My Family History

My lovely mum

Mum

  • post natal depression after I was born / Electro Convulsive Treatment
  • carer to Dad re his Angina /  Parkinsons diagnosis
  • fell & broke wrist / severe clinical depression / Consultant psychiatrist
  • sectioned under The Mental Health Act / Bolton hospital psychiatric ward
  • Electro Convulsive therapy treatment
  • fell & broke leg / admitted Bolton hospital November 2012 = depression
  • complex care x12 wards/ various serious infections /  severe clinical depression / died in hospital February 2013

 Brother Chris

  • drug induced paranoid schizophrenia aged 20yrs old
  • sectioned under The Mental Health Act / Bolton hospital psychiatric ward
  • Consultant psychiatrist
  • various social psychiatric carehome / assessment placements
  • Mobbley Road care home staility

Grandpa Marsh

  • 1st World War veteran
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Me

  • joint legal guardian to brother Chris with brother Martin
  • joint carer of mum with brother Martin after Dad died
  • manic psychosis episode / voluntary admission to Clatterbridge Hospital psychiatric ward x5 weeks / GP signed off with stress & depression
  • ill health early retirement 2004 aged 47 years after x25 years teaching service
  • severe clinical depression / suicidal thoughts / alcohol binge drinker
  • diagnosed Bipolar 2008
  • Consultant Psychiatrist / Psychologist / Community Psychiatric Nurse
  • knee ACL carbon fibre severely disorganised / semi arthritic = depression & anxiety