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When a parent dies, you lose your past; when a child dies, you lose your future. - Anonymous
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Although initially we were hesitant, we decided to add a few pages about Mind-Brain illnesses, to raise suicide awareness.
Mona was a staunch activist for this cause, among others. Mona has been invalidated for years and years; we will not invalidate her in death. Mona wanted to live, to study, to have a family, to live a meaningful and happy life. In her last year, once diagnosed correctly, for the past 12 month Mona lived a life. On her own words "I don't look like a mental patient". She participated in several activities. She had romantic relationships. She traveled overseas with a group of strangers, and was comfortable with them - something she could never have done before she was diagnosed correctly; at the airport she told her day this was her first trip in nearly 8 years that was not for treatment. The consequences of the wrong diagnosis, and years of wrong treatment, harmful treatment, of Mona's mind-brain illness were disastrous, and ultimately took its toll. On September 26, 2016 Mona completed suicide. For those who have mind-brain illnesses, please get a 2nd, a 3rd, a 4th, or more opinions. Please don't follow blindly what "the best doctor" tells you - double check your facts - mistakes do happen; it did with Mona and the cost was very high - her life. Mona did not want to die, she wanted to study, continue to help people, have a family, and have children specifically at the age of 35. She was robbed of her future because of the wrong diagnosis in one of the most prestigious hospitals in the US, in the world. Years of wrong treatment eventually demolished her. Please seek the support of your family, of your loved ones. Should you need to be hospitalized, please allow your treaters to give updates to your loved ones. The HIPAA laws keeps everyone in the dark. Please give permission, sign a consent in front of your loved ones, to make sure your treaters know it. We were kept in the dark about Mona's treatment. Had we known what we know now, we would have intervened. For Mona it is too late - for others it is not. The HIPAA laws only hurts patients with mind-brain illnesses, and only benefits the treaters.. |
Mona Daniella in the South of France.
Mona Daniella won the "AP Scholar with Distinction Award", among many others.
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