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My blood is boiling today bc I learned that sodium amytal is potentially lethal. Yknow? That drug that was (forcibly & non-consensually) given to so many people with MPD, either to force switches or fusion or whatnot? It's fucking lethal.
My blood is boiling today bc I learned that sodium amytal is potentially lethal. Yknow? That drug that was (forcibly & non-consensually) given to so many people with MPD, either to force switches or fusion or whatnot? It's fucking lethal.
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They literally wrote on a patient's chart about non-consensually giving her sodium amytal, without a court order, without even TELLING HER HUSBAND, “I feel the need to shut her down outweighs the risk of death."
They literally wrote on a patient's chart about non-consensually giving her sodium amytal, without a court order, without even TELLING HER HUSBAND, “I feel the need to shut her down outweighs the risk of death."
I'm not going to tweet about this much more right now because I'm at my fucking limit learning about these medical malpractice trials.
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Actually I will tweet more because this is devastating. We knew sodium amytal was used for DID for years bc if you read any old Kluft paper it's mentioned. Any old Ross paper. Tara from United States of Tara gets a dose of it on the TV show -
Actually I will tweet more because this is devastating. We knew sodium amytal was used for DID for years bc if you read any old Kluft paper it's mentioned. Any old Ross paper. Tara from United States of Tara gets a dose of it on the TV show -
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And... and it's potentially lethal. It's potentially lethal and people like Colin Ross and Bennett Braun were giving their patients multiple doses of it above the recommended amount and SOMEHOW are still practicing and it's heartbreaking
And... and it's potentially lethal. It's potentially lethal and people like Colin Ross and Bennett Braun were giving their patients multiple doses of it above the recommended amount and SOMEHOW are still practicing and it's heartbreaking
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And these men, Bennett Braun & Colin Ross & Kluft and their associates (many of whom have lost multiple medical malpractice lawsuits) founded the ISSTD, trained thousands of therapists, and still are "highly respected" in dissociative research
And these men, Bennett Braun & Colin Ross & Kluft and their associates (many of whom have lost multiple medical malpractice lawsuits) founded the ISSTD, trained thousands of therapists, and still are "highly respected" in dissociative research
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And obviously they still aren't doing this today because there's no way they could get away with it now, but they helped found dissociative research and committed unspeakable damage to some of their patients
And obviously they still aren't doing this today because there's no way they could get away with it now, but they helped found dissociative research and committed unspeakable damage to some of their patients
And I really, really don't want to scare people away from seeing a psychiatrist by talking about this (bc they can be lovely) but it would be a moral failing to not talk about what our elders went through simply to preserve the reputations of these men.
Their stories and their pain needs to be told, and to be heard, and to be remembered.
I also apologize if some of this didn't come out well or isn't exactly what we mean, or if we didn't get it across properly, etc. We're so. so angry, and we so rarely feel things so strongly like this.
“Sodium amytal should be considered when other techniques have failed or when temporary access to an unavailable alter is required… it is a battering ram. It gets you into the system” (Ross, 1997, p. 363)
"The discussion of diagnostic aids for dissociative disorders would not be complete without at least a brief description of the use of sodium amytal interviews and hypnosis"
Philip M. Coons "THE DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS: Rarely Considered and Underdiagnosed" 1998
Philip M. Coons "THE DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS: Rarely Considered and Underdiagnosed" 1998
"Acknowledging the absence of controlled outcome studies, Kluft (1991) nevertheless concludes that.. "intense individual psychotherapy facilitated when necessary by hypnosis or other measures [e.g. sodium amytal-facilitated interviews] is the treatment of choice for MPD” (p. 176)
This thread is getting the most attention, so adding other stuff we've said on the topic:
https://twitter.com/TheRingsSystem/status/1413327440882061312?s=20
If folks want to follow up on this, here's a public-access news source detailing one of the cases.
CW: Medical abuse, drug overdose, Rape, Incest, SRA, Invalidation of MPD (especially polyfrag systems) Harm of syskids. Guns. Death. Cannibalism. It's incredibly triggering. Be safe
CW: Medical abuse, drug overdose, Rape, Incest, SRA, Invalidation of MPD (especially polyfrag systems) Harm of syskids. Guns. Death. Cannibalism. It's incredibly triggering. Be safe
Please see the list of content warnings above before reading this. Know that it's ok to read it in bits, to wait before reading it, or to not read it at all. Take care of yourself before, during, and afterwards. ❤️
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