Yes, I had times like that the first time my anorexia was so bad....for a few years I would end up in the medical ward & they would wheel me to the psych ward for the group meetings with my IV nutrition & then it seemed like there was always at least a few days in the psych ward before being allowed to leave.

I understand exactly the feelings you are expressing......once I got used to being out, it almost felt like prison.....& the last time with my mother dying of cancer, I needed to be free to come & go to take care of her care. I actually did most of the funeral arrangements from the hospital which I couldn't have done from a psych ward...but the hospital's pdoc wasn't going to let me out to go to the funeral because I had become so physically ill & the IV nutrition they did with a PICC line got infected & they had to stop the treatment. My GP let me sneek out AMA but the pdoc was angry because he wanted them to put a hold on me....but I promised to come back right after the funeral & after my daughter left. You can't just do stuff like that when in a psych ward.....or at least I never seemed able to in any of the past experiences.