Posted by Squiggles on December 3, 2006, at 19:31:33
In reply to Re: Illness increases vulnerability to the irratio, posted by linkadge on December 3, 2006, at 18:58:39
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> People have the right to choose no treatment.
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> John Nash for example, only used antipsychotics for a few years, maybe only 2 or 3. In an interview he admitted to being concerned about the long term dammage the drug might cause. He said he didn't think the drugs were safe.
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> He's a smart guy, who was suffering severe psychosis, but he was allowed to make his own decisision which ultimately got him better.
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He was also married to a wealthy wife, who
took care of him and insisted that he
be given minimum meds and no ECT to preserve
his beautiful mind. He spent many years at
a swanky sanitorium where his celebrity status
provided a priviledged status.Squiggles
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