worst experience of my adult life thus far. i was admitted by the hosp ER social worker on call, because i accidentally took a double dose of my anti depressant and i got really nervous so I called 911. that was my first big mistake.. staff would not believe me that i had accidentally took too much of my med. would not allow me to call my mother for an entire 24 hours. this was 14 years ago and I was 23. I was a young single working mom with no other history like this no reason for them to think I was suicidal. i was simply overwhelmed with my life at the moment and seeing a therapist who put me on prozac a short time before this. no one would believe me, they treated me like a crazy person and tried to convince me that I was. they locked me in a room with nothing but a cot in the middle of the floor and forced me to take meds and wouldnt tell me what they were. after that I was allowed out to the hall with a huge group of mentally ill patients one woman still had bandages wrapped around her wrists that she kept ripping off while she just walked around in circles for hours..i will never get that horrific sight out of my head. after a full day and night they finally allowed me to call my mother and then see an actual Doctor who finally did believe me that I did not belong there. i was kept for 24 hours against my will.
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