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Old 10-04-2023, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by aasharon90 View Post
Did the doctor come in to see you today? If so what did you
guys talk about? What questions did he ask you and what
answers did you give him?

I guess we are trying to understand what is going on.

You said you hope to have good news come Friday.

That is 3 days away.

What good news can you give him if you are still drinking
all this water?

If he knows you are still drinking large quantities of water
and it's putting you in danger, why hasn't he taken action
to keep you from accessing water?

I know we need water to survive, but if a patient is hurting
themselves right there in front of the doctors and they know
it, shouldn't they do something to stop it?

For instance and example, there are those who use cutting
themselves as a release from something bothering them. If
this person is in treatment for cutting addiction then the
doctors would absolutely make sure they don't have any
thing available for them to get ahold of to cut themselves
with.

No glass, no utensils, no metal, sharp objects etc.

There are other ways people hurt themselves, but water is
a new one for me , but do understand how deadly it can be
if abused or used the wrong way.

You say there is group sessions. What are these sessions
about? Have you talked to other patients there? Is there anyone
else going thru the same thing as you?

How do you fill in the hours of your day?

Are patients allowed to have phones?

Do you have tv?

Magazines to read?

Games to play?

Exercise?

Or do folks sit around all day till they are released?
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We have phones. There's TVs. Some patients do socialise. I talk a little bit with some of them sometime.. I have some books my parents brought in and two my friend gifted to me when he visited. I exercise by doing bodyweight exercises. I walk a good bit. I can't do cardio because Ii have to wear slippers in high obs. There's three groups a day Mon to Friday. Things like art therapy and movies and OT stuff.
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Old 10-04-2023, 09:03 AM
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I don't get it either FF. Why wait for tomorrow. They are there to help you not to hide from. If you aren't honest with them now they can't help you properly
Well it's like, when I drank vape juice and told them, instead of just taking my juice and my refillable vape they also started not allowing me to have more than one disposable on me. Which is fine except they lost one of my elf bars. And there's no way to get the juice out of a disposable. They can go too far.
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Old 10-04-2023, 10:05 AM
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Thank you FF for sharing with us of what it like where you are
and the things you are doing during your time there.

SR has lots of caring, recovering, compassionate, folks in one
place here online. Foks come and go and return because they
find that wonderful awesome support anytime of the day and
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We do care and we do want to see you get healthy and succeed
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Old 10-04-2023, 10:26 AM
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Thanks Sharon.

I haven't heard anything about my bloods this morning. Maybe they're not back yet.

Today could have been worse. Drank considerably less than yesterday at least. I'll try and stick to 1.5L tomorrow.

Looking forward to sleep. Will probably be shortly enough after 7pm meds. Hopefully no bad dreams but I always have them.

Will get a couple of sandwiches but no drinks off the 730pm trolley.
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Old 10-04-2023, 10:53 AM
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The nurse just said to me my sodium levels are just at the cut off so I should be out Friday assuming all goes well before then.
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Old 10-04-2023, 12:31 PM
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The nurse just said to me my sodium levels are just at the cut off so I should be out Friday assuming all goes well before then.
Great news. You know what you have to do now. Just take it easy and stay on an even keel
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Old 10-04-2023, 02:13 PM
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Will you have follow up psych support following discharge Freedom?
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Old 10-04-2023, 09:12 PM
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Will you have follow up psych support following discharge Freedom?
Generally there'll give me a psychiatrist appt a few weeks after discharge. The mental shsealth centre is a few hundred metres from my house and I have a nurse assigned to me I can call Mon to Friday. There's some nurses there on the weekend. I'll get an appt for an occupational therapist too.
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Old 10-04-2023, 10:06 PM
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That's good to hear, Freedom.

Lots of back up there. Don't neglect to use it if you get stuck.

Stay close here, too.

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Old 10-04-2023, 10:56 PM
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Thanks Steely.
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Old 10-05-2023, 05:15 AM
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The nurse told me before lunch my sodium was low. Had a lot of salt at lunch. But then drank 1.5L of water.
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Old 10-05-2023, 05:35 AM
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Self sabotaging I guess. I dunno why.
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Old 10-05-2023, 06:52 AM
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My sodium is well nto the normal range. The nurse misread it. I lied about how much I was drinking but I did say more than I should. Which I now regret because today's sodium is fine and I could have been discharged tomorrow. The psych ward is so bad for my mental health. I need to get out. Maybe my consultant will release me tomorrow. Going to eat lots of salt and not drink anything.
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Old 10-05-2023, 07:06 AM
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Tomorrow is Friday and discharge day. Right?

I may have missed something in the beginning, and don't
recall what you said about getting into rehab. Did you go
by yourself? Admit yourself? Like for me, I was court ordered
where I found out my stay would be 2 weeks.

First of all, I didn't want to be at this hospital/rehab. I thought
I was just going in for an evaluation and would return home
the same day. So I was stunned when I found out I needed
to stay the night because it was late in the day to be evaluated.

So, i was not prepared at all.

The next day was when i found out that id be in treatment
for 2 weeks. When i got to 2 weeks and was looking forward
to getting the heck out of this place, i was told I wasn't ready
to go back to my home/family environment and would have
to go to a halfway house hours away from my family.

So, with much pleading I asked if I could stay where I was
and do whatever i needed to do to get released. Upon agreement,
I was to complete 28 days with a 6 week outpatiant program
attached once i returned home.

Folks were being discharged at all different times and I was
hanging on, getting anxious and nervous about returning home
to my family with still harboring resentments for what they did
to me.

Anyway, i was released and I did complete a 6 week outpatiant
program and had my foot in the door of recovery where I held
on tightly to my recovery support i found in recovery meetings.

They became my family and folks i could talk to who understood
me with no questions asked. They accepted me for who I was.

It took a long time going thru the motions and remaining sober
no matter what for 30 something years now.

You will hear stories of those leaving rehab early to return
to the same situations as before and end up drinking or drugging
and some ending their life. When you stay sober with no alcohol
or drugs in your system, then pick up again, you pick up right
where you left off and the progression is quite rapid causing all
sorts of mental, physical problems to your mind and body.

Having the time I had in rehab for myself worked because
I used the resentments and I'll show you attitude to fuel myself
into want ing to stay sober no matter what. This approach could
have backfired, but, thank God it didn't.

Rehab can be a positive as it has helped a many a folks who
continued listening, learning, absorbing and applying knowledge
of addiction and recovery to their everyday life moving forward.

Something inside them had to change as well as things around
them. Change in mindset, friends, people, places and things
associated with drugs and alcohol.

If they return to what was before and nothing changes then
they stay stuck in their addiction. Change doesnt happen over
night, a week, month or even a year. It takes time. Something
quickly sometimes slowly. Every person is wired differently.

You are in a position to make a change for a healthier, happier
sober/clean person. You are given the opportunity to recieve
help because you want it. Right?

My help started with forced into rehab. It then turned into I want
help and need it. I wanted it. Not for anyone else. This was to be
my recovery and my change. And I didnt need to prove it to no
one else but for myself.

I hope you make the right decision for yourself to stay as long
as you need and want the help before returning to your everyday life.
It may absolutely save your life, like it did for me and i'm sure
countless other folks too.
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Old 10-05-2023, 01:22 PM
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Going to eat lots of salt and not drink anything.
This is crazy FF.

If you can’t stop abusing yourself, doing things in secret and telling the people there to help you half truths or out right lies now - what’s your plan for when you get out?

I am genuinely worried for you, man.

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Old 10-05-2023, 01:39 PM
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Yes—so am I, so much so that I had to step away for a bit today, dear FF.

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Old 10-05-2023, 11:17 PM
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I am worried too, FF, really worried about you. The toilet brush thing freaked me out, and like Dee I am extremely worried about you being discharged and left alone. You need more help, FF, people you can talk to about your problems, not people you lie to just to get what you want. Please, talk to someone. Please.
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Old 10-05-2023, 11:23 PM
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They're talking about putting me on Special so I don't think discharge today is on the table.
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Old 10-05-2023, 11:31 PM
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I'm glad they are keeping you in. I've also stepped away the last couple of days as so hard to see someone self sabotaging, telling half truths and not accepting help on offer.

I hope you use the extra time to really be honest and get help before you are released ff
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Old 10-06-2023, 01:24 AM
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My key worker basically told another nurse he doesn't care if I live or die.
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