Psych hospital

I have an intake for a psych hospital tomorrow morning at 11 AM for a 7-10 day stay. I'm hesitant. I can't stop crying. I'm upset at my family and my psychiatrist. My psychiatrist was nice yesterday but now he's being cold. And since I have feelings for him, it hurts even more.

Should I go ahead with the intake and if so, what to expect?

Absolutely go ahead with the intake. Your pdoc seems to think you need the extra support and safety that the hospital can provide.

Do go. It's much better to go voluntarily.

They will ask you about symptoms, insurance, most likely get your vitals( blood pressure, weight, temperature. Last time I went to interview for an IOP I saw three different people, an RN, an insurance person and a psych intern. They thought I should do IP but let me go to intensive outpatient program (IOP)

It's best to take what you'll need with you. Since that is different at different hospitals call or look up on the their web sight for what you can bring. Mostly its clothes with no strings and shoes without shoestrings, sweat pants with elastic is perfect as its comfortable and warm. I recommend warm clothes as hospitals are usually cold. Bring a book if you like to read. If you have small bottles of shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste, and lotions bring those because the hospital stuff is pretty harsh. Bring a small amount of loose change as most places let you get snacks from machines.

Don't bring a lot of money, jewelry or credit cards. Mouthwash is usually not allowed for some reason. No belts. Depending on the place no pencils or pens and no spiral bound notebooks.

Hospitalizations can help a lot, it's good to go in with an attitude that it will be helpful. Of coarse it is scary but most are good places. Good luck.

PS..do bring a list of all current drugs and doses...any OTC drugs to..like if you use Tylenol so the doc can writ an order for that instead of getting a headache and then waiting for them to call it in. Bringing a list is helpful so you don't have to rely on memory.

I don't know if you should go or not, but you should trust how you feel. I was inpatient recently though because my T made me. So some stuff you could expect, at least based on my experience, is that the people who work there will be very nice. The hospital food is surprisingly good. It's nice being around other people who are going through similar things that you are. And some of the groups are cool/helpful, while others seem a bit pointless. At least that's how I felt about stuff when I was in the hospital. Also, bring your own showering things and whatnot in travel sized containers. They don't let you have full sized stuff in your room for some reason, so you have to ask people at the desk for it each time you want to use it. I just found that very annoying, and would have liked to have small containers that I could just keep with me.

(((Ilikecats))) at last! Somebody else who likes hospital food! Gee, somebody brings you hot food and coffee and you dont have to cook it or wash dishes - whats not to like? They even give you a tiny dessert

(((hopealwayz))) ive never done psych input, only from food poisoning while living with my mother - so, six of one! :

Not to derail, but I recently had a non psych related hospital stay and I was floored at how good the food was.

I was in the hospital for psych reasons in my youth and things seem very different now. I feel like I was treated much better and they knew how to handle my anxiety better.

My intake was a long interview with the intake person (probably a social worker?), then change into scrubs, then taken to the ward. Once there, the nurse did a whole assessment (some of which I'd just done with intake), and then I joined the rest of the unit in their activities. I was at a hospital that specialized in trauma, and there were only other trauma survivors in the ward. The staff were really good at identifying when someone needed help and going to their aid. During the day we had a series of "groups" (all with the same group) that included music and art therapy, educational stuff, skill development, check in. We also had one-on-one therapy 3 times per week and the psychiatrist every day. After being there and them deciding you were safe, you got clothes back. They didn't let you bring any toiletries. You had to ask for everything which they said was to teach us to ask for what we needed. I found it annoying.

From what I've read, this was maybe more intensive than some IP.

This ward only took voluntary patients, but it was still a locked ward. That felt kind of weird. You could leave, but you had to go thru the discharge process to leave. I left when my insurance said to go.

Go. Follow doctors order. Remain positive. I agree with others that food at the hospitals is decent nowadays, you won't be hungry. Make sure you bring comfy clothes like sweats and warm socks. Definitely books or magazines to read

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I had to change my intake date for insurance reasons. I am doing better than I was yesterday. My next T appointment is on the 1st and that afternoon is also my intake date so I guess I will see how my T thinks I'm doing.

I was in horrible shape yesterday and my T said GO because yesterday I was falling apart.

I don't know how to do the trigger warning thing so I can't put what I did but I regret it.

I don't know what happened yesterday. I just had a meltdown.