tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post554042159549669450..comments2023-11-02T06:02:54.115-04:00Comments on If You're Going Through Hell Keep Going: Psychiatric Patients' Advocates Sue New Jerseysusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-45023480554251962872010-09-02T12:15:07.126-04:002010-09-02T12:15:07.126-04:00Happy Birthday, Susan! I hope Holly baked a cake!Happy Birthday, Susan! I hope Holly baked a cake!soulful sepulcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271584927611299868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-6096866585073216122010-09-02T12:14:23.346-04:002010-09-02T12:14:23.346-04:00Happy Birthday Susan....Yikes...you'll need fi...Happy Birthday Susan....Yikes...you'll need fire department back up if you plan to light all those candles. Yet on the bright side, those AARP discounts do come in handy...lol<br /><br />Enjoy your b-day, and to think at this juncture you don't have that many more before the grim reaper comes knocking...lol<br /><br />StanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-37279983747112167002010-08-29T21:23:15.998-04:002010-08-29T21:23:15.998-04:00I know this comment is not related to this post, b...I know this comment is not related to this post, but I guess it's self therapy to be able to write it in a supportive community. <br /><br />I'm so tired. I'm alone. <br /><br />I'm tired of being resilient, as so many of us are. <br /><br />I'm exhausted. I have work to do and emails to respond to. <br /><br />I just wish I could just sit and do nothing for a long time. <br /Wonder Womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-18321860583697552102010-08-26T09:18:01.113-04:002010-08-26T09:18:01.113-04:00Susan,
How are you?
It's been a while since yo...Susan,<br />How are you?<br />It's been a while since your last post.<br />Just came to say Hi!<br />Love,<br />AnaAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05742171327602935061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-3397905195856654052010-08-22T00:09:05.492-04:002010-08-22T00:09:05.492-04:00The only thing I was surprised to read from that a...The only thing I was surprised to read from that article was the part where NAMI of NJ doesn't think that forced medication is a major issue.<br /><br />Having been inpatient many times in psych hospitals, I know full well that prisoners DO have more rights than a psych patient. Being a prisoner also carries far less of a social stigma too.<br /><br />Sadly, Radagast nailed it when he said:<Miss Defectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299676284584329772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-62100268420597799802010-08-16T08:03:59.908-04:002010-08-16T08:03:59.908-04:00this post is so important...why aren't the men...this post is so important...why aren't the mental ill given rights and dignity they deserve??? Thank you for the courage to write this. I'm now a follower of you....Nikki (Sarah)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-45050191825880444622010-08-15T12:46:01.508-04:002010-08-15T12:46:01.508-04:00close* not cloase...
heheclose* not cloase...<br />heheAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889189418315180865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-86539149291552068592010-08-15T12:45:17.114-04:002010-08-15T12:45:17.114-04:00Democracy... democracy was mentioned ... hmmmm......Democracy... democracy was mentioned ... hmmmm... civil liberties......... backward... backward... the world is going backward..... pay attention, cloase attention.Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889189418315180865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-61942487911538342402010-08-11T22:36:23.249-04:002010-08-11T22:36:23.249-04:00Forced injections and involuntary sentences sounds...Forced injections and involuntary sentences sounds like prison, but sadly this is the state of most inpatient psych wards...esp state funded ones and county. <br /><br />If NAMI supports this, so does DBSA as they are both PRO medication groups, whether ppl want to like that or not, they are funded by pharma...and have pro-med agendas.<br /><br />There was a NAMI funded house for patients to soulful sepulcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271584927611299868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-76656846983153095592010-08-11T19:36:57.795-04:002010-08-11T19:36:57.795-04:00Susan wrote:
"...maybe we should have stayed ...Susan wrote:<br />"...maybe we should have stayed with King George III, eh?.."<br /><br />LOL. Only if you promised to keep him! Dependent upon the account that one reads, he was as mad as a hatter himself, or else suffering from porphyria (sp?). And wasn't he forcibly restrained and treated, at one point - or was that just the movie dramatization?<br /><br />Anyway, "Radagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-66914307116130951232010-08-07T19:15:20.718-04:002010-08-07T19:15:20.718-04:00I will be interested in seeing how this turns out....I will be interested in seeing how this turns out.Elizabeth Mahlouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00334700057953625321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-82301322366212800992010-08-06T01:06:21.648-04:002010-08-06T01:06:21.648-04:00My first admission to the hospital was from a comm...My first admission to the hospital was from a commitment, in Connecticut. Within a few days I refused to take my trilafon. They let me know they'd be taking me before a judge and I changed my mind and took it. Mainly because the doctor was a bully. But I had that option to go before a judge and plead my case if I'd felt that strongly about it.<br />P.S. I was appalled to read NAMI's Chrishttp://www.christianewells.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-26481601843266318882010-08-05T14:34:37.191-04:002010-08-05T14:34:37.191-04:00Good luck with this Susan. I know that my mother w...Good luck with this Susan. I know that my mother was given so many meds, mostly for an incorrect diagnosis. Finally, we were able to get her to a doctor who correctly diagnosed her as depressed. Yet, she was given drugs for schizophrenia at age 60!Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-57545681703787370902010-08-05T10:47:02.652-04:002010-08-05T10:47:02.652-04:00I have seen some of the worst crimes against human...I have seen some of the worst crimes against humans in psych wards in the States. The staff just wants peace and quiet so they shoot everyone up with sedatives and restrain them. <br />Go Susan! Make a scene and get people to listen!<br />xx krisKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383541747197866087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-18317380512680886792010-08-04T18:57:07.794-04:002010-08-04T18:57:07.794-04:00Forced drugging in a competent person is terrible ...Forced drugging in a competent person is terrible crime. And they call it medicine.Mark p.s.2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10529811159862096782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-56018448228499349922010-08-04T08:22:44.274-04:002010-08-04T08:22:44.274-04:00Nos just saw what you said. Ditto. Amen. The only ...Nos just saw what you said. Ditto. Amen. The only good thing I can say is the food was awfully good. And they had HBO and Shotime.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-45224088035158118842010-08-04T08:21:41.253-04:002010-08-04T08:21:41.253-04:00Bob, maybe we should have stayed with King George ...Bob, maybe we should have stayed with King George III, eh? I dunno. According to my daily Tweets, there is a huge Psychiatric conference going on right now in London. I would love to have attended.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-71053929643362737302010-08-04T07:48:59.457-04:002010-08-04T07:48:59.457-04:00I'm nauseated to read this. Psychiatric hospi...I'm nauseated to read this. Psychiatric hospitals are so poorly managed and routinely violate the rights and respect of the patients. I know from personal experience that I have never been treated as badly as I have when I've been in the hospital. It's really gross. It makes me not want to get help even if I need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-71245683839936045822010-08-04T07:42:48.006-04:002010-08-04T07:42:48.006-04:00“As a patient in a state hospital, it’s your legal...“As a patient in a state hospital, it’s your legal right to refuse and go through a process, but you get severely penalized if you try,” <br /><br />So, basically, you either given the drugs, force fed them or treated like shit if you refuse?<br /><br />You have some democracy over in the States Susan.Fidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329260132388791267noreply@blogger.com