Hi @Appleblossom . Thanks for your reply! The only really good thing about PARCS was the introduction to diamond art painting. The facility wasn’t equipped to do any medication or medical issues - they didn’t have a psychiatrist on the team and struggled to even get a nurse on duty at the location due to staff not wanting to work there. Often there was no nurse at all and they relied on a psychologist or social worker as part of their medical team which was pretty pathetic. I didn’t get any medication changes because of this and when I came home, my mental health team discharged me from their service as my sleep issues didn’t warrant their services despite me being told by the psychiatrist before I went to PARCS that they’d change my meds after I came back from my PARCS stay as I believed they weren’t helping my sleep situation at all. I’ve since chosen to come off 1 of my meds - trialled this while at PARCS as I wasn’t supervised with my meds at all - and think I’m better for it but that’s something I wouldn’t advise anyone doing. I’m also now thinking my sleep situation is due to perimenopause/ menopause which I’ve been experiencing for the past 4-5 years so I’ve just got to get the blood tests done which my GP has written up for me to get done. Again, other options to investigate on my behalf which I’ll get done eventually! Suffice to say, I’m now without any mental health support except for my GP to prescribe me my meds as I can’t afford a psychiatrist and there’s none available in my area or I don’t qualify for mental health services through my local public hospital system due to not being in crisis and requiring their services. Not a great situation but that’s life I guess. At least I’ve now got a new hobby to focus on which is 1 good thing to come out of the PARCS mess. Creativity is very important and I’m grateful that I can participate in this type of thing as a way of keeping myself busy and entertained whilst I’m deciding what to do with my life - possibly reenrol in Tafe to complete my Certificate IV in Mental Health so I can become a better worker than the ones I had at the PARCS facility which weren’t the best. 

Take care!

Judi9877☺️🍀