Posted by Maxime on March 24, 2005, at 1:40:40
I can't sleep.
I am exhausted but I can't sleep.
I have a friend who lives in Alberta. She is my closest friend (albeit 2000 miles away). We met in the psych ward in 1999.
She has been going downhill for a few weeks now. She started to go psychotic (paranoia) and then stopped all her meds.
She has been through it all. Several rounds of ECT, every med you can name. So in desperation she calls her pdoc who called the police. I receive a call about 5 hours ago from her sister to say that she was going into the hospital.
I just receive this email from my friend.
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Hi
I am not in the hospital after all. When the doc on duty assessed me, and then referred me to the "Team" they decided I was not at risk for a seizure, and as I am not about to do the deed, they had no reason to keep me.
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She is going to call me tomorrow and tell me everything. But I am so angry right now. I hate the system. I hate it.I'm going to take a bunch of sleeping pills now so I can escape. Not an OD. More than I should take but nothing that will kill me. So please don't worry. I am just so upset right now. At least the pills will stop me from cutting.
Maxime
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