I am out of the local psychiatric hospital after a week of a mix of good and bad experiences. 

My medication has been altered-- I have been started on 125mg of trileptal, alongside my 300mg of lamictal, and 10mg of abilify. I am also on meclizine for my vertigo. I was taken off of xanax indefinitely. 

The care at the psychiatric hospital I went to wasn't exactly excellent, but by all means, was absolutely better than nothing at all. It gave me time to clear my head in a generally positive environment. There were times where the staff couldn't control the patients, but sometimes things like that happen. I cut it some slack when I felt uncomfortable. I've never been hospitalized before, so this was all new for me to experience. 

My new diagnosis may be bipolar ii with borderline personality instead of major depressive with bpd, but that isn't finalized yet. I just want a clear diagnosis at this point, so I can know what to read up on and learn about so I can find out how to better my own treatment and understand how the chemistry in my mind works. 

DBT is a very likely possibility at this point, and it is almost set that I will be starting it soon. I'm not sure what to expect because I have to do more research on it. I'm looking at it as a positive change in my life. I am looking forward to beginning it.

So what next? I know I'm not magically healed because I've been in a hospital for a few days, and that the road to recovery is going to be long and difficult, and I'll try my best not to relapse. It could happen, but I'm not planning on it. Wish me luck with whatever the future holds.