Has anyone had inpatient treatment for severe anxiety?

[Ribbon14]

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has had inpatient treatment for severe anxiety and depression either privately or on NHS? I feel like my anxiety is completely out of control and that I need serious help.

Generally you won't be admitted on nhs unless you are a serious risk to yourself or others. There just aren't the beds. I've been suicidal with anxiety and depression in a hospital waiting room, sobbing on my physiotherapist's shoulder, having taken an overdose of beta blockers and still wasn't admitted. I was stabilised and sent home.

Yep I understand that. Was also suicidal in a and e but sent home. I was more thinking of private options but so expensive. Have you recovered now?

No, still verging on crisis point and have been for months. Luckily the aforementioned physio has been absolutely amazing and very persistent with referrals to mental health team and is possibly now crossing the line of downright harassment with my GP. Which is fair enough in my opinion. Considering that he spent nearly an hour on his treatment room floor, rocking an inconsolable patient, they really don't seem to have much sense of urgency. A&E are notoriously hopeless when it comes to mental health problems though.

Yes I have been hospitalised twice for really severe anxiety. I found being so anxious in such a busy, loud unfamiliar environment incredibly difficult and stressful and I would advise being cautious unless all other avenues have been explored - although I found the staff to generally be good and the ward ok when I had got used to it, some of the things I heard and saw there still sometime wake me up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night.

Are you having any help from community mental health services? I really hope you can access the right help for you soon.