Hospitalization for med adjustments

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If you’re not suicidal or psychotic but just experiencing severe mood swings brought on by med changes, is it generally recommended to go to the hospital to wait them out, just in case? I haven’t changed meds yet, but when I tried a taper recently my mood got very erratic. I wasn’t a risk to myself but I was worried things might reach that point before I went back to the original dose and my mood leveled out resultantly.

When I brought up to her the topic of what I might have to go to the hospital for in the future, my old therapist said a med change can be a valid reason to go (so I guess, in that sense, I already have my answer). I don’t like the hospital (though that begs the question of who does?) but I will go if I have to, of course. She said a stay for this reason would probably only last a few days anyway.

Any of you ever gone to the hospital for this reason?

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Do you happen to have any Day programs around you? Partial hospitalization program, PHP or Intensive out patients, IOP?

You can spend the day with a group getting coping tools, research, talk therapy, to name a few.

But they’ll also hook you up with a Pdoc. I saw mine every other day I was enrolled, he helped with medication adjustments and kept a good eye on me.

It helped me a lot.

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I’m not sure about day programs but that’s a good idea, thank you! :slight_smile: I would hate to go inpatient if there are other options that would help just as much, haha.

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I have a friend in Germany who said over there all med changes are done in a hospital setting just to be safe.

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Given my history of reacting badly to med changes, I like that in Germany they’re not left to fend for themselves when their brain chemicals are being messed with and rearranged!

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