From: tom3048306@webtv.net   
      
       So you think that's bunk?   
      I got a diagnosis in 1983 from the former Commissioner of Indiana's   
   Department of Mental Health   
   Dr. William R. Murray.This was a man returned to private practice after   
   having been the Governor's top man in the field in the entire state of   
   Indiana.   
      My parents took me to his office where I was confined by a hospital   
   security guard from the Community Hospital East Campus of Indianapolis   
   from across the street.I was confined in the professional building for   
   hours in a  meeting room without access to water or toilet. I was   
   questioned periodically during this time.   
      I told all concerned that I had stopped using marijuana altogether a   
   few days earlier. I had been smoking large,"Rastafarian", quantities of   
   highly potent marijuana every day for many years.   
   I was in  state of rebound from this sudden absence of the drug bearing   
   herb.   
   This was at least the third time my manifestation of this phenomena had   
   come to light under the scrutiny of mental health professionals.I had   
   also experienced it apart from the observation of concerned individuals.   
      In all previous instances I had been forthright and honest about my   
   activities leading up to my presentations.   
      Can you guess what the guy at the top of the heap had to say   
   regarding this?   
   I will never forget it. I was flabbergasted!   
   While booking me a bed inpatient he spoke the words " Chronic Acute   
   Undifferentiated Schizophrenia"   
      
      Now really folks...What the hell is chronic acuteness?   
      Why would the diagnosis be schizophrenia?   
      
      The patient himself  repeatedly insisted that there is a direct   
   association between the problem and an undeniably declared abrupt   
   decrease in the bioavailabiity of the metabolical biochemicals derivable   
   from ingesting large amounts (between 1500 and 7000mg of plant material   
   a day) of highly sought after sinsemilla marijuana?   
      
   regular posters posting in good faith  to alt.flame.psychiatry are   
   welcome to contact me at this e-mail address. This e-mail address should   
   be considered opted out of all marketing / sales lists not associated   
   with anti-psychiatry.   
      
   PatientX   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)