Comments for Dr. John Zwerneman
I was treated for depression; then they mentioned cyclothymic, which is a form of bipolar; then I was slapped with a borderline personality label. My husband told them that he did not believe that I had a mental illness. After all, we had been married for 20 years then and asked for proof. He was told there was none...they were going by my symptoms, which were getting worse the more they revised or increased my meds. I was accused of 'acting out' and 'trying to get attention,' and at one time told that 'I was having one great big adult temper tantrum and he wasn't going to listen to it... I can't believe how bad your behavior is,' after I confronted him about lying. Of course the office notes spell out my angry reaction at that, but says nothing about how it was provoked. Once I was able to access my chart data, I was also able to prove to our family doctor, that Dr. Zwereneman was lying to him, too, which then severed any relationship between the two. After I informed the psychiatrist that I had done so, he even refused to send medication revisions to him. I will say that if one does everything he/she is told, that person will be treated wonderfully. Challenge him or catch him with his pants down, you become the enemy. I think it is fair to say that I am one of the very few who do not get along with him. And I think that it is only fair to say that I do not believe that 'lying' is a part of his daily life, but when the administration tells him to, 'sit down; roll over or give me you paw,' he will do it, and I have no respect for anyone that will cause deliberate pain to innocent people for love of money. I had chart data expunged, destroyed, 'they say it was 'lost,' and he even lied to the judge on 2 separate occasions. I had 5 hospitalizations, numerous therapy sessions, a state mandate that was thankfully converted to IOT the last minute. I attempted suicide at times, engaged in self mutilation and yet I did mention that those urges ceased, although I was severely depressed, when I was not taking my medications. I was threatened again with hospitalization for non compliance if I didn't do as I was told. We fell into bankruptcy; my family was a total mess worrying about me and I almost lost my job because of them. Well, I finally stopped the drugs on my own, took the RX's and didn't fill them, or would fill them occasionally and not take the meds. I had no more hospitalizations until Nov. of 2004, when a seizure led me to the hospital at which time a tumor, a little smaller than a tennis ball was found on my left frontal lobe. The tumor was removed; the depression left and we realized why I experienced psychosis. I was treated for an illness that I never had! I have had no depression, except for situational depressions, such as deaths of a family member, etc., since.
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