In my experience I have met some psychiatrists that I swear enjoy putting patients into a suffering hellish experience. It was a renowned hospital, supposedly won many awards etc., celebrities and rich go there for treatment. This psychiatrist knew I had been up to 7mgs of lorazepam a day for years, and he took me off, actually switched to valium and gave me a very small dose, cut in half over 4!!!! days.

I then obviously had extreme anxiety, couldn't sleep, became paranoid because I couldn't sleep and was surrounded by very sick mental patients.....and was abruptly taken by the arms and dragged to the isolation part simply because I had a foot inside the nurses station and they asked me to get out. I had been in other hospitals where I was allowed inside the nurses station to chat and use the phone etc., so I just told them that, said I don't understand what the big deal is, and they proceeded to gang up and take me to the isolation, whilst I was saying no, please, I didn't do anything wrong (and seriously anyone who is reading this could confirm I hadn't done anything wrong)... I was locked up in a very cold room with no mattress, blanket or pillow or contact for 24 hours.
(maybe 12, I'm not sure exactly)

I had even explained that the taper was too fast, they decided to give me (chlorpromazine?sp.?) instead, where I abruptly lost hearing in one ear and became dizzy. I informed a nurse, who simply said "oh, you should just go lie down then" WTF?

One nurse, I had asked for advil, told me she had to check with that pdoc (very understandable), but then came back and said "the doctor told me that if you really are on your period you must go to the bathroom and show me that you really are"......


I hate psychiatry but I still need one for meds, and the one I have now has never done anything violating and even understood the first time he hospitalized me when I said "I don't do well in hopsital". He arranged for me to be taken care of elsewhere.

Some are evil I swear they are in it for money and to watch patients suffer, and to keep some so medicated that they can't get out of it (or else where would their paycheck come from??) I've also been shot up with haldol after experiencing domestic abuse and was in a traumatized state. It was clear I was allergic to the stuff, but I woke up with my tongue cut and bloody because my tongue swells and twists on the stuff.

Also like a previous poster, I had one that would sit and stare at me for an hour and even pick his nose looking at me.
BIG VENT!!!