[Ocean Swimmer]

Most of the people in my support group have had involvement with the police.

Has this been your experience ?

For me some of the big burly male nurses that have put me in padded room was maybe just as rough.

I can't remember if I've been restrained. Probably. But the ECT has wiped out so many memories.
I hope this subject isn't a trigger. My support group likes to get it off thier chest.

[HALLIEBETH87]

The police abd ems came to my house in december

[Xand]

Police came to my house last November because of a call from a member of the public reporting me driving wrecklessly and dangerously.

[Roaming_bird]

Many years ago, I was in the process of trying to OD. My parents and family friend could not talk me down. They called the police. The police tried to break down the bathroom door. I opened it and told them I would go willingly. They said that once they were called, it was considered involuntary. I was forced to go to the state psychiatric hospital.

I will never call the police for mental illness again.

One time 10 years ago, the EMS responded. They were kind. Took me to the ER where my stomach was pumped. I don't remember anything after that. These were different states, btw.

[wiretwister]

yes virgina there is nothing like handcuffs and the back of a police car to make your day ... at least they were proffesional and treated me with respect ... no crazy boy , ect...

Luckily none.

[Merlin]

*Possible Trigger*

I've dealt with the police twice. The first time I was at Niagara Falls trying to decide whether or not to jump and had been at the edge for a time. Apparently, someone had called 911. The police officer was actually quite nice, but he did take me to the hospital but without any handcuffs.

The second time I'd gone to a walk-in counseling and, because I was suicidal and unable to keep myself safe, they called the crisis team. They were quite nice. However, it ended up in my police information check and I had to get a note from my doctor that I did not pose a risk to anyone else to get them to stop disclosing it. That really angered me.

[raspberrytorte]

Yes. I've had police encounters. Luckily they were all nice.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

I once saw a new to me pdoc. She was insistent that I was dangerously manic and I was just as insistent that I felt the same as I had been feeling for many months and was not in trouble at all, although I would like her to do something to maybe help me. She kept pushing that I needed to be admitted and I kept saying I did not and that doing so at that moment would have been awful b/c I hadn't even told my mom I had bipolar yet but she'd have to take care of my cats and I didn't have anyone who could easily cover for me at work without notice and a hundred other things. She kept pushing and while I am usually quiet and polite and I hide being upset she pushed so much I started yelling. She told me that she was admitting me without my consent at that point and started the paperwork for an involuntary admit and said she would call the police and that I'd just given up any freedom I had in the matter.

I was already terrified of hospitalizations and this was sounding worse than anything I'd dreamed of because I knew I didn't need the police or a state stay and she was throwing out details that made it all seem worse--the police would come and cuff me, I'd have to ride in a cruiser, etc. I finally started spitting out enough medical words that she realized I wasn't going to be staying past a 3 day hold if that unless I was voluntary and she finally said that I had one week at home and then had to go in.

I waited out that week and arranged for coverage for work and then found out it was only her way of trying to stay in some control; when I called as ordered in a week I just was told that she wasn't accepting my care, thanks and good-bye. Fine with me.

Working with other pdocs who were kinder and willing to listen to what I was saying kept me out of the hospital until a time when I was much more comfortable with it, about 7 years later and I have gone willingly since. The whole thing is one of my worst psychiatric memories (I'm sure I've forgotten other really bad things).

[cashart10]

I had a therapist threaten to take out an MIW (mental inquest warrant) which would have involved the police taking me involuntarily on a 3 day hold. However, she told me she would let me go voluntarily if I called my sister, who takes my mental health the most seriously, to come in, talk to her, follow me home, and see to it that I got evaluated that very evening. So, that's exactly what happened. Now, I know JUST what to say to the evaluators that will make the difference between IOP and IP. I told my evaluator that I was having suicidal thoughts but was safe. I was therefore placed in the IOP program instead of IP. My therapist was not pleased with the results but she was appeased. At least I was safe for most of the day.

[~Christina]

No. I haven't . Hope it stays that way.

(( hugs)) to all who have gone through that situation,