Inpatient

[Delmaria111]

My brain is still recovering from being addicted to an opiate, i have major anxiety and depression flooding my brain...psyc dr has me on several meds...feeling insane...is inpatient actually helpful? Im really considering it....help?

[JAYnLA]

I totally agree. If you have access to a good hospital and feel it will help, that is the harm in giving it a shot?

[Delmaria111 in reply to JAYnLA]

Yeah, but what can they really.do that a psyc and therpaist out in the real.world cant? I keep thinking itll be a magic cure to go to one but i can only afford medicade meds...and only 1 mental health facility has open beds. Ive been told by a few people.whove gone to one that its pretty awful. Ill only go if i totally loose my mind/if im suicidal. Otherwise i should just be tough, strong, and utilize my current techniques, distractions, and resources. At least i can do what i want out here in the real world. And meds take a while to.help...my evenings arent too bad..after i take my seroquel xr i get about 5 hours of almost normalcy. Im thinking about seeing a therpaist as well but i have before and i know all the tips theyd offer. Distraction, exercise, meditation, socialization, having a job. I think i should only go if im suicidal or if the thought loops become constant/unbreakable and id need to be monitored. Yeah?

[JAYnLA in reply to Delmaria111]

I'd say that you go if you feel like you have no other choice. Right now you sound like you have other choices. Just knowing it's an option is hopefully a comfort.

[Delmaria111 in reply to JAYnLA]

Thanks hun. Idk im just so tired of the fight. But i know that inpatient isnt some magical answer :/

[Delmaria111]

I only have access to medicade hospitals and ive heard theyre not so great :/ the only one with open beds is Salem...anyone know anything about that mental health facility? My father is a paramedic and hes pretty against it. He thinks id be even more anxious and depressed in there...i already have a psychiatrist and am ready to start/change meds tomorrow with my appointment...i have periods in the evening after i take my seroquel xr where i feel almost normal. In the evenings i feel like i dont need it. Its just so hard to make it through the days because of the combination of depressipn AND anxiety...and the mental loops i often get stuck in. I feel like i should only go if im out of my mind bad...or suicidal. Yea?

[Delmaria111]

Ive been to a therapist before and know about distraction, redirection, exercise, meditation, eating right, ect. I dont think id learn anything new from a therapist, cuz ive been to one a few times before. And thank you. I keep telling myself that ill only go if i get actually suicidal again

[Delmaria111]

Definately but im not suicidal atm so i keep telling myself to hang in . Itll get better. I wasnt always like this and depression runs in my family pretty heavily

[Delmaria111]

Thank you sweetheart. I never had depression until i had my baby...it went away for a while with help.of Paxil then came back with such force its a struggle to just live through the days, doubled with the anxiety. I get caught in scary mental loops and feel completely hopeless most of the time...im afraid meds wont be the answer and ill be stuck like this, miserable amd battling for my sanity forever i know.thinking like that doesnt help but im.so.tired of fighting the fight