sdjeff Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Just curious. I had a 6 day stay in 10/04, a 14 day stay in 8/05 and 13 days in 9/05. I also had about 4 months in a day facility after my last stay. Ok, I spilled it. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I can't even BEGIN to average mine. Since 1988 I've been VOLUNTARILY hospitalized: 2-3 (hey, the 90's are kinda blurry. OK?) Since 1988 I've been INVOLUNTARILY hospitalized: 6-7 (involuntary includes court commits & parental force) My voluntary stays were anywhere from a week to 10 days on average. My involuntary stays were typically 3 days unless I went in on a Friday or Saturday. Weekends don't count. Then an involuntary stay could last until Wednesday because the qdocs needed to "observe" you Monday and Tuesday and then Wednesday was"Court Day." And was the earliest you could get out, if you knew how to play your cards right. Unless of course you were unlucky enough to be caught in a "rush" of nuttiness and there were too many nuts for the court to see on that Wednesday. Then your case would be "bumped" To Friday (the next available Court day) and you would have the JOY of spending more time in lockup. And then there are the JOYS of State Hospital. (which is now reserved strictly for the CRIMINALLY INSANE, I wonder why) They lost me in the system for nearly a month down there. I'm glad that they are FINALLY taking care of what should've been done a long time ago with that facility. So, there you have it. Who's next? <edited to add: That's not even counting all the Partial Hospital time I've done. Don't get me started on those stories.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resonance Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 In case anyone is curious about the average length of hospital stay: Canada, by several "types" of patients: http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/...t/full/50/2/244 Britain: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7195/1387 United States: http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/sci/...blshosp0102.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 June 03, 7 days August 05, 8 days December 05, 8 days May 06, 12 days so about 9 days on average Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wifezilla Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Hubby had a month stay as a teen, a several week stay in college, I had him commited when our kids were babies and he was in the state hospital for about 3 weeks. The next time he ended up in a private hospital for less than 2 weeks. His last stay was only 3 days (got to love zyprexa). Plus there were several emergency room visits (complete waste of time) and crisis center visits. NONE of hubby's visits were voluntary. This has been an issue for us. Hopefully it has been resolved with his new meds and docs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 3 weeks in November 1996 5 weeks summer 2005 1 night December 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweii Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 August 05: 2 weeks January 06: 1 week January 06 (again): 1 week February 06: 1 week (involuntary) Oh, and various over-night stays at the children's emergency psych ward when I was 16-17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin fluff Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 oh god, do I beat you guys *looks embarresed* 30+ hospitalisations. Don't ask me how long they were on average. I can't remember. Shortest: 5 days Longest: *aargh* 9 months *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loon-A-TiK Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 my first hospitalization was in decemober 02 and my last in november 05. i've had 5, mainly clustered in 04-05. my average stay was about a week. i was involed once that in know of, though it could have been twice. my first time, i knew i needed to stay there for awhile. the other times, i knew i needed to stay away from the outside world longer, but i HAD to get out, i was climbing at the walls. so i played my cards right and got out. i never went to outpatient and was still a wreck when i got out, but was safe enough to do my healing at home and didn't need to be locked up for my protection anymore. merlin fluff- that's a long time in the hospital! i'm sorry to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanya Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 March 2004- 14 days November 2004- 10 days October 2006- 13 days counting PHP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 ooo. can't remember. they started when I was in year 11 at school. haven't been inpatient for 2 years now. yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbow_tears Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Way too many to remember fully as many in adolcence that I have no recolection of ........ that said from age of 17 ... (2000) ALL SOMEHOW BEEN VOLUNTARY AS WELL!! Jan - 2 weeks May - 10 days August 10th - October 31st (which included having my 18th bday in the loony bin!) December 1st - January 27th 01 (someone count the days please) 2001 ... Jan 27th March 2nd - 8th - 6 days April 20th - 23rd - 3 days July 24th - Jan 11th 02 - THERAPUTIC COMMUNITY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED! (24 week admission and yet another b'day in the bin) 2002 May 2nd - July 15th July 17th - September 13th September 19th - October 1st (avoided birthday by a few days!!) October 3rd - OCtober 15th 2003 December 29th - Jan 5th 04 (No I wasn't stable for most of 2004 just stoned off my face 24.7 and somehow was self injury free for 401 days, prob cos I was too spaced out to give a fuck!) 2004 28th December - 2nd Jan 05 2005 ...2nd Jan 05 May x 05 - May y 05 (dates not writen in my journal) So yeah just a lil time in the loony bin. Dates are in my journal, not srue why! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonder Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 December 2000 - 12 days, involuntary (after spending 6 days in the regular medical hospital following a suicide attempt) August 2001 - 4 days, voluntary January 2006 - 4 days, involuntary February 2006 - 5 days, "voluntary" (because I realized it would be pointless for me to refuse to sign the paper this time) April - June 2006 - 7 weeks partial hospitalization programmeOh, and I had to spend the night in a regular hospital in 1997 after a suicide attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemistryExperiment Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Umm... I've had 13 hospitalizations. Shortest was 9 days and longest was 6 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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