I feel incredibly off right now. I feel awful. So paranoid that I’m sweating and feel sick. What should I do? I think I can drive, but do i just go to a psych hospital without calling? I’ve never been admitted before
Call an ambulance. Say you need to go to a pychiatric hospital.
I’m scared to go to a hospital to be honest. I’ve never been
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I’ve been lots of times. It’s fine.
You could also go to the ER, from there they will transfer you over to a psych hospital.
I’ve been to the hospital. I didn’t think it was fun.
For me, getting into a hospital involved checking with my insurance and then calling a doctor, who paved the way. I always had someone drive me.
J.
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If you can stay home with a friend or relative for company. Hospitals are very clinical like.
Contact some sort of crises service or emergency department.
Call them up and ask them.
I’ve never liked hospitals but sometimes going into one is a necessary evil. Some people think being hospitalized isn’t that bad. I think it is. I mean some people like talking to the other patients and making friends and think the food is good and feel safe. I usually kept to myself but I always had a few people who liked me which always surprised me. I don’t go into a hospital until I am at the end of my rope and ten minutes from going screaming mad or having a complete meltdown and implosion. But that’s just me.
Other people do a pre-emptive strike and go in when they’re feeling bad but still feel in control. They go in for a tune-up and for rest and get their medication adjusted. I think those people are smarter and do the right thing by going in early.
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Do you have a therapist you can call that can admit you?
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Just go they will figure it out and fix it.
If you don’t need to be there, you’ll be out in a jiffy and they’ll take someone sicker than you.
Or you can look at the people and say, hey they have worse problems than me and you want to leave.
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The best way is through an emergency room.
Just got out out a one-week stay in the hospital. It was awful. I really didn’t need to stay that long, as my episode was short. But I guess it was a learning experience
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It’s much better to go to a psychiatrist and getting appropriate medication before that happens
Instead of being admitted where they over medicate you and it’s so boring!
But at the very least it’s a life save when you absolutely need it!
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I wasn’t prepared for how boring it would be. No TV, no internet, no going outside, no laptop, only a few books (if you had loved ones lucky enough to bring them in for you). It was as close to prison as I’d like to get
I got 5150 through the emergency room 9 years ago it sucked. I escaped and got wrestled down by multiple guards getting strapped down to a gurney then was stuck with a needle that knocked me out for about a day. I haven’t been very fond of doctors since then.
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Well to be honest I started taking ability on the 12th
I myself experiencing positive symptoms fron taking ability. I guesse my medication isn’t working
Maybe I can wait two more weeks
That sounds awful
It was a long time ago, I’ve come a long ways since then. The state of mind I was in during that time I was terrified. I’ve grown a insanely tough shell over the years and have become a different person. Thank you for being concern though.
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Agree. When I was like 16 they gave me old fashioned ECT in a psych ward. Now I look back and think it was so barbaric (it’s different now). But all the stuff I’ve been through has made me the Bad A$$ I am today.
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