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I am starting a huge battle against my local hospital for this crap. Nurses and docs treating me like a nobody. Automaticaly sticking mentally ill labled patients in suclusion even if they are there for a real medical problem (I mean not mental illness related, I hope no one takes that the wrong way). I have the local NAMI office backing me up and supporting me. They know that there needs to be a change in that ER. They already made the police department take classes in how to deal with the mentally ill. I am so glad for that.

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<font color="#000088">See, I know exactly what your talking about Twirls01! The ER here where I live does the same thing. Once they've seen you for a self-inflicted injury, or a suicide attempt. You're automatically labeled to them, as a mental patient for good! Even if you are just there for a medical reason some day, they still look at you, and treat you like a mental patient! They don't believe half of what you say, they automatically think you're some kind of hypochondriac or something if you get sick. They don't realize that the Mentally Ill get sick to! It really bothers me also! I went in one day for vomiting blood, and they didn't even treat me,or examine me, and just sent me home. Then sent a ER report to my Primary Dr. saying that my exam was normal! I was like WHAT EXAM? Ofcourse they didn't believe me,it was my word agains't a respected ER Doc.! So they did nothing! They were lucky it wasn't serious!

But now you see what I mean bpdsufferer, they don't get it either!</font>