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Anonymous #1
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Involuntarily committed..
#13567693 - 12/01/10 12:10 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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I called the 24/7 nurse line at my school because I thought I had skin cancer. I asked the nurse if our conversation was privileged, in the event I had to reveal risk factors or illegal behaviors. I didn't reveal any, but before I knew it, there was a knock at the door and a cop and two EMS people took me away to be involuntarily committed to the psych ward. I had no idea why. Next thing i know, I wake up and start screaming and swearing and tried to pull all the IVs so I could leave (I really had no idea what was going on). I was restrained by two big ass dudes who I fought with and they ended up physically restraining me to the bed and pumping me with Haldol. Now, my family and girlfriend think I am suicidal... or something. I am fairly traumatized by what happened. When I got out, I called the nurse's line back and asked why the fuck I was INVOLUNTARILY committed to the hospital overnight. She said it was my tone.. My tone sounded suicidal. She couldn't quote anything I said. Now, I have never been suicidal in my life. I have no mental history... until now. I have Asperger's which sometimes means my tone is flat. But really.. What the fuck? Can I sue my university or the hospital? I'm going to get the medical records now because I have no idea how they justified keeping me.
Edited by Anonymous (12/01/10 12:13 PM)
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Anonymous #2
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that's fucked.
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Anonymous #3
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Hell yeah, pursue that shit bro! Id be HOT!
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Anonymous #4
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Dude well how do you "think" you have skin cancer anyway? wtf??? You know there's a thing called a doctor right?
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Anonymous #1
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Thats why I called. I have these two brown spots on my hands that are not normal. I'm seeing a doctor tomorrow. They never checked my hand. If I do have cancer, you can bet I'll sue for millions for not even checking what i called about. Every day counts right?
About legal responsibility though. Were HIPAA laws violated? Because the privacy lady at the university says they weren't. Isn't there some sort of burden that the nurse has to meet when she gets someone committed? I wasn't suicidal at all.. It's just patently false. But they don't keep phone recordings at the recording. How do I go about this? What law/tort is significant here?
Edited by Anonymous (12/01/10 12:40 PM)
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Anonymous #1
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I swear to god I did not say anything suicidal or anything even sad. I'm a happy person, my tone is usually just flat. She even kept me on the phone with bullshit questions until they got there. She must have been so proud of herself after that.
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Anonymous #6
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I'm skeptical of this story.
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Anonymous #7
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This sounds like Requiem for a Dream.
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Anonymous #8
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no it doesn't.... people actually go crazy in that movie.
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Anonymous #7
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Dude... just because he didn't go crazy doesn't mean it isn't similar. That movie was trying to say a few things, one of them being how fucked our health care system is, where we, in a generalization, strap our citizens down and pump them with drugs we think are good for them, disregarding what they say (or scream). It isn't exactly the same, but that is what happened to OP, and it is terribly messed up. There are parallels, just because they don't share that aspect doesn't mean it can't be similar.
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Anonymous #9
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Anonymous #11 said: I'm skeptical of this story.
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Anonymous #8
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Anonymous #12 said: Dude... just because he didn't go crazy doesn't mean it isn't similar. That movie was trying to say a few things, one of them being how fucked our health care system is, where we, in a generalization, strap our citizens down and pump them with drugs we think are good for them, disregarding what they say (or scream). It isn't exactly the same, but that is what happened to OP, and it is terribly messed up. There are parallels, just because they don't share that aspect doesn't mean it can't be similar.
my bad i didn't think you were going that deep. i just though you were referring to when dude's momma was institutionalized for going crazy from her prescribed speed.
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Anonymous #10
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lol sounds like some shit out of a horror movie.
I hate to say it, but the fact that you fought them (which any sane OR insane person would do in that situation), probably fucked you over.
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Anonymous #1
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I will maybe consider posting redacted medical records if I get a chance to get them for the non-believers. I'm going back and forth with the university pseudo-legal department. This really fucked me up though.. it was traumatic and I mean it. I'm not someone hypersensitive to trauma. But for some reason when I woke up in the hospital, I felt so terrified and just screamed and screamed for them to let me go. I'm not crazy.. if anything I'm hyper-rational. But there's unanswered questions. What happened when I left my apartment? Did I fight with them and they injected me with benzos on my apartment steps? Because I don't remember anything. Did they even bother to ask if I was suicidal or why they were doing what they were doing? It was like a Brave New World kind of shit.. no checks and balances. No one to say, "are you okay?" They acted as if they had just stopped me from trying to kill myself. And I'm *STILL* confused as to why this happened. Preliminary "investigation" by the university is that my "tone of voice" set her off. I'm waiting on the results of the more "thorough" investigation, but this has affected my last week of school work tremendously. I just haven't been going.. and I was doing really well before. I'm confused, angry, depressed, scared. At the very least, involuntary commitment to a mental hospital sets me up to be a good film director or something at least, right?
Edited by Anonymous (12/03/10 01:18 PM)
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Anonymous #11
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That's fucked, sue for sure
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Anonymous #7
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I'm sorry this happened. I think it is common for any human being which is taken or detained against their will to feel quite shaken/traumatized after an experience like this. I had an experience a month ago where I was on a walk in the woods, and when I walked back to the street where I was parked, there was a cop car on the trail and one parked about 50 yards behind my car. The second I get in the car they all turn on their lights and floor it to me, surrounding me front and back. Their premise was that I parked there too much and the neighbors had complained (not illegal to park on streets though...). They then proceeded to take my cigarettes and ask me to remove a ziploc bag they saw from my glovebox (it was full of garbage). I know they aren't really that similar, but I think it shares the common strand of being detained without any good cause or your consent (although your situation was much worse). I remember sitting, lying in bed by my window, looking out, not being able to sleep because I was watching for cop cars to drive by, and I'd wake up when they did. I don't know what I'm saying. I guess just that any event in which you are unreasonably detained can be quite wearing on your psyche, say... traumatic. Good luck.
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Anonymous #1
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I went to the hospital for my medical records and they said I am not allowed to see them because they are "protected" by state law. Can you believe that? I was angry about it, but I'm never *angry* per se, I just start being a dick. They called two security guards down because of me, probably because I am "a danger to myself or others." What the fuck is going on? Three weeks ago I was just another kid who liked to stay in.
I really feel trapped here. I have no recourse. They won't let me see my own medical records. My school work has suffered terribly.. I'm going to fail most of my classes because I didn't turn in work the last couple of weeks. No one believes me that I'm not suicidal. How am I supposed to get un-crazy when the fact that people think I'm crazy is what's making me crazy?
Edited by Anonymous (12/06/10 02:17 PM)
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Anonymous #12
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Anonymous #11 said: I'm skeptical of this story.
dont make sense that they could track you down and commit you over a skin question (tone or not)
makes more sense:
Later that night you ate acid and a bunch of benzo's. you dont remember but you did some crazy shit. thats why u woke up in the looney bin!
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