My son went through this and it ended up being a positive thing. We'd worked for five years on finding a medication combination that would work for him. (BP rapid cycling, adhd, seasonal affective disorder, psychotic episodes, etc.)

By having him in the hospital they could make changes and try things quickly and closely monitor the changes where if we continued trying medication changes on an outpatient basis it would take weeks to change one med, titrate the dose up to a therapeutic level, watch for side effects, add another med, titrate it up, etc., ad infinitum.

If you are hospitalized, they can try different med combinations, they immediately have the medical equipment available if there is a problem, and the titration can go much quicker. (titration is when they raise dosage in increments)

It can be a positive experience if you allow it to be. You can also change it from an involuntary to voluntary hospitalization. That way you have a little more control of what's going on and don't feel so trapped.

Take Care~