How do I get over the stress of being locked up?

Question

I am 30 years old.
Last summer my dad punched me in the face and my mother started screaming that I was psycho. They called the police and a mental hospital. The police came to my home and forced the door open. They took me to a mental hospital. The psychiatrist had my parents come in and they just told a bunch of lies about me. The psychiatrist told me I had schizophrenia. They locked me up in a little room for two months. I didn't get to leave the room once in that time. The nurses and orderlies would throw me to the ground for no reason and inject me full of drugs. It was the most horrible experience imaginable.
I wake up every night screaming and soaked in sweat. Now I am forced to go see a psychiatrist and get injections. If I don't.... the police will take me to a mental hospital where they will probably make me spend the rest of my life.
I am scared out of my mind. I don't have ANY mental illness! Lawyers will not help me. I don't know how to get out of it

Answer 1

Call CCHR.
What was done to you is a crime (false imprisioment) and you deserve financial gratification. CCRH will represent you!
www.CCHR.org

See this video;
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3895596783332855545&q=psychiatry+is+fraude&hl=en

Understanding Psychiatry:

"Psychiatry is not the same as neurology; whereas neurology treats diseases that have their aetiology or their physiology known and proven by medical science, psychiatry treats mental conditions where aetiology and physiology are both unknown and unproven.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_diseases

Psychiatry is not the same as Psychology; whereas Psychology studies the cognitive and subconscious mental processes of man with no regard towards physiology; Psychiatry studies theoretical mental disorder with the assumption that those disorders are based on physiological deficiencies.

Psychology develops therapies aimed to improve mans cognitive processes; whereas Psychiatry develops physiological treatments to treat theoretical physiological deficiencies where aetiology and physiology are both unknown and unproven.

The unscientific assumption that mental disorders are based on physiological deficiencies creates an arbitrary that makes any further research done by Psychiatry unscientific. You can’t base science on assumptions and arbitraries.

Psychiatry treats theoretical mental disorders with theoretical physiological treatments.

Examples of Psychiatric theoretical mental disorders:
Premenstrual dysphonic disorder (PMDD) is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome.
Gender identity disorder: If you are gay you have this disorder.
Female orgasmic disorder: Many types of conditions are under this code.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-IV_Codes_%28alphabetical%29
As you see, these mental disorders are actually unscientific arbitraries based solely on opinion.

Examples of Psychiatric theoretical physiological treatments:
1st Example
Electroconvulsive therapy is a barbaric treatment where brain damage is induced into the patient by passing 70 to 200 volts of electricity through your brain. The electro shock and the heat further produce more brain damage by the effect decomposition and toxicity of dead brain cells. The only benefit of Electroconvulsive therapy is that it produces memory loss and amnesia. So the patient forgets its problems. Electroconvulsive therapy has caused death, coma and disabilities on patients.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2431926628202445879
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2761074183936137060
“About 100,000 people in the USA undergo ECT every year.”
“The most commonly accepted theory is that ECT's mechanism of action is similar to that of antidepressant drugs and involves neurotransmitters, in particular dopaminergic, serotoninergic and noradrenergic systems.”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_shock_therapy

2nd Example:
Lobotomy is another barbaric treatment developed by Psychiatry in the name of mental health. In this procedure brain damage is induced into the patient by cutting the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex or simply destroying it.
“Even lobotomy's proponents admitted that only one third of the operated patients would improve, while one-third remained the same, and one-third got worst (25 to 30 % is the proportion of spontaneous improvement in many kinds of mental diseases! Thus, a large proportion of the operated patients could have recovered without the lobotomy).
http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n02/historia/lobotomy.htm

3rd Example:
The chemical imbalance theory, this theory alleges that serotonin deficiency in the brain causes depression. The following video explains this theory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR9vtdueubc&mode=related&search=

But this theory is not based in science and experts disagree:

“I spent the first several years of my career doing full-time research on brain serotonin metabolism, but I never saw any convincing evidence that any psychiatric disorder, including depression, results from a deficiency of brain serotonin. In fact, we cannot measure brain serotonin levels in living human beings so there is no way to test this theory. Some neuroscientists would question whether the theory is even viable, since the brain does not function in this way, as a hydraulic system”
Stanford psychiatrist David Burns, winner of the A.E. Bennett Award given by the Society for Biological Psychiatry for his research on serotonin metabolism, when asked about the scientific status of the serotonin theory in 2003.

“Although it is often stated with great confidence that depressed people have a serotonin or norepinephrine deficiency, the evidence actually contradicts these claims”
Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience Elliot Valenstein

“Indeed, no abnormality of serotonin in depression has ever been demonstrated”
Psychiatrist David Healy, former secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology and historian of the SSRIs, in Let Them Eat Prozac (2004).

“A sugar pill was more effective than either St. John’s Wort or the antidepressant Zoloft in providing relief to severely depressed patients, according to a new study that is unlikely to end the debate about the role of the popular supplement in treating the disorder.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3076831/

“…I wrote that Prozac was no more, and perhaps less, effective in treating major depression than prior medications…. I argued that the theories of brain functioning that led to the development of Prozac must be wrong or incomplete”
Brown University psychiatrist Peter Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac, which is often credited with popularizing SSRIs, in a clarifying letter to the New York Times in 2002.

“Some have argued that depression may be due to a deficiency of NE [norepinephrine] or 5-HT [serotonin] because the enhancement of noradrenergicnor serotonergic neurotransmission improves the symptoms of depression. However, this is akin to saying that because a rash on one’s arm improves with the use of a steroid cream; the rash must be due to a steroid deficiency”
Psychiatrists Pedro Delgado and Francisco Moreno, in “Role of Norepinephrine in Depression,” published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry in 2000.

We must be able to differentiate real scientific research against special interest research. The fact is that the chemical imbalance theory is unfounded because:
1) A connection of ‘emotional states’ and neurotransmission levels have not been established.
2) It is impossible to measure the serotonin levels in living human beings.
3) There is no evidence that brain cells produce and then reabsorb serotonin.

In the following video two college professor explain exactly what I’m saying in Fox News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbTqjSfMPKA&mode=related&search=

We must understand that psychiatric drugs are a multi billion dollars industry, and that careful marketing campaigns are created to push these drugs. We can even say that the whole “Chemical Imbalance Theory” was created in an effort to market these drugs. We can also say that anti-depressants are actually a marketing name for stimulants and anti-psychotic are actually a marketing name for depressants.
Three types of drugs:

Narcotics: (OxyContin, Vicodin, Percocet), also known as analgesics or opiods are drugs that are prescribed for moderate to severe physical pain. They are abused because of their euphoric, sedating, and numbing effects. Narcotic abuse causes tolerance and dependence and the withdrawal symptoms are severe.

Depressants: (Xanax, Valium, Librium) are drugs that are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep disorders. They are abused because of their sedating properties. With abuse, depressants cause tolerance and dependence and the withdrawal symptoms can be severe.

Stimulants: Ritalin, Dexedrine, Meridia) are prescribed to treat ADD/ADHD and other conditions such as asthma. They are abused because of their energizing and euphoric effects. Stimulants do not generally cause tolerance or dependence but abuse is associated with hostility and paranoia. There is also great risk for cardiovascular failure and seizures.

-Ritalin: Prescribed for individuals (usually children) who have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has a high potential for abuse and produces many of the same effects as cocaine or amphetamine. http://www.streetdrugs.org

Psychiatrists are not common people. Psychiatrists have a different point of view than the rest of society:
“A recent survey in the UK found that 83 per cent of psychiatrists thought that ECT( Electroconvulsive therapy) was more likely to be beneficial than harmful – this figure fell to 69 per cent of mental health nurses and 14 per cent of psychologists.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy

So how come Psychiatrists have such a different point of view than Psychologists and the rest of society?
Whereas Psychologists confronts the human mind or psyche and understand that each person behaviors is an evolution of his own personal experiences. Psychiatrists are unable to confront the human psyche; Psychiatrists don’t care about your emotional issues or traumas; Psychiatrists only deal with man as an object, a biomechanical machine incapable of controlling his mental processes.

How else can you explain Psychiatry barbaric treatments? Like Electroconvulsive therapy, Lobotomies, strait jackets and severe drugging of patients. For them you are not a person; for them you are only a biomechanical machine. People that join the Psychiatric profession do it in order to learn to deal with man in a mechanical way.

The real role of Psychiatry in society is that they are psyche executioners of society. Whenever a person doesn’t conform with the behavioral rules of society they can be sent to a Psychiatrist. And the Psychiatrist enforces the person to conform by the use of multiple control mechanisms; these mechanisms are drugs, electroshock, lobotomies and incarceration (When you are committed into a Psychiatric hospital against your will you are being incarcerated and your freedom is taken away from you. After this the patients are so scared that they will do anything in order to get out of that place.).
The behavioral rules of society are clearly expressed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association.

http://www.drugawareness.org/
http://www.adhdfraud.org/
http://www.escapefrompsychiatry.org/
http://www.antipsychiatry.org/
http://www.mindfreedom.org/
http://www.endofshock.com/
http://www.stopshrinks.org/
http://www.gwenolsen.com/
http://psychrights.org
http://www.prescriptionsuicide.com/
http://www.breggin.com/
http://www.healthyskepticism.org/
http://www.aspire.us/

Answer 2

I wanted to correct a point that KED made.

KED said this: "There is no legal justification of forcing a person to see a psychiatrist or to get injections unless they are some kind of criminal. It is highly recommended that people with mental disorders take their medication but it cannot be forced on them. Of course, if your disorder makes you violent and a danger to society then yes, the chances are that you might well be forcefully taken back to the hospital until you are once again stable"

That isn't correct. A person can be detained under the Mental Health Act if they pose a danger to themself or others. This is completely different to being a criminal, being treated under this act is not a punishment. It sounds like you may be under a Compulsory Treatment Order, in which case you are ill and need help, this is not a punishment, but a treatment.

As for the original question, it is impossible to judge from a post on here. I would assume that G M is unwell, but unable to understand your illness at this time. Maybe you are lacking insight into your illness. I am hoping this is the case, because if you are well and are being treated like this by so many people then we should all be afraid in this country.

I hope that you are receiveing more than medications as treatment and that it starts to help you get better over time.

I would also like to point out that the previous poster (The outsiders) is a Scientologist who is very anti-psychiatry. His references are also very biased. Although I do not claim that psychiatry is the be all and end all, I do think those opinions are incredibly OTT. ECT is not barbaric. Have you ever seen it or seen the positive effects it can have on patients with severe depression? I have and it can work. Not always but sometimes. It does not always cause amnesia and memory loss, this is an unfortunate side effect for some people, not all.

I am going to stop this reply now as I am very annoyed at the biased and ill-informed information posted by "the outsiders"

(nobody performs labotomies anymore)

Answer 3

First of all you need to calm down...

I am sorry that you have had such a terrible experience, however, I think that you sound more than just a little paranoid and the details of your question would lead me to believe that you got a valid diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Psychiatric hospitals are not like normal hospitals..they deal with people that cannot deal with themselves in a variety of different manners, and oftentimes these people are a danger to themselves and others..this is why people stay for long periods of time, get restrained, and shut in rooms by themselves. Injections are often necessary to get a patient back in control.

There is no legal justification of forcing a person to see a psychiatrist or to get injections unless they are some kind of criminal. It is highly recommended that people with mental disorders take their medication but it cannot be forced on them. Of course, if your disorder makes you violent and a danger to society then yes, the chances are that you might well be forcefully taken back to the hospital until you are once again stable.

The one thing you have to understand is that psychiatric facilities are expensive..about a thousand dollars a day..so therefore, they are not in the habit of keeping patients that do not suffer from any kind of disorder.

My suggestion would be that you visit a therapist..and talk about this because you seem to be having a problem with what is real and what isn't. Get the right kind of medication..apparently whatever you are taking now isn't working, if you are taking anything at all.

Later on, when you are better..it might be a good idea for you to come back and re-read your question..perhaps then you will be able to see just how erratic it is.

Good luck!

Answer 4

i am sorry for your bad experience. sometimes when people are very sick, or mentally ill, they do not realize.they are sick. the police cannot take you to a mental hospital unless they have good reason. a psychiatrist does not admit a person to hospital unless they have a good reason. parents do not call the police, and have their son admitted to a mental hospital for no reason. nurses and orderlies do not throw people on the ground for no reason. i know, i was a nurse in a mental hospital for twenty years. you probably had what they call a psychotic episode, and some things you did you may not remember. you must be schizophrenic or you would not be on medication. if you learn to understand schizophrenia, and trust your doctor and parents a bit more, then your life will become easier. you do have rights, and some hospitals have what they call patient advocates, that will tell you your rights, and listen to your concerns. if you are feeling terrible from your medications, talk to your doctor. i know this is hard for you and i hope this helps. these people are here to help your, not hurt you. good luck hope things get better for you. you also have to remember, it is not your fault, or your parents or the hospital.

Answer 5

Your state should have a disability legal office. The paperwork you got at the mental hospital, if you read it carefully, should tell you what your legal rights, and who you can call for more information (in our state, there is an ombudsman. I called her for help with my case and she was very knowledgeable) You can also google your state plus consumer plus mental and get a local consumer group, which is a group for people with mental illness run by people with mental illness. They will probalby have some good advice for you, and they aren't part of "the system." Do you have a social worker? Talk to them, too.

You have a right to see your hospital medical records, and make a copy of them (although they can charge you for that). But you can go take notes and that won't cost you anything. It is illegal to involuntarily restrain or medicate a person in the mental hospital unless they are imminently in danger of harming themselves or others. There's JAACO, too, an accreditation agency. It should say in the notes why this was done.

I was mistreated in a mental hospital too, and although I never sued, there were some big changes made there because I wrote letters and complained and backed up my complaints with my medical records. So then others didn't have to suffer so much (there were some abusive staff there who emotionally abused patients when no one else was around).

bazelon.org has a lot of legal information for your rights. That is a terrific website, I really recommend it. They are a nonprofit group trying to secure equal rights for people with mental illness, so abuses won't happen anymore (or if they do, there is legal redress). Good luck! In the meantime, I found that prozac helped with the terror and flashbacks, I took a lot of hot baths, read a lot of novels to distract me. That's PTSD that you have or post traumatic stress disorder.

You may also want to consider that you actually do have schizophrenia. Few people with the illness are aware that they have it and they will swear up and down, honestly, that nothing is wrong. If you previously had a good relationship with your parents, you may want to trust them. I'm bipolar, and I go in and out of episodes, and when I'm in an episode, I often write notes. Then later, when I'm better, i scratch my head and wonder, what was I thinking? If I was sick like that all the time, I would have never known.

You can also try toeing the line for the length of your outpatient commitment order, and do all they tell you to, then after they release you, then you can do whatever you want. It's hard to do that, but maybe you can suck it up and get off that commitment.

Answer 6

Unfortunately once this happens there is very little you can do but move and get a new clinic and Dr to change your therapy especially if it is court ordered. If you work try getting transferred or applying for a similar job away from your parents reach. If you are not employed try getting one - you can also look for an advocacy program to help you find a better Dr or if you can try Homeopathy or Natreaupathy they treat you with herbs, vitamins as well as physio therapy. Try this site maybe you can get some help: http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?section=Find_Support

Answer 7

Why won't lawyers help you? Keep going to different doctors until you find one that will tell others you are not mental, then sue everyone else for what they put you through, OH - and continue counseling to help you get over this horrible trauma.

Answer 8

Do they have mental health deputies in your state ?Do you have any evidence to prove what you claim ? It's a TOUGH world and the judges and doctors do make mistakes !! Are you permitted counsel(A LAWYER)due to indigence ?Obviosly you have access to the internet. Look into your state laws and your CIVIL RIGHTS!!DAMN IT YOU HAVE RIGHTS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON> HAVE YOU TRIED TO CONTACT THE ACLU ???Your future is basically in your hands. REACH OUT< GET LEGAL HELP !!R U in a state run facility? If so you can file suit on them for mistreatment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

some how i dont believe this because i know plenty of lawyers that would help you. im sorry to say that your only chance of getting over that is to go back to a psychiatrist and deal with it (go to diff. psychairist)

Answer 10

If you were in an institution you wouldnt be here on yahoo answers but I do think you might need help

Answer 11

Oh man,some advise I know will work if you'r sincere.Pray.Keep praying,don't let up.Even if they drug you up just say the name 'Jesus' he'll be there.Then maby pick up some ecsorsize(i know i mispelled that,sorry).Push ups,set ups.Etc.God will watch over you and keep you calm and whatever needs done will be done.