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Friday, June 03, 2011 Brittany1219 asks

Q: 21 years old, female, got second DUI, misdiagnosed and on wrong meds, why doesn't pa law care?

effexor didnt work prozac didnt work ambien didnt help me sleep trazadone didnt help me sleep seroquel didnt do anything.

 

I'm 21 years old, female, and I've been misdiagnosed, on the wrong meds, struggling with self mutilation for years, bulimia and anorexia, and just a chaotic head, a mess, and since I turned 21 in december; and also in the past when I wasn't seeing a doctor or anything, I've used alcohol to quiet the mind at night and to keep me from being a scrambled mess, ripping apart my room, scribbing random things on paper, starting new "projects" and never finishing, I was hospitalized in february, laceration, down to the bone, and i recently got my second dui, i live in pa, and if i dont remember anything from either of them, i've been a psychotic monster mess, and if i didnt get in the accident from my second, i would have literally died, my lungs collapse from basically drinking myself to death and from taking ativan that day from my severe anxiety attacks, i've waited and waited to see the psych since my first hospitilation in which i signed myself in and was put in the outpatient program, i see a therapist once every week, i constantly keep trying to keep myself busy to keep myself sane, i have no friends, they left, my mother is an alcoholic and just selfish, my sisters dont care, and my boyfriend is a huge frustrated big mess and he left me after i almost died from the laceration, then he came back, and then he finally committed again after i had a closer call with death from the dui. im so hopeless and sick of being told "i cant help you or i'm not going to help you or what makes you think you're bipolar" and im sick of hating myself for being put in messes like this when i dont remember or i didnt choose them. i spoke with my lawyer today and with all the laws on the dui stuff for pa and my bac was .30 and yet again i emphasize i almost died, still, they don't care if you have been misdiagnosed, not on the right meds, what you're going through..and i just want to give up, this whole mess, everything, really makes me see why people kill themselves, and i just can't deal with it. is there anything, anything at all that can relieve anything from the messed up court system? is there any hope for someone who has been crying for help and going through hell to get this sentence lessened? i just know i cant deal with it, and to be treated like a criminal and go to jail for something i didnt consciously choose to do, i've never had a traffic ticket, nothing, but i have my second dui that i dont remember, and that i didnt choose to get in my car, and i've been pleading for help to numerous doctors for some time, and it seems like i'm a joke to them, and they just shove me out the door. im hopeless, i want to give up so bad.

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6/13/11 10:24pm

Its not clear what your diagnosis or symptoms are and I'm certainly not qualified to make a diagnosis especially not on the internet.  Medications work different for different people and hopefully your provider is working with you to find the right medication or combination of medications that will work best for you.  It's tough when you are struggling to get back to normal or some semblance of normal.  I presume you are or were drinking while doing these medications hence the dui?  Usually its not advised to drink when you are on medications -- be honest with yourself and your provider --- try to find some help in dealing with urges to drink if you're not able to control those urges on your own ... its certainly not going to help you to mix alcohol with the medications --- and it may be part of what is causing them not to work well for you ...

 

Best of luck in getting your health back ...

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6/13/11 10:39pm

Ouch Im sorry --- for some reason I only saw part of your posting before I posted my reply ... some of it may still be applicable ...

 

Are you currently seeing anyone for therapy?  Do you have a current doctor?

 

The alcohol is a bad idea ... I dont think it has ever been linked to a way to manage mental illness which is what depression, etc is ... I suppose one could say its a drug just like the others but it is obvious it is hurting your health and your well being more than benefitting it ...

 

Im not sure what resources you have available and what you are utilizing ...

 

Keep plugging away at trying to find some help -- I wish you the best!

 

 

 

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6/27/11 2:37pm

I've been diagnosed by a psychiatrist with Bipolar I; I was previously on the wrong medications and all the doctors I have went to for help and everything and even a psychiatrist I waited months to see; said they couldn't help and just assumed I was depressed or just thinking I'm bipolar..well here I am...Diagnosed Bipolar I and on different medications.. The DUI, I don't remember any of it; I just know I would have died in my sleep, because I did, in fact; go for help; want help; harrass for help; ask for a proper diagnosis, have been hospitalized two months before the incident for a laceration down to the bone in my arm; and have signed myself into a behavioral health center because of it and then was pushed out the door, told to wait until 6/1 to see a psych when i slashed my arm 2/4; was told they couldn't help me til 6/1..got the dui on 5/4..and currently i am in outpatient intensive care; going to group 4 days a week for 3 1/2 hours..diagnosed with bipolar I; after years of telling doctors and psych's that I know I'm bipolar..wanting the help..begging for the help..and got the help i needed right away because of the severity of what i have gone through and that i do need the help and finally getting my message through. and what baffles me is, is that basically the legal system doesnt care. i didnt decide to get in my car and drive. i dont remember anything, and if it wasnt for that; i would have died anyway. ive needed the help. i have a mental disorder and it is all documented. as well as the self mutilation for years and the eating disorder for years and being misdiagnosed, mistreated, and ignored. and i have been going to therapy every week for an hour for over 4 months. i have done nothing but beg for the help and tell them whats wrong with me and look for answers. and it's heart breaking to go through so much in your life and i'm 21; and i have scars all over my body; i was abused most of my life; my mother is a worthless alcoholic, i have no support from anyone, i have no friends, all i have had is myself; and wanting the help; wanting to be better; but being ignored and treated as a joke. i have done everything and have been honest and  have wanted the help; and i hate that i'm being punished for something that was out of my hands.

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By Brittany1219— Last Modified: 06/27/11, First Published: 06/03/11