Thanks for the info, everyone.

Do they let you have paper and something to write with?

I finally was able to schedule an appointment with a psychologist. It won't happen for about 2 weeks, though.

I went and did the paperwork yesterday and got it out of the way. I thought it was going to be the stuff they need about my insurance, but it was also asking questions about my history, what's wrong, what I think is wrong, when I think things went wrong, etc.

After gathering my thoughts on paper over the last month or so, it was weird to actually fill in the blanks and tell them what they want to know. It's a good thing I made time every once in a while to jot things down, but still they asked things that I haven't thought about for 20 or 30 years.

While I was there, I found out there is an outpatient day program. That's good to know.

My train of thought lately is maybe they can sign me up for the outpatient day program to help get through whatever is going on with me lately, get my meds figured out, and depending on how long that takes I could take either short-term or long-term disability from work and be able to sort of put my job on hold (since I'm about to be fired, once again) while still getting the majority of my salary.

Guess I was a little freaked out when I originally posted this question, thinking my only option would be inpatient. It has been a great little learning experience for a lot of us here on the forums to read this info.