Administrator Altostrata Posted March 27, 2014 Administrator Share Posted March 27, 2014 How different are psychiatric diagnoses today? From the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia. Good commentary at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2413131/Immorality-post-traumatic-stress-Reasons-patients-admitted-lunatic-asylum-1800s.html REASONS FOR ADMISSION 1864 T0 1889 INTEMPERANCE & BUSINESS TROUBLE DISSOLUTE HABITS KICKED IN THE HEAD BY A HORSE DOMESTIC AFFLICTION HEREDITARY PREDISPOSITION DOMESTIC TROUBLE ILL TREATMENT BY HUSBAND DROPSY IMAGINARY FEMALE TROUBLE EGOTISM HYSTERIA EPILEPTIC FITS IMMORAL LIFE EXCESSIVE SEXUAL ABUSE IMPRISONMENT EXCITEMENT AS OFFICER JEALOUSY AND RELIGION EXPOSURE AND HEREDITARY LAZINESS EXPOSURE AND QUACKERY MARRIAGE OF SON EXPOSURE IN ARMY MASTURBATION & SYPHILIS FEVER AND JEALOUSY MASTURBATION FOR 30 YEARS FIGHTING FIRE MEDICINE TO PREVENT CONCEPTION SUPPRESSED MASTURBATION MENSTRUAL DERANGED SUPPRESSION OF MENSES MENTAL EXCITEMENT THE WAR NOVEL READING TIME OF LIFE NYMPHOMANIA UTERINE DERANGEMENT OPIUM HABIT VENEREAL EXCESSES OVER ACTION OF THE MIND VICIOUS VICES OVER STUDY OF RELIGION WOMEN TROUBLE OVER TAXING MENTAL POWERS SUPERSTITION PARENTS WERE COUSINS SHOOTING OF DAUGHTER PERIODICAL FITS, SMALL POX TOBACCO & MASTURBATION SNUFF EATING FOR 2 YEARS POLITICAL EXCITEMENT SPINAL IRRITATION POLITICS GATHERING IN THE HEAD RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIASM GREEDINESS FEVER AND LOSS OE LAW SUIT GRIEF FITS AND DESERTION OF HUSBAND GUNSHOT WOUND ASTHMA HARD STUDY BAD COMPANY RUMOR OF HUSBAND MURDER BAD HABITS & POLITICAL EXCITEMENT SALVATION ARMY BAD WHISKEY SCARLATINA BLOODY FLUX SEDUCTION & DISAPPOINTMENT BRAIN FEVER SELF ABUSE BUSINESS NERVES SEXUAL ABUSE & STIMULANTS CARBONIC ACID GAS SEXUAL DERANGEMENT CONGESTION OF BRAIN FALSE CONFINEMENT DEATH OF SONS IN WAR FEEBLENESS OF INTELLECT DECOYED INTO THE ARMY FELL FROM HORSE IN WAR DERANGED MASTURBATION FEMALE DISEASE DESERTION BY HUSBAND DISSIPATION OF NERVES This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus dalsaan Posted March 27, 2014 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted March 27, 2014 I would have been in for sure. I've got that female disease for starters Please note - I am not a medical practitioner and I do not give medical advice. I offer an opinion based on my own experiences, reading and discussion with others.On Effexor for 2 months at the start of 2005. Had extreme insomnia as an adverse reaction. Changed to mirtazapine. Have been trying to get off since mid 2008 with numerous failures including CTs and slow (but not slow enough tapers)Have slow tapered at 10 per cent or less for years. I have liquid mirtazapine made at a compounding chemist. Was on 1.6 ml as at 19 March 2014. Dropped to 1.5 ml 7 June 2014. Dropped to 1.4 in about September. Dropped to 1.3 on 20 December 2014. Dropped to 1.2 in mid Jan 2015. Dropped to 1 ml in late Feb 2015. I think my old medication had run out of puff so I tried 1ml when I got the new stuff and it seems to be going ok. Sleep has been good over the last week (as of 13/3/15). Dropped to 1/2 ml 14/11/15 Fatigue still there as are memory and cognition problems. Sleep is patchy but liveable compared to what it has been in the past. DRUG FREE - as at 1st May 2017 >My intro post is here - http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/2250-dalsaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnfoldingSky Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Good to see they took "false confinement" and turned it into "true confinement". Ugh. And what is "salvation army" supposed to mean? And, did they manage to treat egotism? If so can someone send me a time machine, size extra large? As I have a bunch of psychiatrists I need to send into the past... I am not a medical professional and nothing I say is a medical opinion or meant to be medical advice, please seek a competent and trusted medical professional to consult for all medical decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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