And thank you for sharing yours. I believe that there are literally millions of people like us out there who have been treated in such a shameful way. One mercury poisoning symptom is lack of self worth which makes people like us so vulnerable to the pharmaceutically based psychiatry. As if that wasn't enough, they spent the time that costs a fortune convincing you that you are mentally ill instead of searching for the root cause. I actually tried to get a supreme court writ to get me out of hospital in 1971 and that failed - they kept on giving me electric shocks until I agreed (confessed) that I was mentally ill.

20 treatments wow. In 1971 they did by lateral ECT and it was pretty devastating. They tend to use unilateral ECT these days. You have probably been suffering post traumatic stress like I have. I spent some time with a clinical psychologist specialising in Vietnam war vets which was helpful. I found that it was like subconscious torture to make you conform to some cultural politically correct behaviour that the psychiatrist could never articulate let alone express as a set of rules that you could obey and thereby get discharged as sane. My path to health has been through forgiveness as I said. It is the only way to jettison the baggage but it doesn't mean you have to forget and that you cannot speak out to save others from a similar fate.

My two incarcerations also involved sun gazing experiences (looking directly at the sun). I believe that sun light is also somehow involve in detoxification and there is some science that supports that. Check out some of my previous post for more background - there is always more to tell and a few funny stories (that also have their serious side with regard to human rights). I can't recall what I have posted so I will have to look myself.

On a lighter note in 1975 I went back to the institution and demanded a certificate of sanity. They couldn't give me one but that only illustrates that if they cannot pronounce someone sane how can they pronounce them insane. I believe that psychiatry and involuntary incarceration is nothing more that the 2009 version of the inquisition.
Remember that the rest of your life begins today and the good news is that it is great fun once you shed your labels and just walk on.

I posted some hair analysis results on files here

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LPAE/files/

cheers Doug

--- In LPAE@yahoogroups.com, SUSAN PRATT <smspratt@...> wrote:
>
>
> Doug: I AM SPEECHLESS|||| Our stories are so similiar. When I was 20, my parents had me committed to NYU Columbia Institute for Psychiatric Care. I also had 20 shock treatments and spent three years in that hospital. For the past 50 years I have lived a semi normal life, at times unconventional, and muddling through life. Three years ago, a doctor finally did a heavy metals test and now I know what is and was wrong with me. All those wasted years. Thanks for sharing your story.
>
> Susan P.
>
> --- On Tue, 4/21/09, humphriesdoug humphriesdoug@... wrote:
>
> > From: humphriesdoug humphriesdoug@...
> > Subject: [LPAE] Re: dying to know
> > To: LPAE@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 12:13 PM
> > Hi Susan, I can relate very well to what you describe. I am
> > now 61 and
> > in 1971 I was poisoned with methyl mercury chloride
> > fungicide (one of
> > the most poisonous pesticides ever developed I gather - it
> > is a
> > neurotoxin). I have read that one of the problems with
> > mercury is that
> > it stuffs up the bodies ability to get rid of lead. Over
> > the years since
> > 1971 I have been using lead based paint on an old wooden
> > boat -
> > antifouling paint and all sorts of nasties. I have had a
> > bit of a rough
> > trout being involuntarily incarcerated in 1971 in a mental
> > hospital and
> > incorrectly diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and given
> > electric
> > shock treatment during my 3 week stay in that man made
> > hell. Before you
> > get scared I am none violent and have never hurt a flee I
> > have never had
> > to be physically restrained although I have been
> > understandably
> > irritated on occasions and not without cause from what I
> > now know about
> > the effects of toxic metals. Anyway, I got out of that
> > institution at
> > the tender age of 23 a somewhat broken tortured young man
> > but I got back
> > into it and worked for 33 years as an engineer only to find
> > myself
> > involuntary incarcerated again (after exposure to toxic
> > metals,
> > zenoestregens, epoxy wood preservatives etc) in 2003. I had
> > been a bit
> > irritable and rather "spiritual" actually and I
> > was certainly irritated
> > at being chucked in the loony bin again. but if the truth
> > be know I was
> > really and understandably terrified. (The symptoms of post
> > traumatic
> > stress and being terrified are similar to those attributed
> > to bipolar of
> > course.). I got out after 10 days - this time the clowns
> > diagnosed me as
> > bipolar. (Which I am not). The DSM iv states very clearly
> > that toxins or
> > "light therapy or previous ECT must be specifically
> > excluded before any
> > diagnosis of bipolar is given. The psychiatrists didn't
> > even ask any
> > questions regarding exposure to toxins let alone do any
> > tests. Having IV
> > chelation with EDTA was like having a veil lifted for me.
> > Blood tests do
> > not tell the full story - nor does hair analysis directly.
> > It is the
> > lead and mercury in your brain that causes brain fog and
> > makes you
> > irritable. It is only once it is leached out of there that
> > it starts to
> > appear in your hair. There are a number of indicators for
> > "hidden"
> > mercury and lead I gather. One is high calcium and
> > magnesium sloping
> > down to low sodium and low potassium in the nutrient
> > section of the hair
> > analysis. High copper is also and indicator I gather. My
> > molybdenum was
> > low also.
> >
> > I am still working as an engineer, I don't take any
> > psychotropic drugs
> > (or any drugs for that matter) and never have except when
> > they have been
> > forced on me by the state sponsored psychiatric Gestapo and
> > I believe
> > that the law should be changed to disempower psychiatry and
> > get people
> > like me who have been poisoned properly treated at there
> > own free will.
> > My blood pressure has dropped and guess what I don't
> > feel grumpy now
> > that I know what has been going on and I have got rid of
> > the cause of
> > the brain fog instead of having to put up with ignorant
> > (good intentions
> > is not substitute for good science) psychiatrists. I hope
> > that this
> > might encourage any grumpy friend you may have to try some
> > chelation. Be
> > patient though. I am told it can take 6 to 9 years and
> > guess what it is
> > now 6 years since 2003. In conclusion then I believe that
> > the problems
> > can be fixed in older people who have suffered lead
> > poisoning. However,
> > I must also add that I was so terrified by the
> > "treatment" which is
> > better described as behaviour modification by torture
> > (chemical and
> > electric shock) that I got baptised in 2004 which is a
> > "brain exercise
> > in itself that is part of the re-birth I have experienced.
> > I have needed
> > spiritual healing as well as detoxification. In fact the
> > experience has
> > led me to conclude that lead may actually be involved in
> > suppressing
> > pain and trauma and that is why it can be released when
> > past trauma is
> > revisited as seemed to occur in my case as exemplified by
> > the number of
> > heart wrenching tears I cried as the emotional mountain
> > crumbled and the
> > lead came out. (lead would actually appear in my hair after
> > a heavy
> > crying session. That's what happened to me I hope it is
> > of use to
> > someone out there because I would not want what was done to
> > me repeated
> > on anyone. I also believe that forgiveness is instrumental
> > in the
> > release of toxic metals - and by that I mean forgiveness of
> > yourself as
> > well as others. As for the psychiatric profession
> > "Forgive them Lord for
> > they know not what they do."
> >
> > Cheers Doug
> >
> > --- In LPAE@yahoogroups.com, "Susan Bernard"
> > sbernard@ wrote:
> > >
> > > my temper was pretty bad when I was first diagnosed.
> > It's gotten a bit
> > > softer the cleaner I get. Won't he consider
> > chelation? Even Chlorella
> > will
> > > detox him at home. Men can be so stubborn!
> > >
> > > _____
> > >
> > > From: LPAE@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:LPAE@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > > classylady0828
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 9:45 AM
> > > To: LPAE@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [LPAE] dying to know
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > greetings: my husband has been infected with l.p since
> > he was one. it
> > was so
> > > bad they had to drain his foot for days in the
> > hospital now as an
> > adult hes,
> > > gifted, articulate . The only thing is , the temper
> > and the slight
> > > add/Bi-polar thing going on. On hot days he has to
> > stay inside , if
> > you
> > > touch him hes burning up. is there anything i could do
> > . he wont talk
> > to
> > > anyone. but he knows theres something off. I'm
> > dying to know if anyone
> > else
> > > experiences this? thanks..
> > >
>