my return to the psych unit on day 1 alone has been fabulous. i knew the patients there wouldn’t let me down. today, the doctor and i saw a patient with a long history of schizophrenia (the usual order of the day), and before going in, i was forewarned of his history, which when we entered the room, was largely unchanged.
basically, i will quote this man, almost verbatim:
“i am a full-blooded american indian. it is illegal to give me psychotropic drugs. i am not mentally ill. university hospitals proved it. i am not mentally ill. that’s a death sentence. i am a full-blood iroquois.”
important to this story is that he is 0% american indian, because when he initially made this claim, it had to be researched by the courts. instead, we find he is a full-blooded schizophrenic.
i am so happy to be back on the wards.
