Posted by kerria on July 29, 2006, at 18:53:02
In reply to List of BEST psychiatric HOSPITALS in USA, posted by UgottaHaveHope on July 25, 2006, at 1:30:42
I was treated horribly at one of those hospitals. i had a terrible witch for a dr who must have been in her 60's and she tomented me- in solitary confinement in their 'Quiet rooms" - i slept there 28 out of 30 days.
i have DID and it was supposed to be a specialized trauma unit- can you think of anything more traumatizing than having a room full of big guys hold you down while you beg not to get an injection of Haldol? Just for being afraid and (a little was out) hiding under a bed?
Also they dropped the bed on me. i was terrified.Then i had a bad reaction to resperdol- i lost my vision for an hour. It was a bad migraine. A dr came after hours passed and discounted and didn't treat the migraine, The old lady mean dr wrote that i "misconstrued the effects of the migraine to resperdol. Keep giving it to her." and i had to pick it out of my medications almost the whole time i was there. i could never trust her then.
There's no crueler punishment (and i did nothing wrong) than to be alone - completely alone in a white tiny room 10x8' maybe, with nothing in it except a blanket, especially when you have DID and your parts ground to places and people. It felt like i had 'no one to be' and i fell apart totally. Being without anything to distract was torture. The entire time i was watched by a monitor in the corner of the room. My family wasn't allowed to visit at times.
This treatment was against their patient rights but no one stopped it. i complained when i could and nothing was done. Medication was forced on me another time because i lost it and threw a pillow against a wall.
Every time i gave notice - i tried many times- to leave they threatened to commit me- then they committed me the last day of my insurance coverage using the same witch dr as the second (the deciding dr) . It was supposed to be drs who were objective. It was so Stressful - i thought up until the last min. that i'd be going to a state hospital. They told me it would be her- that horrible dr- 10:30pm the night before my last day there. No sleep that night.
What a horrible experience that was.
Then they sued me for what the insurance didn't cover!
It completely depends upon who you get and whether the hospital gives forced med injections and has forced seclusion or not. You don't want to go to a place like that.
'Patient rights' meant nothing in that hospital. The 'Patient Advocate' was part of that hospital's legal team and was totally working for the hospital- not patient rights.
kerria
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