Question:
In 1976 I was hospitalized in a VA hospital and the VA doctor never once saw me over a period of three weeks. I was heavily midicated and his diagnosis I later found out (in my VA medical records) was schizophrenia. Wasn’t so. I was evaluated by another VA psychiatrist months later and the diagnosis was "anxiety neurosis". The VA didn’t have the diagnosis of PTSD (then). I have been evaluated in the past year with chronic PTSD. The point is that the psychiatric evaluations and treatment in 1976 were wrong. The damage – came from my VA records getting back to a community mental health center where I was getting therapy. The records were compromised by "volunteer" counselors at the clinic (a hospital) over the weekends for emergency counseling and admissions. I was told by one volunteer counselor that he had access to the records, he happened to be one of the state workers at the local job service office (employment office) and …. somehow I couldn’t get employment in that area! I post this because of the damage this caused me. Maybe you’ve had the same plulled on you? I hope not. — http://www.jvet.freeservers.com http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/PTSD/ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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> I post this because of the damage this caused me. Maybe you’ve had the > same plulled on you? I hope not.
I don’t suppose that you have pursued your legal opportunities, have you? Stating you have damage wrt employment implies that the damage is quantifiable and a personal injury. It strikes me that if you have a good case, then some attorney would take it on contingency. Smile and there will be something to smile about! Nancy
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If someone reads this and protects themselves – that would be reward enough for me. As for legal recourse, too long ago and when you do anything where the VA is involved (witnesses, etc.) it would be like the great abyss. It would have been a lost cause even if I had known at the time what was happening. In article <95d1cq$…@dispatch.concentric.net>, "Nancy" <ki…@cris.com> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > I post this because of the damage this caused me. Maybe you’ve had the > > same plulled on you? I hope not. > I don’t suppose that you have pursued your legal opportunities, have you? > Stating you have damage wrt employment implies that the damage is > quantifiable and a personal injury. It strikes me that if you have a good > case, then some attorney would take it on contingency. > Smile and there will be something to smile about! > Nancy
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That must have been tough jvet and very very frustrating. I have been fortunate not to have to deal with that type of injustice Thanks for sharing Morine – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<jvet…@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:95cmh6$fgo$1@nnrp1.deja.com… > In 1976 I was hospitalized in a VA hospital and the VA doctor never > once saw me over a period of three weeks. I was heavily midicated and > his diagnosis I later found out (in my VA medical records) was > schizophrenia. > Wasn’t so. I was evaluated by another VA psychiatrist months later and > the diagnosis was "anxiety neurosis". The VA didn’t have the diagnosis > of PTSD (then). I have been evaluated in the past year with chronic > PTSD. The point is that the psychiatric evaluations and treatment in > 1976 were wrong. > The damage – came from my VA records getting back to a community mental > health center where I was getting therapy. The records were > compromised by "volunteer" counselors at the clinic (a hospital) over > the weekends for emergency counseling and admissions. > I was told by one volunteer counselor that he had access to the > records, he happened to be one of the state workers at the local job > service office (employment office) and …. somehow I couldn’t get > employment in that area! > I post this because of the damage this caused me. Maybe you’ve had the > same plulled on you? I hope not. > — > http://www.jvet.freeservers.com > http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/PTSD/ > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/
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In looking back at the problems I’ve encountered – I was always chasing after fires and never able to prevent them and not able to pick up the pieces of the last damage because of something "new" taking over my attention. I would have had a rough time suing the "spoiler" who chased after my work, my reputation, my integrity. He is a malicious person. It helps to know where the trouble came from. I knew it was there but I didn’t know who was at the source of it or why this person was so intent on causing me trouble. It was a small, small town and …why do people do these things? In article <95gl6e$h1…@news.wave.co.nz>, "Morine" <h_mor…@hotmail.com> wrote: > That must have been tough jvet > and very very frustrating. > I have been fortunate not to have to > deal with that type of injustice > Thanks for sharing > Morine > <jvet…@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:95cmh6
$fg…@nnrp1.deja.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > In 1976 I was hospitalized in a VA hospital and the VA doctor never > > once saw me over a period of three weeks. I was heavily midicated and > > his diagnosis I later found out (in my VA medical records) was > > schizophrenia. > > Wasn’t so. I was evaluated by another VA psychiatrist months later and > > the diagnosis was "anxiety neurosis". The VA didn’t have the diagnosis > > of PTSD (then). I have been evaluated in the past year with chronic > > PTSD. The point is that the psychiatric evaluations and treatment in > > 1976 were wrong. > > The damage – came from my VA records getting back to a community mental > > health center where I was getting therapy. The records were > > compromised by "volunteer" counselors at the clinic (a hospital) over > > the weekends for emergency counseling and admissions. > > I was told by one volunteer counselor that he had access to the > > records, he happened to be one of the state workers at the local job > > service office (employment office) and …. somehow I couldn’t get > > employment in that area! > > I post this because of the damage this caused me. Maybe you’ve had the > > same plulled on you? I hope not. > > — > > http://www.jvet.freeservers.com > > http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/PTSD/ > > Sent via Deja.com > > http://www.deja.com/
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jvet…@my-deja.com wrote: > In looking back at the problems I’ve encountered – I was always chasing > after fires and never able to prevent them and not able to pick up the > pieces of the last damage because of something "new" taking over my > attention. I would have had a rough time suing the "spoiler" who > chased after my work, my reputation, my integrity. He is a malicious > person. It helps to know where the trouble came from. I knew it was > there but I didn’t know who was at the source of it or why this person > was so intent on causing me trouble. It was a small, small town > and …why do people do these things?
There’s a perfectly clear rationale for what that person did. Unfortunately, it belongs to them and will never make any sense to you. Spending time trying to discern motives and intent of those who have treated us in various ways is, in the long run a waste of time. Nothing is changed with that knowledge other than a temporary sense of relief. Spending the time, instead, on how you are affected and what to do with your life with this reality is time well spent. You could always ask yourself what would be different if you knew the exact reasons for that persons actions?
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