I'm looking for some input as to what you would think is a better thing to do. It's been two weeks since I was first diagnosed, and I've been on 5 different medications so far.. Abilify is the latest, as I just got it and will try it for the first time tonight (20mg... isn't this a bit of a high initial dose?)

My "fork in the road" right now, is whether to keep trying to treat this piecemeal, at home, while seeing my campus psychiatrist for 15 or so minutes a day ... or going to a hospital and getting myself all leveled out faster? My psychiatrist said today that if the Abilify doesn't work, and I'm still having a hard time by the end of the week, that a stay in the hospital over the weekend might be the best thing to do. (A weekend stay would be best because I refuse to miss going to my college courses, even if it's painful to go to them sometimes).

Has this happened to anyone else before? What is it like to be in the hospital for bipolar? I'm not suicidal per say.. I get frustrated and "want out of my head" sometimes (I'm sure that makes sense to at least some of you right now). But I'm not particularly a threat to mine or anyone's safety.. Still, the pdoc thinks that I can be leveled out faster if I went to the hospital. Any advice, or stories from experience would be greatly appreciated!Thanks,

M.