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MikeSchimm t1_j33voro wrote

personally, had bad experiences at both marian and cox north, but that’s probably just me. obviously you aren’t allowed anything, you get hospital scrubs and a book if you’re lucky. that was a struggle for me, as i use music, movies, and other things to cope with my anxiety. never got sleep because nurses come into your room and check on you every 10 minutes, sometimes not closing the door. again, just my experience and i’m definitely not saying it didn’t help me, because it did. but it’s tough, and you’ve got to give away a lot of your freedoms to get better.

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MikeSchimm t1_j33w2pg wrote

pretty sure the only reason i left marian as soon as i did is becasue i spent 5 days there and got a collective 12 hours of sleep. they thought giving me trazodone was the solution. i’ve never been so sleep deprived in my life

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growth-or-happiness t1_j3h6htg wrote

Trazidone was for me really bad. At COX north I was given Thorazine, and told in group to fight the sedation. I was on that and 4 other drugs for years. In the end, it did not help me personally. I still miss Thorazine but it stopped working. I couldn’t sleep anymore. But I was also dealing with a lot of domestic abuse at the same time.

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