#true threat indiana 9 years jail for "He also sent the woman a picture of a petition for involuntary commitment." https://timesuniononline.com/news/2024/dec/19/van-hawk-receives-nine-year-sentence-for-repeatedly-stalking-woman/

#2 great organizations "After losing bid for grant, the future of Vermont Psychiatric Survivors is uncertain...quietly halted many of its functions...we’re trying to apply for other (“peer leadership, advocacy, and peer support,”) grants...a new organization called MadFreedom Advocates." https://vtdigger.org/2024/12/19/after-losing-bid-for-grant-the-future-of-vermont-psychiatric-survivors-is-uncertain/

#murders Germany, "Taleb was a specialist in psychiatry." https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/germany-christmas-market-attack-magdeburg-taleb-a-arrested-saudi-doctor-asylum-2653206-2024-12-21

minnesota, "Man to serve more than 30 years for fatally stabbing person he lived with at group home." https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/man-to-serve-more-than-30-years-for-fatally-stabbing-person-he-lived-with-at-group-home/

#the finest conditions england, "Legionella bug closed mental health ward." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrwxvn0rvzo

#involuntary isn't patient-centered Norway, "Can this law be interpreted in a more humanitarian and patient-centered way?...Explore alternatives to coercion, such as strengthening the relationship between the patient and the provider, increasing user involvement, and promoting non-pharmacological treatment methods." https://medium.com/@luukwester_85618/involuntary-treatment-under-the-law-and-the-possibility-for-a-different-interpretation-of-the-2994a923befd

#angry moms "Clozapine, prescribed to 19% of patients, showed potential in reducing rehospitalization duration but was not statistically significant." they are yelling about a deadly overdosing drug that doesn't work. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/antipsychotic-prescriptions-and-rehospitalizations-in-a-forensic-psychiatry-sample

#parents crying about what they caused michigan, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services "CMS records show staff are not allowed to place a patient face down during restraints, but video and federal records reveal Ryan was kept down...“the defibrillator was not used.” "I'll never forgive myself for turning him over to those people.” https://archive.ph/jn9hD

#false police reports "[t]hirty-four convictions have been secured in terroristic threat cases but most have been for lesser charges," such as aggravated harassment, disorderly conduct, and falsely reporting an incident. 86" https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2448&context=faculty My parents should be charged with 7 false police reports against an unarmed anti-racism protestor.

#TV John Mulaney about when he was on Saturday Night Live, "Big pharma is watching." https://youtu.be/c-Kecgas24k

#False Claims Act pennsylvania, "antipsychotic drug Latuda, which pay out high reimbursements through Medicaid and Medicare." https://www.phillyvoice.com/broad-street-pharmacy-south-philly-charged-medicare-medicaid-fraud/

#My experiences December 20 11:29 AM mother coerced me to change my clothing. 3:27 PM mother to father, "you're a psycho...you're just an angry guy...so mean." December 21 around 9 AM mother wouldn't allow me to let dog outside. Dog had to go to the bathroom. 10:45 AM mother, "Talking to myself. I need to do that sometimes."

#no york NYC Health + Hospitals has a monopoly "60% of behavioral health services citywide serving over 75,000 patients annually across emergency, inpatient, and outpatient care." That's almost 130,000 prisoners in new york city per year. https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/pressrelease/innovative-new-unit-for-patients-with-severe-mental-illness-opens-at-nyc-health-hospitals-elmhurst/

#alcoholics england, "some story about him (prison warden), which will end with them being the drunkest they’ve ever been." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/18/hmp-grendon-therapeutic-prison-psychology-offenders-treatment

#negligence australia, "‘Pleading and begging’: prison guards switched off water to cell of mentally ill, dying inmate held at Silverwater jail." https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/19/pleading-and-begging-prison-guards-switched-off-water-to-cell-of-mentally-ill-dying-inmate-held-at-silverwater-jail-ntwnfb

#"the podcast made him done it," australia claims mental pills will prevent another murder. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/tas-kurtis-fowles-podcast-attempted-murder/104739366

#pessimism is common "totally normal. Apocalyptic expectations are so common across time and place." https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-end-is-nigh-and-heres-why

#Programmers "Murphy, Mei Prasetio ’25, and Yuksel will lead a discussion session on "Understanding Intersectional Experiences of Computer Science Students Living with Mental Health Conditions." https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/chris-murphy-advocates-mental-health-awareness-computer-science-education I didn't have depression until I realized how much unnecessary typing of old programs I would have to do in class.

#Talk therapy "Metacognition and epistemic injustice in schizophrenia...propositional knowledge expressed in beliefs: “I believe (feel) that…”, “This is my belief, experience, intention, etc. about…”. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1525178/abstract

#definitely punishment england, "18-month mental health treatment order, the latter of which the judge said she should “not view as punishment.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/18/man-and-woman-sentenced-illegal-abortion

#Meme "You deserve care not psychiatric incarceration - be wary of cops in cardigans." https://www.instagram.com/dandelion.hill/p/DDu1rgGS-ht/?img_index=1

#Never cellmates new jersey, "Both families say SERV erred in placing Rance and Majuri in the same minimally supervised living space, a contention supported by experts." https://www.nj.com/passaic-county/2024/12/who-killed-frankie.html

#antidepressants "ABVC BioPharma announces its ABV-1504 drug as a potential safer alternative to Prozac, which faces discontinuation due to side effects concerns. The drug's active ingredient, PDC-1421 (derived from (plant) Radix Polygala)," https://www.stocktitan.net/news/ABVC/abvc-bio-pharma-seeks-to-revolutionize-mental-health-treatment-with-6lcklsk56fng.html

#surgeries "Tonsil, adenoid removal in early life may up risk for stress-related disorders later on." https://www.healio.com/news/psychiatry/20241218/tonsil-adenoid-removal-in-early-life-may-up-risk-for-stressrelated-disorders-later-on

#psych jailed "BOSTON — A Lexington psychiatrist who had offices in Natick and Milford has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of charges connected to importing illegal drugs...to help treat alcohol and opioid dependence, but the implantable pellet form of the drugs is not FDA-approved." https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/courts/2024/12/19/lexington-ma-psychiatrist-sentenced-three-years-federal-prison-importing-illegal-drugs/77066913007/

#Conjugal Visits In Germany some "Prisoners/patients are allowed to have partnerships with external persons...consensual partnerships with other prisoners/patients...allowed to use sexual services provided by sex workers...Pornographic videos were permitted by only 18%, sex toys by 27%," https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bsl.2711?af=R

#poison the elderly Germany, "court has mandated that these (involuntary) treatments can also be carried out in assisted living facilities under specific conditions...patients were misled about the nature of treatments, which were falsely presented as harmless therapies. Current legal frameworks now prohibit such misrepresentations." https://themunicheye.com/legal-boundaries-established-for-involuntary-psychiatric-treatments-6918

#assaults manchester "Mental health nurse sexually assaulted patient." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czeny7wzjw2o

#False Claims Act A small outpatient clinic profits $21 million by forcing patients to go 5 times per week. I believe in voluntary non-profits. https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/cedars-sinai-invests-6m-amae-health-startup-solidifies-center-excellence-severe-mental

#Muscarinic receptors Cobenfy "Dosage Side effects Uses Interactions Cost and coupons Similar drugs Considerations Precautions." https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/drugs-cobenfy#_noHeaderPrefixedContent

#Islam "she begged them (males) to switch with a female member of staff or bring her something to cover herself up." https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/mental-health-hospitals-retraumatising-patients/

#Vagus nerve stimulation "Vagus Nerve’s Mysterious Role in Mental Health Untangled." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-vagus-nerve-could-influence-physical-and-mental-health/

#Native Americans "In Hawaiʻi, A Mental Health Support System Focuses on Cultural Competence and Connection...The most immediate answer had little to do with the mental health care she was trained to provide. People who’d evacuated were separated from their families, worried about missing loved ones, and urgently needed food, water, toiletries, and other basic necessities." https://www.directrelief.org/2024/12/in-hawai%CA%BBi-a-mental-health-support-system-focuses-on-cultural-competence-and-connection/ hawaii has bad mental laws without a real Due Process trial.

#Tweet "some "mental illnesses" are used to label and stigmatize people who are simply responding to trauma," https://x.com/lychee_juicee/status/1868766961448239544

#train crimes new york, "Yung-Mi Lee, legal director at Brooklyn Defender Services, said the measure could lead to significant numbers of people who don’t need hospitalization becoming mired in the psychiatric system. “It blurs the line between just being unhoused versus somebody who’s truly mentally ill...extreme weather will justify more involuntary removals,” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/after-random-attacks-ny-renews-push-for-involuntary-commitment/

#My experiences December 17 9:17 AM father told me to feed the dog. mother yelled at us and demanded I change clothing. 1:15 PM youngest brother to mother, "you also need to relax" about obsessive cleaning. 7:32 PM mother slandered me and then said people who do not consent to psychiatry should be tortured for years and not allowed to talk in court.

Update: had to edit my post to remove references in compliance with reddit's TOS. Apologies; but also calling out a toxic group is not brigading.

There's been people posting a discord server link to the aforementioned server lately. I am not sure if this has been happening here but a warning is necessary.

Shouting this to the back of the crowd: they are toxic.

They will ban people for not agreeing with their beliefs WORD FOR WORD even if you're a leftist and agree that capitalism is the root of all evil and are tolerant of the GSRM, racial, gender minorities or are a feminist. I have been chased out because of their ridiculous anti-porn rule and been called a trump supporter even though I HAVE MADE IT CLEAR that I support whatever they believe and am a leftist myself (a dem-soc specifically) and assumed I'm an addict that needed help. Another user here also experienced the same thing. They have also confirmed that they are SWERFs, meaning that they also think sex workers should be dumped by the feminist movement.

STAY AWAY FROM THEM. They are the most toxic server in the anti-psychiatry movement, I do not recommend this and I have already sent a report to the mods about their behavior. Please if you get DMd the link to that server to report it to mods.

#side effects "Philip Stevens, 66, from Ringwood, Hampshire in the UK, has received a £70,000 ($88,000) settlement after a medication prescribed for restless leg syndrome caused life-altering compulsive behaviours." https://punchng.com/man-wins-70000-after-drug-prescribed-for-restless-leg-triggers-gambling-addiction/

#assisted outpatient treatment new zealand, "Community treatment orders have been proven to be not effective in their stated aim of reducing time spent in hospital and readmissions...While the preamble to the bill mentioned "supported decision-making", there was no mention of it in the Bill itself, Gordon said...one of the highest rates of community treatment orders in the world." https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/mental-health-bill-no-place-for-compulsory-care-in-new-law-academic-says/ar-AA1vRH5D

#"Your way"? new york false advertises "Your Wellness. Your Way." https://bewell.ny.gov/ For 20 years this racist state ignored what I and religion said is my way.

#Truth resistant "Are Depression and Schizophrenia Really Treatment-Resistant?" https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-mental-health/202412/are-depression-and-schizophrenia-really-treatment-resistant

#Podcasts "locating the causes of urban violence in problems of law, not in" "culture, psychological differences or...scapegoats.“ https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1986526179-davisvanguard-everyday-injustice-podcast-episode-265-author-jill-leovy-discusses-ghettoside.mp3 This is about regular crimes, but strict psych laws also lead the "mentally ill" to worsen.

#No Privacy "Hong Kong should consider more sharing of psychiatric patient data." https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3290877/hong-kong-should-consider-more-sharing-psychiatric-patient-data-expert

#"Mothers and Child Murder" "excessive corporal punishment for general disobedience...In unwanted child cases, mothers kill a child who is seen as a hindrance or is in the way of the mother’s goals." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/mothers-and-child-murder-how-psychiatrists-can-help-in-prevention In middle school, parents kidnapped me to psych ward parking lot for disobedience. embarrassing mother is treated as a crime.

#poison the homeless "Utah lawmakers plan to prioritize recovery treatment over temporary shelter for chronic homelessness during the upcoming legislative session." https://www.ksl.com/article/51210228/balancing-order-and-compassion-how-utah-lawmakers-hope-to-target-chronic-homelessness

pro-psychiatry John Oliver said not all homeless people are mentally ill, and it's economics. https://youtu.be/fAfg-Sbugyo

#boot camps Paris Hilton, "bring it to the floor for a vote “immediately.” "Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/paris-hilton-calls-house-child-abuse-bill-session/story?id=116772437

#Decriminalize self harm thoughts kenya, "contradicts the provisions of Article 43 of the Constitution, which states that every person has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to healthcare services, including reproductive healthcare and that a person shall not be denied emergency medical treatment,” https://dandc.eu/en/article/activists-kenya-are-pushing-decriminalise-suicide-arguing-current-laws-perpetuate-stigma

I recently came across some fascinating research about how antidepressants actually work vs what many of us were told. For years, I believed (and was told by doctors) that depression was simply a serotonin deficiency that needed to be corrected. But I've learned that the science shows it's more complex than that - antidepressants seem to work by creating altered mental states rather than fixing a chemical imbalance.

I'm curious how others feel about this. Has learning this changed how you view your medication journey? Do you wish you had known this earlier? I still respect that these medications help many people, but I think having accurate information is crucial for making informed choices about our mental health.

The research is mentioned in this YouTube video from After Skool

#Intestines "SSRI Antidepressants May Cause Fewer Side Effects When Targeted to the Gut." https://www.genengnews.com/topics/translational-medicine/targeting-ssri-antidepressants-to-gut-may-reduce-side-effects-in-treated-adults-and-their-babies/

#assaults "conviction of a Malaysian child psychiatrist Amirul Arif Mohd Yunos, in Ireland for grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl has raised significant legal and ethical questions about his future in the medical profession." https://www.sinardaily.my/article/223937/focus/deep-dive/lawyer-explains-possible-actions-against-malaysian-psychiatrist-convicted-of-sexual-abuse-upon-return#google_vignette

#Dreams "If delusions contain symbolic content, like dreams, then the language of the schizophrenic may be intelligible after all." https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/12/the-schizophrenic-and-the-dreamer/

#Marijuana "Christian bookstores that sell communion kits with sacramental wine, she noted...Rastafarians use cannabis in prayer and meditation...Members of the religious group would like to see New York’s cannabis legalization law revised to include accommodations for those who use the drug in worship." https://archive.ph/1wax5 A religion that believes only in "organic" plants wouldn't approve of artificial poisons.

#Deinstitutionalize "cost of the service increased after the hospital bought the doctor's practice." https://archive.ph/XXDjV

#overdoses "multiple medications...Give it twenty years and they’ll have kidney failure from the toxic form of lithium that pharma permitted to be in circulation." https://theenglishpsychiatrist.substack.com/p/if-one-is-good-then-five-must-be?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#False Claims Act “Since 2017, dozens and dozens of autism centers and other companies purporting to offer [Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention] treatment have been created in Minnesota." https://sahanjournal.com/news/autism-center-raid-minneapolis-st-cloud-feeding-our-future/

#TV Dexter Original Sin season 1 episode 1. https://youtu.be/Bw8ZdQpVtdU I never watched the previous series, and this has Buffy The Vampire Slayer. >! Dexter vigilante executes a serial killer nurse. !< He went to the university of miami that my youngest brother unfortunately did. parents called me crazy in 2008 for being against a very expensive art school. That is what was argued about June 25, 2012 when father threatened to "kill me!" and brother said die homeless. For that and threatening to sue a cop, I was sent to the psych ward for the first time in 6 years.

#borderline personality "guidelines prioritize psychotherapy over “ineffective pharmacologic treatment,” https://www.healio.com/news/psychiatry/20241213/apa-updates-borderline-personality-disorder-treatment-guidelines

#Religions wisconsin Supreme Court, "Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior and several sub-entities." https://reason.com/volokh/2024/12/13/supreme-court-adds-two-potentially-significant-cases-to-ot2024-docket/ Besides only being taken to long island jewish inpatient hospitals, I'm currently and was twice forced to talk to outpatient catholic church companies.

#My experiences December 11 11:58 PM mother screamed at me for dog waking me up when she hadn't taken care of him for hours.

#assaults new york, "claims of negligent hiring, supervision and training, willful misconduct, violations of state human rights law, deceptive business practices and false advertising...negligent in failing to monitor dangerous patients...Four Winds' facility in Katonah, while the other five were patients at its hospital in Saratoga Springs...In most cases the alleged abusers were staff." https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/lewisboro/2024/12/10/ex-patients-at-four-winds-hospital-westchester-ny-claim-sexual-abuse-lewisboro-saratoga-springs/76881368007/

#medical or criminal? new mexico "law enforcement to be a petitioner for Assisted Outpatient Treatment." If it's medical, an MD should be doing the paperwork. they admit this is all criminal punishment. https://archive.ph/Pq1cp

#TV Brilliant Minds season 1 episode 11 at 21:30 minutes. Serotonin syndrome overdose. 26:15 minutes "I don't support it" brain surgery for Tourettes.

#pain "major review involving nearly 200,000 people in 2016 found that those with back pain had a 2.6 times higher rate of psychosis, or a loss of connection with reality." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14177539/chronic-pain-increased-risk-mental-breakdown.html

#Socialists england, “Instead, we end up relying on medication too heavily, which comes with its own health risks and side effects. “That means unnecessary hospital admissions." https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/manchester-health-strike/

#Fashion police "gowns contribute to feelings of vulnerability, distress, disempowerment, and dehumanization." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2827628?guestAccessKey=603aa38d-24e0-4b28-a6c3-a9f81cb20222&utm_source=for_the_media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=121024

#LGBTQ florida prisons, “[Before] my hair was long enough for a ponytail. Now I have a buzz cut. I’m very sad and depressed." https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2024-12-11/new-florida-prison-policy-on-trans-health-care-is-like-conversion-therapy

#dictatorship belarus, "Viasna human rights group said that while in custody (reporter) Radzivonava was sent to a psychiatric clinic." I'm part belarusian. https://www.lmtonline.com/news/world/article/belarus-court-jails-journalist-for-four-years-for-19973457.php

#rehab instead of a homeless shelter west virginia, “not everybody you meet on the streets or in the woods is going to need rehab,” https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/clarksburg-petitioners-want-camping-ban-reconsidered/article_d6d9bd56-b689-11ef-a978-1b752334101a.html

#Cabin fever "loneliness induced psychosis" https://www.reddit.com/r/Psychosis/s/WJhgmv0DXC

#Dogg "[having] somebody sitting in a chair to make sure I don’t do anything, and then going to a mental facility, it was definitely an eye-opener for me...she made the choice to stop taking lupus medication and try holistic treatments instead, including exercising more and taking herbs, sea mosses and teas." Celebrities get a choice. https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/entertainment/snoop-doggs-daughter-cori-reflects-on-her-2021-suicide-attempt/

#My experiences December 10 6:06 PM father to dog "I can't take it anymore."

#Get a real painkiller "new meta-analysis finds no evidence that psychiatric drugs effectively treat chronic pain in the long term, while highlighting serious potential harms like deadly falls in older adults." https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/12/psych-drugs-ineffective-for-long-term-pain-relief/

#Trauma "What if she doesn’t have schizophrenia or dementia at all, but is simply the traumatised victim of an abusive son?" https://www.threads.net/@justilou11/post/DDV9hAyzvQK

#Deinstitutionalize "Time has come to 'deinstitutionalize' seniors in Canada." https://www.barrietoday.com/letters-to-the-editor/letter-time-has-come-to-deinstitutionalize-seniors-in-canada-9918208

#train crimes "Daniel Penny verdict: Marine veteran found not guilty in NYC subway chokehold case." Despite Dave Chappelle publicly criticizing chokeholds, this possible racist (Sickle Cell argument) got away with 2nd degree murder. Not even 1 pill was forced on him. I've been unarmed minimally defending as the only Muslim here interracial dating since August 2013. northwell long island jewish ward slandered me psychotic for asserting to stabber parents who said "n word, chink, spic" and that I'd never see my dog again. https://gothamist.com/news/attention-turns-to-civil-case-after-pennys-acquittal-in-nyc-subway-chokehold-trial

"N.C. (WTVD) -- Fayetteville...The Office of Community Safety (OCS) will be offering mental health support and tackling violence and homelessness." It's offensive to mix a department of violence with mental illnesses and homelessness. https://abc11.com/post/community-safety-nc-fayetteville-new-office-focus-on-violence-mental-health/15632508/

#not allowed to choose your doctor georgia, "she is communicating with the judge to allow doctors outside of CSH to see her,” https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/midtown-atlanta-shooting-suspect-must-take-meds-judge-says/ECMGUN4UPJE23C2HMH427XERUM/

#parental consent "eight (states) have laws allowing adolescents to independently consent to mental health treatment with no restrictions, 23 allow adolescents to independently consent with some restrictions, and 18 prohibit adolescents to consent." https://archive.ph/jT4CT

#genocide "serious injury to their physical or mental integrity." https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/12/09/un-calls-for-crucial-commitment-to-prevent-genocide/

#Podcasts Jason Alexander's Really? No, Really? "Anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, emotional dysregulation, weakened immune system and even hallucinations and delusions are just some of the effects of isolation;" https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/45294c24-997b-400a-b93d-af330101d07a/7e65cff4-c2ad-4daf-adeb-b2420026fb14/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=c5ca3111-189c-4a91-bc97-af3301023c97

#locked prisons south carolina, "do not have opportunities for residents to leave the facility and some are fenced in and locked...“Requiring people to be symptom-free or medication-compliant contributes to unnecessarily long [community residential care facility] stays,” https://www.wistv.com/2024/12/09/doj-sues-sc-unnecessarily-segregating-adults-with-mental-illness-violation-ada/

#My experiences December 9 6:27 PM and 7:30 PM golddigger mother hate crimed "(I'm) not a Muslim" because I do not have a job. she said the top thing about Muslims is that we are "providers." No. Number 1 is obeying the Quran which has a chapter on women and Sharia marriage (she can't accept that men pay less).

Injustice to a Boricua at a hospital in the Midwest... you keep sharing the story because laws must change.

Bueno, mi gente, Aqui les tengo una buena to reflect about. Long read, so grab your mug and put on your thinking caps campeones. Creo que vale el long read and sorry for my grammar.

A woman (Rican) 34-36 yrs of age at the time of the events, had a panic attack. Un yeyo. diriamos en a lo Boricua. She asked her family to go to the E.R. in a mostly white neighborhood in a Midwest state. This lady was a mom, spouse, and her parents were staying with her while she was in grad school. This woman arrived in the E.R where she collapsed to the floor crying and got up to a wheelchair and was taken to a room. She was given a medication to calm her nerves and was interviewed by a hospital social worker. She said "I wish this was all over" meaning the situation she had been experiencing. She was harassed at the university and was experiencing extreme stress, She was then asked that night at the hospital if she wanted to stay overnight to relax. She was taken to the psych ward in the hospital and once in there she was given more meds that she felt were not doing good to her. She asked to go home the next day as she was a voluntary admit.

She was not aware that going in as a voluntary patient doesn't mean you get to get to go home when you decide. It all depends on the psychiatrist. She was told she was going to have to stay because she was deemed a danger to self and others. She did not make any remarks of wanting to hurt self or others. The only thing that was taken as evidence of suicidal ideation was that she said " I want this to be over"

She was taken to court in the back of a police car and the police wanted to get her in cuffs to the hospital to follow the established protocol to transport mental health patients. The husband intervened because that would have been a bigger hurt to his wife, and thus, she was simply walked to the cop car. Then she appeared in court heavily sedated by meds and she couldn't express herself at all. She had a time in court where she was placed on the stand, and she mentioned that she was not so impaired until they gave her the drugs she was under and that she wanted to go home. The attorney representing her did not say anything on her defense and the psychiatrist said she was a danger and was suicidal when she arrived at the hospital.

The family members were witnesses and they never heard her say she wanted to end her life. She was experiencing a panic attack; she couldn't understand what was happening to her and thus asked for help. The court decided to commit the patient and to receive a mandatory 90-day treatment sentence under said white psychiatrist.

During her stay at this hospital, the Boricua cried and pleaded to go home to her family and young child. The saff kept saying she was not ready and under that time forced her to mandatory groups and forced medication (including the very potent Haldol.) At times she could not even move her eyelids or speak, and family members are witnesses of this experience. If she did not attend a mandatory class because she thought did not pertain to her situation ( as addition to med classes) she was then denied privileges. Her noncompliance was their excuse for her not being ready for discharge.

Finally, the Boricua knew she had to follow through with the classes and look her best because even not brushing her hair was an issue taken against her readiness for discharge, During that time of plain torture, she experienced harassment from other patients as she was the only nonwhite there. Men and women together in the same ward caused her additional stress because of her past traumas. Finally, 28 days later her family was told she was ready to leave, and they could pick her up. . They came to find out the insurance would not pay past the 28 days in the hospital setting and that is why she was being discharge now. At the time of discharge, she couldn't dress herself completely on her own or could not manage a spoon to feed herself. Her mother took over taking care of her young daughter and helped her with basic daily tasks such as buttoning her clothing. Simple tasks were not possible due to dyskinesia.

The story isn't over. She was placed under a total 90 days of treatment under the psychiatrist that committed her, and she had to go to scheduled visits. As she knew she needed to get off the heavy stuff prescribed, she stopped taking her meds and experienced bad effects. but some days later she was starting to think clearly. and her dyskinesia symptoms were gone. The shaking disappeared. The patient recalls that when she told the doctor about all her symptoms of dyskinesia, the doc just prescribed more drugs to deal with the side effects. This Doctor during a visit told the patient that if she suspected she (the patient) was not taking her meds she would send a team to pick her up and she could be arrested and placed back in the hospital, The patient was terrifed by the threats but kept going to the appointments as mandated and had to lie about taking the meds. Finally, the 90 days were over, and she stopped visiting the psychiatrist. A psychologist saw her afterwards and could not believe what had happened because he knew of patients that needed to be in the ward for longer treatment and were rejected for not having insurance. It seems it was detrimental for the patient to have the insurance in this case.

This ordeal was not only traumatizing but had severe effects on the student's academic career. She lost her semester at grad school. Eventually she finished the graduate level courses, but her traumatic experience did not let her focus to write her thesis. She lost the opportunity to fulfill her dream and the lost wages for years to come. Later in life she completed a different degree, and she found out rejection where background checks were required, We understand now that in a background check the prior addresses where you lived are listed. If you have a commitment procedure it stays in your records and the address where the patient was committed is listed as a prior address. Human resources personnel know what that means. It is the stay in a mental hospital under court orders. So, this patient suffered an enormous loss due to an unjust commitment procedure. I believe this was a heinous act for medical profit.

She has a very strong family, but she has been depressed her whole life because she was robbed of the opportunity to direct her life as she had planned for herself. It affects her to this day, and she is being more open now to others about her ordeal that added to her struggles. This incident happened many years ago. Does she have somebody out there willing to talk with her about this? Maybe someone who knows the laws to protect Latinas in general against these practices? Specially for Latinas who speak English as a Second Language?

Any opinions about this? The word needs to get out because this Boricua, born and raised on the island did not deserve this. It could have been any Boricua woman. It could be you in the hands of a all-white medical staff and court system.

Now where can this story go and who is willing to give a care Are there any other stories you know? I know another one too, but the victim was Mexican American. Who cares about the commitment procedures?

Gracias de antemano,

Una Bori furiosa y quien se atreve? It is a David and Goliath situation I think

#Olmstead "Georgia was among the first DOJ (fbi) targets for an enforcement lawsuit (and coincidentally the home of the two plaintiffs in the Olmstead case...The state agreed to finish that work in five years. Nearly 15 years later, it’s not done." https://archive.ph/jWJEA

#Cabin fever "Loneliness and social isolation are more pronounced in male SCZ patients." https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-024-06333-7 I've had cabin fever since 2006 trauma. I rarely go outside to the cold, boring town full of greedy, alcoholic bullies. With the $100,000+ wasted poisoning me, a more interesting, modern place/entertainment could've been built.

#monopoly "software we used showed the hospital's cost, patient's cost, and the markup percentage. I never saw anything with a lower markup percentage than 1000%." https://digg.com/productivity/link/worst-jobs-out-there-Reddit-list

#"frustration can(not) be treated with a pill" "The Dark Truth About Mental Health: Are We Over Medicalizing Human Emotion?" https://medium.com/voices-without-borders/the-dark-truth-about-mental-health-are-we-over-medicalizing-human-emotion-65c8633cd932

#side effects india, "these medicines often serve to suppress underlying issues like domestic violence, poverty, hunger, and social suffering." https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/12/assessing-community-mental-health-programs-in-india-insights-from-task-shifting-in-kerala-2/

#overcrowding “Repealing the IMD Exclusion Act” would scrap a decades-old law that places strict limits on federal Medicaid funds paying for care at mental health care inpatient facilities...restriction was originally intended to prevent the warehousing of people." https://www.aol.com/rep-ritchie-torres-introduces-bill-195600622.html

#antipsychotics didn't prevent violence “He was physically and verbally abusive to staff and was given anti-psychotic medication.” https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/24778485.hospital-order-man-badly-beat-fellow-patient/

#TV The Twilight Zone (2002) season 1 episode 34 The Placebo Effect. The doctor tries to transfer him to the psych ward until she gets a disease from a comic book. "I didn't want you thinking I was some sort of crazy hypochondriac." https://youtu.be/aTHVLRzf7WY

The Twilight Zone (2002) season 1 episode 36 Cold Fusion. A soldier asks for a psych until he also hears hallucinations others are hearing. "Border between sanity and insanity is sometimes marked not by our reason, but by fear. Fear of ourselves and our own capacity for destruction." https://youtu.be/yZ2HCDS0YSc

#cockblocking "recent survey reveals that 52% of Americans visiting home for the holidays plan to have sex in their childhood bedroom." https://www.newsminimalist.com/articles/survey-shows-half-of-americans-plan-to-have-sex-in-childhood-bedrooms-this-holiday-season-4553c842 The majority of false arrests to the ward were for me saying I was going to date at the home apartment that I pay rent for.

#My experiences December 6 3:46 PM mother, "You're not a Muslim." Then threatened she can again call the police for no reason and I will immediately be taken away. 5:04 PM she wants to "fix (my religious) beard." 5:52 PM "basically crazy" to drop out of overpriced college.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/radicalmentalhealth/comments/17ouqsp/least_sketchy_bipolar_medication/

I started taking lamictal in November of last year due to the comments on that post. At first, it was great. I had so much motivation and self confidence, I almost signed up for college even. But then it made me hypomanic af. Impulsive, couldn't sleep, irratated, just a rollercoaster of a social life. And it didn't go away after a few months like it did when unmedicated. It lasted almost this whole time. I made it a year and I just stopped cold turkey 5 days ago. Thankfully, no side effects.

That was my one time giving bipolar medication a shot. I functioned a lot better without it. The 3 things that helped most were 1. Not having social media 2. Counting calories (lost 70 pounds before starting it, gained 40 back after starting it due to stress eating) and 3. Riding my bike.

Now for the (hopefully not too long) journey of feeling back to my normal self.

Thanks for reading

#Civilian police Review Board Good that texas "Austin Police Union tells officers to avoid mental health calls following Taylor sentence." https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/austin-police-union-tells-officers-to-avoid-mental-health-calls-following-taylor-sentence

#Situational, not genetic "Selten and Cantor-Graae (2005) did a thorough study on how societal factors like discrimination, social rejection, and fights between people may make getting schizophrenia more likely." https://samples.freshessays.com/understanding-the-role-of-social-factors-in-schizophrenia-development.html

"changes in physical appearance, extreme side effects from rashes to psychotic episodes, and loss of self-confidence. It comes as no surprise that the mental toll often parallels the physical damage. Up to 84% of patients with TB (tuberculosis) have concomitant depression." https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/the-syndemic-of-tuberculosis-and-mental-health/article68917231.ece

#Gender discrimination "One in three domestic abuse victims is male – here’s why we need to talk about them...I’ve found that female abusers are just as capable as male abusers of hurting and humiliating their partners." northwell psychiatrists always took orders from mother, even though I was clear out loud and in writing that she started the arguments. she also, my whole life, bossed father to hit me and then false police report. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/one-three-domestic-abuse-victims-135701686.html

#voluntary not protected "NYLPI filed an amicus brief in J.M. v. Sessions, a case to be heard by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (Case No. 24-1997) regarding the death...at a New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities facility." His right to heart medicine isn't protected because he was a voluntary patient. www.nylpi.org

#Consent Decree Maine, "Joyce say there's more work to be done to meet standards of care...they hope state lawmakers craft new legislation to address their concerns." https://fox23maine.com/news/local/maine-mental-health-advocates-push-for-oversight-amhi-consent-decree-disability-rights-maine-augusta-mental-health-institute

#bigorexia "condition: muscle dysmorphia, also known as "bigorexia." The states ban unnecessary muscle supplements while forcing fattening, atrophying mental poisons which didn't work on my fit neighbor. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/a63105670/generation-flex-documentary/

#dangerous people should be arrested Instead of police, ohio wants "assessment by a psychiatrist, licensed psychologist, or licensed school psychologist to evaluate if the student poses a danger." https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/12/06/ohio-house-passes-bill-that-could-cause-expelled-students-to-undergo-a-psychiatric-assessment/

#What's new about bullshit rehab? canada, "New approaches to treatment and rehabilitation that prioritize pathways to recovery over incarceration in the cases of minor and non-violent drug-related crimes." https://www.brantbeacon.ca/premier-ford-pens-open-letter-to-12-mayors-in-ontario/

#Living normal schizophrenic, "Fortunately I did not actually enact that grave prognosis, instead I'm a chaired professor of law, psychology and psychiatry at the USC Gould Center of Law." https://www.upworthy.com/how-a-professor-with-schizophrenia-has-thrived-despite-spending-hundreds-of-days-hospitalized

When I was under my anhedonia spell, due to some bad medicine, it was *really* bad. I couldn’t string together complex thoughts in my mind. I had no executive function, and trying to do anything only wore me down further. I was the definition of a husk. I sunk into nothing.

But doing nothing also felt terrible. Everything was terrible. It was as though my brain was signaling, “I am not getting stimulated right now. What the hell is going on? Do something!”… but nothing was able to help. It was a special kind of suffering. A horrible nothingness.

So, what did I do, to bide the time? I listened to music. Lots of it. In fact, this year alone I have accumulated over 100,000 minutes listening to music. And the most wonderful music of all? Telepath, the vaporwave artist.

Whereas my brain would still scream after listening to most artists, telepath seemed smooth to the ears. It seemed to stimulate me just enough. Every time I listen to it, in general, it is as though I am ascending to another plane. As though it was designed for meditation.

My stepfather showed me another tune which was most stimulating of all. Miraculously, it seemed to be able to bring me back, some small part anyway, from the nothingness. What he sent me is called “The Genius Wave”, and I feel as though the sounds of that, and Telepath, are genuinely what brought me back to this world. Whatever vibrations my brain was receiving… they are comparable to magic. A miracle. It stimulated me in just the right way to pull the ripcord, and get the machine running again.

Today I was experiencing a retreat of mental functioning. The cause of this, I need not get into. That is for another day, but I have my suspicions. Regardless…

Whereas before I feel as though Telepath and “The Genius Wave” were stimulating my nothingness mind to the point where I had some small amount of soul, as I am listening to the album right now I feel as though my thoughts are fluid. Smooth as silk. I am not quite in some of the strange places the artist has taken me before, but perhaps that is because now I am in a state of relative nothingness, which is being alleviated by the music.

So, if you are experiencing anhedonia, and feel hopeless, try artists like Telepath, or “The Genius Wave”. Perhaps music that was designed with meditative processes in mind, generally. It may bring some small part of you back. It may be the kick you need to start driving again, mentally.

And that is all. Take care, friends.

#False Claims Act "Research reveals upcoding in hospital stays leads to billions in extra payments." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-reveals-upcoding-hospital-stays-billions.html

#train crimes ACLU, "But studies have made clear that coercing people into getting mental health care is generally ineffective and does little to improve people’s mental health...very understandable reasons for wanting to avoid the dangerous homeless shelter systems...right-wing has proposed a dramatic – if barbaric – way to deal with the situation...new sports stadiums and other frivolous expenditures." https://www.nyclu.org/commentary/the-status-quo-on-homelessness-and-mental-health-care-is-untenable

#rehab doesn't work "central problem with these programs: Most people don’t want to be there...Mandatory treatment has not been shown to be effective, and has in many cases been harmful." https://filtermag.org/robert-f-kennedy-jr-drug-treatment/amp/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4752879/#:~:text=There%20is%20limited%20scientific%20literature,some%20studies%20suggesting%20potential%20harms. https://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CND/2019/Contributions/UN_Entities/InfoNote20March2019.pdf

#Podcasts "why depression, ADHD, and even schizophrenia aren't brain diseases – they're adaptive responses that may have kept our ancestors alive." https://chrt.fm/track/6143C9/media.transistor.fm/ce346c81/551c2f7f.mp3

#dictatorship "Psychosocial Disability Activism in the Global South: A Radical Path Toward Justice?...engage broader systems of exclusion and oppression—such as poverty, lack of education, and restricted political participation." https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/12/psychosocial-disability-activism-in-the-global-south-a-radical-path-toward-justice/

#Supreme Court "Alito then compares trans people to those with schizophrenia, arguing how there can be different treatments...Strangio...one’s status as a trans person is immutable and does not shift in a way that can easily be compared to mental illnesses." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/justice-alito-compares-being-trans-to-schizophrenia/ar-AA1vgOOT?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

#Welfare "Biden Judges Issue 2-1 Decision Giving Man with Mental Health Conditions Another Opportunity to Demonstrate Eligibility for Social Security Disability Payments...failed to provide “specific, clear and convincing reasons” for discounting Romero’s testimony about his symptoms." https://www.peoplefor.org/biden-judges-issue-2-1-decision-giving-man-mental-health-conditions-another-opportunity-demonstrate

#antipsychotics don't work "University of Waterloo analyzed data from nearly 500,000 Canadian patients who lived in nursing homes across Canada between 2000 and 2022. It found that residents who were given antipsychotic medications showed a significant worsening of their behaviours." https://www.miragenews.com/antipsychotics-often-fail-to-meet-expected-1372098/

#TV Star Trek Lower Decks season 5 episode 8 Upper Decks. The cat-like doctor has no compassion for prescribing painkillers because she can't feel pain. psychs don't have that excuse. I never received relief from multiple back and neck injuries while in the ward and its bad furniture for a year.

#My experiences December 5 around 12:30 PM mother tried to force me to sit down, knowing I have a tailbone hernia. 5:26 PM mother said to screaming father "you're out of control" regarding the dogs.

#"behaviours" to poison canada, "wandering...verbal abuse...physical abuse (a crime, not medical condition)...socially inappropriate or disruptive...resists care." https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Characteristics-of-newly-admitted-long-term-care-home-residents-by-admission-period_tbl2_386262976

#side effects "Medications Causing Delusions? The Scary Truth." https://www.alternativetomeds.com/blog/medications-that-cause-delusions/

#censorship facebook said "Too often, harmless content gets taken down." https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/04/0023207/meta-says-its-mistakenly-moderating-too-much I've lost 10 years of social media time due to their censorship of antipsychiatry protests.

#self harm Colorado should decriminalize suicidal talk, "If I say this word, is my therapist going to call the police?"

• "Am I going to be sent to the emergency room, or am I going to be taken somewhere against my will?" https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-mental-health-program-option-outpatient-suicide-prevention/

#mental health court kills "Among individuals aged 18 to 64 years, risk for all-cause mortality was highest in those with a criminal sanction of prior imprisonment (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.69; 95% CI, 1.50-1.91), mental health court diversion (aHR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.23-1.66), and community sanction (aHR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.24-1.50)" https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/news/higher-risk-for-mortality-associated-with-psychosis-and-criminal-sanctions/

#pollution "Research shows more than 150 million mental diagnoses may be linked to lead in gasoline." https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/health/lead-gasoline-mental-health-wellness/index.html

#gender in antidepressants "fluoxetine was significantly more acceptable in female than in male participants (0.73 [0.70–0.75] vs 0.63 [0.60–0.67]), whereas paroxetine was more acceptable in male than in female participants (0.75 [0.72–0.78] vs 0.68 [0.66–0.70])." https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/sex-differences-antidepressant-acceptability-filled-prescriptions-cohort-study/

#Lawyers l.a. https://usattorneys.com/are-los-angeles-attorneys-equipped-to-prove-malpractice-in-mental-health-diagnoses/

#checklist diagnosing "Committed: An Insider View on Czech Mental Heath Institutions by Jitka Nelb Sinecka." https://asylummagazine.org/2024/12/committed-an-insider-view-on-czech-mental-heath-institutions-by-jitka-nelb-sinecka/

#Cartoons "Your 2024 Therapy Wrapped." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/your-2024-therapy-wrapped

#Religions chile, "Makewe Hospital, administered by the Mapuche community. The hospital integrates Western medicine and traditional healing practices led by machis or traditional healers. “We heard stories of patients’ physical and spiritual health improving." https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/12/chile-must-guarantee-right-health-access-safe-abortion-and-strengthen-mental

#Plasticity "aerobic exercise can recover hippocampal volume loss and improve cognitive dysfunction." https://www.news-medical.net/news/20241204/Professor-Peter-Falkai-suggests-promising-new-directions-in-schizophrenia-treatment.aspx

#jail is better than psych torture "shortage of affordable housing...data-based clinical vignettes illustrate scenarios in which people with serious mental illness have been arrested on misdemeanor charges," https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/new-book-examines-how-individuals-serious-mental-illness-become-entangled-misdemeanor-systems

Hello all, hope you're doing well. I find myself as an outsider to this community, and I am interested to learn more. I have previously been diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety/depression, and have undergone drug and talk therapy to treat it. While it was (mostly?) successful for me, I am wondering where the vitriol towards these systems and people who have good experience with them comes from. This is not for bait or engagement, I am currently studying psychology and would like to hear from this point of view. Thank you.

Edit: I think vitriol was the wrong word, I just got the wrong impression and did not have the proper context. Thank you all so much for the responses. I can agree with some of these sentiments now.

#False Claims Act "Marilyn Cote...pushed antipsychotic medications on people. At times, she would pressure them to take the medication. Once her scam was unveiled, former patients celebrated her arrest." https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/news/marilyn-cote-fake-psychiatry-twitter-exposed/

#Religions Africa believes 35% of "psychosis" is witchcraft, 28% spiritual possession, 20% ancestral punishment. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Cultural-Explanations-for-Psychosis-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa_fig1_386223095

#withdrawal "Less than half of US psychiatric hospitals surveyed reported providing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)" https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/pcn/news/survey-finds-low-availability-opioid-use-disorder-medications-psych-hospitals

#lying "Saver found that spreading misinformation to the community was the least common reason for medical board discipline of physicians among 3,128 medical board disciplinary proceedings (0.1 percent." https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/news/low-frequency-of-discipline-seen-for-physician-spread-misinformation/

#double standard "Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he wants to ensure the provincial government never again incarcerates someone for having tuberculosis." But those with psychiatric "diseases" are isolated. https://archive.is/3SeQp

#bad trips "introspective strategies such as acceptance, self-talk, interrogating the challenge, and meaning-making...physical strategies like intentional breathing, movement, and sensory engagement." https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-psychedelics-study-highlights-the-best-ways-to-deal-with-a-bad-trip/

#When do brains mature? "at least to my parental eye, the similarities can seem to outnumber the differences. Kids are on an endless quest for yummy treats, and adults line up for trendy pastries;...“adults are just giant kids.” https://archive.is/TW5nb I had almost no childhood (hurried child syndrome), and adulthood ruined by 1,000's of realistic threats of psych poisons. The majority of ideas matured by 21 years old and then written at 28. quacks claimed their traumatizing torture would help me, but it just wastes a lifetime.

#Marijuana "Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em: Rethinking Smoking as a Trauma Response." https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/12/smoke-em-if-you-got-em-rethinking-smoking-as-a-trauma-response/

#TV Star Trek Section 31 movie January 24, "He’s a fun-loving guy until he isn’t. Just don’t suggest anger management sessions to this Section 31 operative." https://trekmovie.com/2024/11/03/meet-the-machine-the-deltan-the-enigma-and-more-star-trek-section-31-movie-characters/

#side effects "Evaluation of Antipsychotic-Induced Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Using a Self-Organizing Map...coma induced by TAPs (1st generation antipsychotics) and AAPs (2nd generation antipsychotics)" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383613360_Evaluation_of_Antipsychotic-Induced_Neuroleptic_Malignant_Syndrome_Using_a_Self-Organizing_Map

"What is Citalopram? The anti-depressant linked to Thomas Kingston’s death." I'm on that. https://nz.news.yahoo.com/citalopram-anti-depressant-linked-thomas-174218247.html

#My experiences December 3 2:40 PM I cried out of my left eye because a.o.t. made antidepressant involuntary after I had volunteered to try it. Being forced is the source of 99% of sadness.

#poison pills, instead of legalizing drugs antigua, "His move was approved by Barbados’ Head of State, Mia Mottley, who hailed Browne’s commitment to leading on mental health issues." https://wicnews.com/antigua-barbuda/antigua-and-barbuda-leads-drive-against-crime-in-caribbean#google_vignette

#malpractice "provider-based stigma is a significant issue among Italian ambulance personnel." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178124005766

#horror "Exploring the complex depiction of mental illness in the horror genre." https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/exploring-complex-depiction-of-mental-illness-in-horror/

#DSM 6 "Most recommended dropping the term “delusional beliefs”...for OCD." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178124005912

#side effects "Children born to mothers who took valproate during pregnancy exhibited congenital malformations, developmental delays, and cognitive impairments...By the 1960s, it was recognized that tardive dyskinesia was actually a side effect of long-term antipsychotic use. This discovery led to changes in prescribing practices, with more caution and monitoring." No, 60 years later overdose amounts of antipsychotics are still prescribed. https://jonrappoport.substack.com/p/this-horrible-new-disease-is-really-effects-of-drug-were-prescribing?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

"hallucinations ceased when he discontinued the (opiate) medication." https://www.cureus.com/articles/290598-opioid-induced-hallucinations-a-case-report#!/

#biased President Biden said the (republican) police and courts are biased. "selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted," "I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice." I'm being targeted for instant false arrest in a discriminatory way since late 2011. By, among others, a balding cop who said he would never let his adult son live with him. https://abcnews.go.com/US/president-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter-biden/story?id=116358693

#Brain fog "I read 10 pages (or 500 RSS headlines) a day for 30 days… my brain fog disappeared." https://www.journee-mondiale.com/en/i-read-10-pages-a-day-for-30-days-my-brain-fog-disappeared/

#"failed to deliver" Colorado tax money, "Millions went to nonprofits run by unlicensed directors, some with long criminal histories." https://www.cpr.org/2024/12/02/cash-for-caring-denver-mental-health-investigative-series/

#Family caregivers forensic "HCPs prefer family caregivers to support care and treatment." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39615923/

#selfish, moronic moms forcing the most dangerous pill on children discouraging life saving blood tests. No, there isn't a drug that makes you believe you have a mental illness. "clozapine, which is used to treat schizophrenia and anosognosia...which has been found (worse than an antidepressant) to halt suicidal ideation." https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/02/mental-health-churn-mad-moms/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK535399/

#My experiences December 1 5:45 PM mother falsely said I "need" a degree and "license" to start a computer company. I regret not dropping out of middle school during the daily bullying and exhausting homework. I understood basic tech 25 years ago and, when not poisoned, read 150 educational RSS websites. mother claims to miss grandpa but he couldn't afford college and never yelled in an anti-intellectual way.

More of a vent about not being able to find anti-psych people irl.

I feel alone. I can't have it both ways.

I am in a community where we obsess over big men (LGBT space) and i am pretty sure they are ok with therapy.

I am also in a community that's anti therapy (which I am anti) and we share the same collective experience of being traumatized in the psych system.

I cant ever find anyone who's in both communities. Someone i can be a partner with and who won't deny the abuse i went through in the system.

THIS ISNT FAIR.

JUST ONE FRIEND AND PARTNER. THATS ALL I ASK. I NEVER FEEL HEARD IN EITHER COMMUNITY.

I'm not sure where the best place to vent is.

I'm autistic, have multiple personalities (DID), C-PTSD, and some intense attachment issues. Dunno if those labels are forbidden here.

I've just broken things off with my last therapist. I've been in and out of therapy for 20 years. Really felt hopeful with this last one--- she was pretty good but she kept having to cancel me last minute. 6 times in 7 months might not seem like a lot, but with the attachment trauma, I'd go through the five phases of grief in a matter of days each time. Then I'd have to try to rebuild inner trust when I saw her again. It was such a waste of time when I'm trying to work on my trauma.

Finally said I'm done.

Now I'm left with being back to just me, and I don't plan on finding another therapist anytime soon. I'm so tired of not really having any hope for healing, especially being low income. There are all sorts of interesting modalities I don't have the money to try. Plus, even if I did, I'm not sure I'd want to spend my money on something that probably won't work anyway. Nothing else has over the years-- I'm worse off now than I ever was.

I get that modern medicine and the mental health model are broken, it's just that there's not really anything else to try. I was getting free therapy through a state grant at a local clinic. That's really all I have access to.

I'm on meds that I pay out of pocket for. Nothing has ever really worked for me though, and I get side effects from everything. Recently experienced disbelief and suspicion from my med management provider at the amount of side effects I got from a tiny dose of an antipsychotic.

I was really hopeful that something could work but now I feel like, this is it. This is as good as it gets. I just keep masking, falling apart and putting myself back together, and going on, and on...and on.

I have been taking psych meds for three years and I'm having some hypocondria crisis right now on how my brain got destroyed forever on these meds and reading about people's bad experiences is making it worse. Before taking these meds, I used to draw, paint all the time, I used to feel everything, I used to have so much imagination and motivation to make stuff but it's been 3 years on these meds and all of this is gone. I have been feeling nothing but miserable on these meds and even suicidal, they were prescribed because of my ptsd but it's not even helping, what was helping me was painting. Please tell me some of you were able to get back to your real self once off these meds, that everything went back to normal, that you got your motivation, will to live, passion, and cognitive abilities back.

#State Constitutional Amendments "Unite NY poll shows New Yorkers support term limits and (70% for) citizen referendum." https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2024/11/28/unite-ny-poll-shows-new-yorkers-support-term-limits

#False Claims Act "Mental health therapist based in Omaha pleads no contest to Medicaid fraud." https://www.ketv.com/article/mental-health-therapist-based-in-omaha-pleads-no-contest-to-medicaid-fraud/63033971

#Everyone should have the option of solitary florida "Man allegedly strikes another patient in face at mental health clinic...review the surveillance footage of the incident...charge of simple battery." https://www.leesburg-news.com/2024/11/28/man-allegedly-strikes-another-patient-in-face-at-mental-health-clinic/ When this happened to me July 2019, nurse lydia pemberton injected me with haldol to obstruct calling 911.

#unhappy "Bhutan’s growing mental health challenges...depression cases surged by 252 percent...to 2,687 in 2023." Gross National Happiness is a failure without weed legalization. https://kuenselonline.com/tackling-bhutans-growing-mental-health-challenges/

#crazy bathroom "Dear Eric: Your response to “Sad In Urinetown” strongly implies that urinating on plants can only be a mentally disordered behavior. I challenge this...generally a healthy fertilizer." https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/11/29/asking-eric-thomas-pees-in-the-yard/

#actors "Roman Kemp has stopped taking anti-depressants after 16 years to ‘understand emotions.’ https://metro.co.uk/2024/11/29/roman-kemp-stopped-taking-anti-depressants-16-years-understand-emotions-22087309/

#side effects "laryngeal dystonia (can't breathe) due to haloperidol...risk factors for dystonic reactions including younger age, male gender, and a prior history of extrapyramidal-related side effects to other medications." https://www.cureus.com/articles/322979-haloperidol-induced-laryngeal-dystonia-a-case-report-on-an-antipsychotic-associated-airway-emergency#!/

#misdiagnosis "psychiatric diagnoses themselves are highly contested, biased, and often misogynistic. They are frequently used in cases where women and girls have experienced significant trauma and abuse. If the diagnoses are so controversial and lack a robust evidence base, how can they be used with such lethal certainty to declare there is no hope for improvement?" https://whatwouldjesssay.substack.com/p/mps-have-voted-for-euthanasia-in?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#chemical restraint "greater increase in complaints, especially those related to the target of R/S (restraint and seclusion), among for‐profits relative to nonprofits." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7440569/

#Thyroid "recent abstract presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America suggested that levothyroxine use in people with typical hormone ranges could lead to lower bone mass and density." https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/common-thyroid-drug-levothyroxine-linked-to-bone-mass-loss

#My experiences November 28 5:30 PM mother slandered me twice for not being able to sit from the back hernia. Also she lied that eating spinach and other healthy vegetarian food made me fat, not the pills. November 29 8:20 and 10:31 AM she told me what to wear.

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