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When Mental Illness Meets a Broken System
My advocacy is rooted in more than twelve years of lived experience walking alongside someone I deeply love through severe mental health challenges. What began as a desperate search for answers turned into years of uncertainty—misdiagnoses, countless medication trials, constant adjustments, and the emotional toll of never knowing what might help or what might make things worse.
As his illness intensified, we sought more aggressive treatments, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), holding onto hope wherever we could find it. At the same time, he became entangled in the legal system—cycling in and out of jail while acutely ill, often without proper psychiatric support or continuity of care. Watching someone suffer not only from mental illness, but from systems that were never designed to treat it with compassion, was heartbreaking. It exposed painful gaps in how mental health crises are understood and managed, leaving families to carry an impossible weight alone.
Turning Point Through Evidence-Based Care
Everything changed when we discovered transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
TMS became a turning point when so many other options had failed. It offered real, lasting improvement—bringing back stability, clarity, dignity, and something we had nearly lost: hope. For the first time in years, we weren’t just surviving—we were healing.
This experience reshaped my understanding of what mental health care can be when people are treated as patients, not problems. It showed me how life-changing access to advanced, evidence-based treatments truly is—not just for individuals, but for entire families.
Today, I advocate for mental health awareness, early intervention, and humane, effective care. I advocate so that no one has to endure untreated illness behind bars, and no family has to navigate suffering, systems, and recovery in isolation. And I share our story so others know that if traditional treatments haven’t worked, there is still hope. There are options. There is help. And there is a path forward.
Evidence-Based Treatment Experience
Commitment to Humane, Patient-Centered Care
