Ellen Kimball
Beaverton,#2Author of original report
Wed, April 04, 2012
Thank you for your input. Being "off my meds" was never the problem in my case. You have your opinion, which is based by your experience. The facts are that I was in touch with other professionals after my hospitalizations who agreed that I should never have been subjected to the diagnosis in the first place and it certainly did not stand the test of time. Also, the two family members involved are not professionals and know little about psychiatry. They both feel that, although I was agitated and upset, all of us were duped by two psychiatrists into believing something that simply was not true. Another doctor whom I consulted about these problems said that mood disorders are on a continuum, and it appears that I had a "situational anomalous and atypical manic-like reaction" to undue and unwarranted hostility from my spouse and side effects from psychotropic drugs. After hearing of the horrid treatment by the psychiatrists who attended me in the hospital, no one believes that I needed this kind of medical treatment at all. Months later, my husband is counseling about issues in our marriage and I have moved on to helping myself improve through Dialectical Behavior Theory principles. Also, it appears that a vegan diet has been instrumental in helping bring a lifelong problem with depression to a complete halt for more than a year. Please see http://chiphealth.com for more information on this remarkable program.
voiceofreason
North Carolina,#3Consumer Comment
Wed, April 04, 2012
Ellen, as someone with family that have had such issues, I can sympathize. In addition, we trust big pharma and hospitals in general, about as far as we can throw them.
HOWEVER, those incapacitated, even temporarily, with mental issues are rarely objective about just how affected they are/were by those conditions. The stories of schizophrenics going off their meds "because they felt okay" and going on to commit violent crimes, are legion.
It would appear that in addition to all these various health care professionals and institutions, that your family members also concurred that you needed confinement at the times these incidents occurred.
In a lucid, reasonable state of mind after the fact, surely you can see that it may have at least been possible that this confinement was reasonably needed. Clearly, it appears the only one who thinks none of this was necessary, is you.
I hope things improve for you from here on out and that your family get help learning to deal with, and not abuse, someone who has a fragile state of mind.