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out_of_here
03-04-2014, 08:24 PM
I have schizoaffective disorder and got out of a 4//5 week admission i think a week and a half ago.

but my partner and mother are very worried about me bing safe in the morning i was so scared because the shades told me that my partner was going to kill me and i had to leave 2 hours early because she was going to kill me. I didn't sleep the entire night for more than 20-10 minutes blocks/

and i left my arts course on fourth day yesterday because i was so scared because the shades were yelling all at once and the words i could hear were about me being in danger and that some people in my class were after me and going to hurt me and it was midday and i left. i must have walked for five hours trying to get away and was so terrified the whole time until i could go home.

I had to just sit in a closed room and she was checking on me until i could come out and she told me to take my meds and try to sleep. But not like sort of quiet like now they were so so loud and i couldn't make out many words but i was so tired and so scared that i couldn't handle it i was shaking and sort of crying and yelling out ffor them to stop.

my partner and mother are really worried about me being by myself because I've been going unsafe things.

I don't want to go back to hospital id want to deal with this at home but even with 200gm PRN my max daily dose taken over the day I was still that bad and inconsolable.


When do you know it is time for hospital for you?

not_so_insig
03-04-2014, 11:27 PM
When I can't keep myself safe in the community is when it's time to go in.

Tbh my cpn and psych always suggest hospital when I am struggling.

consequential
04-04-2014, 09:47 PM
When it becomes so bad that there is literally no other option. You will know then. Maybe try other meds?

crazykat
04-04-2014, 09:55 PM
I agree with the others hospital becomes a option when you can no longer manage yourself in the community and are either a danger to yourself or others. It is when you have tried the other options but they aren't containing you enough. Do you have any professional support? If so what is their opinion?

Laura2.0
05-04-2014, 03:27 PM
Could you try and talk to the dr who is prescribing your meds if there are options of taking a higher dose or a different medication?
You are going to know when it is time to go ip yourself. But reading that you just got out makes me wonder if it might take you some time to get accostumed to being at home and so on.

out_of_here
06-04-2014, 07:59 AM
My Dr said I wasn't safe because I believed my partner was going to kill me, because I was wandering around the streets at all hours, burnt myself because the shades told me I was dead... That I was "believing things that weren't true... So she put me back in. She said I was discharged too early and I need in hospital containment while my medication is adjusted.

Laura2.0
06-04-2014, 09:04 AM
Oh, ok.
I hope it is helpful for you to be back in and that they don't discharge you too soon next time!
Hope the meds and all is helping you.

consequential
06-04-2014, 04:34 PM
I mentioned this two weeks ago but nobody listened. I hope you will be better this time.