Discussion Psych ward guide

[meatballlover]

I have been hospitalized once and only for 20 days. The pills i was given didnt work but realistically if i wanted to get out soon i had to lie my way out a bit. I am curious on your experiences and how you behaved in there etc. I havent really seen this kind of thread anywhere.

 

[cbtvvxxvvv]

its a flawed system with flawed psychology and terrible medicine. i realized 2 weeks in that nothing was changing and nothing was better but it got to a point where i needed to escape that place. towards the end it felt like it was damaging me more. lying may be the best option getting out quicker but they may monitor you closer those last few days or try and keep you there a bit longer.

 

[NeuroAtypical]

I behaved the exact opposite way of how you should act if you want to get out. Attempted 3 times (2 times were noticed) while on the ward because I wanted to be out of there as soon as possible (I wasn't thinking very clearly). Attempting just made me stay longer. I ended up being there for around 6 months and it did not help me one bit. Would not recommend.

 

[meatballlover]

its a flawed system with flawed psychology and terrible medicine. i realized 2 weeks in that nothing was changing and nothing was better but it got to a point where i needed to escape that place. towards the end it felt like it was damaging me more. lying may be the best option getting out quicker but they may monitor you closer those last few days or try and keep you there a bit longer.

Yep also realized this a few weeks in. I realised that their way of "treating" is simply restricting freedom and drugging you to happiness. I dont know, it feels unintelligent.

I behaved the exact opposite way of how you should act if you want to get out. Attempted 3 times (2 times were noticed) while on the ward because I wanted to be out of there as soon as possible (I wasn't thinking very clearly). Attempting just made me stay longer. I ended up being there for around 6 months and it did not help me one bit. Would not recommend.

Dang 6 months is terrible. We had a guy who would attempt inside the hospital as well and i never understood the logic behind it. But hey if you weren't thinking clearly in those moments I couldn't blame you. Wish you to never get in a place like this again.

 

[sourcherry]

i think it depends how good the hospital is. the first time it was really scary/overwhelming but the head psych they had on staff was well-trained.

the next 2 even tho i knew what the process was now - were really bad :( i lied to get out quickly.

 

[OzymandiAsh]

I have been hospitalized once and only for 20 days. The pills i was given didnt work but realistically if i wanted to get out soon i had to lie my way out a bit. I am curious on your experiences and how you behaved in there etc. I havent really seen this kind of thread anywhere.

I had a thread along these lines if you are interested. https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/have-you-ever-been-sectioned.231396/

 

[GodzillasBiggestFan]

the first time they gave me meds so strong i could barely stay awake but they still tried to force me up every day. i have almost no memory of the first time i was in because i was just so out of it. my mom has told me how when she was visiting me while i was still in, she asked what i had done that day and i said "we just did something over in that area but i can't recall what". i was so medicated i couldnt even remember what i'd just been doing. the second time i was in, i was also veyr medicated but i do remember it a little bit more. there was nothing to do and no actual help besides all the meds. second time i was there for a week before they decided i wasnt getting better fast enough and sent me to a residential treatment center.

 

[geepeedee]

1. be nice to the nurses.

2. lie your face off (if you want to get out).

 

[Exhausted546]

I have been hospitalized once and only for 20 days. The pills i was given didnt work but realistically if i wanted to get out soon i had to lie my way out a bit. I am curious on your experiences and how you behaved in there etc. I havent really seen this kind of thread anywhere.

You have to give them what they want in order to get out

 

[alivebutnotliving]

I have been hospitalized once and only for 20 days. The pills i was given didnt work but realistically if i wanted to get out soon i had to lie my way out a bit. I am curious on your experiences and how you behaved in there etc. I havent really seen this kind of thread anywhere.

when it comes to a positive experience, it truly comes down to luck i think. i drew a bad apple and got myself involved in what i believe to be a large insurance fraud scandal. they billed us a total of 40k (after insurance) for a stay of 13 days. i was previously emitted to a hospital to recover from my attempt , and all the specialists recommended this place like it was the ONLY option and the best care around. i absolutely did not need to be in there for that long and the only reason i was released "early" was because of the fight my mother put up. we had a lot of tension during this time, and without my knowledge the staff were using what i said about my mother against her to insult her, in response to her recognizing their abuse and calling them out on it. nothing my mom has done would ever justify this behavior from them. i received minimal care, even to a point of negligence. when i was caught self harming on day 6, they had me stay in a complete dark concrete room with a gym mat for a bed. i know they got in trouble for having this room and it's no longer used, because i recognize how it sounds unbelievable lol. i was put on lexapro and only got to talk with an on site therapist 3 times, and it stopped after the sh incident. so it doesn't really add up. that's just my experience though, i know many who had great experiences with other wards.

 

[left0vers]

The message of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest reflects my feelings pretty well.

 

[meatballlover]

i think it depends how good the hospital is. the first time it was really scary/overwhelming but the head psych they had on staff was well-trained.

the next 2 even tho i knew what the process was now - were really bad :( i lied to get out quickly

Curious what well-trained means to you.

1. be nice to the nurses.

2. lie your face off (if you want to get out).

I figured lol

when it comes to a positive experience, it truly comes down to luck i think. i drew a bad apple and got myself involved in what i believe to be a large insurance fraud scandal. they billed us a total of 40k (after insurance) for a stay of 13 days. i was previously emitted to a hospital to recover from my attempt , and all the specialists recommended this place like it was the ONLY option and the best care around. i absolutely did not need to be in there for that long and the only reason i was released "early" was because of the fight my mother put up. we had a lot of tension during this time, and without my knowledge the staff were using what i said about my mother against her to insult her, in response to her recognizing their abuse and calling them out on it. nothing my mom has done would ever justify this behavior from them. i received minimal care, even to a point of negligence. when i was caught self harming on day 6, they had me stay in a complete dark concrete room with a gym mat for a bed. i know they got in trouble for having this room and it's no longer used, because i recognize how it sounds unbelievable lol. i was put on lexapro and only got to talk with an on site therapist 3 times, and it stopped after the sh incident. so it doesn't really add up. that's just my experience though, i know many who had great experiences with other wards.

Holy shit glad you got out then this is insane

 

[ifihadnever]

Be a 'good patient', say how helpful you have found it and how much better you feel now. Basically lie. Also, drs have quite an ego so tell them how helpful they have been and how grateful you are for their prescription. Makes me sick sucking up to those people....but theres only 1 way out.....
I was also told to participate in the 'activities' on the ward. Shower, dress, look presentable. Then you will need to sleep for a week once out as its so blooming exhausting putting on such a front!

 

[meatballlover]

Be a 'good patient', say how helpful you have found it and how much better you feel now. Basically lie. Also, drs have quite an ego so tell them how helpful they have been and how grateful you are for their prescription. Makes me sick sucking up to those people....but theres only 1 way out.....
I was also told to participate in the 'activities' on the ward. Shower, dress, look presentable. Then you will need to sleep for a week once out as its so blooming exhausting putting on such a front!

its an ultimate test of performance imo

 

[sourcherry]

Curious what well-trained means to you.

I figured lol

Holy shit glad you got out then this is insane

i can only say in terms of comparison to the latter 2 worse visits but the head psych made sure to explain everything to me.

why i was there. what they were planning to do. they talked about the med routine and easily agreed to put me on something else when i didn't like it. i didn't have to repeat over and over what made me try and CTB. they didn't outwardly judge me or try to rush me to get better. they kept the psych students away from me. they let me sleep for long periods of time and i didn't have to do "forced activities".

overall i know most ppl when they land in the ward they want to leave immediately and attempt again. but i think i was still emotionally raw from finally confronting my depression/attempt. atm it helped me to be at the ward. i felt like i was being re-set into a blank slate and i was able to look at my situation more objectively.

 

[wishingiwasok]

My only experience was a 3 day hold and they couldn't keep me longer because I never admitted to being suicidal and in the end they wrote me off as an addict, which was never the case. If you've already admitted to having thoughts, plans, preparation then you'd have to start talking about feeling better and the stuff they are doing helping a little bit at a time so they don't know you're lying. I have heard of programs being helpful to people but most of the time it sounds like just a prison for people who just want to stop suffering.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

I was in from Friday afternoon to Thursday morning and I couldn't stand it. I can't imagine being stuck in one of these places for a month or more. Mine was bare bones. It looked and felt like a jail. It was about ten degrees cooler than comfortable and the warmest place was on your thin cot under your one blanket. One of the two phones was broken and your calls would end when it decided to go all static. I moved room/mates twice, from a heavy snorer to a demonic growler to another heavy snorer. Sleep was intermittent and fitful. I got to plead to the doctor to let me go for a few minutes a day. What a nightmare that was. My head is still a wreck but at least home is physically comfortable.

 

[socksnsandles]

stuffed me in a room and told me to come out to paint for an hour a day. didnt get to see the sun. they spent the whole time fixated on forcing me to take ssris rather than listen to me bitch about my chronic physical pain.

separate event but ill note: ill never forget my dad being at the hospital and telling me to get a nurse because he was feeling pain. the nurse comes in and starts to give him morphine before he can say anything (whihc he had already JUST received morphine like 15 minutes before). He tries to tell her that he doesnt want the morphine, that he wants her to listen and she just goes "what" in like the most bitchiest way possible and gives it to him and leaves swiftly.

the healthcare industry is really really bad at listening and helping people. all they seemingly know how to do is drug you up and send you a fat bill.

 

[bwonto]

I was in for a bit and they basically tried to hand me pills without telling me what they were or previously discussing it with me. I said if you tell me what pills you're prescribing me and what purpose they serve, I'd take them, and they literally wouldn't. I was voluntary so it all felt really frivolous, no one wanted to actually help me. Stuck me in group therapy but I wasn't "allowed to speak" my first week there, which was weird. I ended up just going home because I wanted help and wasn't getting it.

 

[left0vers]

Reading your accounts makes me jealous. You were allowed to paint? Shower? Go on walks?

We were forced to be in our beds all night and all day minus two 3-hour periods between meals. We couldn't have pencils, let alone anything with a circuit, and all you could do was to talk in a low voice with your roommates or read a book. Not more than 1 book per person, and the "library" sucked.

 

[meatballlover]

i can only say in terms of comparison to the latter 2 worse visits but the head psych made sure to explain everything to me.

why i was there. what they were planning to do. they talked about the med routine and easily agreed to put me on something else when i didn't like it. i didn't have to repeat over and over what made me try and CTB. they didn't outwardly judge me or try to rush me to get better. they kept the psych students away from me. they let me sleep for long periods of time and i didn't have to do "forced activities".

overall i know most ppl when they land in the ward they want to leave immediately and attempt again. but i think i was still emotionally raw from finally confronting my depression/attempt. atm it helped me to be at the ward. i felt like i was being re-set into a blank slate and i was able to look at my situation more objectively.

Actually same