Checking in to a mental hospital - what should I expect?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, you can’t telework. They will take your phone. And your French horn. And your shoelaces. No, your children won’t be allowed to visit. Maybe your husband, but not whenever he wants.

Have you spoken with your therapist and psychiatrist about your current symptoms? Do they think you should be hospitalized? Bipolar disorder is difficult but treatable if people follow a treatment plan. Are you doing that?

Realistically if you are hoping to continue participating in your regular life, you should consider things like PHP or IOP. Please ask your actual providers for help understanding what level of mental healthcare you need. When I worked in the DMV, Georgetown Hospital had a decent PHP program for adults so maybe start there. If they think you need to be inpatient, they will make sure you get there.

That’s not necessarily true about her kids visiting.

Everyone needs to stop giving uniformed advice to OP.

Okay. OP, it is possible that some psychiatric hospitals may allow your children to visit, but this is not common. Since the PP thinks that it is most important to be entirely accurate rather than convey a realistic impression to the OP about what it is like in a psychiatric hospital.

The issue here is that OP, despite her serious mental illness, does not seem to understand what hospitals are for. Having your husband ask for a divorce is a crisis and definitely OP should work on her mental health for reasons other than her marriage, but this is not a medical emergency. The psych ward is not a place to collect your thoughts, play some French horn, and work remotely. That’s not what it’s for at all. Just go to a resort if you want that vibe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, you can’t telework. They will take your phone. And your French horn. And your shoelaces. No, your children won’t be allowed to visit. Maybe your husband, but not whenever he wants.

Have you spoken with your therapist and psychiatrist about your current symptoms? Do they think you should be hospitalized? Bipolar disorder is difficult but treatable if people follow a treatment plan. Are you doing that?

Realistically if you are hoping to continue participating in your regular life, you should consider things like PHP or IOP. Please ask your actual providers for help understanding what level of mental healthcare you need. When I worked in the DMV, Georgetown Hospital had a decent PHP program for adults so maybe start there. If they think you need to be inpatient, they will make sure you get there.

That’s not necessarily true about her kids visiting.

Everyone needs to stop giving uniformed advice to OP.

Okay. OP, it is possible that some psychiatric hospitals may allow your children to visit, but this is not common. Since the PP thinks that it is most important to be entirely accurate rather than convey a realistic impression to the OP about what it is like in a psychiatric hospital.

The issue here is that OP, despite her serious mental illness, does not seem to understand what hospitals are for. Having your husband ask for a divorce is a crisis and definitely OP should work on her mental health for reasons other than her marriage, but this is not a medical emergency. The psych ward is not a place to collect your thoughts, play some French horn, and work remotely. That’s not what it’s for at all. Just go to a resort if you want that vibe.

I think trying to infer OP’s mental status and awareness of her condition from her DCUM posts is pretty tenuous. OP needs to talk to her psychiatrist ideally with input from a trusted family member who knows what is going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t sound like you are in mental distress but need a break. Maybe a resort for a few days? Would your husband be more likely to divorce you if you were a patient in a mental hospital? And do you want that in your health history?

I think it’s really unwise for you to be playing amateur shrink like this. Such terribly poor and risky judgment on your part.

OP, don’t ask for this type of advice from strangers on the internet. You have a psychiatrist / therapist. Please speak to them about your plans and concerns.

[Anonymous]

Seriously, what is wrong with you people. There’s ONE correct answer here. ONE.

OP, you need to talk with the professional who is treating you for your bipolar disorder and not listen to anyone responding to you here. They’re the crazy ones, not you.

JFC people! You’re not professionals!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, you can’t telework. They will take your phone. And your French horn. And your shoelaces. No, your children won’t be allowed to visit. Maybe your husband, but not whenever he wants.

Have you spoken with your therapist and psychiatrist about your current symptoms? Do they think you should be hospitalized? Bipolar disorder is difficult but treatable if people follow a treatment plan. Are you doing that?

Realistically if you are hoping to continue participating in your regular life, you should consider things like PHP or IOP. Please ask your actual providers for help understanding what level of mental healthcare you need. When I worked in the DMV, Georgetown Hospital had a decent PHP program for adults so maybe start there. If they think you need to be inpatient, they will make sure you get there.

That’s not necessarily true about her kids visiting.

Everyone needs to stop giving uniformed advice to OP.

Okay. OP, it is possible that some psychiatric hospitals may allow your children to visit, but this is not common. Since the PP thinks that it is most important to be entirely accurate rather than convey a realistic impression to the OP about what it is like in a psychiatric hospital.

The issue here is that OP, despite her serious mental illness, does not seem to understand what hospitals are for. Having your husband ask for a divorce is a crisis and definitely OP should work on her mental health for reasons other than her marriage, but this is not a medical emergency. The psych ward is not a place to collect your thoughts, play some French horn, and work remotely. That’s not what it’s for at all. Just go to a resort if you want that vibe.

I think trying to infer OP’s mental status and awareness of her condition from her DCUM posts is pretty tenuous. OP needs to talk to her psychiatrist ideally with input from a trusted family member who knows what is going on.

I don’t think it’s a huge inference leap to hear OP asking if she can work remotely and bring her instrument and wonder if she understands the seriousness of inpatient hospitalization for mental health.

I agree she needs to speak with her psychiatrist and therapist about her escalating symptoms, as I said originally. If she is having symptoms as severe as described in her posts (this one and the other one), it sounds like her current treatment is not able to reduce them enough for her to feel well. That doesn’t necessarily mean going to a hospital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, what is wrong with you people. There’s ONE correct answer here. ONE.

OP, you need to talk with the professional who is treating you for your bipolar disorder and not listen to anyone responding to you here. They’re the crazy ones, not you.

JFC people! You’re not professionals!!!

I am, actually, and I think OP should definitely talk to her psychiatrist about treatment options. I also think she has an unrealistic expectation of what the hospital will be like. These things are not mutually exclusive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, what is wrong with you people. There’s ONE correct answer here. ONE.

OP, you need to talk with the professional who is treating you for your bipolar disorder and not listen to anyone responding to you here. They’re the crazy ones, not you.

JFC people! You’re not professionals!!!

I am, actually, and I think OP should definitely talk to her psychiatrist about treatment options. I also think she has an unrealistic expectation of what the hospital will be like. These things are not mutually exclusive.

She doesn’t need to hear that from you or any other stranger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, what is wrong with you people. There’s ONE correct answer here. ONE.

OP, you need to talk with the professional who is treating you for your bipolar disorder and not listen to anyone responding to you here. They’re the crazy ones, not you.

JFC people! You’re not professionals!!!

I am, actually, and I think OP should definitely talk to her psychiatrist about treatment options. I also think she has an unrealistic expectation of what the hospital will be like. These things are not mutually exclusive.

She doesn’t need to hear that from you or any other stranger.

She posted a thread asking whether she could do or bring certain things to the hospital. She also asked if there was anything else she needed to know. It’s literally in the OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, what is wrong with you people. There’s ONE correct answer here. ONE.

OP, you need to talk with the professional who is treating you for your bipolar disorder and not listen to anyone responding to you here. They’re the crazy ones, not you.

JFC people! You’re not professionals!!!

I am, actually, and I think OP should definitely talk to her psychiatrist about treatment options. I also think she has an unrealistic expectation of what the hospital will be like. These things are not mutually exclusive.

Also, if you really are a practicing psychiatrist, could you please identify yourself, so the whole world knows not to go to you? What right thinking psychiatrist would go on this website and give advice to someone who is not their patient? What right thinking psychiatrist would not immediately get on this thread and say “see your doctor ASAP”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, what is wrong with you people. There’s ONE correct answer here. ONE.

OP, you need to talk with the professional who is treating you for your bipolar disorder and not listen to anyone responding to you here. They’re the crazy ones, not you.

JFC people! You’re not professionals!!!

I am, actually, and I think OP should definitely talk to her psychiatrist about treatment options. I also think she has an unrealistic expectation of what the hospital will be like. These things are not mutually exclusive.

Also, if you really are a practicing psychiatrist, could you please identify yourself, so the whole world knows not to go to you? What right thinking psychiatrist would go on this website and give advice to someone who is not their patient? What right thinking psychiatrist would not immediately get on this thread and say “see your doctor ASAP”?

I’m not a psychiatrist. I’m also not giving advice. I said that she would not be allowed to telework and that she should talk to her psychiatrist. You seem pretty upset for someone who isn’t invested in this situation at all.

How is this different than a lawyer referring to a general policy and then suggesting the poster speak to a lawyer personally? Or a teacher explaining how, for example, the IEP process works and then saying “ask your school how they handle it”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I’m considering checking into a mental hospital. I posted in the relationship forum about my husband wanting to divorce me because I’m depressed. I’m bipolar and my husband appreciated the mania, but keeps fussing at me now that I’m depressed. I wonder if a hospital would give me the space I need to recover away from him.

I see a psychiatrist regularly and take meds religiously, but I have never been in a hospital.

Can I still telework? My coworkers communicate with me via text and sometimes email. I assume that is okay.

Can I bring my keyboard and my French horn to play when I’m not working? I need to stay busy and music is how I express myself.

What should I pack?

Anything else I need to know?

Yeah you def need to check in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, what is wrong with you people. There’s ONE correct answer here. ONE.

OP, you need to talk with the professional who is treating you for your bipolar disorder and not listen to anyone responding to you here. They’re the crazy ones, not you.

JFC people! You’re not professionals!!!

I am, actually, and I think OP should definitely talk to her psychiatrist about treatment options. I also think she has an unrealistic expectation of what the hospital will be like. These things are not mutually exclusive.

Also, if you really are a practicing psychiatrist, could you please identify yourself, so the whole world knows not to go to you? What right thinking psychiatrist would go on this website and give advice to someone who is not their patient? What right thinking psychiatrist would not immediately get on this thread and say “see your doctor ASAP”?

I’m not a psychiatrist. I’m also not giving advice. I said that she would not be allowed to telework and that she should talk to her psychiatrist. You seem pretty upset for someone who isn’t invested in this situation at all.

How is this different than a lawyer referring to a general policy and then suggesting the poster speak to a lawyer personally? Or a teacher explaining how, for example, the IEP process works and then saying “ask your school how they handle it”?

Are you serious? The difference is that we are dealing with someone who, if taken at face value, is mentally unstable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, you can’t telework. They will take your phone. And your French horn. And your shoelaces. No, your children won’t be allowed to visit. Maybe your husband, but not whenever he wants.

Have you spoken with your therapist and psychiatrist about your current symptoms? Do they think you should be hospitalized? Bipolar disorder is difficult but treatable if people follow a treatment plan. Are you doing that?

Realistically if you are hoping to continue participating in your regular life, you should consider things like PHP or IOP. Please ask your actual providers for help understanding what level of mental healthcare you need. When I worked in the DMV, Georgetown Hospital had a decent PHP program for adults so maybe start there. If they think you need to be inpatient, they will make sure you get there.

That’s not necessarily true about her kids visiting.

Everyone needs to stop giving uniformed advice to OP.

Okay. OP, it is possible that some psychiatric hospitals may allow your children to visit, but this is not common. Since the PP thinks that it is most important to be entirely accurate rather than convey a realistic impression to the OP about what it is like in a psychiatric hospital.

The issue here is that OP, despite her serious mental illness, does not seem to understand what hospitals are for. Having your husband ask for a divorce is a crisis and definitely OP should work on her mental health for reasons other than her marriage, but this is not a medical emergency. The psych ward is not a place to collect your thoughts, play some French horn, and work remotely. That’s not what it’s for at all. Just go to a resort if you want that vibe.

X1000000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, what is wrong with you people. There’s ONE correct answer here. ONE.

OP, you need to talk with the professional who is treating you for your bipolar disorder and not listen to anyone responding to you here. They’re the crazy ones, not you.

JFC people! You’re not professionals!!!

I am, actually, and I think OP should definitely talk to her psychiatrist about treatment options. I also think she has an unrealistic expectation of what the hospital will be like. These things are not mutually exclusive.

Also, if you really are a practicing psychiatrist, could you please identify yourself, so the whole world knows not to go to you? What right thinking psychiatrist would go on this website and give advice to someone who is not their patient? What right thinking psychiatrist would not immediately get on this thread and say “see your doctor ASAP”?

You sound like you need health care as well. Get some chill pills.

[Anonymous]

A close relative has checked into a mental hospital before during a manic and also a depressive episode. No, you can't take anything. There weren't any devices and I think a bible might have been all that was allowed (or similar texts), but maybe that's dependent on the state. I don't think it made it better than them either time. I actually think they got one call like in prison. Their insurance did pay though.