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All I can say is that from my personal experience. If a situation were to arise when I couldn’t receive my medicine anymore let me tell you what would happen. I would relapse. I will end up self-medicating with non-prescription drugs. I will end up in a crisis unit thinking I’m on top of the world, (manic), or wishing I were better off dead, (depressed). This would cause a likely Baker Act scenario, thus wasting taxpayer dollars, causing unneeded aggravation. At best I would avoid jail and a prolonged stay at a residential center or institution. I would end up back to were I started, making all I’ve been thriving for unwarranted and in vain.
As a consumer my goal is to avoid relapse, to stay stable and be a productive member of society. As long as I stay on my medicine regardless of financial status, I know I’ll be making contributions. As long as I follow a program of recovery this dual diagnosis is sustainable. Today, my life is not perfect but I am working on it just like anybody else. I am a functioning tax paying citizen willing to do the right thing for my fellow man. All I ask on behalf of my community is that you don’t restrict access to medications. From what I can deduce it is much simpler to continue providing solutions to a treatable condition rather than turning personal crisis and chaos into a bureaucracy.
Sincerely,
Brian
Member of NAMI of Miami
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