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Posted by tdaneen on October 30, 2000, at 11:05:38
Greetings everyone! I'm back, and I'm feeling ever so much better. I have offically had my very first bipolar hospitalization. This one was for a depressive phase. Thank goodness I got out in time for Halloween. I still have time tonight to bust ass and make my daughter's angel costume. My husband that I am seperated from showed his true colors while I was in the hospital. I'll have to say it truly amazed me that an adult man would throw a tantrum that he wasn't getting any attention. Brother! Grow up!
I thought I was being clever when I checked in. I wore my Eeyore shirt. The nurses didn't seem to have much of a sense of humor at the time.
I wasn't prepared for the stay, but I was surprised. It wasn't the awfull experience I thought it would be. I came out of it apprehensive (to say the least), but with my eyes open and with a little more strength than when I went in. I am thankful that I have had this venue to help educate myself. If not for this it is likely I would still be cowering in my closet during those BLACK days.
Hey, I would LOVE to chat about it with anyone!tdaneen
Posted by Dasypodidae on October 30, 2000, at 11:32:41
In reply to I've been Initiated!!, posted by tdaneen on October 30, 2000, at 11:05:38
I'm glad you feel better!! I love Eeyore. Did you know he is being used in a program to teach children about depression?
Glad the hospital was a good or good enough experience for you. Was it a general hospital or a psych hospital? I think psych hospitals should be run like spas with decent healthy food and massage therapy and facials and yoga. I think there should be wise people to talk to and beautiful things to look at and music. I haven't found one like that yet!
You could have accused your estranged husband of dysphoric mania and had him committed too! Of course you'd probably rather be away from him! (I'm kidding).
What did they do that helped?
I'm glad you're feeling better.
> Greetings everyone! I'm back, and I'm feeling ever so much better. I have offically had my very first bipolar hospitalization. This one was for a depressive phase. Thank goodness I got out in time for Halloween. I still have time tonight to bust ass and make my daughter's angel costume. My husband that I am seperated from showed his true colors while I was in the hospital. I'll have to say it truly amazed me that an adult man would throw a tantrum that he wasn't getting any attention. Brother! Grow up!
> I thought I was being clever when I checked in. I wore my Eeyore shirt. The nurses didn't seem to have much of a sense of humor at the time.
> I wasn't prepared for the stay, but I was surprised. It wasn't the awfull experience I thought it would be. I came out of it apprehensive (to say the least), but with my eyes open and with a little more strength than when I went in. I am thankful that I have had this venue to help educate myself. If not for this it is likely I would still be cowering in my closet during those BLACK days.
> Hey, I would LOVE to chat about it with anyone!
>
> tdaneen
Posted by shellie on October 30, 2000, at 11:47:04
In reply to I've been Initiated!!, posted by tdaneen on October 30, 2000, at 11:05:38
tdaneen, I'm really glad that your hospitalization helped you. Mine have also helped me, but from many of the posts, I realize that many people on this board feel worse when they're in the hospital.
I consider my positive experiences in the hospital are due to being in a small unit, with a good staff, and maybe the absence of psychosis on the particular unit I go to (one specifically for dissociative disorders). When I was young I had a horrible experience on a larger, sort of all-purpose unit, and from that experience I can understand why people hate and are afraid of hospitals. I felt depressed, lonely and disconnected during that hospitalization--basically like I was in hell.
What was helpful to you about being in the hospital? Did you get individual attention there?
Help with meds, and or therapy.I wish I had a list of really good hospitals to go into around the country, so everyone would feel they have a safe place to go when they fall into their black pit. There are many times I have not gone in, but the thought that it is there has made a lot of difference to me.
Shellie
Posted by noa on October 30, 2000, at 11:51:07
In reply to Re: I've been Initiated!!, posted by Dasypodidae on October 30, 2000, at 11:32:41
>think psych hospitals should be run like spas with decent healthy food and massage therapy and facials and yoga. I think there should be wise people to talk to and beautiful things to look at and music.
I have this image of such places as having been around for a while in the past for rich folks with "nervous conditions". You see it in old movies once in a while. But one would have to be quite financially independent.
Posted by dari on October 31, 2000, at 7:42:27
In reply to I've been Initiated!!, posted by tdaneen on October 30, 2000, at 11:05:38
Hey tdaneen:
I am really relieved to hear that you had a pretty good experience with your hospitalization. I, too, would love to know where you went and what made the experience better for you than it could have been. Having been hospitalized so many times myself, some terrible and some not so bad, I know the criteria I look for when I need to go in, what was it for you?
Have a great trick or treating night with your little angel!! I'll be out with Elvis tonite - my 10 y/o son. I'm dressing up as Priscilla (his wife - not of the desert:)) take care, dari
> Greetings everyone! I'm back, and I'm feeling ever so much better. I have offically had my very first bipolar hospitalization. This one was for a depressive phase. Thank goodness I got out in time for Halloween. I still have time tonight to bust ass and make my daughter's angel costume. My husband that I am seperated from showed his true colors while I was in the hospital. I'll have to say it truly amazed me that an adult man would throw a tantrum that he wasn't getting any attention. Brother! Grow up!
> I thought I was being clever when I checked in. I wore my Eeyore shirt. The nurses didn't seem to have much of a sense of humor at the time.
> I wasn't prepared for the stay, but I was surprised. It wasn't the awfull experience I thought it would be. I came out of it apprehensive (to say the least), but with my eyes open and with a little more strength than when I went in. I am thankful that I have had this venue to help educate myself. If not for this it is likely I would still be cowering in my closet during those BLACK days.
> Hey, I would LOVE to chat about it with anyone!
>
> tdaneen
Posted by shar on October 31, 2000, at 11:31:21
In reply to Re: I've been Initiated!! » tdaneen, posted by dari on October 31, 2000, at 7:42:27
> Hey tdaneen:
>
> I am really relieved to hear that you had a pretty good experience with your hospitalization. I, too, would love to know where you went and what made the experience better for you than it could have been. Having been hospitalized so many times myself, some terrible and some not so bad, I know the criteria I look for when I need to go in, what was it for you?
>
> Have a great trick or treating night with your little angel!! I'll be out with Elvis tonite - my 10 y/o son. I'm dressing up as Priscilla (his wife - not of the desert:)) take care, dari
>
>
> > Greetings everyone! I'm back, and I'm feeling ever so much better. I have offically had my very first bipolar hospitalization. This one was for a depressive phase. Thank goodness I got out in time for Halloween. I still have time tonight to bust ass and make my daughter's angel costume. My husband that I am seperated from showed his true colors while I was in the hospital. I'll have to say it truly amazed me that an adult man would throw a tantrum that he wasn't getting any attention. Brother! Grow up!
> > I thought I was being clever when I checked in. I wore my Eeyore shirt. The nurses didn't seem to have much of a sense of humor at the time.
> > I wasn't prepared for the stay, but I was surprised. It wasn't the awfull experience I thought it would be. I came out of it apprehensive (to say the least), but with my eyes open and with a little more strength than when I went in. I am thankful that I have had this venue to help educate myself. If not for this it is likely I would still be cowering in my closet during those BLACK days.
> > Hey, I would LOVE to chat about it with anyone!
> >
> > tdaneen
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