psychnursetobe

Perhaps not wrongly committed, but I do know of certain individuals that while they do actually have a mental illness, their families will file a Temporary Detention Order by making "false" accusations and have them sent back in, for no reason other than to get them off their hands for a while, (which is obviously still wrong.)

It all depends on the individual. Some come in very psychotic, and yes they will act out and do "crazy" things. I've seen a lot. And after some time, be it a couple days or weeks, if the cocktail of medicines they've been given kicks in, then yes some of them do become very sedated, often the opposite of how they came in.

(I must correct you on calling them "crazy". They have a mental illness. Often times this is something you have no more control over than you would getting cancer.)

Haha aww well thank you I'm glad you think so!

Just last week, my two fellow female employees and I were sitting in the nurses station at the end of our shift waiting for the report to be over so we could head home. The nurses station has a huge plexiglass window so we can see and communicate with the patients outside in the unit.

We had a new patient who was very irritate, yelling at us and such when he finally called us "dumb bitches". Another somewhat new patient had been watching from a far as the man yelled at us, and once he called us that, he got up in his face to defend us, almost resorting in a fight (which was quickly broken up).

I kinda got a little teary eyed just at the fact that this individual had so much respect for us whom he hardly knows. Just goes to show that even those with a mental illness still have their morale.

In most causes I'd say keep trying...