessed months ago. I was diagnosed with asperger's syndrome years ago and referred for eating problems and self-harm. I later attempted suicide three times. The thing is that I really don't see what they can do - and to be honest once they see how fine I am not they'll probably not see me again!! The eating problems aren't really an issue now, I don't have an eating disorder and now I have a plan! (porridge in the mornings and soup for dinner every day, 1 hours exercise) I am not even quite underweight. It's true that I self-harm but overall I'm perfectly normal and everything I do is just a part of me! It seems to me that camhs is for people with serious problems such as eating disorders, bipolar disorder, OCD, ADHD, and so on, proper mental health problems. My sleep patterns and eating patterns go up and down but now I'm finding balance and I'm doing a lot more. The suicidal times were sort of reoccuring, they would come and then ease off, and then suddenly come again another time, persistant for weeks, but I don't see how camhs can really do anything, and I am so okay that I don't need their help!! Honestly I'm planning to take a long hike someday by myself and I'm contemplating doing it on the day I see camhs. As I said I'm perfectly normal and do not need to see them. Should I tell them this, and with my minute problems what do you think they will do?

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