Posted by Julie on March 7, 2000, at 18:28:50
In reply to how much is too much?????, posted by rose3700 on March 7, 2000, at 14:23:06
The two times I've been in the hospital for depression, it was a good experience. (One was the local hospital in a little town, and the other was a psych hospital in a city.) I felt calmer right away when I got on the ward knowing that the staff was watching to make sure I didn't hurt myself. The nurses and other staff were kind, and it was a big relief to be around a lot of people who understood that I felt really bad- and who felt really bad in the same way, some of them. I didn't have to try to "act normal." Both times, too, the staff got my medication adjusted so that when I left 3 or 4 days later, I was shaky but didn't feel nearly as horrible as I had when I went in.
Checking in was the hardest part-- lots of questions, things to sign, lots of explaining how you feel to this person and that. When I got done and up to the ward, it was a big relief.
I don't know your own situation-- but I know that going to the hospital helped me and was not scary.
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