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Old Aug 26, 2015, 07:07 AM
Anonymous200325
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You could ask him if he specifically means that the hospital(s) near where you live are particularly bad, or if he means inpatient hospitalization in general.

There's an in-between option called IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program) which is sort of like being in the hospital during the daytime (lots of therapy sessions and frequent access to a pdoc) but you go home at night.

I've done IOP twice when my depression was extremely severe and my pdoc couldn't get my meds adjusted to help.

In the area where I live, the psychiatric portion of my local hospital is good, but the state psych hospital is not so good (way understaffed, mostly.) I know someone who went there and he said he was there for a whole week before he ever saw a psychiatrist or therapist.

I've only gone inpatient one time. It was not a bad experience - I got a lot of help there. It was very confining, though. You're on their schedule, you eat what's available, you go to therapy on a schedule, you may not be allowed to nap if you feel like you need to, you have to stay in bed between certain hours even if you can't sleep.

We weren't allowed to have phones or use razors in the hospital where I went, although I gather from what people post on PC that that's not typical.

If you're extremely ill, those limitations probably won't be bothersome to you. I think it would be more helpful if your doctor explained what inpatient is like and describe more specifically (in his opinion) under what circumstances you'd want and need to go there.

It's not helpful if a patient is terrified of going inpatient. It can keep you from getting the kind of help you need.
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