I Have been inpatient many times over the last 20 years.
It has always been for safety. I have either had a strong plan to hurt myself or I have already carried it out. In the second case I get to the Psyc Unit via the ICU.
Sometimes I wonder how I still could be alive.

I am going Inpatient for a few days today. The grief of losing my son plus my Bipolar 1 disorder have pushed me to the edge. I keep wanting to take all my seroquel and never wake up.The state I am in, plus my past history say it is only a matter of time until I do it.

The Psyc unit I will go to I have been going to since 2000. I know the staff very well. Someone of them even came to my son's viewing. I know they can help me.