That's good you got the right meds. The point of the IP stay after all...
Some pdocs are ridiculous. Many years ago I went to one who decided I was too manic and needed to be admitted. Instead of gently approaching this she started demanding I be admitted. At the time I didn't have insurance for psych stays, I knew I was fine since I'd been just as mixed (I just didn't know that term yet) for 2 months and was doing fine at work even if I was agitated. It turned into me yelling at her, her pulling out involuntary paperwork and starting it while telling me she was calling the police to take me in if I didn't calm down. Finally she realized I was yelling the rules for a 72 hour hold and how I did not meet them so she backed off. I'm not a yeller by any means but that was one time it was necessary.
My hospital is generally pretty good but I've run into a nurse or two who were out there. One hated me after my first admission when she got in trouble for giving me my entire dose of PM meds at 6:30 and then dragging out of a sound sleep to attend a group at 8 when I'd been taught by my pdoc and therapist to always go to bed after taking those meds and go to sleep immediately to not miss my window. So on a later stay she was my nurse nearly every night for 2 weeks. I was one of, at most, 5 patients for her. Yet the night before I went home she asked "Lisa" to get another patient for dinner. That is not my name so I ignored her. Turns out after all that time she didn't know my name or was trying to make me feel she didn't because she hated me. Thank God she has moved on since then.
I hope you are able to put the bad experience behind you and start to really heal.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD.
Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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