Posted by bleauberry on December 8, 2007, at 20:48:52
In reply to Hospital admission put off until tomorrow. » sonic_gb, posted by sonic_gb on December 6, 2007, at 13:58:03
Not meaning to crash the party, but I found hospital stays to be something to avoid, not something to pursue. Hospitals are for the most part do not have the means to provide what you need. Even if they did, or some do, a week is a joke. Heck, my last day of a week in the psych ward I was on my knees in the hallway crying and sobbing with depression that was worse than when I arrived. They let me out the next day anyway.
The experts you are hoping will care for you in the hospital rarely exist.
Meals are decent, but dreadfully lacking in the nutrients we need. Especially since they don't even test to find out if you need magnesium, chromium, zinc, B vitamins, etc that could all easily be playing a huge role in your depression.
No outdoors. No sunlight. Locked doors to the ward. Surrounded by sick people. Nurses learning the ropes. Doctors learning their way up the ladder. Lonely. Very lonely. Family at home without you. Man oh man. The whole thing is just not conducive to healing.
If someone is deadset on killing themselves, then the hospital serves a purpose of buying some time, stalling the event, and hopefully turning a page to a different chapter. But is one going to leave the hospital any better than they went in? After just a week? I never saw it.
I do know one guy who was admitted as suicidal. They started him on prozac. A week later, out of the hospital, this guy was a brand new guy, happy, bouncy. Prozac worked fast for him. Hospital made the event happen. But for the most part, that is a very rare success story.
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