Hospitalization

Anika, that doesn't sound like a good psych unit at all.

There is one quiet room on the unit in the hospital I go to. It is rarely in use. It does have a bed and the few times I've ever been aware of anyone being there, a staff person was assigned to always be sitting right there by the room; usually the door to the room was open and the staff person was sitting at the doorway so they weren't actually locked in. Patients were never in that room very long, just until they were calm enough to return to their regular room or whatever. It is only used in pretty extreme cases where a patient became physically out of control.

Have you explored what other hospitals are in your area so in the event you need that kind of treatment in the future you have a better option?

Oh, Anika, I hope you never have to go back there again. That sounds like something out of the Charles Dickens' era. So sorry you had to go through that.

I can imagine that it will make you pretty sure to do everything you can to keep your health so that you are finished forever with that hospital.

Most of the time after an OD, they would do the charcoal in the ER if I was conscious otherwise ICU until medically stable. There were many times when I ended up in the medical part of the hospital with my anorexia & had the central line with IV nutrition......they would take my by wheel chair over to the psych ward for the groups during that time & my pdoc & psychologist would just see me in the medical ward after finishing up in the psych ward......I was the only one I ever saw go into the psych ward with an IV. Usually after an OD & the stabalization in the medical part of the hospital I would end up on a 51/50 (3 day hold in California) for another 3 days or so. At the beginning of my depression, the insurance I had forced me to go to a psych hospital 100 miles away from the one in my own city......that was seriously irritating especially since they didn't cover the ambulance ride cost. Only one good thing I remember about that hospital is that they had pet therapy......later on when that insurance ended, I was able to just stay in the hospital close to my home.....my H would bring my eskie dogs to visit.....so I had my own pet therapy that everyone else enjoyed also.

Don't know how I survived some of those experiences......no fault of my own that's for sure.

ive been in the quiet room many times. its not used that much. when i go though im in psychosis and ive been in restraints many times. last time though i was permanently in the quiet room the whole week i was there cause i was homicidal and planning stuff.

That's how my son gets Newtus lots of restraints.

After my daughters sui attempt she was in the PICU for days with iv's then transferred to another hospital when she was stable. 4 years now without another attempt for her. Thank goodness.

Wildchild hope u might be feeling better.