Posted by tygereyes on April 30, 2006, at 21:07:51
In reply to Re: tyger, posted by ravenstorm on April 29, 2006, at 9:59:14
I have done inpatient facilities. I have been inpatient for anorexia multiple times, self-injury, and drugs. And a suicide attempt.
From working in psychiatry, I have seen that inpatient programs do not help. Period. They help for crisis stabilization (and clearly, when I weighed under 60 pounds or when I was habitually sticking syringes in my veins, I needed that kind of stabilization) but ANYTHING that takes you away from your real life is very dangerous, because you enter a state where the only way you can be in recovery is to be in that "safe" environment.
No way.
I'm going to do this in the real world. I have managed to survive for twenty-three years and things have been much, MUCH worse in the past. I am not one of those people who can devote my entire life to recovery, to getting better. Even six weeks in the hospital (my longest hospitalization to date, for anorexia) caused me to go out of my mind. I would have checked out if it hadn't been an involuntary admission.
Thank you for your concern. But I am not doing inpatient. Aside from the fact that there are NO effective inpatient programs for borderline personality disorder [what underlies the addictive behaviors], I have seen the lack of efficacy of these programs with my own eyes.
> I just wanted to say how proud I am of you for reallizing that you can not take parnate anymore. It is a big step and big departure from earlier posts by you. I was very concerned by your posts of wanting to get back on parnate to get high and control your weight. So, congratulations for not wanting to abuse yourself in that manner anymore.
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> My advise to you, you probably don't want to hear, but you've asked so here goes.
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> I think a PRIVATE, small in patient facility that will deal with all of you and your problems cohesively is what you need. Stop school and go save your life. You are more than your diagnosises. You need to go somewhere that treats not only the dx's but the core issues that have caused the borderline, the eating disorder the addiction. You need somewhere safe and you need TIME. This won't go away in a week or two. It is the hardest thing you will ever do in your life. I hope you don't think I'm attacking you. I feel for you and want you to get well.
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