I was offered to go to a psychiatric hospital when I told my psychiatrist what was going on in my life now!
How could I possibly do that?!
Psychiatric hospitals can be very helpful. They would make sure you stayed safe.
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The last time I was there, I was tied with a straitjacket!
Oh yikes. I can understand why you’re hesitant to go, then. Do you feel like you still might overdose? Or do you feel more stable now?
Hospitals are good for getting the right medication started. Doctors have the time to tailor the meds to your case. You seem to have been having a hard time of late. Maybe hospital will be a nice break?
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I would say 50/50
I can’t say I’m absolutely stable
Then I really think you should go to the hospital. Just until your medication has more time to work on you. You only started quietapine a month ago, right?
Yes, I started Quetiapine about a month ago
It usually takes two months for a med to become fully effective in your system. You have already been reporting a few more good days than usual, so I think, given time, you will feel even better. It would probably be safer for you if you were in the hospital until you stopped feeling suicidal.
I’m really scared, I was to a psychiatric ward twice, and both times I had a horrible experience
Could you maybe go to a different hospital? Where I live, in the US, there are a few different hospitals within a few hours from each other, and patients can leave reviews on google to say which ones are good and which ones aren’t.
Both of the time I was in different hospitals
I’m sorry you had negative experiences. I guess I can’t tell you what to do. I just worry about your safety when you’re feeling so depressed.
I don’t know, it’s a really tough decision… I need to think. I’m just scared of what’s gonna happen. What if they tie me up again or start injecting medication over and over again. This is what they do
Have you ever been to a psychiatric hospital?
I have been in a psychiatric hospital four times. I have had some awful experiences, and some pretty good ones. Usually, they don’t inject you or tie you up unless you’re actively trying to hurt somebody, or you refuse to take your pills. But I don’t know what it’s like where you live.
I’m from Europe, maybe it’s different here. Anyways…
I had involuntary treatment
I had three involuntary commitments, and one voluntary. It didn’t seem to make much of a difference in terms of how I was treated. For me, going to a different hospital helped a lot.
OMG I feel sorry for you! The last time I was in a hospital I wanted to kill myself but there were no way to do this. It was that bad
So I’m considering this now
It wasn’t so bad. The first two were because I was a minor and I had psychotic episodes at school, so the school sent me over. The last time, I was an adult, and it was an accident. My doctor suspected I was having seizures, so she sent me to the hospital for neurological testing. Once I got there, though, they took one look at my chart and sent me straight to the psych ward. Nobody listened to me when I said it was a mistake, because they thought I was just crazy. It was frustrating, but they only kept me on a 12 hour hold.