Never been restrained for psych purposes. Been given morphine for pain and that kind of calmed me down. Seen the rubber room once at the old psych ER - it had padded walls and a chair or two. Not sure- I wasn't put in it. Worst I did at the hospital was wandering in circles in the waiting room because I was bored. The kept having to tell me to sit down and stay away from the door. I was green banded- makes alarms go off if you go through the doors. I was taken to the "back" once and put in a small room with an uncomfortable bed and the lights on. The door had a square window near the top and cross-crossed metal wires going throughout. The nurses station was right there. I was so bored I just kept staring at them. I was fed - a breakfast tray with a tiny box of Frosted Flakes. I was in there for ages. There were leather restraint straps on the bed, but I was never put in them.
Another trip to a different hospital- they had a "commode" in my room and they had to have their eyes on me at all times. I had to "go number 2" in front of everyone in the middle of the room. They weren't happy about that- and neither was I! Eventually I was [trigger] so drugged from having taken 30 Benedryl at once, that I sort of passed out. People were all around me but I was in and out of consciousness. [/trigger]. Ive also had people have to go with me to the bathroom and watch me so I didn't- I was a "fall risk". No Haldol ever given as an injection.
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