Hello all,
I just recently got out of the Mental Health Unit of a local hospital and I have to say, I am glad to be out and back home
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To be sure though, I went in a week earlier because of violent images in my head about all of my care givers and support people. My therapist, my psychiatrist, my case manager, my home helper, even my mother and brother. I realized later at the hospital that I was harboring anger due to abandonment issues. The psychiatrist at the hospital said that it was probably so and I thought about it and saw that what he said made perfect sense. I haven't had such strong emotions very often and it scared me to the point of losing control. They increased my Saphris dose to compensate and made appointments with my primary psychiatrist and therapist.
All told I had a good experience at the hospital and wouldn't mind if I had to go again, though the lack of freedom did get to me after a week, so I wont be looking to going back unless absolutely needed. I have to say though that my willingness to cooperate and the care of the people there has really helped me get a handle on things.
I was Diagnosed with Schizophrenia almost 5 years ago and it has been a rough ride for a lot longer then that. At first I didn't realize that I needed help and suffered alone. I did this for a long time before I got the courage to seek help. I turned to God so many times but it wasn't enough, God was directing me to act on my own behalf. So I acted finally and found out a great deal about my own suffering.
I now know that I am not possessed but I have a real illness of the brain. I figure now that God and this world can coexist in harmony and I don't have to be fearful of good people who help others in need. No one has tried to take God from me, no one has said that he was a delusion, I am grateful for that and plan to continue to seek the help of the professionals that God sent me to.
Just a bit of an update and testimony from a lurker. I am still around to give my support and I watch this forum a lot. So good luck to all and God bless
I just recently got out of the Mental Health Unit of a local hospital and I have to say, I am glad to be out and back home
.To be sure though, I went in a week earlier because of violent images in my head about all of my care givers and support people. My therapist, my psychiatrist, my case manager, my home helper, even my mother and brother. I realized later at the hospital that I was harboring anger due to abandonment issues. The psychiatrist at the hospital said that it was probably so and I thought about it and saw that what he said made perfect sense. I haven't had such strong emotions very often and it scared me to the point of losing control. They increased my Saphris dose to compensate and made appointments with my primary psychiatrist and therapist.
All told I had a good experience at the hospital and wouldn't mind if I had to go again, though the lack of freedom did get to me after a week, so I wont be looking to going back unless absolutely needed. I have to say though that my willingness to cooperate and the care of the people there has really helped me get a handle on things.
I was Diagnosed with Schizophrenia almost 5 years ago and it has been a rough ride for a lot longer then that. At first I didn't realize that I needed help and suffered alone. I did this for a long time before I got the courage to seek help. I turned to God so many times but it wasn't enough, God was directing me to act on my own behalf. So I acted finally and found out a great deal about my own suffering.
I now know that I am not possessed but I have a real illness of the brain. I figure now that God and this world can coexist in harmony and I don't have to be fearful of good people who help others in need. No one has tried to take God from me, no one has said that he was a delusion, I am grateful for that and plan to continue to seek the help of the professionals that God sent me to.
Just a bit of an update and testimony from a lurker
. I am still around to give my support and I watch this forum a lot. So good luck to all and God bless 
