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« on: March 22, 2006, 06:27:00 AM »
The following quote is from the "optional" (for the doctors) court order that allowed me to be forcibly medicated with dangerous mind-numbing chemicals for 13 days. I don't doubt that New York State's courts allow the same degree of "judgement" to doctors they give permission to apply electric current to a person's brain.
"That after considering all of the evidence, including the Petition and the expert, competent medical or psychiatric testemony, it appears to the Court that the allegations of the Petition are true and correct and are supported by clear and convincing evidence. It is therefore determined that treatment with the proposed medication is in the best interest of the Patient and the Patient lacks the capacity to make a decision regarding administration of said medication and that the same shall be ordered.
"The Court relied on the following evidence: Testimony of Doctor; Testimony of Patient, and makes its determination for the following reasons: Good Prognosis with meds; Poor Prognosis w/o Meds; Lack of non-medicine treatment alternative.
"Accordingly it is ORDERED persuant to Texas Health and Safety Code, Sec. 574.106, that Doctor [PG] and the [Hospital Name] is authorized to administer to the Patient the following class(es) of psychoactive medication: antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics/sedatives/hypnotics, and mood stabilizers.
"It is also ORDERED that during the period this Order is valid, the dosage of the herein authorized psychoactive medication can be increased or decreased, and restitution of of medication authorized but discontinued and the substitution of a medication within the same class(es) are permitted."
This judgement was given 28 days after a doctor wrote a "Petition for an Order to Administer Psychoactive Medication,? and 18 days after that same doctor had discharged me from the hospital. In her "Discharge Summary" she stated that, at that time (UN-medicated), I demonstrated ?an adequate sleep pattern and appetite, improved thought processing, less irritability, no threatening behaviors, no psychosis, and no suicidal or homicidal ideation.?
As to the previous writer's recommendation that Sharon find a Civil Rights attorney -- Good Luck! I've been trying for over two years. The stigma for persons labeled by others as "crazy" apparently extends even to the legal profession. [ This Message was edited by: PsyFie on 2006-03-22 03:29 ]
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