My Hospital Stay

Here for you @utopia. I have no words just now. I just want you to get the help you deserve. Thinking of you 💜🤗💐

Hi @utopia - your psychiatrist is being a p____. Sounds like you bruised his massive ego and he is having a sulk.You deserve better - remember you are a customer, the hospital gets paid by the insurer (workcover) and his behaviour has just cost them money. Make a complaint - the nursing staff will probably back you up. I've encountered a few like him and I just take my business elsewhere as is my right. Do you have someone with you? At this time you really need an advocate or some sort of case worker with you. You were admitted into the private system so by rights workcover should find you another private bed. Please take care - I hope everything works out OK.

wtf @utopia that is discraceful - you deserve so so much better than this incompetent and egotistical psych. I cannot believe how badly you have been treated by the WHOLE sytem for so long. Sitting right beside you, holding your hand and giving you all the love I have.

Zoe

@utopia I am so very very sorry that you are in this situation. Your experience is very much exemplifying why it would never occur to me to seek "help" from a hospital. It sounds like you have experienced the full brunt of the power differential that exists between mental health professionals and consumers.

You ARE still Utopia. The anger and fear that you are experiencing is a totally normal reaction to an abnormal situation.

I can't think of a thing to say, to make this situation seem even a tiny bit ok...because it isn't ok, not on any level. You are seeking help, and you are not getting the help that you need or deserve. It is totally ok to be angry and scared about that.

sending you hugs @utopia

@utopia,

because workcover approved you for a 14 day private hospital stay, they should be able to find you a bed in a different private hospital. The public psych hospital system is always full to over-flowing, so I doubt they will try and get you into a public hospital. Just sit tight. The worst they can do is keep you in an emergency bed over-night. That's Ok, you still get to see a doctor there and you still get to be safe and well-fed. I know it's not ideal, but at least you are away from that dreadful psychiatrist!

He sounds like a real piece of work!! Wow, he really over-reacted to you wanting to not see him for a day. His actions seem extreme. Why discharge you from hospital just because of that? He must have had to deal with people who were way more challenging than you, in his career, I would think? Incredible.

Sit tight, @utopia. Just expalin what happened in as calm a manner as you can, and ask them to find you a bed elsewhere. There should be plenty of beds in Melbourne.

Congrats on seeking out some aid.

I remember my first few hospitalizations. I didnt want to be there! Nothing wrong with me! LOL

I even tried to escape a few times. I used a food cart to hold open the electric locking door and tried to climb over it and out. LOL...which got me a sedative shot right in the rear!

I hated going to the hospital in the begining of my illness. Mostly because I refused to acknowledge that I was sick and in need of help. I viewed their interference as oppression.

I have since changed my mind and my experiences at the hospital have been nothing but amazing. I've made lots of friends in there, with others coping with problems just like me. The staff is always nice and pleasent. In many ways, my last hospitalization, by the time i was set to be released, I kinda didnt want to leave! I enjoyed it that much....

Good luck! 🙂