Medically induced coma for mental health?

I had a bad expirence in a regular hospital when I was 16. I ended up being transferred to a pysch hospital.

Those are very bad memories for me that I can’t even discuss with my therapist. The incident happened almost 11 years ago.

I have nightmares where the hospital staff put me in a medically induced coma so I wouldn’t be so aggressive/ disruptive.

They wouldn’t have done that would they? Can/do hospitals put people in a coma for mental health reasons?

I’m really having a difficult time with this dream I had last night.

No they most likely would give you something to calm down but they would not put you in a coma.

Well... I can't imagine any hospital doing anything such as this! But stranger things have happened I suppose. I'd like to say it could not, would not occur where I live. But you just can never be certain. There's a BIG flap at the moment, where I live, over abuse of the elderly in nursing homes. One would like to imagine that something like that wouldn't happen either. But apparently it's prevalent.

I'm sorry you feel you cannot talk with your therapist about what happened to you in those hospitals. Doing so could, perhaps, be freeing. But I know how it is. I don't see a therapist. And a big part of the reason is that there are important things I simply could never talk about. So I figure... what's the point?

I was once given a shot of something that knocked me out for over 24 hours. I then woke up to realize I had been transferred to a different facility. So perhaps not a coma, but they have things to knock ya out if you are in a psychotic state and harming yourself and others.

I understand your fears... having been there. Being locked up in a psychiatric ward against one's wishes can be a terrifying experience.

But I've never seen anyone in a psych ward hooked up to IV for a long time (if at all) and that would be required to be in a medically induced coma I believe. It is a very precarious state and would only be done for a medical emergency. I don't think psychiatrist are trained on putting people in and out of comas.

But the dream has a lot of personal meaning regarding fears and I would try to explore that.

Thanks. I talked to my mom and I do feel a lot better.

I have this dream or similar dreams every once in a while. I’m always kind of off for the whole day.

I just have these dreams where they knock me out and hook me up to a breathing tube because I’ve been so disruptive and aggressive.

It’s just very unsettling.

no here where I am located they do not put someone in a medically induced coma for mental disorders. it is used for physical problems where the body needs time to heal broken bones, and brain injuries. example a friend of mine was placed in a medically induced coma when she was hit by a car. her body was so damaged physically including her brain and other organs. they gave her medicine to keep her in a coma while her body physically healed.

that said i have been in mental health units where it was a situation where I was so out of it and harming myself and a danger to others, to the point where they had to .......tranquilize.... me with anti psychotics ( give me medication that would relax me and allow me to get some much needed sleep.)

my suggestion is talk with your treatment providers they can look at your health records and tell you if you were in a medically induced coma and why.

Maybe the dreams mean you are keeping yourself from being disruptive in real life, by keeping yourself in a psychological coma, by numbing your feelings. The dreams also could mean there are people in real life that are trying to keep you under control.

No, definitely they do not put you in a coma in a psych ward. Psych wards do not have the facil7ty for breathing machines ir the nursing staff capable of knowing anything about how they function. The only place in a hosputal equiped for that kind of treatment is ICU. They eoyldn't even allow me in the psych ward any time I even had an IV like after an OD or when I was dealing with anirexia. They would wheel me into groups when I was well enough for that but my room & care at that time was always under medical staff.

I actually ended up in a coma after an OD ehen I was being checked out of the psych ward (long story). I dont remember anything but when I came to after 24 hours, I was in ICU & they told me I had been in a coma from the pills I had swallowed & was on a breathing maching until I could breathe on my own again....so I know from personal experience that any kind of coma lands a person in the ICU, not in the psych ward.

I have sern them give difficult patients drugs to knock them out & give them the rest they really need, hoping to break the cycle of agressive behavior.

My grandmother was an aggressive altzheimers patient. They were gave her haldol to calm her down. Most times it would break the cycle of where the brain was at in 8t's aggressive state.

That is probable what you REALLY experienced. The mind can do strange things with past experiences when actually unaware of what is really happening. It dort of fills in the blanks with ideas that aren't quite accurate.

My psych ward can not have anyone on a IV for safety reasons.

No one can be put in a coma in a psych ward.

I actually meant in a regular hospital, and not a psych hospital. I had an infection and was in the regular hospital, but I was having behavior issues. So they transferred me to a pysch unit in a regular hospital.

My infection was not serious. I just wasn’t taking my antibiotics.

The hospital I was in had both medical & psych ward areas. They still don't allow anyone to stay in the psych ward when they havr an IV.

Your infection had to be serious. They don't bother putting anyone in the hospital with just an infection if it's not serious.

I had an infection in my leg they were worried had gone into the hip bone. X-ray show ut didnt but I needed IV antibiotics to clear up the infection. They put in a picc line & I went to the urgent care daily for those antibiotics. If it had been serious they would have put me in the hoslital. It also wasn't a staff or MRSA infection either. Those they dont fool around with. I have a friend whose daughter died from a MRSA infection even in the hospital because it wasn't caught soon enough.

If you were in the hospital with an infection, IT WAS SERIOUS.

like others said the docs and nurses can put you on some anti-psychotics like thorizine etc, but i myself don't think they could put you in a coma.

[QUOTE=eskielover;6006391]The hospital I was in had both medical & psych ward areas. They still don't allow anyone to stay in the psych ward when they havr an IV.

Your infection had to be serious. They don't bother putting anyone in the hospital with just an infection if it's not serious.

I had an infection in my leg they were worried had gone into the hip bone. X-ray show ut didnt but I needed IV antibiotics to clear up the infection. They put in a picc line & I went to the urgent care daily for those antibiotics. If it had been serious they would have put me in the hoslital. It also wasn't a staff or MRSA infection either. Those they dont fool around with. I have a friend whose daughter died from a MRSA infection even in the hospital because it wasn't caught soon enough.

If you were in the hospital with an infection, IT WAS SERIOUS.[/QUOT

I really was just refusing to take my antibiotics. That’s the only reason I was inpatient.

It was cellulitis that would have been fine if I just had the antibiotics.