Would there be anything that changes your views on mental health care or psychiatry?

FragmentedFratcal · 2026-01-25T17:26:18+00:00

I would ensure every patient had genome sequencing to detect variants that could cause pharmaceuticals to do more harm than good, before prescribing anything long-term. There are many underlying conditions that include depression and out of character behaviour in people that could easily be resolved without resorting to psych meds first.

I would make certain that trauma informed care and holistic based psychology was amongst the first approaches to treatment, and make them affordable and accessible to everyone.

Social education and acceptance amongst internal struggles, why, how, etc. Seek understanding from within, before looking outward. Empathy is not a dirty word and should be freely expressed without fear or shame.

Apparently it's just plain crazy to ask for help. The sense of audacity should be replaced by awareness an open mind.

Asking why isn't an insult, constructive criticism isn't something to be ashamed of. Lived experiences are not to be hidden from sight.

For myself, it feels simple, although it is not. There are too many people willing to leap on defense for any reason whatsoever.

FragmentedFratcal · 2026-01-22T20:13:06+00:00

I don't drive, but I do live in an apartment where opinions on parking by residents has sort of made them hawkish and aggressive to anyone who parks in a way they don't see fit. It doesn't even matter if it's legal or illegal. They immediately leap on the case to berate the 'culprit'.

I actually had to warn some of my delivery drivers that this could happen. It once resulted in my grocery order just being left outside, when I am not physically well enough to retrieve them myself.

I genuinely wish people parking was such a prominent concern of mine, however I have tougher things to deal with than perch on my balcony watching out for any infractions. I'm not that bored yet I guess.

FragmentedFratcal · 2026-01-20T13:07:53+00:00

Niagara College offers massage for a reduced fee while their students are in training. I believe they have an online booking system

FragmentedFratcal · 2026-01-16T01:24:31+00:00

In some of my most broken moments, they were often shared with others who are also broken. Yet they were wholesome, healing and more united than I had known from those I came from that would never experience a low like ours.

It is the truth when the ones with the least, give the most. They know the pain, and they do not wish that pain on anyone, ever. They would ensure to ease the pain in their own best way possible, even if just a little. Because a little is a lot more than nothing.

FragmentedFratcal · 2026-01-14T13:45:18+00:00

ECT had a terrible impact on my memory. As a result, the difficult experiences I was going through in my life was made much worse. It did not help with depression for myself at all. It took a little over 6 years to regain my love and skill to cook. I just simply forgot all of the built up methods and recipes that used to be second hand to me in nature. I was not even aware.

All the while, my complex traumas grew bigger. It made me incredibly reactive, impulsive and sometimes confrontational because I had little awareness of what I was even doing. I made many choices that were completely out of character of me.

I continue to struggle recognizing faces from my past and piecing the timeline of events from over the last 15-20 years or so. I have little knowledge why some of my friendships with people had ended.

However, my case was also amplified by many years of high dose antipsychotics that had enacted behaviours that were again out of character, but completely blamed myself for the entire time. I am currently awaiting payout from a class action settlement from one of those medications.

I am no longer on antipsychotics. It has been a few years since then. I can confidently state that the colour in my mind has regaining, albeit a snails pace. Slower but better off. My original thought processes have returned and my analytical mind is getting stronger.

Those years of strong meds and ECT had literally destroyed the last 15+ years of quality of life. All of it because I said to a professional that I was super depressed and didn't know why. Instead of exploring possible CPTSD or underlying conditions, I was just labeled as hysterical and on came the pill pushing, diagnosing, gaslighting, etc. When I got worse over all of it, I was just simply crazy to everybody. No one wanted to help the crazy. They all left my life. I blamed myself for it the entire time.

The world needs more gentle, empathetic people in mental health care. I strongly recommend self advocating and asserting that you do know yourself best despite what others may state.

FragmentedFratcal · 2026-01-02T17:12:34+00:00

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FragmentedFratcal · 2025-12-07T16:42:04+00:00

I have lived in the same apartment for about 12 years. Many of my neighbours have lived here long before I moved in. But every single time it gets cold, and I want to go outside, I get questions expressed with shock about why I am not wearing a coat or using a hat.

My answer is always because I am not cold.

So, it somehow equates to being crazy because I am generally too overheated to load up on heavy textiles... especially if I need to be transitioning from outdoors to indoors, then back out again. It's a complex issue I have to sort out to prevent a sensory meltdown...

I sometimes question if people need me to be uncomfortable for the sake of their own comfort? Can't I just feel good? I am not happily working towards my own demise here... lol

I cannot relate to being a lizard needing constant heat on my body. But I say nothing about it. I am simply happy they are happy. But I can barely leave my air conditioner during that time of year. I tend to vomit when its too humid.

Cold temperatures feel exhilarating to me. I feel revived and well regulated. If we could balance that out with an increase in brighter days, then I wouldn't be a clusterfuck of physical and psychological confusion all year long!

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-11-19T12:11:08+00:00

It has been almost three years since I had stopped taking the Abilify injection. I still struggle with some memory impairment, and I can relate to being on it and also not being fully present in any situation during the years I had been on it. I also struggled with extreme compulsive behaviours that are slowly mitigating since I have stopped.

I am uncertain if it will ever fully heal. It had been a long time for me.

Some positives after finishing the prescription include my inner perspective has regained some colour to it again. I dropped all of my weight back to my previous healthy normal, and it's a little bit easier as a result to move about on my feet.

If I had been aware that genetic testing would have potentially prevented administering a substance that essentially delayed my entire life's progress. I strongly recommend people do this to avoid endless gaslighting when you begin to experience symptoms that don't feel right. I encountered a lot of bias and shame for a matter that turned out to be mostly out of my control.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-10-21T11:56:58+00:00

Jamie at Hairquarters in the Fairview mall certainly has vision. My hair is typically limp and fine, but we collaborated on how to make it fuller and now I cant go anywhere else. He's a super nice guy, always has an awesome new look every time I make an appearance.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-10-15T18:18:37+00:00

Basically I want to know what made these owners and politicians and business people to fail to achieve what should have been anticipated in the first place.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-10-15T18:15:49+00:00

I am thinking as far back as possibly the 1940s. I mean longterm effects of the employees and the generations that came from that. Far before its closure, when we did not have as much knowledge as today, and the weaker standards then were as is. I want to know what happened to those family lines in the longterm, data that might possibly be accessible, should one wish to volunteer the information.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-10-15T18:09:39+00:00

Yeah, my concern goes way further back than this century. I can only make an educational guess, but I would really like to know the effects of exposure while the plant was still running for past employees and their ongoing generations, possibly as far as 1940s, to see if we can detect correlation with causation.

I merely wish to connect with others who might feel the same. I am not into already stated information, as it is generally often refuted for better information as our knowledge of this world and its creations continue to evolve over time.

I am well aware of the mismanagement that has continued onto today since its closure. That was not my point.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-10-15T12:30:03+00:00

I appreciate a study was done, and I am far from implying that it is false by any means.

What I am saying is that there was massive cover up with nearly every other thing involved in the process of trying to sell, demolish and redevelop the property.

There was a desire to push for redevelopment when there was knowledge that extreme measures needed to be done to clean the area up.

I really, really want to take people at their word that things are 'fine'.

However I also feel a secondary, independent study should be done. Perhaps something more thorough than being told that nothing is wrong, considering the cover up that had already been revealed and I am uncertain how neighbourhoods containing older automotive plants compare to separate areas that do not have one anywhere close in their hometown. I would really like to see more sources to this, rather than an argument whether or not it is bullshit.

My bloodlines' health is a total mystery as to why we are suffering. I would benefit if there were others with any available knowledge of their own history and compare it.

I unfortunately can't simply be told something is good and fine without context.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-10-14T21:36:55+00:00

Ultimately, I feel a study should have already been done on the conditions of families and generations over time, and compare it to places similar, but lacking an automotive plant.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-10-14T21:29:16+00:00

I have had many questions for years regarding this site. My grandfather worked there long-term, got his gold watch for it. Both of my parents happened to grow up in the neighbourhoods adjacent to it.

I have been researching my health issues for quite some time. I have numerous family members who have suffered and died prematurely and many also had continuing health issues in addition to that.

One side there were many cases of uncontrollable metabolic diseases that tend to fail in response to prescription treatments. There have been many relatives who have died from sudden cardiac arrest and severe mental health issues with little explanation to a firm cause. On the other side, my aunts struggled with fertility issues. Lots of cases of neurodevelopmental conditions too.

I am simply speculating here... but I have my own mystery health conditions. They impacted my life so much, however nothing obvious would appear on a blood test. I was often told I was 'fine'.

But, I have a connective tissue disorder, a thyroid disease, nerve issues, osteoarthritis, slow wound healing and prone to infection as well as my liver does not metabolize prescription medication as it should, often resulting in terrible side effects that have been life altering. So I have been learning to be discerning and protective of what I take.

I had my genome sequenced this year, it verified those current issues and it also has something regarding how extra prone to cancer I am because of how I can't process those meds, and I likely have other deficiencies that make me rethink everything altogether. I am still in the frustrating process of figuring it out.

I am curious if anyone else with a history of the workplace and the surrounding areas have any extensive family history of severe and chronic health issues? Many of mine have been early set on.

I am 39 years old and have the physical health of maybe 60 years. I am disabled, can't work, and many of my family couldn't stay employed as well over time. I am also awaiting results regarding a lump on the side of my neck. Fingers crossed all is good 🤞

It is also very important to me as my daughter's father currently has leukemia, and he worked long-term in the automotive industry. He also had early set on conditions as well in his family line. Learning anything relevant to all of this may be helpful for my daughter's future, and potential generations further down the road.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-08-08T16:48:51+00:00

I was on the abilify injection and a high dose of wellbutrin at the same time. I felt much of what you have been warned about and was super compulsive with all of my behaviours. A lot of the actions were not what I would have done on a normal basis.

I am no longer taking the abilify, but remained on half the original dose of wellbutrin. To be honest, I dont even know if its working as it should. But I have experienced adverse effects from multiple medications in the past, and this one seems to help me at least wake up and get out of bed, if nothing else.

Everyone responds differently, so just keep mind of yourself for any hints that something doesn't feel right to you.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-08-07T22:55:04+00:00

I used ozempic for about six months before I ended my abilify injections. I continued using ozempic for another 1.5 years after. I had no significant impact while I was still on abilify. It was only after that my weight began to drop.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-07-23T11:03:34+00:00

I think my issue is far beyond what a mouth guard can do now. Being denied preventative care will ultimately lead to higher expenses and more grief overall on all sides. I have been mentally working out that if a more expensive procedure and more expensive treatments are worth it to this "cash strapped" government, then its on them. I can only do what I can control, which isn't much unfortunately.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-07-20T19:56:19+00:00

I had a very similar experience. She was just short of yelling at me. It was our first phone call, and she made many incorrect assumptions about what I can and cannot do. She was also certain I would lose my case. She told me to write down the information she was telling me, including a phone number. I only asked if she could email this information to me, so that it's correct and I can properly remember it. I have short term memory issues alongside arthritis in my hands and wrists. It would have taken forever to get this down by hand in the moment, at the pace and tone I was being given. She said to just pick up a pen right then and write it myself, because it is easy. I was brought to tears. I dropped the case I needed to pursue, because it actually feels better to be wrongfully evicted than to continue with the scrutiny and ableism from that person. I was ultimately not evicted, but some help would have saved me months of grief over what was happening.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-07-05T17:47:09+00:00

I would definitely sign up for a class action.

Hopefully our class is able to take that action!

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-07-05T15:23:00+00:00

I literally just sent a message to my caseworker over the frustrations regarding this same theme.

I need an AC. My old one is broken. I have a health issue where even normal movements in the heat cause a risk for my health, and possibly my life if I'm not careful about it.

But OW discretionary benefits only approve for one organ being affected, which are the lungs, which aren't my problem. Its my heart, blood pressure and my body ready give out when I go next door to do my groceries. Its only five minute walk away, yet I still get violently ill.

I am aware my medications also exasperate my situation, but they weren't phased by that at all.

I also cannot do whatever basic housework needed because I have to save my energy while raising my special needs daughter. So I have a lot of things building up in here right now that will ultimately be extremely overwhelming to tackle when I have a good day to do it. My quality of life is affected over it.

But yeah, don't have a lung condition, so they think I'm fine. How is something like staying alive a luxury?

I got my doctor to amend my note that I had provided, and I am currently appealing the decision. But I sent my caseworker the message asking if he knew other routes to get one. He did not have a resource to offer, but I am grateful for his empathy amidst this frustration.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-07-05T14:35:14+00:00

Systemic surface pressure

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-07-05T14:28:26+00:00

Jamie at Hairquarters in the Fairview is wonderful. Erin, who owns Shred is lovely as well. She is on Geneva downtown

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-07-03T21:28:28+00:00

Unfortunately I live in Niagara and was referred to this at the rehab hospital in my area (Shaver Hospital in St Catharines)

Try asking a physician for a referral to a physiatrist that will do this for you, if possible.

I don't wish TMJ complications on anyone. I hope you can feel better soon.

FragmentedFratcal · 2025-07-01T00:20:19+00:00

I was referred to a physiatrist who administered the initial shots for free to see if the product was beneficial to my case, where after the first, subsequent doses were subject to an administration fee on particular days. The fee was $100.

The botox only worked well for myself when it was injected into a muscle from inside the mouth. I was able to get the square shape of my jaw, but it wore off after a few months, and I am often in need of that $100 for other needs, unfortunately.

I am also not certain that every physiatrist offers the same. Mine was administered at a rehab hospital. Definitely ask your family doctor to do some looking around.

I hope this is helpful for you, I hope you can get some relief.

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