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• Referral from March 28, 2015
  

  Marilyn W. asked:

  Ok, I need help. My son is involved in a misdemeanor court case. He's had one Comp Eval already. He's been ordered to have another at our request. The first one said he should be hospitalized which means be given drugs. My son says he'd rather die suicide by cop rather than take any more drugs. He's been forced to take drugs 25 years and we believe they're killing him. I believe he's been brain damaged by them as he started having fixed delusions in 2007. He has many. But! He has them while taking the drugs, too. Now I ask. Why give him drugs if he has these fixed delusions whether taking or not taking the drugs? My point is this. Is it possible for me to find a forensic psychologist (or psychiatrist) who will put in a Comp Eval Report that he does not need to be hospitalized (medicated)? He is a good kind person and behaves. More so when not taking any drugs. It wasn't always so but it is now. Now if he were threatened with the first generation drugs, he would run, fight even if he died because he suffered horrific painful side effects, akathisia, hyperthermia, and more. They were unbearable. He paced 24 hours a day like a caged animal. Lived homeless to escape them. I need to find a forensic PhD or MD who will report that though Jeff has fixed delusions, there is no need for medication as it does not help and only worsens. (In fact, the last medication, Invega Sustenna, did make the delusions worsen. How can I find one? Gotta have it scheduled by 4/2/15 by court order.

  

  Bob B. replied:

  In addition to using the forced drugging Defense package - Ask that your son be screened for trauma - and that magnesium levels be checked. Proven non-drug methodologies are available to treat trauma, including Somatic Experiencing (www.traumahealing.com), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (www.emdr.com), and Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (www.traumaprevention.com or the book The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process by David Berceli, Ph.D.) “…Magnesium is essential in regulating central nervous system excitability thus magnesium deficiency may cause aggressive behavior, depression, or suicide. Magnesium calms the brain and people do not need to become severely deficient in magnesium for the brain to become hyperactive… a marginal magnesium intake overexcites the brain’s neurons and results in less coherence – creating cacophony rather than symphony – according to electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements.” (Transdermal Magnesium Therapy ©2007 by Mark Sircus, Ac., O.M.D pg.5)

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• Referral from October 20, 2014
  

  Isabelle P. asked:

  I would love to hear from anyone who can recommend a great therapist for severe anxiety in Los Angeles? I hear cognitive-behavioral therapy is what is best. Please let me know if you know. Thks!

  

  Amanda S. replied:

  Somatic Experiencing is best for severe anxiety. I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) in Topanga with a bodywork background, and there are hundreds of SEP's in and around LA with different backgrounds, such as CBT, Psychotherapy, etc. www.traumahealing.com My personal website is www.amandasutherland.com

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