[secretgalaxy]

Has anyone been forced for suicidal intent?

I've heard people being forced for having a psychotic break who didn't believe they were sick, but I've never heard of someone resisting if suicidal.

[Apathy123]

When I was in the hospital in the fall I ended up baker acted even though I checked myself in. So I was involuntary for like 6 hours. The thing that saved me was I had kept a journal while in the ER and had written that I wasn't suicidal and that they didn't need to baker act me and when the p doc read that he ended up transferring me almost immediately / the same day to voluntary admission.

Yes, I've been. Three and a half week involuntarily and I ended up staying another week voluntarily.

Possible trigger:

I did a suicide attempt, ended up in the hospital, did three other suicide attempts there (by strangling myself with the IV line and similar things). I was so suicidal that I had convinced myself I was going to die and that the only matter left was when and how. I didn't want to die because I felt bad and didn't think it would get better; rather, I didn't care anymore if it would ever get better, I didn't care.
Result of this was that I was totally calm and at peace (every pdoc and nurse and my parents commented that I was) and actually happy for a few days; I KNEW I was going to die soon and that made me happy, almost cheerful.

I think that if you're suicidal and want to be admitted to a hospital you're not really suicidal - or not THAT suicidal - because if you want to be admitted and thus have the chances of you commiting suicide reduced, you don't truly want to die, do you?

I still want to die but I'm immortal so regrettably that's not going to happen.

I don't mean to say with saying "you're not truly suicidal if you want to be admitted" that you don't truly want to die, just that you're unlikely to act on it.

[Espresso]

Yes. I was involuntarily admitted to the hospital because I was suicidal (taken there by ambulance from my psychiatrist's office). The next day, I was given the option of changing my status to voluntary in order to avoid the judge and all the legal crap. I agreed. I ended up being stuck there for almost three weeks.