A lot of it was about getting my meds right. Most of it was actually. My prn was a fast acting antipsychotic that'd last around 10-12 hours. I was hallucinating the demons and hearing them, "knowing" they were closing in, I went to the nurse's desk. I didn't want to tell her the truth, so I just asked for the prn (my intention was only for it to put me to sleep so the demons wouldn't scare me). She gave me the prn and once it kicked in, the demons were gone along with the voices and the paranoia. I went to sleep peacefully that night but thought it might just be a fluke. I did it again the next night (all the while I was put on a new AP to also help). Everything, again, went away. I had an epiphany that it was all in my head. That aspect of IP was the most helpful to my recovery.

I was also given some new coping strategies and spent a good deal of time in art therapy. Other patients there also made things easier and kept me feeling a little more at ease.