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“I have spent the past twelve days in St. Joseph’s Hospital on inpatient psychiatry (Unit 3-6) with Dr. Roger Levine attending. I am now going to file complaints with the New York State Dept. of Health, NYS Office of Mental Health, … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, death, depression, disability rights, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, God, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, poverty, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, roger levine, St. Joseph's Hospital, values
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MY DAY or It’s About the Immune System, Stupid
So I dragged myself out of bed after a disrupted night’s sleep and—tired all to pieces—I got a glass of orange juice, which sent me into a sneezing fit, which—along with the extreme fatigue, not to mention the shortness of … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Health Care, Holistic, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged Call-a-Bus, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, doctors, drugs, health care, Medicine, mental disorder, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, Psychiatrist
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Power: The Cure for Depression
I was a formerly depressed person. Sometime after I stopped taking antidepressants—but was still frequently depressed—Mary Lou Rubenstein, a friend, told me that the trigger for depression is the perception of powerlessness. Everybody in her family was depressed—parents, siblings and children—but she … Continue reading
The Perception of Powerlessness
So the days and nights went on, indistinguishable from one another, and I went to a neuropsychologist who told me that depression is triggered by the perception of powerlessness. Then he told me to take more pills. Antidepressants pills were what had … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Health Care, Power, disability, activism, Medical care, God, Depression, Powerlessness, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Medicaid, drugs, Onondaga County
Tagged depression, antidepressants, Medicaid, psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology, power, God, powerlessness, Onondaga County, Dept. of Social Services, Medicaid transportation, Kathy Hart, PNIE
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Resume of an Activist
Anne C Woodlen Syracuse NY 13210 ribs2007@yahoo.com “Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, ‘How many positions did you hold,’ but rather, ‘How many people did you help?’” ―Thomas S. Monson In 2001 I began the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, disability, Government Services, Medicaid, Mental Illness & Health, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, antidepressants, Call-a-Bus, Centro, citizen, Citizens Review Board, citizenship, City of Syracuse, Crouse Hospital, David Sutkowy, depression, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DSS, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, God, HUD, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS DOH, NYS OMIG, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Office of Medicaid Inspector General, Onondaga County Legislature, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse Police Dept., values, Visiting Nurses Association, VNA, Welfare
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Death of a Citizen; Birth of a Christian
In the homeless shelter, I was required to apply for Social Security Disability (SSD). In July 1991 I was declared totally disabled and awarded SSD; with that came Medicare and Medicaid. Transitional Living Services got me out of the shelter and … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, disability, drugs, God, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Spirituality, Values
Tagged antidepressants, Christian, citizen, depression, disability, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, Food Stamps, God, health care, HEAP, Holy Bible, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental illness, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, physicians, poverty, power, Social Security, values
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Thereafter
The essential defense of the political corruption between the Onondaga County government and the Republican Party was twofold: (1) everybody does it and (2) we’ve always done it. There was a conspiracy among county department heads to sell political fundraising … Continue reading
Posted in Values, Power, Depression, Powerlessness, Inpatient psychiatry, drugs, Onondaga County, Republican Party, political corruption
Tagged depression, Onondaga County, Corruption, Republican Party, special prosecutor, The Syracuse Newspapers, conspiracy, political corruption, Newhouse News
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Exercise or Insulin?
Sorry. A doctor poisoned me with unmonitored lithium. There is no literature about the effect of lithium poisoning on the immune system, however, I clearly have immune dysfunction, type unknown. It causes, among other things, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypersensitivity … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, drugs, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged antidepressants, central nervouse system, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, drugs, exercise, helplessness, hypersensitivity to medication, immune system, insulin, lithium, power, Psychiatry
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The Trial (Part I)
When I walked into the courtroom, Special Assistant Prosecutors John Lang and William Day respectfully rose to their feet. Lead defense attorney Edward Gerber and his co-counsel did not. This had been the way throughout the trial: the prosecution treated … Continue reading
Posted in Values, Power, Powerlessness, Inpatient psychiatry, Onondaga County, Republican Party, political corruption
Tagged democracy, depression, Edward Gerber, John Lang, Lyman Smith, mental disorder, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, power, psychiatric disorders, Republican Party, Richard Sheeran, shame, Special Prosecutors, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, William Day
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The Witness
I contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and got from them test protocols. I took these to Dr. Sidney Orgel, a psychologist on the staff of Upstate Medical Center. He had a private practice run out of an office in … Continue reading
Posted in Values, Power, Depression, Powerlessness, Onondaga County, Republican Party, political corruption
Tagged mental illness, Governance, democracy, mental disorder, depression, values, doctors, power, Psychiatrist, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, Republican Committee, special prosecutor, Peter Andreoli, Richard Sheeran, The Syracuse Newspapers, witness, Sidney Orgel, FAA, psych testing, psych manipulation, Edward Gerber
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