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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
I am very sorry for your bad experiences. I think that restraint procedure should be outlawed.
Don't they understand that in many cases of PTSD there is a history of restraint and that by doing so only causes more trauma?
I have to agree about the lack of knowledge in the Psych ward about PTSD. I have some misdiagnses on my records because obviously the Dr. who saw me didn't study PTSD and only disorders.
I also did not care for the fact that my family thought that I had to stay even when I begged to get out of there. Its all about DRUGS in that place. Kinda reminds me of when I was young and didn't want to take drugs and everyone made fun of me cause I didnt want to smoke a joint or do a line of cocaine or go out and get plastered drunk. Some of these people who made fun of me are now dead because of drugs.
Yes, I do understand that sometimes drugs can be helpful. But sometimes they do not help either. Especially when someone doesn't get the correct diagnosis.
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I'm curious, clearly you also din't do drugs, I didn't either, I relize two is not enough to make a leap to a theory, hence my question how many other PTSD people are there out there on this site who dont like or use drugs? I'm not talking abot a ocasional use for panic attacks, or anxity, but reagular use, of the heavy stuff and the illegal stuff? (Open Eye's I'm so sorry people were laughing at you for not joining in the drugs- I was fortanate, those I knew could not have cared less if I did or not, all the more for them)
I' personaly always hated it because it leaves me feeling vulnerable. Is this something other PSTD's also share(besides horror stories of hospitals?) I know there are some good hospitals but the common rule seems to be that most places don't know how to deal with PTSD, and theres not much of a choice in crisis. I'm seeing a trend of terrifieing hospital esperiences, over medicating, and way to much use of restraints and seclusion. Does this seem to be the case for most PTSD's? Can anyone enlighten me on how to change this for myself? For all of us? Does anyone have a good experence they can share? How they got help in a crisis, maybe not all of it was happy ever after but it wasn't terrible. How did that come to be?
