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Old Jul 07, 2015, 06:43 PM
Trixie246 Trixie246 is offline
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Originally Posted by kirby777 View Post
Hi-

I went to the pdoc today and luckily our seesions are an hour . I was asked what my daily activites are, and basically, the only things I do daily are drink coffee in the morning brush my teeth & watch TV. I do not work. I have not had my hair cut in 9 months, because I am self isolating and it is just too much for me to handle.

Pdoc states the self islotaion is hurting me and there is only so much meds are able to do so Partial hospitalization was suggested. I am afraid of this. This is causing me much anxiety. I know I need to leave my room, & have some human interaction. I basically have zero support system.

Has anyone done this, and if so, what were your experiences?

I am very overwhelmed. I called my insurance company and they only have 3 "in network" programs within 20 miles from my house.

Thanks.
Yes I have done the "outpatient partial hospitalization program". I think it is the same as you are talking about. It was called outpatient hospital program....something like that. I was in the hospital for just wanting to die. I decided that I would stop my meds huge mistake!! So I layed in bed for a month. I know I was going through withdrawal but didn't really put 2 and 2 together cause I was so messed up. I would sleep and only get out of he bed to go potty and eat a cheese sandwich for the whole day. I would drink tons of water because for some strange reason I didn't want to get dehydrated but yet I was going to lay there and die. Makes no sense! Anyway I got weaker and weaker as the days went on. About 2 weeks into this decided I was only going to eat one piece of bread a day.I had no appetite and didn't care anyway. Well I lost 25 lbs in that month I was so skinny I looked dead. My daughter took me to the hospital and I as dehydrated because I was washing out what little I had as far as vitamins and all. My potassium was 1.4 which is very low. I stayed on the regular floor for 6 days. Then something happened to my heart and they put me on the cardiac floor for 5 days. My hear wasn't beating enough. It was beating 30 beats a minute. They would have to wake me up cause if they didn't my heart would have stopped and moving around got it back up. They never did find out what wrong. (scary). Then I went upstairs to the psych ward and stayed there 2 weeks and that was where they set up for when I left that I would go to this program. I was not used to going out cause I would isolate all the time. This would get me out and meet people.I liked it, it did help me. The program was from 10:00 to 3:00. We mostly did group therapy but it was good. I still isolate but not as much cause I don't know where to go or what to do. I am alone, My daughter doesn't come by here much and I have one male friend that comes over and spends a few days with me. We have been friends for 15 years. But he is not the kind that can help you with you problems he just listens but doesn't have a opinion.It drives me crazy but at least he does listen. If your program sounds like mine then I would tell you to do it! I met a few people there and we kept in touch but after a few weeks we all stopped supporting each other. I don't know why. But yeah I wish you the best! It was scarey in the beginning but then I loved going. I went for 4 months every week. Let me know what happens.......oh man it looks like I wrote a book.....opps sorry.