When I was in hospital I tried to leave and got put on a 5.2, then a 2 and only escaped the horrible 3 because I lied to the people assessing me. I felt when I was on section no one listened to me, my complaints weren't taken seriously and one of my ribs was even broken whilst being restrained. When I complained about the broken rib to the ward manager when I was taken off section they simply said 'you can't prove my staff did anything'.
I called for a manager's hearing to try and get off the section, it was unsuccessful, when the nurses asked me what I'd do if I was taken off section they laughed in my face when I said I would stay voluntarily.
What are your experiences on being sectioned and do you feel you were treated equally to other patients?
"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?" - Alice, Alice in Wonderland
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I've been sectioned on both a 2, and a 3. I was actually quite lucky though i didnt realise it at the time as they forced treatment on me by injection I hated them, but overalll i was treated fairly and offerfed advocacy etc. Have you contacted pals or anyone about the broken rib?
No, I haven't, because as they said I can't prove anything.
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"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?" - Alice, Alice in Wonderland
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You should contact PALS. We there any witnesses to your restraint?
I was on a section 3 in 2008. It was horrible being in the secure hospital with the other patients, but the nurses were as nice as they could be with the resources they had. I hated my psychiatrist though, because she kept saying I was really ill and she was going to renew my section and that I was harming my family and was manipulative. No-one believed me when I said I wasn't that ill, they just believed whatever she said when she was basing her opinion from reports that were two years old.
I had a managers hearing and a tribunal, both said that I had to remain on my section. It was only when my psychiatrist applied to renew my section that I had an automatic managers hearing where they asked to see me (I didnt want to see them anymore because I thought they wouldnt listen to me) and it turned out they thought I was not ill enough to warrant detention anymore. So I was free to go when my section expired.
But my psychiatrist wouldnt increase my leave or anything. So I was about to be discharged after six months and I had not even spent a night at home since the incidents that led me to be sectioned in the first place. So I was kind of thrust back into the real world after being institutionalised and I couldnt cope. I developed agoraphobia which took me two years to overcome!
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back, everything is different…
you once called your brain a hard drive, well say hello to the virus.
So I was about to be discharged after six months and I had not even spent a night at home since the incidents that led me to be sectioned in the first place. So I was kind of thrust back into the real world after being institutionalised and I couldnt cope. I developed agoraphobia which took me two years to overcome!
I was discharged after 4 & a half months, three days after I'd OD'd on leave. I get the feeling these psychiatrists talk out of their arses most the time because they based my discharge on whether I was likely to come out of hospital and start using recreational drugs - WHEN I HAD NEVER HAD A RECREATIONAL DRUG PROBLEM TO START.
The only witnesses to the restraint were the staff and I sincerely doubt that any of the staff are about to grass any of their colleagues up.
"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?" - Alice, Alice in Wonderland
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Once I was sectioned, my psychiatrist who I already had a bad relationship with got worse. He certainly used his control in a very unproductive and unhelpful way. It was noted by staff. I wish I had the courage to complain but I couldn't face him being even nastier.
I'm sorry you had a rough time with the staff whilst on section. It is really difficult and you are obviously sensitive at that time so it's a shame staff couldn't take that in to consideration whilst laughing at you.
My psychiatrist definitely used the control to his advantage, rather than sectioning me because I was unsafe they'd section me because occasionally they wouldn't be able to stop my euphoria escalating into depersonalisation and they'd give me lorazepam IM.
At one point I'd been persuaded to barricade a room with other patients, they let the other patients walk out but they restrained me as I walked out the door and IMed me before I even had a chance to get to my feet.
"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?" - Alice, Alice in Wonderland
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Oh, I've been in a very similar situation myself. To be in voluntary then on section I think is horrible, I can't explain why, but it just is.
Thank you for all the responses xxx
"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?" - Alice, Alice in Wonderland
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