Posted by holymama on June 8, 2004, at 20:32:19
Well, I just spent a week in a psych ward, trying to stabilize on my medications. It's been a few days since I've been out, and I'm feeling so much better than when I went in, but wondering how long it will take to heal. I suppose it took a while to break down, so it will probably take as long to get better. I wonder why doctors don't talk about that -- noone spoke with me about healing. They just sent me on my way with my new meds and a fuzzy brain, completely exhausted from a week's stay (a week's work) in the hospital. Sent home to care for three young children. When I mentioned to my doctor in the psych ward that my mother had offered for me to stay at her house for a while in between the hospital and home (a halfway house!), he said 'Oh! You probably won't need that!' But I do!! I was actually quite eager to just jump back into my chaotic life, my body and mind working at something like 25%, since that is what I thought I HAD to do. But it was my husband and parents who said 'No. We'll take care of the kids for a while. You take a few weeks to rest.' A few weeks to rest!!! What hard working American would dream of such a thing! My amazing husband and generous parents have allowed me the time to heal, and it's something I'm not used to , but something I've realized is so needed. How can you suffer a nervous brekdown and just jump back into life??
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