Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Welcome back...Hugs :)

I'm glad you are back!!!

It is a crock that you could be put back in the hospital if you miss one appointment! It sounds more like a threat than a promise.

Take it easy & give all the kitties a smoochie for me. xo

Kitty smooches given. Yeah it is a piece of crap knowing that you can't miss one appt in 3 months or you go right back into the hospital, but that is the way this state works. Now I just have to figure out how to spend my time..... find a new normal so to speak. I can't do the same things that got me there in the first place.

I was self-admitted three times in my life....one time was super not pleasant...they had some guy examine me..and I mean really look at every body "nook" and and well you know..for hidden blades etc..It was not too cool..... I was not in the best of shape mentally...and then I was stark naked having this guy check everything out...anyway... I was feeling like that was it for me..but after a few days, I did not like having people tell me what to do...so... I put a "mental bandage" on my mind and was able to get out....

Welcome back! For me, it was always hard to rush back to my regular routine once I came out of the hospital. I usually feel raw and just plain vulnerable. I hope you get the time to relax and get all of the support you need.

I have no idea of your experience, but I know that I was only hospitalized when I was suicidal (I was never homicidal, but close). When I has hospitalized, it gave me time to reflect, and when I was not, I was home and taking time to regroup my life.

The best thing is to attend your appointments, and if you cannot make them, give plenty of notice and reschedule, so you do not end up recommitted.

Hugs

Hi cammie glad to see you back and hate the fact that you were involuntary. I had that happen a couple times and hated it. The hospital here used to be very good. The last time I was in was early 2005, then I asked my pdoc and tdoc about going back in just for a few days earlier this year because 'someone" had thrown out my box of all my copying sheets and folders and things when we moved from the farm in '06. So I just wanted to get some replaced, and like I said it used to be very good. Not now it is horrible, yes they have group like all day long, but don't get anything out of it. the ppl just sit along the wall, not even required to sit at the table, no one does anything, not even the person leading it. And now it has traveling docs that just want to push drugs. My pdoc had reminded me of my right to refuse medication changes because he was treating me and i didn't need them, not what i was there for. and the doc there got so mad at me she yelled at me. I was also reminded to put in the paperwork when i went in "exactly" why I was there, along with a letter from both my pdoc and tdoc so that I could check out at any time. I did this, on the second day, when the doc yelled at me for not taking "her" medication. She said "your the only one that makes the nurse dump the pills in your hand and asks her what they are and gives her them back if they are not what you were on when you came in" anyhow I gave her an hour to have me signed out, that i was calling my husband he would be there in an hour, if she didn't i would call 911, my pdoc and my tdoc. Told her I knew my legal rights and if she and the hosp. didn't want into trouble she would have my release papers signed. She did. I won't go back.

I am so so glad you have a treatment plan in order. But also think it is a crock about not missing one in 3 months. Did they say what would happen if you got sick or like if you had vehicle trouble or well just if "life" happened? I wish you the very best honey.

Welcome back and hopefully your current med cocktail will work this time.