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Monthly Archives: December 2011
From Anger to Depression to Activism
We tend to think of anger as a bad thing, an evil feeling that should be eradicated. What if anger is a good thing? I grew up in a household where my parents were angry at each other most of the time so … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Depression, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Power
Tagged anger, antidepressants, depression, drugs, emotion, Health, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, pharmaceuticals, power, problem solving, relationships, therapy
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The War on the Other Terror
Schizophrenia is a problem of the mind, not the brain, and therefore is curable with proper talk therapy. Schizophrenia is caused by trauma. Certain life events can make the most normal person crazy. A person with schizophrenia is living in … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Values
Tagged Antipsychotic, brain, Dr. Bert Karon, drugs, empathic therapy, hallucination, heal, Iraq, Peter Breggin, Psychotherapy, Richard Gottlieb, Schizophrenia, terror, therapy, war
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The New-Patient Appointment (Part II)
So I’m sitting in the treatment room on my first visit to Dr. Suzanne Lamanna and the almost-an-LPN has just told me that this appointment is “just a meet-and-greet,” then she tries to take my blood pressure. She fails to manipulate the … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, disability, Health Care, Medical care, physician, Power
Tagged Catholic Church, Conditions and Diseases, diagnosis, disability, disability rights, doctors, Dr. Suzanne Lamanna, health care, HIPAA, Lamanna, Licensed practical nurse, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, meet-and-greet, Onondaga County New York, Patient, patients rights, Physician, sick sinner, St. Joseph's Hospital
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The New-Patient Appointment (Part I)
I need a new primary care physician on account of I haven’t got one. The last person who said she would cover me quit when she found out that I couldn’t take drugs. (see “The Desta Anthony’s of the World, … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Fraud, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, physician, Power
Tagged Conditions and Diseases, diagnosis, doctors, Dr. Suzanne Lamanna, Health, health care, HIPAA, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicare, meet-and-greet, Onondaga County New York, Patient, patients, Physician, St. Joseph's Hospital
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A Survivor’s Birthday/Christmas
On Thursday I asked my therapist, “What am I doing here?” She replied, “Life review.” On Friday, a friend asked for my New Year’s resolutions. Saturday I went to see the movie “Hugo” wherein the child, whose father had trained … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, God, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals, Spirituality
Tagged antidepressants, Birthday, black, Christmas, Christmas decorations, church, depression, drugs, Faith, God, Health, Jesus, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, New Year, patients, pharmaceuticals, Santa, strength, survivor, vegan
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One Angel and a “Fear Not”
For all you people out there who are busy hating Christmas, which means you are hating Christmas but feeling too guilty and ashamed to admit that’s how you feel. And for all you people out there who are too darn … Continue reading
Posted in God, Spirituality, Values
Tagged Christmas, gift, God, Jesus, mental health, Santa Claus
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Musings about Music, Antidepressants, Celiac Disease, Wheat, HIPAA, Justin Bieber and Jesus
First, music and antidepressants: I took antidepressants every day for twenty-six years. During that time all I listened to was country and western music. Kenny Rogers called it “the white man’s blues” and I listened to the words. After I … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Medical care, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Values
Tagged antidepressants, celiac disease, Conditions and Diseases, diagnosis, doctors, drugs, Gluten-free diet, Health, health care, HIPAA, Jesus, Justine Bieber, Kenny Rogers, Medicine, music, O Holy Night, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, wheat
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The Idiots are not at Medicaid
On November 30, I posted “Medicaid and the Idiots” (http://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/medicaid-and-the-idiots/) which told the story of my attempt to get additional catheter supplies. The medical supply company told me that I could not get a backup insertion tray because Medicaid wouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, God, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, physician, Spirituality
Tagged Billing Dept., catheter, doctors, God, Greg Allen, health care, Home care, home health care agency, homebound, idiots, Medicaid, Medical Billing, medical equipment supplier, Medical Prior Approval, Medicare, NYS DOH, patients, physicians
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Being “Disappeared” into CPEP (Part III)
For part III, go to http://behindthelockeddoors.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/being-disappeared-into-cpep/
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Being “Disappeared” into CPEP (Part II)
My second priority was Tom: where was he? The Syracuse Police Department had taken him to CPEP (Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program) and then he had disappeared. No one would tell his wife or siblings where he was. Now, I know … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Government Services, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health
Tagged Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, Conditions and Diseases, confidentiality, CPEP, Disappear, HIPAA, Legal Aid of Cenrral New York, mental disorder, Mental Hyiene Legal Service, mental illness, Michael Hungerford, Mike Hungerford, Onondaga County New York, PAIMI, Patient, Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, psychiatric disorders, St. Joseph's Hospital, toxic families
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