"Understanding psychiatric issues"

I was admitted recently and sent to ward 64 (was there the week prior due to issues not resolving and no assistance in community). 

I must say the A&E doctor was so lovely and listened to me about my struggles the past six weeks due to coming off medication due to side effects. That was a very bad idea on my part although I did tell my doctor. Now I'm back on the same dose that kept me well but in between I suffered terribly. I basically was at the royal every week. Ward 64 nursing staff were extremely kind, compassionate, helpful and I saw them working beyond their shift ending. True dedication.

This is a surgical ward who don't understand psychiatric issues that impacts physical health. The consultant was out of line speaking to me (I was on a 1-1 for safety so I'd a witness). They basically said - just don't hurt yourself (as if it is that easy- there would be no mental illnesses, no psychiatric hospitals, no psychiatrists or therapists etc) and the nurse that was a mental health nurse with me went and spoke to them about that.

I wasn't really given much physical medical input to help me get better faster. They just left it up to psychiatry. Thankfully the psychiatrist understood me and what I was facing. I'm so done being mistreated. This is my third negative experience on this ward.

Thankfully I'm home and trying to recover here. I feel I was treated like a second class citizen. 

Please, I urge whoever is responsible to inform your doctors and consultants in mental health (a one off course on the basics of most illnesses and how to speak to patients) surely this should not be an issue. It would benefit everyone. 

Thank you to all the nurses for your patience and understanding. I know it was a very hard week. Just imagine how I feel. I feel the same prior to when I went in.