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27-04-2017 03:53 PM
27-04-2017 03:53 PM
involuntary treatment
Has anyone ever experienced it? I have more than once and i was wondering what other peoples experiences with it are....
For me it was not a good experience and at times i believe was not needed but it happened and i find people dont often want to talk about this as it is a touchy subject. i guess i am just wondering if i am alone with this or not. but also please feel free to share your story or not no one has to but it would be nice to know that people understood.
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27-04-2017 05:56 PM
27-04-2017 05:56 PM
Re: involuntary treatment
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27-04-2017 09:43 PM
27-04-2017 09:43 PM
Re: involuntary treatment
Hi @Eden1919
I was not involuntariy hospitalised, but they said that if i did leave they would make me involuntary, so i kind of felt like it was the same thing, but i didnt have a terrible experience as such. though i know lots of people have had traumatic times in and of itself,
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28-04-2017 06:22 PM
28-04-2017 06:22 PM
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28-04-2017 07:02 PM
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28-04-2017 08:31 PM
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29-04-2017 09:31 PM
29-04-2017 09:31 PM
Re: involuntary treatment
I've been on an ITO many many times, sometimes because I was a danger to myself or others. Other times it was because, so it was said, I had no insight into my illness. My first admission to a ward ever was an involuntary admission following a suicide attempt, it was a terrifying experience being restrained and then locked in a seclusion room. There were no windows and the lights were on 24 hours a day. No toilet except a cardboard bedpan and the bed was a mattress on the floor. No pillow and no blanket. It was tortuous and quite inhumane. I've also been handcuffed to wheelchairs by Police officers, forcibly dragged through my front yard.
I'm glad things are different now i have private health insurance, because I am no longer at the mercy of the public system.
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30-04-2017 07:42 AM
30-04-2017 07:42 AM
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Gosh Queenie, the way you were treated sounds awful and totally ihumane. Do you have PTSD now trying to recover from that 'treatment'?
The mental health system is disgusting.
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30-04-2017 10:09 AM
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30-04-2017 11:36 AM
30-04-2017 11:36 AM
Re: involuntary treatment
@girl99 no I don't think I have PTSD from my experiences, but I flatly refuse to go public for ANY reason whatsoever these days. It is costly having private cover on a pension, but I consider it an essential.