Life in the asylum is not so bad. I've been here for a week now, and I
know I will stay until monday, perhaps for another week, or
more. After that I will attend a different clinic at daytime, but sleep
at home. But I'm not worried about that right now. Right now, I'm just
getting from day to day. It is starting to feel normal.
My routine is as follows. I am waked up in the morning 8:00 and asked
for breakfast. At this point I am a little hung over by the drugs they
give me at night. Every ten minutes they come into my room, until they
decide to just bring me something and put on my table. This is due to
the corona virus. Normally everyone eats in the canfeteria.
After finishing my breakfast, I go to the wall with daylight lamps. I
sit in front of the wall for 30 minutes, and walk back into my
room. Then I go to the office room and ask for my charger cables belt
and shoelaces. I get this handed out to me.
Before lunch I go for a walk, accompanied by one of the nurses or
nursing assistants. Then someone bring me lunch to my room at 12:30.
I usually sit on my computer for the rest of the day, until dinner at
16:30. Then another walk outside, and more time for myself until
supper is served at 20:00.
I get drugs two times a day. In the morning I get SSRI's and Lithium,
and at night I get more SSRI's, Lithium, Orifiril and Seroquel. The
last one if or me to sleep. (I'm a light sleeper, and it doesn't help
when people check on me ever so often.)
In the beginning they checked on me every ten minutes and I was not
allowed anything that could potentially harm me. Now they check on me
less often and I am allowed charger cables at daytime. I don't think
things will soften up until I get out. This is both because fo my
safety, but also because the hospital don't want any controversies
over patients harming themselves during treatment.
If you ever wondered how it's like in a mental asylum, I hope this
was somewhat informative. My life feels better here then at home, to
be completely honest. I understand that these people just want to help
me, and I'm grateful for that.
