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Re: Hospital admission put off until tomorrow. Â » Maxime

Posted by Sonic_gb on December 7, 2007, at 21:18:12

In reply to Re: Hospital admission put off until tomorrow. Â » sonic_gb, posted by Maxime on December 7, 2007, at 20:20:49

Maxime,

If you are having suicidal thoughts with a plan then you need to be readmitted somewhere this weekend. Don't feel like the first hospitalization was a failure. How can such a short stay like that be a cure-all? It sounds like you still need some med adjustments. And do you follow up regularly with a caseworker or psychiatrist? Do they know what's going on right now? You have to be honest with them. How's your support network in terms of friends and family?

I had a pretty frustrating day. I think I'm more hopelessly depressed and and definitely more sleep deprived than pre-admission. And although I'm pretty suicidal too, I'm not in much of a position to act on anything except for the fact that I am here voluntarily.

There is one psychiatrist for this 12 patient facility. Apparently, he comes in for ~2 hours each weekday. He did not see me today. He saw one patient and left. So I have no treatment plan, other than withdrawing from all benzos and stopping Wellbutrin. Today and the coming weekend feel like a complete waste of time. I slept for 2 hours last night, and haven't eaten in 24 hours. The nurses don't seem to know what to do with me. None of the other patients seem as remotely badly off as I am (maybe its just self-pity). I'm wondering if I'm in the wrong place. I will be back at work on 12/17 whether I'm stable or not, otherwise I think my career will be over. So to not have a treatment plan of any kind depresses me terribly. And they forgot to order the right dose of Nozinan, so I didn't have any last night, and none for tonight either. So another sleepless night ahead.

Anyways, enough rambling self-pity. Maxime, after looking back through some archives, it looks like we have a *lot* in common. I would like to babblemail you if you are interested. That way maybe we could get into a little more detail? I'm not sure if I can figure out babblemail from my Blackberry anyways... Keep in touch and please take care of yourself.

Sonic

> Hi
>
> I feel unsafe because I am still struggling with thoughts of suicide ... with plans. I shouldn't be anymore.
>
> DON'T FEEL GUILTY! You can't be of use to work or your family if you are not well. You have to get well. I was at facilty where you are when I lived in Calgary. It was part of the hospital but it wasn't permanent (in structure).
>
> Take care.
>
> Maxime
>
>
> > Hi Maxime,
> >
> > The ER was allways in the back of my mind , but I've heard psych cases aren't well handled by ER's. I'm glad you feel the hospital stay was worth it but why do you feel unsafe? Are you stabilized, or still having any suicidal thoughts? That worries me to hear you feeling unsafe at home.
> >
> > Any way, I got admitted last night to a short-stay psychiatric treatment center. It's basically a small building with only about 12 patients at a time, so a little less scary than a psych ward. I got 2 hours of sleep, as there isn't a Dr on duty tonight, so my sleep meds haven't been adjusted. I'm a little scared here, and am already feeling strong guilt for leaving my family, lying to my work, etc. I'm not sure what the new day will bring, but I'm hopeful. Thanks for all your kind support. I hope you are doing well.
> >
> > Sonic
>
>


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