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Hi Raymond. Thank you for sharing your powerful story. A loved one is going through a similar experience (though struggling with the schizophrenia spectrum). I

by mi3law 9y ago

Hi Raymond. Thank you for sharing your powerful story. A loved one is going through a similar experience (though struggling with the schizophrenia spectrum). I would love to ask you a few questions but couldn't find any contact info in your profile here. Is there a way that I can get in touch with you? (My email is in my profile; if you send me a short note so that I can have your email, I'll followup). I particularly curious about the experiment they discussed at Fox Run, with taking you off all the drugs to reset you for a proper diagnosis. Did they try it? Did it work? Is this a standard diagnostic procedure? Thank you.

kitanata 9y ago
I'm sorry to hear of your loved one who is struggling. I hope they are able to find some peace and a way to live a happy and fulfilling life. I would be happy to answer any questions you have but your email doesn't show up for me on your profile. The easiest way to reach me would be on reddit. Send me a PM. My username is kitanata2. > I particularly curious about the experiment they discussed at Fox Run, with taking you off all the drugs to reset you for a proper diagnosis. Did they try it? At Fox Run they did take me off all the drugs I was on. Some were weened off over the course of a few weeks, and some were just ended. I believe there was a concern about the abruptness of ending the medication potentially causing epilepsy. The withdraw was terrible and took weeks to get past. I spent many days in a corner twirling a pencil and being "spaced out" during that period. There isn't much I remember about Fox Run expect a rather traumatic experience when I first arrived (which I don't want to discuss publicly), and then a positive that the food there was excellent. Some of the best scrambled eggs I ever had. :D I find it better to remember and focus on the good things, rather than the bad. > Did it work? That depends on your definition of "work" here. The goal I think was to remove me from medication, and then observe me for diagnosis because the medications I was on (and there were a lot of them) caused behavioral changes in me. Fox Run didn't actually do the diagnosis of me. I believe that occurred while I was at Parmadale. I am sure that had my diagnosis been different, they would have placed me back on medication to address that specific diagnosis, but it was determined that I didn't need medication because I was autistic and not mentally ill as previously thought. I want to be careful here. I didn't need medication. That doesn't mean other people don't need medication for their specific diagnosis. I am not a doctor, but I think generally taking people off medication is probably a pretty risky proposition. > Is this a standard diagnostic procedure? I don't know. I'm not a doctor. :(

by mi3law 9y ago

kitanata 9y ago

I'm sorry to hear of your loved one who is struggling. I hope they are able to find some peace and a way to live a happy and fulfilling life. I would be happy to answer any questions you have but your email doesn't show up for me on your profile. The easiest way to reach me would be on reddit. Send me a PM. My username is kitanata2. > I particularly curious about the experiment they discussed at Fox Run, with taking you off all the drugs to reset you for a proper diagnosis. Did they try it? At Fox Run they did take me off all the drugs I was on. Some were weened off over the course of a few weeks, and some were just ended. I believe there was a concern about the abruptness of ending the medication potentially causing epilepsy. The withdraw was terrible and took weeks to get past. I spent many days in a corner twirling a pencil and being "spaced out" during that period. There isn't much I remember about Fox Run expect a rather traumatic experience when I first arrived (which I don't want to discuss publicly), and then a positive that the food there was excellent. Some of the best scrambled eggs I ever had. :D I find it better to remember and focus on the good things, rather than the bad. > Did it work? That depends on your definition of "work" here. The goal I think was to remove me from medication, and then observe me for diagnosis because the medications I was on (and there were a lot of them) caused behavioral changes in me. Fox Run didn't actually do the diagnosis of me. I believe that occurred while I was at Parmadale. I am sure that had my diagnosis been different, they would have placed me back on medication to address that specific diagnosis, but it was determined that I didn't need medication because I was autistic and not mentally ill as previously thought. I want to be careful here. I didn't need medication. That doesn't mean other people don't need medication for their specific diagnosis. I am not a doctor, but I think generally taking people off medication is probably a pretty risky proposition. > Is this a standard diagnostic procedure? I don't know. I'm not a doctor. :(