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Old Feb 28, 2013, 03:03 PM
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Wow that sounds terrible, not quite like the one I was in for 5 days. For one it was quite a bit more supervised, there is no way that sort of thing could have gone one there. Some of the staff seemed a bit in-experianced as to proper approaches to use with people but at the same time it appeared most of them worked very long hours and probably were facing quite a bit of stress themselves.

I went there because I was suicidal and didn't think I could trust myself, but once the immediate suicidal feelings kind of diminished I ended up feeling the need to get out as soon as I could which was easy due to being voluntary...but yeah they kept insisting on anti-histamines to help with my anxiety and to get to sleep but I continued persisting that they don't help and make me feel worse which they do they cause worse disassociation feelings which makes me anxious maybe I don't physically react much to the anxiety but that is even worse because then its totally contained in my head. So then they gave me trazodone which was better....it was kind of hard expressing concernes/needs but I have trouble with that anyways.

It wasn't exactly a positive experiance, but it probably saved me from doing anything stupid....and I am pretty sure it's not the last time I'll be in one, obviously some are pretty terrible so I would hope not to end up stuck in one of them. Anyways maybe its worth looking into filing a complaint or something as that almost sounds like criminal negligence on the part of whoever was running the psych ward...but more importantly if its worsened your mental health or is difficult to deal with maybe talk to a therapist or whatever you need to do to take care of yourself.