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Apr 07, 2013, 04:53 PM
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What I want to know is are they really as bad as people make them out to be? I just want to know I won't be in danger, or be forced to take medication.
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Apr 07, 2013, 06:29 PM
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I want to go too. I was there once. There were people screaming. People worse off.
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Apr 07, 2013, 06:30 PM
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If you are unsafe, it's best to go.
I don't know the policy of that particular hospital, but if you are a danger to yourself or others the standard type of policy is that you may be admitted for 2-3 days after being assessed by a pdoc/md. But, if the assessing pdoc/MD does not find you a danger to anyone and medication is part of the treatment you may not be admitted to the psych ward. I think that how it's usually done in North America. I don't know what happened when I went to ER, I was unconscious and they labelled me medical.
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Apr 07, 2013, 06:31 PM
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Apr 07, 2013, 06:54 PM
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I'm miserable. I can't do outpatient because I have social phobia. I'm not actively suicidal but I do have suicide impulses and I'm very low functioning and I don't know what else to do. I don't want to have to go see a psychologist first. I want to check myself in tonight and I want to know if it's possible for me to do that.
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Apr 08, 2013, 01:07 PM
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hospitals scare me shitless
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Apr 08, 2013, 01:20 PM
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They were both part of larger general hospitals, not psych hospitals exclusively. Both experiences were following failed suicide attempts.  I can't speak to the question of being forced to take meds. I just took whatever they gave me so there was no question. Both experiences were mixed. Most of the staff on both wards were great. But there always has to be 1 or 2 who seem to think you're there just to give them someone to be mean to (or so it seems.) The 2 wards I was on had patients who were pretty mild mannered. I guess there were other wards that treated more severely ill patients. Of course, the 1st time you find yourself on a locked psych ward, it feels pretty odd & intimidating. But all things considered, my experiences were pretty positive. When I get low, I sometimes find myself wishing I could go back.
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Apr 09, 2013, 02:17 PM
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I checked myself into a psych hospital. The one I went to had several wings. There was one for teens, one for adults, and one for people who needed constant supervision. I was safe there but I didn't find much healing. It was nice to get away from everything and just calm down for a little while. I think it helped me get some things in persepctive.
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Apr 09, 2013, 06:15 PM
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Apr 09, 2013, 06:16 PM
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I have been inpatient in Psych Unit few times. I might have to go back in. The last time I was there was last year…for 3 months.
If you are danger to yourself then that is probably where you need to go. I am trying to weigh up that decision at the moment…my partner doesn't want me to go inside again. It's hard. Have you been in Psych Unit before?
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Apr 09, 2013, 07:28 PM
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It really depends on the facility. I was in one where everyone was of mixed severity and my roommate yelled to herself in Hindi all night. I was also in one that separated voluntary from involuntary and another that had an acute care unit for more severely ill patients and a chill unit for calmer people. That one was great, you could earn grounds privileges and leave the unit unsupervised for awhile. So I guess it really dpeneds where you end up. But it's better to go if you're feeling unsafe.
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Apr 10, 2013, 01:32 AM
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If you go there voluntarily, I don't think they can really make you do anything. They would likely recommend medications and maybe other treatments or whatever but they can't force meds or anything unless it was absolutely necessary like it will prevent you from hurting yourself or someone else......obviously there are medication free interventions that could be done as well but I don't think any of that is exactly pleasant. I was rather afraid of ending up stuck there involuntarily especially when they took me off the klonopin I was taking(it wasn't helping but they probably should have reduced the dosage more slowly than abruptly cutting me off) as it was pretty hard to control myself during what I imagine was some sort of withdrawal from it. But luckily that didn't happen and I was able to get out before not being able to go outside at all got to me too much. It may not be bad at all, it might kind of suck as it could be boring but its better to be safe and bored than in danger from yourself I suppose. |
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