Psych-ERs are some of the most dehumanizing places I've ever been, and given the start of social services in North Central Texas. shudder Unfortunately, without insurance, any prescription usually necessitates a trip.
Luckily, I have my anxiety in check now that it has a name, but, I've seen too many discarded people laying on hospitals floors with sheets over their faces.
My current girlfriend is a third year in med school, I've begged her to ask the other med students to be especially kind to the patients during their psych rotations.
Saying that, I wonder how many people who say "I had a panic attack" have ever experienced a full on, face on the floor, depersonalizing / derealizing panic attack.
It felt like I was losing my mind.
$250,000 in debt, followed by the disillusion of an 8 year relationship, loss of a job, and a move across the country in a three month period. Chase that with years of outright poverty (earning less than $10,000 [net] over the course of two years.)
7 days of Xanax and the wounds inflicted by three years of prolonged anxiety began to heal.
I probably would have killed myself if it weren't for the seven tiny pills that let me keep coding.