When I was a teen in psych hops., a friend and I nicked a a really big sign that said 'Therapy Department This Way' (stupid, I know)....anyway, I had this sign wrapped in a coat and this nurse stopped me and asked what it was...and I said, 'oh, just my skies' (this was in Australia)...and the nurse believed me. Was funny at the time, anyway.

When I was first admitted to the hospital after my manic episode, there was a dude in restraints that I thought I could help. Dude was pissing all over everything, spitting at people etc. yet in my stupid mind I thought I could reachout and help him (Oh being a nurse is a curse sometimes!!). He probably would have puked on my and pissed on me!!

sitting in the er room i was walking around chatting people's ears off and exchanging telephone numbers i am normally a shy and reserved loner.

Not really a funny story but I went to the hospital about a month ago for a stomach virus. I had really bad diahrrea, I was pretty much getting up to take a shit every 2 minutes.

Well I walked past this dude's room, his door was all the way open and I could see he was in handcuffs and restraints.

He goes "Dude, you look like you were in the Army."

I was like "No, Marines."

He was like "Awesome man, me too! Semper Fi bro!"

From then on we were joking and talking about our adventures in the Marine Corps. He was really intricate in his stories, naming bases that he was stationed at, gear that we were issued and everything.

About an hour later some nurse comes up to me and sais "So he's been feedsing you that bullshit too?"

I was like "What bullshit?"

She was like "That guy wasn't in the Marines, he tells that astory to everyone."

I've met some bullshitters in my day, and I'm a pretty good bullshitter myself, but this guy really was something. I guess being bipolar really does get those creative juices flowing.

Well I was at the Univ.WA med Center for 2 weeks in March and you had to earn the right o go out on your own.

I had made friends with 2 guys (both suicide) and we didnt like the nite staffing. We were allowed 2 hours so we would leave at 7:30 and come back at 9:29.
They would get so upset they always said I had to stay with the boys. Lots of rapes at the campus. It was enjoyable.

I was 16 and our school band went on tour to New Zealand along with a few other schools from our region. One night I became blindly manic/hypomanic and felt the urgent need to run. So I began running to and fro all around the whole hotel when I suddenly felt the absoulte NEED to for spoons. I needed lots of them so I was runnign into random people in the hallways and asking them if I could borrow their spoons.

I drank urine once

Oh Lord, this is embarassing and I can't believe I'm telling ya'll, but anyway I had tried to commit suicide, blackout to waking up in restraints in ICU and the nurse walked in, I told her I needed the phone to call my dog. She said I had to wait and talk to the doctor. I said ok this one's for you - and I farted a loud obnoxious one!

During my first hospitalization, this man found out that I was getting out the next day. He pulls me aside and wants to talk. He tells me to the nearest phone outside the hospital and call the CIA. I was instructed to tell them that the hospital was holding Agent Shaggy against his will and the password was "Scooby Dooby Doo".

The second time I was in the hospital, I was in there with General Robert E. Lee who was drawing up his plans for taking back Montgomery. Now, General Lee wouldn't let anyone near his plans, I and others, guessed was fear of "Yankee spies".

Yeah, I was in with a Queen Elizabeth the 2nd, he was lovely x

Artemis, I heard that drinking piss is really not that bad for you. It has no bacteria like fecal matter and if you are dying of thirst you should do that.

I don't know how a woman would be able to do this in the desert if she was alone.

#9 Ja, Ja,Ja,jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

oh, i have so many!

i had the most fun with my last roommate, april. we used to laugh so hard. we'd get in trouble for knocking on our schizophrenic friend josh's door during the day cuz he was all zonked out on meds.

josh liked to play jenga. we called him "jenga josh." he was out of his mind but such a sweet guy. i listened to him for over an hour one time, about how he is terrified of the color red and that if he walks a hundred steps then the curse will be lifted but the video game mortal combat is stuck in his head and he will fall on spikes if he doesn't walk a hundred paces...

then we'd play candy land. or jenga. he loved those games.

I was coming down from my mania, getting better and allowed time off of the unit. I used to go visit my friend in the admitting department. We talked and laughed so much, talking about college days and mutual friends. I got him so worked up laughing that the next thing I knew he was standing up on a chair belting out a tune. I wondered who was the one that should show back up on the unit. He was feeling as good as I was in my hypomanic state. I think it was infectious.....

I was coming down from my mania, getting better and allowed time off of the unit. I used to go visit my friend in the admitting department. We talked and laughed so much, talking about college days and mutual friends. I got him so worked up laughing that the next thing I knew he was standing up on a chair belting out a tune. I wondered who was the one that should show back up on the unit. He was feeling as good as I was in my hypomanic state. I think it was infectious.....