Originally Posted by
MissAnonymous
Yeah, probably whilst they waited for the anti-psychotics to work! She was very excitable by small things, they had to close the blinds because she went bananas when someone walked past. She'd laugh and point and get really worked up.
For me, it was in my care plan to encourage me out of my room and to ask if I wanted to join in with things.
Quite different!
Oh gosh, that sounds distressing. What do you mean by "went bananas"? Are the antipsychotics working for her now?
Did that aspect of your care plan help? I know that they introduced group therapies to help people as most people do benefit from them.
There was a nurse on the last ward I was on that had training in Asperger's Syndrome and she would sit with me in the quietest area possible in the ward (usually in my bedroom but sometimes at the end of the garden) and we would talk about my difficulties and she would suggest practical ways to help. She also personally bought me some earplugs :) as I couldn't find mine. The earplugs really helped. Also in my care plan was to let me eat meals after everyone else and have medication first or last, because I had several huge meltdowns in the queues/dining area (noise, invasion of personal space etc).