Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Psychotropic plus Medication History for Keith “Buster” Torkelson MS as Associated with OCHCA prompted Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD)

Feature Image – Dug’s Meds

Our feature image shows the prescription and other Over-The-Counter (OTC) preparations for one of Keith “Buster” Torkelson’s friends and at one time shared room roommate.  Buster’s friend, Doug K who Buster fondly calls Dug, reported that this lot of preparations was his best psychotropic (cocktail) mix ever.  Buster’s friend has since passed away.  We here at Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG) get the impression that Dug Died Too Young when he died suddenly in his 50s.  Dug was treated for an Anxiety Related Disorders (ARDs).  Dug’s situation was complicated with Housing (closure and pending sale of the house) and Sleep issues.  After Dug moved away he could never find a good fitting bed.  In the picture we count some odd seven (7) prescription bottles.  When we took the photo we just wanted to document medication management with real people.  Buster knew some of Dug’s prescriptions were for psychotropic medications because he overheard Dug renewing them over the phone and at the pharmacy.  At least three of the seven medications in the photo are psychotropic.  One for certain was a Benzodiazepine (BZD).  Before Dug died he ran into BZD associated problems.  Dug was a Brand New Day client.  RIP Dug.




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Psychotropic plus Medication History for Keith “Buster” Torkelson MS as Associated with OCHCA prompted Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD)

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This document goes hand-in-hand with Keith “Buster” Torkelson’s July 30, 2021 (F) Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD) Build 20210727-PAD.  In the process of writing Buster’s PAD we here at Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG) felt that two areas need a bit more fleshing out: Housing and Medication.  Here MSG and Buster address the real history for Buster about medications for resolving Behavioral Health Disorders. 

Histories: How Buster DBA Keith Started

In this report we present the most up-to-date version of Keith “Buster” Torkelson’s psychotropic medication history.  We here at Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG) wondered what encouraged Buster to log his medications in the first place?  Roughly from 2001-2003 Buster was being treated by Kaisers Permanente’s doctor David Dobos.  At the onset of their association Dr. Dobos took possibly the most thorough history of any of Buster’s numerous Behavioral Health Doctors (BHDs).  It is very likely during the Dr. Dobos’ term that Buster began to log his medication history.  In 2009 Buster enrolled in and graduated a Mental Health Worker’s Paraprofessional course (CTP).  The training took 160 of in class instruction to complete.

Psychotropic Medication List (PML)

For the CTP class Buster pulled his history and updated it.  From approximately 2009-2017 Buster was helping out with OCHCA MHSA Technological Needs Component (TAC).  From 2009-2010 one of his TAC assignments was working with Personal Health Records (PHRs).  It is very likely that Buster updated his Psychotropic Medication List (PML) for his PHR presentations.  Currently we here at Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG) are updating his medication history is to go with Buster’s Psychiatric Advanced Directive or PAD.  It is possible that MSG has published Buster’s medication history before.  This version is far from complete yet it is the most refined PML yet.  To fill in the gaps it would take on Buster’s part a good deal time record digging.

Medication and Diagnoses - Disclosure Secondary Purposes

What we say…

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Purpose

Note

Detail

 

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1-Overarching Theme Experimentation

Trial and Error

The experiments documented here especially the early one’s cost Buster and his family quite a lot of out-of-pocket

 

Apply Lived Experience

 

Very few things say lived experience as well as a medication and housing histories

 

Associated with Adherence Proof

Compliance

In defense of continuity since 1989

 

Avoid do over experiment

Belief

Maybe it was me and I’ve changed so let’s try something that didn’t work before

 

Continuing  and refining Blogging

Psychiatry for Dummies

Another chapter

 

Cost Containment

Stay current

Costs incurred in the past are not recoverable unless these papers are helpful for others

 

Develop Medication Management Lesson

For Brand New Day

Motivating

 

Develop Psychiatric Advanced Directives (PADs)

Core purpose

OCHCA is promoting PADs

 

Improve doctors’ digital presence and / or legacy

Variable

Some doctors’ are better than others about their virtual image

 

Inform OCHCA

Set for Fall 2021

Possibly go on the record for completing the first PAD for the current movement

 

Leverage time spent on Personal Health Record

Technological Needs

Continue work with county on MHSA Technological Needs

 

Reduce medication errors

Advocate

Self-Advocacy & External Quality Review

 

Reduce stigma

Real Record Sharing

Just an MSG hunch – Confidentiality can be harmful

 

Share Dobos practice model

Profiling

A positive profile for the record

 

Share Materials

Medication

The most important materials for these experiments are psychotropic medications

 

Special Attention to Intimacy

Disparity

Medication and intimacy is not well reported

 

Structured Temporal Reconciliation (STR)

MSG Product

With STR we have discovered some patterns with Buster’s mental health

 

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Last Reviewed: 20210726-M:

MSGBase > Associated with >

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Purpose of a Medication History

What Others Say

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Aspect

Example

Note

 

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1-Patient satisfaction

[SEPARATE]

 

 

Change in drug related clinical signs

Invega

Experiment 2012 worsened condition driving a hospitalization

 

Detect drug-related pathology

Tegretol

Tegretol caused several problems including vision issues and sore wrists

 

Empathetic communication

Behavioral Health Doctors Best and Worst

Worst - Chandler & DeSilva

Best Dobos

 

Improve clinical decision making

Next big clinical decision

Clozapine Contingency Plan (CCP)

 

Prevent prescription errors

CCCHC brief

Action based errors or slips

No prescription

Wrong Amount

Synchronicity & the Clozapine Delivery Cycle (ClozDC)

 

Reduce patient risk

Clozapine molecule needs pharmacologic modification

Retain drowsiness

Eliminate dizziness & panic factors

 

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Last Reviewed: 20210726-M:  CCCHC = Central City Community Health Center Buster’s health provider for BHD and PCP

Results of Inventorying - Medication History
A record of Psychotropic Experimentation on a Human Subject
Consumer Subject = Keith “Buster” Torkelson MS                                      

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DOI

DOI

Medication

Xenobiotic

MD Associations

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prolixin

Pos. Dr. Arnold P. Deutsch & Kaiser

Dr. Alan Vu feigned & would not prescribe Prolixin

 

1992

1993

Lorazepam

UC Davis: Jeik (Spelling Uncertain)

 

2006

2006

Restoril

Singh & Bellman & Lee

 

2012

2017

Ativan (PRN)

Bum Soo Lee

 

1989

 

Haldol

Graman & Dean/APD

 

 

 

Haloperidol

Graman & Dean/APD

 

1991

 

Navane

Woodland Memorial & APD

 

 

 

Effexor

 

 

 

 

Paxil

 

 

2001

 

Serzone

David Dobos

 

1989

1989

Klonapin

Helen Krell

 

1989

2009

Benedryl

1st 1989 in the ER

Relieve side effects of Haldol

 

 

 

Lithium carbonate

Himasiri DeSilva

 

2006

Present

Clozapine

Singh/Leno/Inglis/Vu/BSL/Bera

 

2006

 

Depakene

 

 

 

 

Depakote

Chandler

 

1990

2005

Ambien

(*) Chandler (Potential Error)

 

 

 

Tegretol

[SEPARATE]

 

 

 

Zoloft

Kaiser/Dobos

 

2004

 

Topomax

Dobos & (**) The Dobos Position

 

2003

2008

Seroquel

Started by David Dobos

 

2012

2012

Seroquel

Lee until Clozapine could be reestablished

 

2003

2003

Viagra

David Dobos

Resulted Viagra associated DUI (****)

 

1963

2009

Antibiotics

FYI [List]

 

1992

1993

Propanolol

UC Davis Jeik (Spelling uncertain)

 

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Last Reviewed: 20210716-F:  Count = 25 Trails: Few duplicates: DOI = Date of Interval

(*) Chandler, David (Kaiser)

As you can see Buster was prescribed Ambien since 1990.  Dr. Chandler was the lead psychiatrist circa 2005 for Kaiser Permanente Orange County.  In one and possibly two appointments Buster notices at least two stacks of about one-hundred consumer case files.  Buster said: “Like wow what are you doing”?  Dr. Chandler indicated he was auditing all of Kaiser Permanente Behavioral Health cases for Orange County.  About one appointment later Dr. Chandler cold-turkey’s Buster of Ambien.  We feel Dr. Chandler had targeted “Sleepers” as medication to phase out.  Buster’s ensuing deterioration in sleep caused immediate problems at home with his Most Significant Other (MSOE).  After a lag time of about one year Buster was back in the hospital.  He still did not understand the gravity that sleep had on his Behavioral Health. 

Dobos & (**) the Dobos Position

We here at Mentalation Solution Group (MSG) learned from Dr. Rimal B Bera as well as other sources that Behavioral Health Doctors have variations in their practices.  Buster should have known this from Dr. Deutsch (APD) back in 1990.  APD specialized with improving what he called the patient medication “Cocktail” by titrating doses down from hospital level doses to more tolerable doses.  APD would say: “You are overmedicated”.  Another thing that APD did was take calls during Buster’s 50 minute appointment.  Buster was privileged to overhear APD solving real world psychotropic medication problems. Around 2001 Buster was enrolled as a full-time student at CSU Fullerton.  At the same time he was seeing Kaiser’s Dr. David Dobos (Dr. “D”).  Together Buster and Dr. “D” made regular medication changes so Buster could meet the demands of college.  After a bit Buster was fine tuning his medications over the weekend.  The first time he did he reported back to Dr. “D” I did such and such.  To Buster’s surprise Dr. “D” said: “Sometimes the patient knows best”.  A few years back we scored many of Buster’s Behavioral Health Doctors (BHDs).  We expected Dr. Ravinder P Singh with her initiation of Clozapine to come out on top.  To our pleasant surprise it was Dr. “D” that comes out on top.

Viagra David Dobos MD – Resulted in a DUI (****)

Later in this report we will address intimacy and psychotropic medications.  In 2003 Buster was being prescribed Seroquel which contributed to a bit to impotence.  Since 1999 Buster has graded his medications by how satisfied his Most Significant Other Ever (MSOE) was.  To say the least she could get grumpy.  At one time Dr. Dobos prescribed for Buster Viagra.  He even asked doctor if it is normal for a male in their 40s to lose their sex drive.  Doctor said: “No that is not normal”.  At some point soon after starting Viagra Buster suffered a Viagra Associated Driving under the Influence (DUI).  Many people don’t know that with medications such Benadryl or Viagra is in your system while you are driving can get you a DUI.

Results of Inventorying - Medication History
Begin Addressing the Sleep Issue
Treating Depression (2000-2003)
Then Anxiety (2004-Present)

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DOI

DOI

Medication

Xenobiotic

MD Associations

 

-

 

 

 

 

2000

2003

Melatonin

Self OTC

 

2000

2003

Valerian

Self OTC

 

2000

2003

Saint john's wort

Self OTC

 

2006

 

Choline

Self OTC

 

-

 

 

 

 

2004

 

Wellbutrin

David Dobos

 

1988

1988

Aspirin

Clark for Rabies' AR

 

2009

2011

Resperidone

Alan Vu

 

 

 

Benedryl

Self OTC PRN

 

2012

2012

Invega

Daniels > R Waknine & Bum Soo Lee

 

2012

Present

Clozapine

BSL/Bera (***) Clozapine Gap

 

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Last Reviewed: 20210716-F:

(***) Clozapine Gap

After the client qualifies for treatment with Clozapine the doctor initiates a titration schedule and Clozapine associated lab work.  For a term ¼ of the full target dose is prescribed and lab work is performed weekly.  After the lab tests come out favorable for a short term the dose is increased and lab work performed every two weeks.  After the lab work comes back favorable for a small term again a full dose of Clozapine is prescribed and lab work is performed once a month.  Full dose plus monthly lab is sustained unless unfavorable lab results are reported.  During this orientation process if labs come up unfavorably the consumer is not a good candidate for Clozapine.  If there is gap in the Clozapine delivery process the treatment schedule is reset.  Back in 2012 Buster suffered a gap with his new and improved treating physician trying a hopefully superior medication.  This medication experiment was associated with a fairly lengthy hospitalization.  Buster lucked out because for some reason his hospital doctor, Bum Soo Lee, did not T-Con him.  While in the hospital Buster checked the patient status list in the nurses’ station.  Over half of the psych ward inmates were in the process of being “Conserved”.  Buster finds it is harder to set things right (recover) when he is agrees to conservatorship.  Currently Buster is not on LPS Conservatorship.

Results of Inventorying - Medication History
Treating Anxiety (2009-Present)

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DOI

DOI

Medication

Xenobiotic

MD Associations

 

-

 

 

 

 

2009

2011

Resperidone

Alan Vu

 

2006

2006

Clozapine

Ravinder P Singh

 

2006

2007

Clozapine

Belman

(Sustains Singh’s experiment)

 

2007

2007

Clozapine

Andrew Inglis (HCA)

 

2007

2012

Clozapine

Alan Vu

Hopes for a progressive doctor

 

2012

2012

Invega by Injection

Daniels & Lee

Associated with Medication Gap & Crises

 

2012

2017

Clozapine

Bum Soo Lee (BSL) & Meier

 

2012

2017

Lithium

BSL

 

2012

2017

Lorazepam

BSL

 

-

 

 

 

 

2017

Note

 

BSL Retires

 

2018

Present

Clozapine

Rimal B Bera (RBB)

 

2018

Present

Lithium

RBB

 

2018

Present

Lorazepam

RBB PRN

 

2018

Present

Melatonin PRN

Self – Response to Sam I Am

A Clozapine Contingency

 

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Last Reviewed: 20210716-F:

Results
Medications that caused little or no impotence
Over half the remainder where associated with impotence issues

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Medication

PRIxV

Sleep Benefit

Satisfaction

Note

 

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Wellbutrin

0.0

Actually enhanced

Actually activating

No

Interfered with enjoying cigarettes

 

Lithium

0.0

0

No

Shaking hands

(Tremor)

 

Seroquel

2.0

+

Moderate

Moderate

Bizarre Nightmares

 

Resperidone

2.0

0

No

Globally Ineffective

Implies Invega not effective

They have related structures

 

Clozapine

1.0

+++

Good

Middle of the night irritability and risk of fall

 

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Last Reviewed: 20210724-SAT:

PRIxV=Psychotropic Related Impotence Score

Our Psychotropic Related Impotence Score ranges from 0.0 – 5.0 with lower values being favorable.  For much of Buster’s treatment period (1998-2016) Buster got to coordinate his medication about satisfying his Most Significant Other Ever (MSOE).  With each change Buster and his MSOE revised their intimacy schedule.  A few medications such as Zoloft were associated with a PRIxV of 4.5.  We reserve a PRIxV of 5.0 with permanent impotence.  For all practical purposes Zoloft was associated with reversible complete physical impotency.  We report Buster’s current medication Clozapine as having a PRIxV = 1.0.  As mentioned earlier, at different times Buster was prescribed: Viagra and later Cialis.

[INSERT PHOTO OF MSOE JOAN]

Buster and Buster’s Most Significant Other Ever (MSOE)



Brief on Diagnoses

One might wonder what Keith “Buster” Torkelson MS is being treated for.  We checked online to see if we had published a report on Diagnostics.  We could not find a clear example.  Thus, we will briefly address Buster’s diagnoses.  As you can see Buster has partnered with quite a few Behavioral Health Doctors (psychiatrists).  Right out of the gate circa 1989 Dr. Deutsch modified Dr. DeSilva’s bi-polar diagnosis to Schizoid.  While being treated by Dr. Deutsch Buster landed a full time job, lived with his parents, had great nutrition, and sustained restful rejuvenating sleep.  He demonstrated resilience and Dr. Deutsch approved him in writing to return to UC Davis as a Veterinary School Freshman.  Buster was also linked with an on-campus Behavioral Health Doctor (BHD).  In the table below we share some of Buster’s self-assessment scores.  Buster has been diagnosed with over half of these ailments (areas) by since 1989 by his BHDs.  Doctor Rimal B Bera (RBB) is Buster’s current BHD.  RBB has Buster down as Bi-polar.

Tentative Differential DX List

Internet Query “keith Torkelson diag”

MSGBase > Query “bera”

Form_MSG_Psychiatry_Diagnostics_18011101_RB_Bera V2021

Diagnostic Error Rates

While researching diagnostics we came across materials on Diagnostic Error Rates (DERs).  We haven’t had time to catch up on our DER related reading.  Yet, with the presence of DER writings on the internet indicates that diagnostics in psychiatry is not error free.

Conditional Health Fitness Score (ConFit %)

Our ConFit evaluations address only anxiety and related annoyances such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  Last time Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG) scored a ConFit for Buster was back in January of 2016.  At this time we awarded Buster DBA Keith s ConFit of 52.3% where low scores are favorable.

Associated File >

Assess_ConFit_Score_16031403_Calculations

Behavioral Health Fitness Score (Index)

Below we score Buster’s Behavioral Health Fitness (BHF).  The range between the average and the worse is 32% and 55%.  It is likely that Buster’s BHF is closer to 55%.

MSGBase > Associated File >

10_Assess_BHFS_16010701_Indexing V2018

 
Findings from Diagnostic Assessment Cluster
DX-Battery-03C-20160208 - Low is Favorable

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area

Assessment Details

Date of Last

Application

NLZD %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01

Rest Disorders

Sleep Disorder Self-Test

20160120

SE

 

02

Schizoid

Schizophrenia Screening Test

20151208

0

 

03

Mania

TRC-ECM

20160114

14

 

04

Mood Swings

Mood Swings Questionnaire

20160114

17

 

05

Rest Disorders

Insomnia Sub-scale

20160120

18

 

06

Depression

Burns Depression Checklist

20160114

27

 

07

Depression

Personal Health Questionnaire-9

20160114

33

 

08

Trauma

Trauma Symptom Checklist

20160107

35

 

09

ADD/ADHD

Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale

20160115

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

PTSD

After The Injury

20160120

47

 

11*

Anxiety

Beck Anxiety Inventory

20160114

48

 

12*

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Risk Assessment

20160105

54

 

13*

PTSD

PTSD Screening Scale

20160112

55

 

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CALC

 

=384/12

 

 

 

Behavioral Health Fitness Score (BHFS %) =

2016 January

32%

 

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Conditional Health

Fitness Score (ConFit %) =

20160208

52

 

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Table – Results for Exhaustive Diagnostic Assessment Investigation – Yields a ConFitScore of 52%. 20160208-M: Results Matrix for Chapter-03C Study.  DX-Battery-03C-20160208 About Buster DBA TheDAG participating member in Graduate by DEATH Program (GBDP)

Key: NLZD = Normalized (percentages): SE = Still Evaluating
(*) = Used in ConFit calculation - Conditional Health Fitness Score

Reference – Vigorosity – GAIN Model - Indexing Notion Source

Years ago now Buster was invited to serve and advise on the Orange County Health Care Agency’s (OCHCA’s) Technological Needs Committee (TAC).  Geoff Henderson of Phoenix House (Substance Use Disorder service) made a showing early on before he decided not to participate.  In one meeting Geoff mentioned an assessment tool (system) that Phoenix House was using with its’ consumers.  The system is called Global Appraisal of Individual Needs or GAIN.  Obviously, if Buster had free access to the GAIN software he would run a GAIN on himself.  If and when we here at Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG) run a GAIN for Buster it will take substantial modification.  Many of the GAIN scales could be helpful in Buster’s case.

FYI – GAIN Indexing


Matrix – Model for Intensity – Last Applied: 20180131-W:  Original Lead: Phoenix House - Geoff Henderson phoenix house (Circa 2009).  20210727-TU we just found out a couple of weeks ago that Geoff is retiring.  We might take the time to discover Geoff’s digital legacy.


Primarily Assessing Aspects of Providers

When we were looking for material(s) that we published relating to diagnostics we found the following report.  We published it back on Friday, August 4, 2017.  For the most part it deals with Mentalation Solutions Group evaluating Buster’s providers including his insurer Brand New Day (BND). 

FYI - Assessment Evaluation for Brand New Day by Keith E. Torkelson (M.Sci.)

http://brandnewdayhmo.blogspot.com/2017/08/assessment-evaluation-for-brand-new-day.html

MSGBase > Associated Document

Case Study Report_13091401_Diagnostics V2021

What is a paper without a profile?

Here we feature a very brief on Geoff Henderson of Phoenix House a Substance Use Disorder program in Orange County California.

Online Query

“geoff henderson phoenix house”

Phoenix House Orange County | (888) 686-3100 | Santa Ana

https://www.allbiz.com/business/phoenix-house-orange-county_3a-888-686-3100

Geoff Henderson is the primary contact at Phoenix House Orange County. Phoenix House Orange County is located in Santa Ana, California, and was founded in 2000. At this location, Phoenix House Orange County employs approximately 25 people. This business is working in the following industry: Social work. Annual sales for Phoenix House Orange County are around USD 2,294,184.00.

A Professionals Legacy

As we mentioned earlier Geoff is in the process of retiring.  At last check he was working for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department helping inmates with SUD or Co-occurring Disorder (CODs).  He leaves behind a fairly good digital presence.  On the other hand he leaves behind the local opiate crisis.  It would be nice if the professionals such as Geoff would publish their lesson learned and recommendations.



Geoff Henderson

Digital Legacy – Profiling Geoff Henderson

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Area

QGM

 

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Business

Good

 

Photos

Good

 

Methods

SoSo

 

Publications

SoSo

 

Operations Manual

SoSo

 

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20210727-TU: QGM = Quick Grade Method

Some Images at the End

Sample Error Tree



Doctor Dobos’ Medication Management Group

At least once a week any patient wishing changes in their medication met as a group and gave their argument to the med nurse.  After the med nurse collected the patient-driven information she whet to Dr. Dobos and presented the changes in batch.  Near the end of the hour the med nurse would return with the doctor’s positions across the board.  This is one of the most efficient medication management systems that Buster took part in since his diagnosis in 1989.

 

MSG’s Minded Medication
Monthly Medication Turnover
Pharmacy Buffer System [For Later]


Could be a Handful of Heartache



20120425-W: Dr. Singh’s Declaration: Buster’s Medical Records
After getting off Invega Buster was back managing his medication without outside monitoring.



Sum of the marks Buster earned at UC Davis College of Veterinary Medicine
This is Buster’s best example of resilience
He has never been able to bounce back as well since 1989


 
Buster's Insurer and clinic for his
Behavioral Health Doctor and Primary Care Physician