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dinda

634d

im worried about getting a psych evaluation. i want to be medicated because i genuinely think it'll help me but im worried that if i bring up su1cidal ideation too much, they'll send me to a mental hospital. i would never actually go through with it, but its always the first thing that comes to mind when im upset, which is why im doing therapy. its just that therapy cant really help me if im anxious for no reason or having uncontrollable moodswings

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    • rainbows1

      89d

      @SA65 I'm scared of the same thing but I'm not sure my SI is completely passive though, I came up with plans in the past that I would think about constantly for a couple weeks before acting on them. I really believe that my being committed would only make my mental health worse though. I don't need monitoring I need to be able to talk about it before it gets that bad again. I'm so terrified that they're going to admit me because they're mandated to, that I'm not actually going to get the treatment I need. This has made it to where I'm just not able to be honest. I recently switched to a different psychiatrist I intentionally scheduled my intake a few weeks out so I'd have time to prepare questions in my notes and list my symptoms. I was hoping that having a detailed list before I went in would make it easier for me to be honest but it didn't. I brought up things I wasn't able to before but I still couldn't be honest about how recent my last attempt was. My answer is always more than a year ago. I'm more terrified of what would happen if I go to a psychiatric hospital than I am of the outcome of another attempt. I want to be honest and I want to get the treatment I need I just don't know how to do this when it's seen as one size fits all. Meanwhile I have PTSD because of the mental abuse I endored as a child so I do everything I can to avoid going to the hospital because I hate feeling like I'm being controlled.

    • SA65

      634d

      If you’re honest about not planning on it & carrying through (for me it was because of religion) and if you have serious passive SI then they won’t put you in the hospital - as someone who was scared of the same thing but spoke anyway

      • rainbows1

        89d

        @SA65 I'm scared of the same thing but I'm not sure my SI is completely passive though, I came up with plans in the past that I would think about constantly for a couple weeks before acting on them. I really believe that my being committed would only make my mental health worse though. I don't need monitoring I need to be able to talk about it before it gets that bad again. I'm so terrified that they're going to admit me because they're mandated to, that I'm not actually going to get the treatment I need. This has made it to where I'm just not able to be honest. I recently switched to a different psychiatrist I intentionally scheduled my intake a few weeks out so I'd have time to prepare questions in my notes and list my symptoms. I was hoping that having a detailed list before I went in would make it easier for me to be honest but it didn't. I brought up things I wasn't able to before but I still couldn't be honest about how recent my last attempt was. My answer is always more than a year ago. I'm more terrified of what would happen if I go to a psychiatric hospital than I am of the outcome of another attempt. I want to be honest and I want to get the treatment I need I just don't know how to do this when it's seen as one size fits all. Meanwhile I have PTSD because of the mental abuse I endored as a child so I do everything I can to avoid going to the hospital because I hate feeling like I'm being controlled.

    • mimikuku

      634d

      Just finished up a psych evaluation. I did mentioned my SI, but my psychologist and I talked through each instance I felt that way. I was nervous about revealing too much as well, but ended up being more honest because I wanted a proper evaluation. Not that I wasn't scared of getting institutionalized right then and there because I was!

    • wise

      634d

      You may be placed in a mandatory 72 hour hold, but suicidal ideation is actually a super common reason people give when they're asked why they wanted to start therapy/medication/etc. Your therapist isn't gonna send you straight to an inpatient psych ward for having a common psychological problem without trying at least a few different treatment options for it

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