Daonnachd, I'm sure with some time your memories will be clearer. It took some time for me, but it happened. You have so much experience with ECT, in particular. That would be valuable for others. If nothing else, a blog post would be great. I wrote a blog post about my ECT experience, which was far shorter than yours.

bpcyclist, I would be curious about the maximum security unit, but don't think I would want to stay there too long. I have not been on one, but one of the psych hospitals I was in had at least two levels of psych, though maybe not considered maximum security. I was on the one that was considered "for sicker psych patients". My memory of that experience is quite foggy. All units were always locked units with strict activity schedules. The other psych hospital I was in had a regular psych, a dual-diagnosis psych, and a psych unit for those involuntarily admitted. Despite being considered "regular psych" there was a murder there some years back. I won't go into the details. It was bad! I believe I was sometimes regarded as one of the sickest bipolar patients in that hospital's regular psych, at the times I was in. I never recall that many others being dragged into isolation rooms and sedated and locked in. I only recall two other patients having a guard sit in front of their rooms and follow them. I imagine that's pretty common in the maximum security ward. No? Sometimes they keep you pretty well sedated, don't they?