Oh, geez! I've been IP three times in my life and each was worse than the previous. All 3 times were traumatic - and not even because of my own issues, but because the pdocs were not caring people, much of the staff was rude and clearly burned out, and I had personal items stolen by other patients. During my first IP a woman came into my room during the night and put a pillow over my face. Talk about traumatizing...it was awful! Fortunately, a nurse heard me screaming and kicking and pulled the woman off of me.
I would do just about anything to avoid IP ever again. It's horrible. Maybe if a person has access to a really swank hospital it's not as bad, but that was not my situation.