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Okay so this story might sound like a fever dream to some people, but if anyone is willing to take it seriously I could use some advice. The condensed version is as follows: Several years ago I was drugged and severely abused. Following this incident I experienced a profound dissociative fugue. Upon recovering from this, I became suspicious of the people I was living with, and eventually began to question their interpretation of what occurred. I agreed to go to the hospital with them and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and briefly committed before being released as an involuntary patient on extended leave. My treatment continued for ~4 years (despite no presentation of psychotic symptoms apart from transient suspicion at the cause of the fugue state, and during which I remained fully functional as an adult, studying and/or working full time) until one psychiatrist finally discharged me completely after tapering me off the medication on his own initiative.
More recently it has come to my attention that footage of this abuse has been leaked online in some manner, and that the actual motive for the assault was to monetize it by selling it on unlisted websites. I do not currently have possession of this footage, but am looking into methods to search for it (and am pretty sure it does in fact exist). It is also extremely likely that this ordeal involved substantial cooperation with local law enforcement and doctors (at least initially), though to what extent I'm not entirely sure. Since being discharged and discontinuing the medication I have experienced no decline in functioning or psychotic symptoms.
So there's the whole story. Sounds like something out of a mystery novel but it is what it is. My legal questions are:
1. How can I take legal action in a civil suit against those who committed the assault initially or disseminated it (assuming I recover the footage)?
2. How can I take legal action against the misdiagnosis? I have already looked into malpractice suits but unfortunately the direct effects of the treatment were not damaging enough for such an avenue to be financially viable. I don't know if human rights laws apply in some manner, given the rest of the details.
I can answer any other questions regarding my experience if necessary.
Okay so this story might sound like a fever dream to some people, but if anyone is willing to take it seriously I could use some advice. The condensed version is as follows: Several years ago I was drugged and severely abused. Following this incident I experienced a profound dissociative fugue. Upon recovering from this, I became suspicious of the people I was living with, and eventually began to question their interpretation of what occurred. I agreed to go to the hospital with them and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and briefly committed before being released as an involuntary patient on extended leave. My treatment continued for ~4 years (despite no presentation of psychotic symptoms apart from transient suspicion at the cause of the fugue state, and during which I remained fully functional as an adult, studying and/or working full time) until one psychiatrist finally discharged me completely after tapering me off the medication on his own initiative.
More recently it has come to my attention that footage of this abuse has been leaked online in some manner, and that the actual motive for the assault was to monetize it by selling it on unlisted websites. I do not currently have possession of this footage, but am looking into methods to search for it (and am pretty sure it does in fact exist). It is also extremely likely that this ordeal involved substantial cooperation with local law enforcement and doctors (at least initially), though to what extent I'm not entirely sure. Since being discharged and discontinuing the medication I have experienced no decline in functioning or psychotic symptoms.
So there's the whole story. Sounds like something out of a mystery novel but it is what it is. My legal questions are:
1. How can I take legal action in a civil suit against those who committed the assault initially or disseminated it (assuming I recover the footage)?
2. How can I take legal action against the misdiagnosis? I have already looked into malpractice suits but unfortunately the direct effects of the treatment were not damaging enough for such an avenue to be financially viable. I don't know if human rights laws apply in some manner, given the rest of the details.
I can answer any other questions regarding my experience if necessary.
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