tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post6257319191581485645..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Thank You, Pete EarleyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-14557659163626926832014-04-04T21:49:02.896-04:002014-04-04T21:49:02.896-04:00Why does someone feel they have to damage their bo...Why does someone feel they have to damage their body in order to get help? Is mental healthcare, or for that matter, society, that far gone?Not a Doctornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-460384913726160462014-04-02T23:01:14.347-04:002014-04-02T23:01:14.347-04:00i'm glad you are talking to a wide variety of ...i'm glad you are talking to a wide variety of people with a wide variety of experiences. and i'm always glad to hear that some people are doing better. i'm in favor of effective treatment, treatment that helps people live full lives... <br /><br />my quick take-- for many reasons, i think it is absolutely unethical to ever force anyone to take medication. i see the grayer area for forced hospitalization, but am still mainly opposed. one issue that i hope you discuss is how hard it is to willingly seek psychiatric hospitalization. when i was eighteen, i felt suicidal. i tried to go to a psychiatric hospital. i told the admitting doctor that i was feeling like cutting and feeling suicidal. he asked, "what do you want me to do, tie your hands behind your back?" i was shocked. i was a kid. i'd gotten help in a hospital before, from people who seemed to care. i thought maybe i could get help again and not feel so awful. i was furious too, and when i got back to my dorm room that evening, i took like ninety or so pills of various kinds- effexor, naltrexone, claritin (i think??) and something else. i spent a couple of days in the icu before being transferred to a nearby psychiatric hospital (against my will at this point... i felt more hopeless than ever). and i had learned a lesson. <br /><br />after five years of doing really really well, i became very depressed again. when i felt truly awful one day after church, i just went ahead and overdosed, figuring that way, i could try to get some help, and if i didn't feel better, i could kill myself later. 120 pills later i was back in the hospital. <br /><br />Liz--<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-82484868356001584742014-04-02T11:49:32.080-04:002014-04-02T11:49:32.080-04:00I had hoped I put enough qualifiers on what I said...I had hoped I put enough qualifiers on what I said that people wouldn't necessarily take it personally, but thanks for holding it. The entire area you are investigating is very inflammatory.CatLovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-9887878806671977702014-04-01T21:54:52.079-04:002014-04-01T21:54:52.079-04:00AA -- thank you, I may. I have definitely been us...AA -- thank you, I may. I have definitely been using information mentioned in by commenters. <br /><br />CatLover-- I have your comment and I'm leaving it out of this particular post. I put on moderation because I didn't want any personal attacks directed at the people who were kind enough to share their stories with me. That said, I do think you have some valid points, so I'm holding on to your comment and I will put up a post about the topic you discussed and place the comment there. No hard feelings, I just want a better place for it.<br />Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-40082424136125988872014-04-01T04:08:43.975-04:002014-04-01T04:08:43.975-04:00Dinah, not to sound like a broken record but have ...Dinah, not to sound like a broken record but have you considered contacting this guy, since he has worked as an inpatient therapist? He is against involuntary commitment but definitely understands the dilemma that families are in with loved ones who have difficulties.<br /><br />http://www.madinamerica.com/author/pdxjon/<br /><br />Here are the comments that he has posted:<br /><br />http://www.madinamerica.com/comment-history/?id=2937<br /><br />AAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com