Thank-You for your response. I am glad someone cared enough to write, I will try the numbers but as far as going to a hospital, that sounds to scary. I don't want to meet another bad doctor & then have him commit me!

I think I will just have to fire this new doctor too or demand that he treats me, and if he cannot do that then he can get me a referral to another doctor. If that does not work-(since he does sign my scripts for clozeril, & knows I am being stonewalled at Suncoast) then I will rty and leave Suncoast all together, but it doesnt seem possible...I'll have to call my general practionor, who KNOWS Dr. Leffler, and ask her for a psychatric referal. The thing is, with Medicade---you get the crapest doctors, because no-one in thier right mind would pay to be treated like a "callous on a heel" or someone to be silenced and hidden from society... With healthcare in America, the way it is, the poorest persons are really getting the shaft, esp. in Florida.(a federally> broke State) . I just want someone I can talk too, and they keep telling me,"No, there is no-one." However I don't believe that at all, I think there are people, but when the head doctor gets Paranoid becasue you wrote the State, they aren't going to treat you well, because they have been told that you are a problem patient.  Do any of you out there know how I should proceede other than this? Should I sue? How? these companies have big lawyers...??? Thank-you all for any responses.

Hello again Sarah,

i just wanted to add a little note to what you wrote.

You know, eventhough big agencies do have lawyers and seemingly all odds on their sides, it doesn't mean you won't win if you go to court!!! On the contrary, in my opinion you have presented the facts and your case very well indeed.

Let me tell you something. I went to court alone against the Dept. of Education approximately 7 years ago on behalf of my child. The Dept. of Ed. also has great lawyers etc. on their side. I was told not to do it and that i would never win. I was threatened and coerced, but went anyway. And, guess what, i won..

Since then i went to court 6 (!!) additional times to court (against the Dept. of Ed.) and won every time! They no longer laugh at me, but are afraid of me...

The key, i believe, is to pray and then present your case in a clear detailed manner. I think you have done a very good job of that. Your story does sound completely truthful. i believe a judge will listen to you and take your case seriously. I think you can easily win in court. You shouldn't take this sitting down quietly...

As for your parents, if they can be called by that name at all, their conduct is an even greater disgrace!!! It is simply shocking! Instead of protecting and supporting you they have betrayed you... And are still doing so.. More shame to them... Perhaps they are the cause of your sz. Sometimes when a person can't deal with the reality they find themselves in, and are so taumatized they seek a separate reality in order to survive... Your parents are criminals... Much worse than a murderer. A murderer only kills a person once, and your abusive parents killed you over and over for many years...

Lastly, you should keep your medical condition as private as possible. I don't have sz, but have an adult son and mother with sz, and i keep this information secret...

It is very sad, but stigma and prejudice regarding mental illness is very much the rule rather than the exception. Don't tell people unless you must. You need to build a wall of protection around you. Don't forget prayer; it is both powerful and valuble. And it does help. Every time before one of my court proceedings i used to pray.

I believe your words, as does Christina. Rest assured, others will to. You just had the grave misfortune to find yourself most of your life, and even today, around negative, selfish and plainly unethical people.

May peace and comfort come your way..