This is really what I have to say about the treatment in the old British asylums. The deal breaker for me was the horrendous side effects caused by the administering of medication by injection. I have tried to show what akathisia meant to me and others.

1. NEW FOR
NOVEMBER 2009

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3. Andrew Presents

4. An
Andrew Production

5. Get Well Soon 2
(Akathisia)

6. The Wikipedia definition of akathisia includes
reference to ‘inner restlessness’ which is manifested
in an inability to sit still or to remain motionless.
Derived from the Greek for ‘not to sit’ or ‘without
sitting’, akathisia is a ‘side effect’ of some typical
antipsychotic medications, particularly when given
by injection.

7. Get Well Soon :-
One thing for certain for some of
the patients in the old National
Health Service asylums in the
UK, was that
they weren’t about to get well
any time soon...

9. On Horam Ward :

22. Meanwhile,
on a nearby corridor...

34. A chance meeting
at the patients’ canteen...

53. On Jarvis Brook
long stay ward:-

60. It’s late afternoon on
Chailey Ward...

69. Back to the ward office
at Horam Ward :-

78. THE END

79. If any of the issues here have
affected you, draw a picture,
make a song or poem – do
some kind of narrative.
And maybe use digital media.

80. To comment, send Email to:
MedsInAsylums@yahoo.co.uk