Tag: Haldol

Consumer Regret

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Eventually I realized the drugs were safe and effectiveā€”for those prescribing them. Shrinks can never be sued for malpractice since it's "standard care" even if they kill you.

My 7 Years of Detention Hell

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The court found me ā€œnot guilty by reason of insanityā€ and sentenced me to a 30-day evaluation at a psych facility. A crisis had been averted, and my life could return to normal... oh, how far from the truth that idea was.

How Big Pharma and the Medical Doctors Killed my Father

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When the nurses tried to give him other medications, my father refused. They accused him of being ā€œcombativeā€ and ā€œuncooperative,ā€ and they injected him with the highly toxic, incredibly dangerous, mind-bending antipsychotic HALDOL.

I am Insane

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I have been here at Western State Hospital for almost five years. While Iā€™ve been told that Iā€™ve met all the criteria for a conditional release, the hospital wonā€™t grant me this because I canā€™t prove that I wonā€™t be dangerous in the future. Can anyone prove this? Even convicts donā€™t have to prove theyā€™re ā€˜safeā€™ before they are freed.

Daughter of a Psychiatrist

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Here I was, 15 years old and already in a long-term treatment facility. I was, on paper: crazy! This entire time, all the adults in my life had been speaking for me. I never felt like I was any of the things they said, but I went along with it. What else could I have done? Every time I rebelled, it only confirmed to my mother what she thought of me.

Antipsychotics Withdrawal, Part 3

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So, thanks to everyone who has read and commented on my stories of reentry into the mental health system. I have now had eight nights of very good sleep and my mental health symptoms are back to the baseline. Baseline for me means I only get separated from consensus reality when a significant trauma occurs at the same time I'm having a pretty good sleep deficit. Usually I can manage it myself simply by being aggressive about handling ā€” and increasing ā€” the sleep. So this time I was unable to break that cycle and got some more drugs to help.