Posted by oldschool305 on March 1, 2008, at 18:08:41
In reply to Re: Abilify or Lamictal, what is your preference? » oldschool305, posted by nfc on March 1, 2008, at 15:41:42
hehehe, yes the food was AWESOME!!! definately made the hospital stay somewhat less frustrating.
The past few months have been rough. I was progressively getting worse and the mood swings were unreal!! I was drinking more than ever, like everyday. So I finally cracked and drove myself to the crisis unit and said I wanted to hurt myself. I am not suicidal, I just desperately wanted help and knew that would guarantee me a bed.
It was a miserable experience. When I arrived, I waited in the ER for 10 hours. Then I was moved upstairs to the 7th floor in a holding area. When they realized I had no insurance, they just kept me in the holding area for 3 days. They treated me like a prisoner, I couldn't even smoke a cigarette. As a smoker of 15 years, I need my nicotine!!!! That was driving me crazy more than anything. The food kicked butt though.
Then I was transferred to a mental health facitily that accepted me. The staff was extremely rude and treats all the patients like crap. I was surrounded around really really sick patients, it scared me. I wanted to go home so bad. My roommate would scream through the night in her sleep. I got about 2 hours of sleep a night until the doc finally put me on Klonopin for sleep and changed my roommate. The staff rarely let us use the phone, they let us have 3 cigs a day which was cool. Although it was a scary experience, I am happy I got through it. I was finallyyyyyyyyy diagnosed and now got the meds I need. I was taking Lexapro for years and it did diddly squat for me.
And your right, those Abilify samples I have really came in handy now lol. To fill my prescription of Abilify and Lamictal, it's over $500 ! ! ! So, lucky me I have samplpes of both until I figure out how to fill this.
Thanks for writing back =P I am trying very hard now to get stable, then find a job when I think I am ready. I am so tired of getting great jobs and then just quitting them for no damn reason. Stability is all I want in life, is that too much to ask for?? hehe...
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