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| - DO NOT GO TO AURORA
I checked myself into the Glendale facility on a Friday night, I was not exactly suicidal but was deeply depressed, with an alchohol problem. Good luck getting to sleep on the "bed" (it's a mat) with a "pillow" that offers no support. But if you don't sleep, they will give you a hard time. I managed to get some sleep during the day, but had to miss some group sessions, which makes it look like you're not participating and refusing treatment.
Within 5 minutes of seeing the doctor he wanted to put me on anti depressants, I made it clear to him that I have tried many anti depressants over the last 6 months and didn't believe I had a chemical imbalance.
They will however, forget to give you your dinner if you're talking with a doctor during dinner time, and then an hour and a half later say "oh yeah I forgot to give you the dinner they brought up" which by then is just cold mush.
That night, the gave me sleep medication which is KNOWN to make people extremely hungry, I had to ask several different times over the course of 2 hours if I could simply get a sandwich (which they do have, and had no problem giving me the night i checked in) only to tell me they basically had more important things to do, and gave me a small snack. Again, no sleep for me that night with a growling stomach.
I somehow managed to get out of there on Sunday morning without having to sign an AMA. Now I'm stuck with a $400 bill (after insurance) but it's illegal for them to mention what my copay would be upon checking in.
The whole time I was there, the only "treatment" offered to me was someone explaining breathing exercises. Keep in mind these people are making $1200 a day per person that stays there, but they can't give me a sandwich when I'm starving? And we wonder why we have so many mentally ill folks in America.
On the other hand, desert vista in mesa, while essentially being the exact same hospital, had way nicer staff, didn't charge me a dime for the 4 days I was there. You could have visitors every day for about 4 hours (aurora was twice a week for one hour...)
But I was with people in desert vista who were much more mentally ill than those at aurora, it didn't make sense to me why they had bathrooms with doors you could close, and you could keep your toiletries in the room with you.
I would urge anyone thinking of going to aurora to literally go to ANY other facility
-Adam B
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