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Hey listen, man. I know you're freaking out rn (hopefully you're freaking out less so at the moment), but you're not necessarily gonna get out on an involuntary hold. Providers DON'T really love doing that. Be honest and tell them you have some degree suicidal ideation, but don't say you have a plan to do it off the bridge right now. They don't commit patients solely for suicidal ideation unless they are stupid. Most patients coming in for psych help feel this. It's relatively "normal" and not something they are quick to "throw you in the brig" for.
If you have panic attacks, you should ask a provider about propranolol. It's technically a blood pressure med but it also is given for panic attacks! It will decrease your heart rate and blood pressure which will make your heart stop racing and help you to stop panicking over it. You just take it when you're panicking and wait a bit for it to kick in to calm down. Honestly might help you a ton! It's not an addictive, feel good med like benzos at all whatsoever.
Baseline anxiety they might want to give you an SSRI and do therapy, but you don't necessarily have to commit to that right away if it's too much or too expensive to deal with rn.