[A18793715]

Hi everyone. I went to my colleges counseling center and asked what to do because I don't have a doctor and everything is getting worse at a very rapid pace. So she asked me to get an assessment for outpatient. She told me I would be medically excused and can make up my work and such but that's not what I'm worried about. Every single time I go, I end up inpatient. Even if I'm not a harm to myself or others. I think it's simply because I'm always hearing voices and not on meds, I definitely couldn't tell them half of my thoughts about paranoid thoughts, SI/SH urges, etc. I can't go into detail. But I never really do and I always end up inpatient. Since I don't have a doctor, outpatient would be the fastest way to see a doctor but I'm too scared. I'm supposed to go on Sunday but I'm scared I'll not go because I'm scared. Then if I go to school, I feel like cops will be waiting for me and they'll track me down when I'm in class or something. I haven't been able to eat all day. My stomach keeps turning and turning. The hospital is a trap. Now I feel like the school is working with them.

Can you just say no to inpatient?

[OliverB]

Normally if you are not a harm for yourself or orther they cannot inpatient you. What if you print this and give it to them?, maybe then they would understad....

You have to clarify you wont' SH or commit suicide or do anything dangerous ever ever ever or you would tell them first. You have to tell them you hear yout vocies but don't do what they tell you, specially if it's dangerous. Yoou have to tell them and make them understand you arre safe but need support.

[A18793715]

I don't think I'm going to be able to go. I have a horrible feeling about this.

[The_little_didgee]

Why can't the clinic refer you to a psychiatrist? Are they lazy? Usually university counseling clinics are affiliated with the medical clinic. There may even be a psychiatrist. The university I went to had one.

[A18793715]

Originally Posted by The_little_didgee

Why can't the clinic refer you to a psychiatrist? Are they lazy? Usually university counseling clinics are affiliated with the medical clinic. There may even be a psychiatrist. The university I went to had one.

It's a community college, so they only give resources. I still just can't go. It's not a good idea at all. I mean, realistically it is. But I'm too scared of the risk. Even if I tell them I'm okay and all that, I'm still too scared.

Now I'm scared to go to school tomorrow because I feel like I'm going to get trapped by the police and taken to the hospital.

Hi.

If your health is not okay then you can't do anything else. True? Okay, so let's start by being honest with the psychiatrist by telling him your thinking is delusional and you're having urges to self-harm. Yes, I believe you do need to be inpatient. However, being inpatient is not a "trap," but a great place to receive resources. Make sure you see the social worker and line up a plan for what you're going to do after you leave the hospital. You'll need a psychiatrist on the outside to prescribe meds, and maybe the social worker can help line you up with a therapist. Be honest with them, and take advantage of all the resources the hospital offers.

Taking care of your health is priority #1.

I hope this helps.

[A18793715]

Originally Posted by Helen Back

Hi.

If your health is not okay then you can't do anything else. True? Okay, so let's start by being honest with the psychiatrist by telling him your thinking is delusional and you're having urges to self-harm. Yes, I believe you do need to be inpatient. However, being inpatient is not a "trap," but a great place to receive resources. Make sure you see the social worker and line up a plan for what you're going to do after you leave the hospital. You'll need a psychiatrist on the outside to prescribe meds, and maybe the social worker can help line you up with a therapist. Be honest with them, and take advantage of all the resources the hospital offers.

Taking care of your health is priority #1.

I hope this helps.

I don't want to go inpatient. Missing choir is impossible to catch up on. I'm worried about school and messing up finical aid. The school therapist said teachers have to let me make up homework but the last time I went to the hospital, they put me in the intensive psychiatric care unit. It was terrifying. That experience makes me refuse that hospital unless the next one I'm about to talk about is full. The other one is new. Not open a full 3 years. I was born at that hospital. They added a ward. They have cameras pointing into every patient bedroom. That's the hospital I would go to but I can't stand that thought. It's just all a perfect way to track my every movement so they know when to get me when no one is looking. Those few I open up to, I don't agree it's a delusion it's a trap. But of course, no one believes me. I'm "crazy". I don't want to do inpatient.