I was only in one for three days, but it was just as the whole hospital (not just psych ward) was becoming non-smoking, so I was around a bunch of unstable people being forced to quit smoking! I don't smoke, so it didn't bother me, but wow there was some anger.

I never saw a doctor at all until the day of my release. I had met him in the ER so I did talk then, but over all weekend I wanted someone to talk to and I had no one, so I found that to be a big flaw. I was there over a weekend, though, so maybe they just didn't do weekend visits.

We could stay in our rooms all day if we wanted. Group stuff happened, but it wasn't mandatory. The only thing is, the people who do participation and not sleep in bed all day are the ones who will get to leave sooner.

I found the staff to be pretty amazing, in general, though. I am very supportive of people going into hospitalization if they need it, but it was like a major low point in my life. To think things had gotten that bad for me was pretty horrible. I think going for medication reasons is very good because if you can't get stabilized you might end up there for more drastic and bad reasons, which is not good. I wish I had sought out help sooner.