How many times have you gone to IP?

While on the topic of IP...

How many times have you gone to IP? And what is your longest stay?

I've gone 0 times because of cost & money issues, even though there are times where I should have gone. (Thanks to WildCoyote for telling me about public hospitals & financial aid, which I did not know about.)

I have been IP once, NEVER again! It is like being in jail except much worse, honestly I would rather die than be IP.

About 30 times since March 2010. I have been severely unwell in a relentless way. My longest stay was two months but then I had a 6 day break and was in again for another 5 weeks, so more like three months. I have spent seven months of one year in hospital I was so ill and my life circumstances so unstable. Thankfully my health insurance nearly fully covered it all. For a period I paid about $140 a week but then I changed insurances and it was fully covered. This is in Australia.

I've been twice, both times just for the 72 hour observation period. The first time was involuntary. Last time I chose to go to the ER and be admitted. I think this last time it was about $1500 but I was able to fill out paperwork afterward for financial hardship, and one of the bills for $1000 was reduced to $100.

I've been in 20 times since I was 14. Longest time was four months when I was 15. I was transferred to the state hospital because I said if they let me out I was going to kill myself. The state hospital was awful. I decided to lie when I was in there because it was so bad. I left and was hospitalized again within six weeks.

I also spent 6 months in a therapeutic group home when I was 15-16.

The worst year I had was November 2005- November 2006, when I was hospitalized seven times. But a lot of that was attention seeking. It stopped when I had ECT.

15 times since I was 18 (I'm 29)

Longest was 17 days but I went back a week later for 16 more

Just the once for 7 days.

It is my #1 treatment goal to never go back.

Never, though there has been once or twice I should have gone. I'm stubborn. A single parent. And like you, trying to keep a job and scared of the thousands in medical bills.

I think 13 times, with my longest being 4 weeks. I frequently lie to get out which I need to stop doing because a lot of time I get out and go back within a month for the same episode. If it wasn't such a ****** experience maybe I would be okay with spending an extra few days to avoid going back...

About 6-7 times since May 2014. Longest stay about 6-7 days (my pdocs at the time knew my family has financial issues so we tried to keep visits as short as possible otherwise medical aid won't cover it). I should have gone again two more times but I refused as my parents would have to pay cash and honestly IP hasn't helped much. I don't know, mental health is really not taken seriously, there's no specific ward for patients with mental health issues and even the hospitals I've been to that deal with mental health are so lax. My roommate was busy cutting herself in the bathroom and no one cared, they basically said she was being attention seeking,when one of the nurses called her sl** for having a relationship with one of the patients, and it made her depressed and angry. Oh and they also gave me some medication I was allergic to, and I specifically told them I'm allergic to one of the components, and I nearly died. So yeah, no IP for me thanks.

Edit: Also the first time I went to IP before I was diagnosed with mental illness but was having my first ever panic attack, they basically gave me ativan and told me to go home because it's all in my head and they need beds for patients that are actually ill. I explained I was having suicidal thoughts but still brushed me off.

There was a period of about ten years when I was inpatient pretty frequently; 15 times in that period if I am counting correctly. I haven't needed hospitalization now in over two years and am now very stable and in remission.

I had a very good hospital and my own pdoc was my inpatient pdoc which made for excellent care.

My shortest stay was 3 days. My longest stay was 3 weeks. Typically my stays ran around 10 days.

I've never been IP .. And feel similar to this although I'm sure some hospitals are ok (just not for me.. )

4 times, not counting residential treatment.

4 days, 4,5 weeks (in two different facilities because "my" facility didn't have room when I was sectioned, so I went to a different - hellish - one and after 9 days I was transferred back to "mine"), 9 weeks, 2 days.

I've been to IP 15 times since 2009. The longest I was in was 21 days. That time I had a hard time stabilizing with my anxiety going through the roof.

I've been in 3 times. The first was for only 4 days (my family insisted they discharge me so they could bring me half way across the country to 'home'. This was when I received my diagnosis. In hindsite, I can look back and see the times I was likely manic as well as those occasions I suffered terrible depression. I'm pretty sure I could have used the hospital well before the first time. I have since checked myself in twice more, the latest for 8 weeks.

I do not look at the hospital negatively. For me, it is a refuge.

Not that many times I guess. Six times IP and one time IOP.

Those of you who have been IP ten times in one year...

How do you afford that?! Just three times in one year and I'm screwed financially.

I was 18-19 so my grandmother took all the medical bills and did whatever with them. I certainly couldn't afford it now! I owe $4000 to one place (down from $6000) and $3700 to another for all my stays in the past three years. And I haven't even been IP for over a year! But I'd rather be in debt than dead so if I need it I go. I just set up payment plans.

14 or 15 times. Longest was 6 months in a state hospital. Hell.

Since the mid 80's Tito many times to count. In one year and a half period it was 9 times, I was working and stressed out. I'm now on SSDI and ironically have been hospitalized less even though it would have been less or free. The bills were horrific when I was working and just added to the stress.

over 20 times from the year 2004 - 2012. most of them short inpatient stays except there were 2 that were for a month. 8 months in a teen wilderness program that was total hell and was investigated for child abuse and shut down and bought out by a different hospital company. then almost 5 years from age 22-27 in a residential program for adults. one IOP thingy for drugs in 2008

I understand that.

There have many times when I should have gone IP but didn't because of cost. I always end up IP during extreme crisis, whereas if I would have gone in earlier crisis could have been avoided.

I should have done payment plans, but it just keeps on stacking up since I've been IP three times this year so far. Luckily my parents helped me out.

7 or 8 times. Once when I was a teenager and the rest of the times in the past year. Hospitalized 2-3x for mania and the rest mostly for psychotic depression. Aiming to stay hospital free this year if I can! Shortest stay about 5 days, longest 2 weeks.

I have never gone IP for psych related issues, only for other health related ones. My longest stay that I can remember was about 3 1/2 weeks after a car crash. That cost upwards of 200k alone. The thought has crossed my mind when I've had SIs in recent weeks, but I've yet to do it because I'm scared for one. I can't really afford to take time away from work, plus I'm in school.

I should add, my t did ask me during our last session if I'd ever go IP or to a PHP program if things did really get bad. I'm not one to self harm, but I would OD if it came down to it.