Hey. I have been inpatient several times, the longest was 4 weeks. Mostly it is like being in the hospital, except there are no sharp things around, the doors are locked, you have group therapy, you have craft sessions, you watch movies, and you eat alot. (I always gain weight LOL)

I actually have never had a problem. if you are on suicide watch, they check your room every 5-10 minutes, otherwise it is usually like 30 minutes. And that takes awhile to get used to.

Some people bring their own pillow, I never did because I was never in the mood to plan really.

The people are relatively nice. There are different wards usually, so the "psychotic/dangerous" people will be somewhere else then the depressed/withdrawl people.

You can have visitors and phone all the time that group is not happening.
I saw some good movies at night. Play alot of cards.

It always helped me.....

And yes, they can make major med changes in short time periods, because they are monitoring you like crazy. BP, labs, etc.

It'll be ok.....