I was admitted to the Caludon Centre April 2013 after taking a small overdose. The admitting psychiatrist stated that I was low risk. I presume that he said this because I had only taken 30 painkillers, and I had actually called for the ambulance myself. The admitting doctor only prescribed sleeping tablets. With high insight and realizing that I had not taken enough tablets to kill myself, I wish I had never called the ambulance now- because I would have been all right. I have seen programmes on the TV, where patients that have tried to commit suicide, and were released from hospital within about 15 hours. This was not the case with me, and I was about to suffer the biggest life changing shock and ordeal of my life.
The following day, I was introduced to Nazi Nutter, Dr. Thomas Elanjithara. The admitting doctor seemed to have disappeared, and I never saw him again. I explained to Dr. Thomas that I had been experiencing excruciating pain on several days, which I believed to be supernatural, and that because of this I had taken the overdose. Previous to this, I had phoned an ambulance and was taken to the hospital for tests, and hospital staff could find no reason for the pain- so I concluded that the pain must be caused by a supernatural source. This was my own subjective belief based on my own belief system, and I should have been entitled to hold it, without being considered to have a mental illness. I was feeling much better on the day that I saw Dr. Thomas, because the pain had gone away. I was immediately sectioned for a month. Plenty of people believe in the supernatural, and they do not get sectioned for it. Also, there is a condition called Somatoform pain disorder, a disorder which Dr. Thomas Elanjithara did not look into. According to Medline Plus, a thorough medical examination, including laboratory work and radiologic scans (MRI, CT, ultrasound, x ray) need to be done to determine the possible sources of the pain. When no clear source of the pain is found, Somatoform pain disorder is diagnosed. Dr. Thomas never ordered any such investigation. Dr. Thomas put the pain down to a psychotic episode and diagnosed me with Paranoid Schizophrenia. Somatoform pain disorder is not at all associated with Paranoid Schizophrenia and is not treated with anti-psychotic drugs. Treatment is often through anti-depressants and talk therapy, including cognitive behavioural therapy. The logical thing to have done would been to have waited to see if the pain had returned without putting me on any medication. The pain never returned and the original source of my pain remains unexplained. Dr. Thomas Elanjithara immediately put me on anti-psychotic drugs, despite the fact that my perceived 'symptoms' (the pain I was in), seemed to have gone away, and that I wasn't suffering from any symptoms of schizophrenia. Neither was I suffering from Paranoia; I had never been known to suffer from Paranoia, in all of my life before being admitted to the Caludon Centre. I was confined to the ward for this time. At this stage, Dr. Thomas did not put me on anti-depressants. Dr. Thomas then increased my dose, even though I showed no evidence of psychosis. He did not even ask me if I had experienced anything else that was unusual or might be considered to be evidence of having psychosis, or thought that I was experiencing anything supernatural. The only thing that he seemed to ask me was: 'how are you feeling today, Andrea?' I am not sure what he talked about actually- just a load of old nonsense, mainly. He used to take hold of my hand and waive my arm around in the air quite a lot- for what reason, I do not know. Dr. Thomas kept increasing the dose of anti-psychotic drugs, without giving any reasonable explanation. I was not experiencing any psychosis whatsoever. I could not understand why I was being treated in such an unjust manner. I was not experiencing any pain, so I could not have been suffering from Somatoform pain disorder or Paranoid Schizophrenia. Another patient that I knew, who really was suffering from schizophrenia, was hearing voices on a regular basis. yet she was given home leave, and was discharged from the hospital in a relatively short period of time. Another young woman had actually stabbed herself in the leg, but was released within 24 hours. She was actually quite unhappy about it, because she was actually looking for help. I advised her to go for counselling at the local Sycamore Centre.
After a while, Dr. Thomas, Nazi Nutter decided to put me on injections. He told me that the reason for this was that I had deliberately missed a ward round meeting. This of course was not true; I had in fact waited to see him all day, on the ward round in question and kept asking members of staff when I was going to see him. Besides which, I do not think that missing a ward round meeting was a good enough reason for being put on injections. When Dr. Thomas said this to me, I realized for certain that I was looking into the eyes of a nutter. I said to him: 'you're just going to do what you like to me, aren't you?' Shortly after the ward round meeting, whilst I was on the phone to my father, telling him what was happening to me, I was accosted by several members of staff, who grabbed hold of me and forced an injection on me. In ordering this to be done to me, I consider Dr. Thomas Elanjithara to be no better than a rapist. Clinical-Partners claim that Dr. Thomas Elanjithara is a friendly and energetic clinician. Energetic, he might be, but I found him to be about as friendly as a shark; also, devious and sly. When I realized that I was dealing with a very evil man, I told my parents: 'I am never going to get out of here'. I knew that I was in real danger and that my life was going to be ruined. Despite showing no recognizable symptoms of schizophrenia or paranoia, after 1 month had passed, Dr. Thomas sectioned me again for another 6 months. After these 6 months had passed, Dr. Thomas sectioned me for another 6 months. All the time, he kept putting up the dosage of the anti-psychotic injection for no reason or explanation whatsoever. In all this time he never asked me any diagnostic questions to determine whether my 'condition' had improved. Doubt had to cast on his diagnosis of me, because of the fact that he lied right at the start of my 'treatment'. I really feel that he was mentally crazed, and could have benefited from some quite serious treatment himself for criminal insanity. Ward round meetings were held with several other members of staff, including Dr. Ketty, hospital managers, doctors, and social workers. Al these people went along with Dr. Thomas's treatment of me, and rather seemed to me like some kind of thuggish gang. I was not given any kind of information about paranoid schizophrenia, and how to deal with it. I have visited a mental health centre before now and read the booklets on paranoid schizophrenia, and the symptoms associated with it. I found that I did not actually have any of the symptoms. Besides which, why didn't Dr. Thomas Elanjithara let me go home on the medication-if that's what he thought I needed? Plenty of paranoid schizophrenics live in community on medication. Why was he so bent on destroying my life. As it is, I am not on any medication now and never needed to be. I think that most paranoid schizophrenics never stop hearing voices and have to be on medication for the rest of their lives.
Dr. Elanjithara was nothing like my GP, Dr. Willett. With Dr. Willett, I was able to discuss things quite easily, and I felt that he treated me with respect, and listened to my views. Dr. Elanjithara was like something from another planet. His behaviour in ward rounds was bizzare, and we never actually discussed anything. Medication was forced on me, and Dr. Elanjithara knew that I was very unhappy about it. When Dr. Elanjithara increased the dose of the antispsychotic drugs that he placed me on, there was no discussion and no explanation. Dr. Elanjithara claims to value the holistic approach at the Tuke Centre, where he now works. I am sure that he does, when people are paying £125 for a half hour appointment with him. I am sure that private patients paying that kind of money are not expecting to actually get sectioned by him for overly extensive periods of time and actually get their lives destroyed by him. If Dr. Thomas Elanjithara did this to his private patients, then they wouldn't be able to afford to pay him. I am sure that in a private place like this, he assumes all aspects of being a nice, normal person. Private paying customers wouldn't expect anything less. However, I never saw any of this in my dealings with him, as a NHS consultant.
In October, 2013, Dr. Thomas Elanjithara phoned my Father and told him that he wanted to electrocute me;that is, give me electro convulsive shock therapy. He did not have any reason for this, apart from me being depressed. I was ever likely to be depressed, after being wrongfully being incarcerated for absolutely no reason whatsoever. I was, of course, extremely depressed, as by this stage, I had lost my home, my piano teaching business, and my dog and cat. I really do not think that being electrocuted, on top of the fact that my life was completely destroyed, was going to make me feel any better. It was also strange that Dr. Thomas wanted to electrocute me, as hospital staff had spoken about my release from hospital in August, 2013. He wanted to seek legal authority to do this and was going to do it by force. Presumably, he was going to have me pinned down, whilst staff put me to sleep, and administer electric shocks to my brain. My father very much protested about the ECT, and eventually Dr. Thomas had to settle for me taking anti-depressants.
Where does Dr. Ketty fit in to all of this? Well she was a presiding doctor over some of my ward round meetings and she was also present at my tribunal to present 'evidence' against me. Yet, in all the time that I saw her, I do not think that I held one conversation with her. Her 'evidence' against me, included the fact that I had been sarcastic. Well, I should think that after all that I had suffered, that I should ever likely to be a bit sarcastic. And, as far as I know, sarcasm is not a mental illness. She talked a load of old nonsense, and also said that I suffered form excessive washing of my hands. This was complete fabrication- in other words, a lie. Also, I do not think that suffering from OCD, should I actually have been suffering from it, is a significant reason for imprisoning someone in a mental health unit. So, there we have it, another professional telling lies. I would have to put Dr. Ketty in the same category as Nazi Nutter, Dr. Thomas Elanjithara, I am very sorry to say.
I have submitted a review of Dr. Thomas Elanjithara at iwantgreatcare.org I had to submit it twice, before receiving a verification link. I am still waiting now to see if it has been published. I would like to think it will be soon, if iwantgreatcare.org is actually a trusted review site that truly reflects the public's views. Dr. Thomas Elanjithara actually has one positive review from a supposed patient at the Caludon Centre. In this review, the patient claims that he was able to discuss his issues with the doctor and resolve his problems. I believe that this is actually a bogus review. Dr. Thomas Elanjithara never discussed anything with me. Also, none of the other patients were very happy with him. Also, one patient on the ward was in tears after every ward round with him. As for me, I decided never to give Nazi Nutter, Dr. Elanjthara my tears.
Dr. Thomas Elanjithara and Dr. Ketty are both pathological liars who enforce damaging drugs on patients without justification. they also are responsible for incarcerating me at the Caludon Centre for no justifiable explanation. They may well be both a pair of psychopaths, and need to be locked up for the safety of the public. I am sure that all those treated by them at the Caludon centre, and their carers would agree.
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