What helps make an ER visit for PTSD symptoms go well?

[susannahsays]

Hmm. I guess it depends on your definition of an ER visit going "well." The only reason I would present to an ER is if I was an imminent danger to myself and needed to be admitted to the psych ward. I expect the most expedient way to achieve this would be to outright express that I had not only a plan but the means to kill myself, and would do so if released.

I don't think there's much that can be done to avoid the long wait times and tedium associated with ER visits.

 

[katz]

By the time they got me there- I was well enough for them to just say "you're fine, go ahead and go". They didn't even believe me. Neither did my insurance - I paid 100% of the ambulance bill.