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Old Dec 31, 2012, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by cocoabeans View Post
Ideas like that, news reports (not just the recent shooting) and comments from the general population in the discussion fields, other media and the attitudes of doctors and other health care professionals Ive seen is one motivating factor for me to stay away from going back on medications. The last thing I want is records following me with a mental illness label while our world goes to hell. Right now it would take some digging to get at that evidence but as technology advances our health care records will start following us, and thats fine but not when the negative changes start happening. Not when the violent crimes continue increasing and the medicalized motives keep catching on.

I don't want to be on any list when the sentiments become policy.
I made the mistake of telling the Marines recruiter I went to in an attempt to sign up for Marine Officer School, that I was on medication. He asked what it was then what it was for. When I told him it was to treat bp, he said something like, "Well you came to see me so I'll still go through the rest of this information with you, but we can't take you if you're on medication for that. We don't need anybody flipping out and punching a drill seargent in the throat. If you can bring me a doctors slip that says you no longer need to be on medication, we'll get the paperwork started right away."

So no Marine Officer School and now I'm most likely flagged in the military and police communities. He had a bio card that we were filling out as we went and I saw him included this information on the card.
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