NOTES:
1. On one occasion a visitor entered my room to find me totally nude and uncovered, tied as I have described. My left arm was twisted into such a position that, nearly unconscious as I was, I was vocalizing expressions of severe pain. When she demanded that the situation be rectified she was told "we can't keep a diaper on him" and only after some insistence was my arm repositioned. My left arm functionality has been impaired since I left the hospital and remains so. Judging from the rough treatment to which I was subjected (paragraph 3) my arm was likely injured at this or some other time. Its function remains impaired to this day.

2. The floor in the room was equipped with sensors to detect the presence of a body on the floor. The staff turned them off when in the room as a very loud alarm (audible a considerable distance from the room) sounded continually until the presence was removed.

On at least two occasions I managed to free my hands and feet and afterwards lay quietly in the bed until I was discovered and again restrained. There was never any cause to believe I was a danger to myself or others, yet my requests to see the doctor were ignored.

3.

For the purpose of clarity the verb "see" in this context means, according to Merriam-Webster:

1.  a: to perceive by the eye
b: to perceive or detect as if by sight

2.  a: to be aware of
b: to imagine as a possibility
c: to form a mental picture of
d: to perceive the meaning or importance of

If Dr. Copeland entered my room and light reflected from my person passed through the cornea, pupil, and lens of my eyes to the retina, and the photoreceptors therein produced the signals to the optic nerve to my brain, then it may be said that I "saw" him. The point is that my brain was functionally impaired to the point that I would have been unaware of it in any meaningful way.

The same applies to any conversations I had with him or anyone else - my brain functions were impaired to the point that I might as well have been as brain-damaged as I had been represented.


4. My family members advise me that at on occasion the staff attempted some form of physical therapy (such as manually moving my limbs) but due to my apparent inability or unwillingness to cooperate they ceased. For almost the entire 68 days of my confinement I was immobile in the bed, restrained most of the time.





5. At the time I was discharged a feeding tube which had not been used for the last three weeks was left in place. I believe this was deliberate. It was another six weeks and three doctor visits (due to infection at the site) before the tube was removed.

6. I have numerous symptoms of exposure to anti-psychotic medications, including parkinsonism. I am unable to write or even print legibly, and my typing ability is limited. Others include tardive dyskinesia, acute dystonias and the lobotomizing effect of those drugs, to the degree that my family is required to assist me in remembering to pay bills and conduct other necessary business. Muscle spasms in my legs and feet cause frequent pain. I am always at risk of falling due to my inability to balance - I am unable to even stand without support.