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Posted by yo-wazzzup on July 1, 2001, at 11:28:49
I haven't been here that long. But It seems everytime & read postings someone is off to the hospital. Is this because of inadiquate medicating? WHAT?!? Do we all eventually end up in the looney bin? I've been ill since I can remember(probably since birth). Mental illness is severe in my family. I've never stuck with Meds until 8 months ago. I've never stuck with shrinks until just recent(I think I'll do it this time). I've just learned to cope & gotten by on my own...with a lil help from hydroponics(I don't smoke anymore, haven't for 2 years).Is this the life I can look forward to? U go on Meds.,seek psyciatric/psycological help & are doomed to a life in &out of the freaken hospital? I don't have time for a home away from home in the hosp. I'm a single mom with 2 kids!!! If this is the HOPE I have to look forward to with medical/proffessional assistance I'm gonna throw in the towel. That's no way to live. I don't mean to sound harsh & I mean NO DISRESPECT to those of you who live like that but, I'm scared & don't want that. I've never been hospitalized for mental illness (aside from being brought in by ambulance for passing out during anxiety attacks bUt I was released a few hours later).I've had relatives that were hospitalized. If that's as good as it gets, I won't bother to burden the psychiatrist on the 5th...Personally, I like to get kissed before I get F*£%"&!!!
Posted by sar on July 1, 2001, at 12:08:06
In reply to u people r startin' to scare me, posted by yo-wazzzup on July 1, 2001, at 11:28:49
yo-wazzup,
wass up? I had the same feeling as you when I first started visiting this board a few months ago. I couldn't imagine myself in a hospital, freaked me out, and I wouldn't even tell my psych about my suicide ideation because I thought the law was that if you even mentioned it they'd cart you away. She told me that's totally not true and made me promise to be honest with her, which i was finally able to do, like 5 months into working with her.
how are you mentally ill?
some people benefit from the hospital and some don't. I went because my ideation had become more than ideation. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me if all I could think about was how nice it would be to hang from a tree, if i was nervous and crying and uncomfortable all the time.
Going to the hospital for me was just throwing my hands up in the air to say I'VE NO IDEA WHATS WRONG WITH ME OR THE STRENGTH OR COGNITION TO FIGURE IT OUT, YALL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS PLEASE HELP ME OUT, GIVE ME SOME *INTENSE* CARE please please please please please...
you're not doomed to anything. it's all your own choice. we all deal with things in different ways. You've made it clear that you have neither the time nor the desire to go off to the loony bin. Then you should not go.
Life is fluid, things change, and we aren't doomed to anything. It's all your choice.
I was scared when I went. I thought they'd take me to the State hospital with the real crazies and Nurse Ratchetts. I got lucky and they took me to a quaint little place with pink bedspreads and comedian orderlies and aides.
I often think that I'm not a very strong person. I'm very weak, truth be told. I get all freaked out and stressed out quite easily, and I just did what I felt like doing.
My dad is severely depressed, not on meds, and has never been to the hospital. He retired in his forties, and ever since, he's been sitting on the couch holding his head in his hands listening to opera with his eyes closed. He's got a lot of pride. He would hate being in the hospital.
& me...well, it was just the right thing to do at the time.
i believe this wholeheartedly.
sar
Posted by Kristi on July 2, 2001, at 13:50:57
In reply to u people r startin' to scare me, posted by yo-wazzzup on July 1, 2001, at 11:28:49
Definately not everyone goes to the hospital. Please don't let that stress you out. I thought the same thing. Went on med's.... unfortunately they seemed to drive me crazy. I'm now just taking the cognitive approach with a great therapist and I am happier than ever. I think peoples intensity and severity of their depression and whatnot varies greatly on here. If you have no thoughts of needing a hospital.. you probably don't. So don't worry about it... and try not to get things in your head that don't need to be there. Please take care, Kristi
> I haven't been here that long. But It seems everytime & read postings someone is off to the hospital. Is this because of inadiquate medicating? WHAT?!? Do we all eventually end up in the looney bin? I've been ill since I can remember(probably since birth). Mental illness is severe in my family. I've never stuck with Meds until 8 months ago. I've never stuck with shrinks until just recent(I think I'll do it this time). I've just learned to cope & gotten by on my own...with a lil help from hydroponics(I don't smoke anymore, haven't for 2 years).Is this the life I can look forward to? U go on Meds.,seek psyciatric/psycological help & are doomed to a life in &out of the freaken hospital? I don't have time for a home away from home in the hosp. I'm a single mom with 2 kids!!! If this is the HOPE I have to look forward to with medical/proffessional assistance I'm gonna throw in the towel. That's no way to live. I don't mean to sound harsh & I mean NO DISRESPECT to those of you who live like that but, I'm scared & don't want that. I've never been hospitalized for mental illness (aside from being brought in by ambulance for passing out during anxiety attacks bUt I was released a few hours later).I've had relatives that were hospitalized. If that's as good as it gets, I won't bother to burden the psychiatrist on the 5th...Personally, I like to get kissed before I get F*£%"&!!!
Posted by stjames on July 3, 2001, at 23:19:59
In reply to u people r startin' to scare me, posted by yo-wazzzup on July 1, 2001, at 11:28:49
> I haven't been here that long. But It seems everytime & read postings someone is off to the hospital. Is this because of inadiquate medicating? WHAT?!?
James here....
Guess what ? Some people are very ill and need greater levels of attention. Some do better taken out of their environment, some need a supportive environment, some behaviors like cutting or eating disorders are (in some) difficult to stop. They may need a controled setting to stop self ingury. Some are a danger to themselves and others.
Posted by yo-wazzzup on July 4, 2001, at 14:30:31
In reply to Re: u people r startin' to scare me, posted by stjames on July 3, 2001, at 23:19:59
>Thanx James & all 4 responding...I understand we're all @ different levels of severity here. I'm concerned that I too will be in need of an 'extended care facility'. Hence the previous post. It seemed to me that a overwhelming number of posters who were/are medicated, treated going off 2 the hosp. as though it was a trip to the corner store,(PLEASE EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE!!!!). Like a regular every day occurance. I'm concerned that this is the fate that lies ahead for ALL those who chose to use medication as an aid in treatment for mental illness?!? I'm beginning 2 feel like a darn guinea human for drug companies here...I want to feel "normal" again, but at what risk/sacrifice? Paxil really did a number on me. I was in better shape w/o the paxil. Now we're teasting the waters with Effexor. No one really knows the long term effects (side effects) these newer drugs have on people. WE ARE THE STUDY! Sorry for rambling here...having a bad day. I hope I haven't insulted anyone by voicing my thoughts.
> I haven't been here that long. But It seems everytime & read postings someone is off to the hospital. Is this because of inadiquate medicating? WHAT?!?
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> James here....
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> Guess what ? Some people are very ill and need greater levels of attention. Some do better taken out of their environment, some need a supportive environment, some behaviors like cutting or eating disorders are (in some) difficult to stop. They may need a controled setting to stop self ingury. Some are a danger to themselves and others.
Posted by Shar on July 4, 2001, at 16:23:26
In reply to Re: u people r startin' to scare me » stjames, posted by yo-wazzzup on July 4, 2001, at 14:30:31
You are right. We ARE the study in many, many cases. Some of those trials don't seem to go beyond 6 weeks or months.....I've been on meds for years.
It is a tradeoff some people are willing to make. I have a few unpleasant side effects with my current cocktail, and I've been on meds that tossed me around like a rag doll. I traded my breathtakingly severe and paralyzing depression for the hope that meds would make a difference. After a goodly amount of trial and error, I seem to be much better now.
I never planned to go to the hospital, but if I need to be there I will go. Very little of this experience is all or nothing...taking meds=going to the hospital sooner or later. It's all pretty much gray, and we will all have our own unique experiences. I wouldn't worry about the hospital until that one is coming down the pike.
Shar
> >Thanx James & all 4 responding...I understand we're all @ different levels of severity here. I'm concerned that I too will be in need of an 'extended care facility'. Hence the previous post. It seemed to me that a overwhelming number of posters who were/are medicated, treated going off 2 the hosp. as though it was a trip to the corner store,(PLEASE EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE!!!!). Like a regular every day occurance. I'm concerned that this is the fate that lies ahead for ALL those who chose to use medication as an aid in treatment for mental illness?!? I'm beginning 2 feel like a darn guinea human for drug companies here...I want to feel "normal" again, but at what risk/sacrifice? Paxil really did a number on me. I was in better shape w/o the paxil. Now we're teasting the waters with Effexor. No one really knows the long term effects (side effects) these newer drugs have on people. WE ARE THE STUDY! Sorry for rambling here...having a bad day. I hope I haven't insulted anyone by voicing my thoughts.
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> > I haven't been here that long. But It seems everytime & read postings someone is off to the hospital. Is this because of inadiquate medicating? WHAT?!?
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> > James here....
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> > Guess what ? Some people are very ill and need greater levels of attention. Some do better taken out of their environment, some need a supportive environment, some behaviors like cutting or eating disorders are (in some) difficult to stop. They may need a controled setting to stop self ingury. Some are a danger to themselves and others.
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