Ask a patient in a psychiatric facility

[Excited Penguin]

CD (if you don't mind answering these questions), what are they doing for you in the hospital that you think actually helps you?

I'm curious because my life has been so dark and unstable from chronic depression that I can't believe hospitalization has never been recommended for me. I tend to overthink everything and fall down disgusted from it, and my recovery periods are only getting shorter. Being too intelligent (if I don't say so myself) to believe dying is any better, and being studied at the art of fooling most of the world with my shit-eating grin, my therapy sessions have benefited my therapists far more than myself (they get paid to be entertained), therefore I resolved to keep cash for them in my pocket. I am now wondering if hospitalization is my only option now, and then I truly wonder if it's an option at all after several prescription drugs proved to be either dangerous allergens or ineffective at maximum dosage. I guess what I wonder is what they (hospitals) actually can help anyone with, but also what problems make it worth volunteering to risk being kept in an unhealthy environment (indoors, no fresh air, people who are so depressing you're liable to grow a death wish when you weren't suicidal going in).  Are they really in the business of helping the patient, and if so, how do they really do this when their invariable actions are about protecting society from the patient? So far, I'm leaning toward the notion that hospitalization is good for some mental health problems, but it could be really bad for some.

I don't think it works for everyone. I was admitted once for the wrong reasons, granted, and that's why they never even touched upon my real issues, but I wouldn't like it if they did anyway. People are different. If you really think you need it, you should go and it could really help you, naturally. Medication does work and therapy is effective, I'm not disputing that. But again, it might not be for some, especially if you can't accept it. But if you don't, that means you know a way of dealing with them yourself, at least that's my experience, except it might be quite hard to do on your own and it takes a lot of your effort and willpower.

[Excited Penguin]

Just a side note. I'm able to take that stance precisely because I don't have problems that are too disruptive or impossible to handle. I don't think I'd be as reluctant to seek help if I was in some other people's shoes.

[Jackalope]

Would it be okay for you to share why you were suddenly getting signs of physical disability?... If you don't want to, that's cool, I don't want you to feel..

The physical disability? Yeah, I don't mind. The onset of symptoms started when I was in the hospital being treated for deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism (that's blood clots in the legs and lungs, respectively). It started as edema (swelling) in my right foot, resulting in neuropathic pain. The neuropathy has progressed to involve my entire right leg and left also to a slightly lesser extent.

It isn't known what caused it. I stopped going to the doctor a few months after it started, partly because doctors didn't seem to be taking it seriously, and partly because I stopped giving a fuck. I wanted to die. Obviously I'm over that feeling now, and I've got a new doctor that I'm seeing Thursday. I don't know if anything can be done, but we'll see.

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

Would it be okay for you to share why you were suddenly getting signs of physical disability?... If you don't want to, that's cool, I don't want you to feel..

The physical disability?  Yeah, I don't mind.   The onset of symptoms started when I was in the hospital being treated for deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism (that's blood clots in the legs and lungs, respectively).  It started as edema (swelling) in my right foot, resulting in neuropathic pain.  The neuropathy has progressed to involve my entire right leg and left also to a slightly lesser extent.

It isn't known what caused it.  I stopped going to the doctor a few months after it started, partly because doctors didn't seem to be taking it seriously, and partly because I stopped giving a fuck.   I wanted to die.   Obviously I'm over that feeling now, and I've got a new doctor that I'm seeing Thursday.  I don't know if anything can be done, but we'll see.

Now I want to hug you
Hope you get better man. Sincerely.

[Excited Penguin]

I can relate to feeling like doctors don't give a fuck.

[Whateverist]

I can relate to feeling like doctors don't give a fuck.

Well yeah, duh, doctors are people and I'm pretty sure you don't think any of us give a fuck, do you?

[Excited Penguin]

I can relate to feeling like doctors don't give a fuck.

Well yeah, duh, doctors are people and I'm pretty sure you don't think any of us give a fuck, do you?

I didn't mean give a fuck about you, I meant take you at your word and at least act like they give a fuck about what you're reporting, which they should do and it's a real problem when they don't. They make you feel bad for coming in, especially if you're a man with trust issues and the net result might be you postpone a problem like CD did.

[Excited Penguin]

I can relate to feeling like doctors don't give a fuck.

Well yeah, duh, doctors are people and I'm pretty sure you don't think any of us give a fuck, do you?

I know I give a fuck. So is it so much to imagine others do too?

[Jackalope]

I can relate to feeling like doctors don't give a fuck.

Well yeah, duh, doctors are people and I'm pretty sure you don't think any of us give a fuck, do you?

Whatevs, man, I know you mean well but can we keep this thread free of this? I appreciate EPs comments in this thread.

[Excited Penguin]

I think he meant well, CD. We won't get in any debates, I promise.