I had been on Ritalin, sense I was 3 years old-Yep, that's right. My mom used to give me it. I've been on so many variations of Ritalin and Haldol that I’ve lost count of the names of all of them. When was 6 or 7 I Was put on a med holiday because my tolerance to these drugs had grown so strong they lost all affect? My environment was also so stressful I was acting out severely. My family had me INVOLUNTARILY committed as a child and quickly ferreted over and signed medical releases in my name authorizing the hospital to inform my school district of my stay. What happened as a result created an environment that was so toxic for me at school that when I was beat down or assaulted it was blamed on me.
I do not hold my family accountable for what happened. Why because they were stressed and under duress when they signed said paperwork-they weren't even sure what they were signing.
What followed in the hospital was my Food Neophobia met its test, I refused to eat the hospital food for the entire period and ate only what I considered edible. My mother ferreted food in to me and the hospital became iron bent on deciding to try and force feed me as I lost and shed nearly a pound a day. I was there for SEVEN days, and they would make us sit EVERY SINGLE DAY thru THE ENTIRE 2 hours allotted to every single meal to make us eat. I seem to recall them extending it to 3 in a matter of desperation-Most of what happened in that hospital is a HAZY BLUR of medical malpractice. My mother had started sneaking food into me which my dad for some stupid reason reported.
In sheer panic, seven days into this torture and my lethargic daze from lack of energy where I slept most of the free time she withdrew me against medical advice, etc. in what had summed up to an emergency of compassion to her. I Was literally at this point proving to the hospital staff that I would actually rather starve and eat their food and they were not giving up.
I am a food neophobe with a sensory processing disorder and it is not better even to this day. Food that tastes bad to me induces vomiting and thus I am terrified of "Trying" new things. Not only that but it sends my body into fight or flight which causes me to take 30 or so minutes to calm down. I literally hack and wheeze so hard I see stars. Even SCENTS can do this to me, I am that sensitive.
When I was finally released accounts of what had happened were released to my school district. I was perfectly well behaved. That my mother had thwarted all of their efforts to wean me off of my diet and discipline me. That she was severely codependent and that if I had been properly disciplined I would not act out so much. They saw no need for me to even BE ON Ritalin. Doctor, after doctor, after doctor after this hospital Disagreed. Eventually I got an Asperger’s diagnosis to go with it (I no longer suffer the majority of problems with either of these conditions)
When I returned to school It was nice at first, but in short order the bullying I was enduring for living on the wrong side of the road and having not been born of wealth and privilege returned to its normal level. Only this time if I complained to administrators I was the one who got punished. They were never disciplined. I could come in with a black eye and a kid could of scraped his knee falling over punching me in the face as I went to the ground and I would be blamed for his scraped knee and accused of instigating the fight. They treated me like I could tell no truth. Complaining to an adult was utterly useless. Providence CREATED this environment for me and ruined my educational experience as a child. Sure, they were given the legal authority by my rightful guardians having power of attorney over me-Something I now feel should be highly limited over minors.
At the current moment I'm on EP going over all of the post I've made because SOMEWHERE in there I've said something that someone thinks they can legally prove is false. Well the ONLY post I can think of with that in it is this. Everything else is, well, as you know heresy and opinion. Although I've told this post to be posted at 7 am eastern for maximum exposure.
I was not only involuntarily committed (kicking and screaming) but against my wishes because I had no rights and was considered PROPERTY by the states my information was leaked to third parties. Inaccurate biased information the hospital garnished by STARVING me.
Providence’s lack of digression lead to a hostile school environment for me and irreversibly affected my education detrimentally
http://www.experienceproject.com/...
If this party feels harassed then maybe my case will finally get some traction. You see I don't think HIPAA goes far enough. I think when it comes to minors the law should shield the child from ANY medical data being released to any other party. These records should have to be DESTROYED after the hospital period is over and shared with no one
This should not HAPPEN to ANYONE. MUCH LESS A CHILD.