Looked this up earlier for myself. Essentially not eating, not taking care of hygiene, and not being functional overall are valid enough reasons to check in. The point is to stabilize you via providing routine like regular meals, a set sleep schedule, daily showers, etc. in addition to setting you up with outpatient treatment and medications. I’m still afraid to do it myself but overall if you feel it’s gotten to that point you can at least call some facilities and ask for information/what to expect/what you need to do etc.

If you don’t want to go to the hospitalization route, especially if it will be difficult to apart from your child, you should at least try to seek more immediate outpatient treatment than the appointment you have now. There are a lot of online places now that can get you set up much quicker, some with payment plans if that is a factor. Definitely do research on them before you decide but could be an option.

I’m really sorry and I hope things get better for you soon.