>No word yet on admission date/time. They told me it typically takes 2-3 weeks. The plan remains unchanged, and Marcia can crack on me all she likes if it doesn't happen faster. Unless I am in crisis, which I am not, I don't get to jump the line.
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>Not in crisis? You just got out of the hospital for attempted suicide. What exactly constitutes crisis?
Not being a trained professional, I can't really answer that. All I know is I was perfectly sober and lucid when I spoke with the intake counselor. He asked if I was still considering suicide and I said, truthfully, that I am not. Maybe it is different for others but I am not down and desperate all the time. The operative term, even though the definition is debated, is manic depressive. Up and down. I am seeking treatment, self-understanding, and medication to combat the downs.
Just so the record is clear, I did not attempt suicide. Someone called me to see how I was doing. I said I was feeling depressed to the point of wondering whether my life is worth living, thinking of taking way too many pills. I had not taken any of them yet. She got the ball rolling from there. I am not dramatizing. If she hadn't called, who knows. She is a doctor, very religious, who helps lots of people out. The way I know her is she responded to my Craigslist appeal after my foot went out of commission for someone to do everyday things I couldn't do myself like bring in the mail or take out the trash. She did that until I became mobile enough to do it myself this week. (You try being immobilized alone in the house all summer and see if you don't go a little nuts). A stroke of good luck or beneficent intent, who knows. When I am back on two good feet, which should be soon, I will pay forward what she has done for me.
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