citrusfruit
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- Nov 7, 2022
- 28
I may be at the point where I will not have a choice in going to the psych ward but I might have a say in where I go.
My biggest fear is that I will be locked up until I tell them I'm better with no real therapy or help at all. I know this is not the case at every facility.
I was admitted to Mott's children's psych ward at u of m in 2018 and my experience was great as far as psych wards go. It really was like a "grippy sock vacation" (I hate that term but sometimes it's applicable). Staff genuinely wanted to help me but I refused all of it. I had a friend who went mid covid time and all they did was lock him in a room with minimal interaction and a therapist visit every few days.
I know covid has changed a lot about the healthcare system and also I know that adult wards are totally different from children's.
Is there any hope that I can find a facility where I actually receive treatment, retain most of my autonomy and dignity, and are within an hour drive from home? I live metro Detroit. I'd say I don't want to go further west than Ann Arbor, and no further north than Flint.
I would think that umich would be the best out of all but I've heard that the adult ward is completely different from the children's . I also hear it's difficult to get a bed, but they do give you a little bit of a say in where you want to go instead. I've heard the trinity health st Joseph's in ypsi is good too.
I also know that I would have to present to umich's er as they only accept from their own er.
I hear that id want to avoid stone crest in Detroit and havenwyck in auburn hills at any cost.
My fear is that I go to one of the rarified "nice" psych hospitals and they have a completely full ward but I've said too much to be trusted to go home so they just pack me off in an ambulance to anywhere that will take me.
My biggest fear is that I will be locked up until I tell them I'm better with no real therapy or help at all. I know this is not the case at every facility.
I was admitted to Mott's children's psych ward at u of m in 2018 and my experience was great as far as psych wards go. It really was like a "grippy sock vacation" (I hate that term but sometimes it's applicable). Staff genuinely wanted to help me but I refused all of it. I had a friend who went mid covid time and all they did was lock him in a room with minimal interaction and a therapist visit every few days.
I know covid has changed a lot about the healthcare system and also I know that adult wards are totally different from children's.
Is there any hope that I can find a facility where I actually receive treatment, retain most of my autonomy and dignity, and are within an hour drive from home? I live metro Detroit. I'd say I don't want to go further west than Ann Arbor, and no further north than Flint.
I would think that umich would be the best out of all but I've heard that the adult ward is completely different from the children's . I also hear it's difficult to get a bed, but they do give you a little bit of a say in where you want to go instead. I've heard the trinity health st Joseph's in ypsi is good too.
I also know that I would have to present to umich's er as they only accept from their own er.
I hear that id want to avoid stone crest in Detroit and havenwyck in auburn hills at any cost.
My fear is that I go to one of the rarified "nice" psych hospitals and they have a completely full ward but I've said too much to be trusted to go home so they just pack me off in an ambulance to anywhere that will take me.
