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permanently into the ether: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -It sounds like you may have bipolar if they have you on Depakote, which is a mood stabilizer. Now for a funny ‘psych ward’ story. A few years back I had returned from a weekend trip with a former boyfriend. When returned I began to get VERY manic with all the PTSD and insundrious other maladies hitting at once. It was off to "Camp Rogers" for me. This particular hospital was and old sanitarium on beautiful grounds. It looked like a country club. (Therefore the name "Camp Rogers.") I had just quickly thrown some clothes and essentials in the suitcase I was bringing. I guess I hadn’t thoroughly unpacked from our trip because when I opened my bag there was my bright fuschia swimsuit. I put it on an paraded down the hall (all in jest) asking what time the pool opened. The staff had a good sense of humor and realized that I was being silly. It was good for a laugh for my whole stay. Colleen
I’m glad the staff knew you were being silly! What a great running joke! Nancy 
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Wellcome back! E.
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In alt.support.depression.manic.moderated I read this message – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -It sounds like you may have bipolar if they have you on Depakote, which is a mood stabilizer. Now for a funny ‘psych ward’ story. A few years back I had returned from a weekend trip with a former boyfriend. When returned I began to get VERY manic with all the PTSD and insundrious other maladies hitting at once. It was off to "Camp Rogers" for me. This particular hospital was and old sanitarium on beautiful grounds. It looked like a country club. (Therefore the name "Camp Rogers.") I had just quickly thrown some clothes and essentials in the suitcase I was bringing. I guess I hadn’t thoroughly unpacked from our trip because when I opened my bag there was my bright fuschia swimsuit. I put it on an paraded down the hall (all in jest) asking what time the pool opened. The staff had a good sense of humor and realized that I was being silly. It was good for a laugh for my whole stay.
My spouse is the one with BP. One of the jokes we have is that I am fine, but if I ever got into a place like that I would never be able to convince a therapist I was sane. The funny part is that it is probably true.
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Hi all I just wanted to drop a quick note and let everyone know that I’m back from my 8 day stay at the St. Francis Memorial Hospital psych ward in S.F., CA. I’ll write a more in depth report soon. I have some very interesting stories about a couple of the BP’s who were in there 
But, as a quick note, I’ll tell you that my p-doc diagnosed me with severe depression. BTW – I’m still of the belief that I’m BP and will follow up on that with my new p-doc, whom I’ll see for the first time next week. The meds I’m currently on are 750mg of Depakote in the morning and 1,000mg of Depakote at bedtime along with 30mg of Remeron and 100mg of Trazodone. It seems to be working so far. More to come soon {{{{{{ALL}}}}}} hld3 hld3atNOSPAMnewsguydotcom
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It sounds like you may have bipolar if they have you on Depakote, which is a mood stabilizer. Now for a funny ‘psych ward’ story. A few years back I had returned from a weekend trip with a former boyfriend. When returned I began to get VERY manic with all the PTSD and insundrious other maladies hitting at once. It was off to "Camp Rogers" for me. This particular hospital was and old sanitarium on beautiful grounds. It looked like a country club. (Therefore the name "Camp Rogers.") I had just quickly thrown some clothes and essentials in the suitcase I was bringing. I guess I hadn’t thoroughly unpacked from our trip because when I opened my bag there was my bright fuschia swimsuit. I put it on an paraded down the hall (all in jest) asking what time the pool opened. The staff had a good sense of humor and realized that I was being silly. It was good for a laugh for my whole stay. Colleen
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Welcome back! I look forward to those stories you have! Good to see you again! Nancy permanently into the ether: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Hi all I just wanted to drop a quick note and let everyone know that I’m back from my 8 day stay at the St. Francis Memorial Hospital psych ward in S.F., CA. I’ll write a more in depth report soon. I have some very interesting stories about a couple of the BP’s who were in there But, as a quick note, I’ll tell you that my p-doc diagnosed me with severe depression. BTW – I’m still of the belief that I’m BP and will follow up on that with my new p-doc, whom I’ll see for the first time next week. The meds I’m currently on are 750mg of Depakote in the morning and 1,000mg of Depakote at bedtime along with 30mg of Remeron and 100mg of Trazodone. It seems to be working so far. More to come soon {{{{{{ALL}}}}}} hld3 hld3atNOSPAMnewsguydotcom
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