[ffgal]

Stayed for 12 days due to bad bipolar depression. Even though im pretty young, i was on geriatric unit due to all my serious physical health problems. Had meds tweaked a little. Had bad seizure one of last days there n EMS n hospital they transported me to treated me horribly bc thought i was faking it bc didnt wanna be discharge. Once he read my chart n saw extensive seizure history his attitude changed. As far as being on geriatric unit, was good in a way bc some of them related about the health stuff. Trying to adjust to being home now.....still depressed n lots of sleep problems, but not in immediate danger like i was so thats good. Hoping upping the tramadol didnt cause the seizure bc it is a med used to treat seizures as well as depression. Guess will know if starts happening more frequently. This seizure was different type than i normally have. Was more like grand mal w shaking n couldnt speak for hours afterwards. Psych hosp nurses knew it was real....info just got screwed up from administration there....people who had never met me or saw what happened.....gotta love that. Mom followed n they sent a tech to babysit me, which was irritating bc she was not very nice at all. Hate being treated n looked at differently bc am a psych patient!!!! Psych patients have seizures too people!!!! Wake up!!!

[Turtleboy]

i'm sorry u went through all that, i hope things pick up for you soon

[Maus5321]

Sorry that happened to you. Hope all looks up for you in the coming days

[InfiniteSadness]

how long did they keep you there?

[Secretum]

That sounds terrible.

People with mental illness live on average 25 years less than people without. Why? Because idiots like the health professionals you ran into in the hospital think that our problems are entirely mental, and underdiagnose and undertreat physical illness.

Please take care.

[Tiger_Lily]

I didn't know it was that much fewer years

[irishgirliexo]

Sorry that happened to you. Hopefully you won't be getting this type of seizure again from tramadol. Hope you are feeling better.

[~Christina]

25 years less? Really? If so I'm going to die soon.

[Secretum]

Calm down, everyone; the 25 years statistic is just an average. It doesn't mean that you, personally, will die 25 years before the average person. Especially not if you are proactive about your physical health.

Also, that figure is influenced by the fact that we have a much higher suicide rate than the general population. So, don't kill yourself and don't let your doctors ignore your physical symptoms, and you should be fine.

i think that the original poster should be rather proud of themselves for seeking the inpatient help that they needed. I don't know about anyone else, but I would never go even if it's what I needed the most. they would have to drag me kicking and screaming. so for anyone that seeks out the help that they need has my applause.

[Clinte89]

wow that sounds like a rough stay at the hospital. Im sorry they treated you so badly. I hope you get feeling better soon. I definitely applaud their getting help when needed. But dan why are you so against the psych hospital.

[Tiger_Lily]

Good to know they included the suicides. That skews it significantly. I'd read it was 5 years with "normal" causes of death.