Posted by whiterabbit on July 24, 2003, at 14:05:52
In reply to Re: talked to my doc, posted by Penny on July 23, 2003, at 14:32:21
Penny-
Don't worry about your reponsibilities right now-your first responsibility should be to your well-being. If you don't take care of yourself FIRST,
nobody else will take care of you first. Please think about that:NOBODY ELSE will take care of you first, so you have to do it. Please take care of yourself.
I don't agree with your doctor that self-harm shorld be "imminent" before hospitalization. What's the point of waiting until you're on the very edge of self-destruction, to see how much more pain you can bear before you crack? I've had psychiatric in-patient care and believe me, you feel just as bad as a lot of the other patients I met, maybe worse. I think when you've been suffering from serious depression for awhile, and nothing is helping, and you're finding it more difficult to cope every day, it's time to go. Time to check in...don't be an idiot like me and wait until you crash and burn in a spectacular way right in front of everybody...then you can add feeling ashamed to all the other lousy feelings.
By the way, they didn't change my psychiatric meds while I was an in-patient (although they did change my blood pressure medicine). They know better than that, they can't just stop giving you a medication that you've been taking for some time - that would only traumatize you further. They were careful to give me the same medication
that I had been taking, along with something to calm me down or help me sleep if I asked for it.
So try not to worry about that part.I hope you decide to go.
-Gracie
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