bomb- I don’t think you put this in but I could have missed this.
If you are in the hospital voluntarily and want to get out before the Dr lets, you can write a letter to the judge and petition to get out earlier. I’m not exactly sure how it works but I know some people did that (not very many) when I was in the hospital! It is very hard to get the judge to side with the patient because the judges assume that if the Dr is keeping the patient, then there is a reason for it.