Evexia Psychiatric Day Ward
Hi all.
I underwent a very traumatising event in late July and have been recommended to be admitted to Evexia at Menlyn Med.
I’m worried because as someone who was in and out of Denmar as a teenager, overmedicated beyond belief (think 250 mg trazodone nightly whilst severely underweight due to genetics), treated terribly by staff and was treated as a cash cow and falsely diagnosed without being properly assessed. I was a teenager who was naive and thought I had the doctors fooled by talking about surface level issues but over the years I realised they knew exactly what I was doing and went along with it because it was easier to entertain a teenager’s current emotional issues rather than the root cause.
Anyway, needless to say I’m very on edge about being admitted and to see a psychiatrist. I’ve been managing over the years and slowly weaning off my various meds and lowering doses through the help of a GP. But I’ve accepted that I need to be admitted, I haven’t been in such a dark place for over a decade.
I’m worried that Evexia might be just like Denmar or worse. I looked at reviews and they’re very mixed. The one reason I agreed to Evexia is the fact that I can go back home at the end of the day and sleep in my own bed and not be in that space overnight. I’m still waiting to be assessed.
I’m scared I’m making a bad decision. I don’t want to be overmedicated again and treated like a cash cow simply because I’m traumatised. I want to get to the root cause of my trauma and to be reanalysed to see if the doctors from denmar even diagnosed me correctly (which I highly doubt).
Any views on Evexia would help. I’m hoping to only need to be admitted for one week.
Thanks in advance