Has anyone had experiences with voluntarily checking yourself into a psychicatric ward?

[Lost His Smile]

Like the title says.

Im planning on voluntarily entering inpatient after going through some hypomanic episodes that have lead to the lowest of of lows. When I realized I was stashing my old medication into a shoebox, buying a charcoal grill for carbon monoxide poisoning while siting a car, and finally ODing on narcotics that I needed to finally get some help.

So has anyone been admitted to inpatient psychiatric ward? What was your experience like?

My boss just called me and told me to get better and call him when Im ready to get back to work. Hopefully Im only there for three days.

 

[YamakaSmacker]

Theyre gonna drug you up and charge your insurance for your captivity

 

[Cuban Pete]

Yes. It's not fun. That's when I realized I was just bipolar, not a full blown fukking maniac.

 

[Big Daddy]

I’d be worried about ever getting out again

They could drug you up, tell you that you’re crazier than you know you really are and, when you protest, use that as “evidence” of your mental instability, and drug you up some more, over time rendering you useless to society- and a permanent resident (paycheck) for the institution.

 

[Charlie Hustle]

Like the title says.

Im planning on voluntarily entering inpatient after going through some hypomanic episodes that have lead to the lowest of of lows. When I realized I was stashing my old medication into a shoebox, buying a charcoal grill for carbon monoxide poisoning while siting a car, and finally ODing on narcotics that I needed to finally get some help.

So has anyone been admitted to inpatient psychiatric ward? What was your experience like?

My boss just called me and told me to get better and call him when Im ready to get back to work. Hopefully Im only there for three days.

The psych ward is going to make your crazy worst due to the synergy of all the demonic energy in the joint. Don't go.

Who dat in your AVI tho?

 

[semtex]

I hope things get better for you

 

[Piff Perkins]

DO NOT do it in California. They'd have legal right to keep you there against your will. And I think other states can keep you if you show signs of illness.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

I'd suggest seeing your doctor, before making such a decision.

 

[8WON6]

yall should watch Unsane.

 

[Audemar]

Don't. If you feeling like committing suicide now, a few days in a "mental hospital" will only strengthen your desire to do so.

 

[FocusedDaily]

If you go to the hospital they keep you with a baby sitter until they can get you in to one of the psych wards.
They ask you to sign your self in if you're able and it's also when they will give you the paperwork that registers you into the databases where you can't get guns and stuff., Then they keep you on a 72 hour hold to evaluate you. Then after that you can leave or stay longer if you need to. I know a couple folks who've done it, sat there with one. (Got the call about the suicide attempt and went to the hospital).

If you don't have insurance, or go to an over crowed hospital there may be a wait to get admitted into psych, so you can spend a day just in the ER or regular hospital ward waiting for a bed in psych. The 72 hours don't start til you're admitted/

 

[New Username]

@sanityovar8ted

 

[Rawtid]

Find a decent one, maybe one out of town that actually provides counseling. The psych ward of the hospital is the pits and won’t give you the help you need.

 

[sanityovar8ted]

They wont let me stay no more

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

You're gonna be there more than 3 days.