During my day job (and as much as Id like to be, Im not a musician ALL the time) I work with the mentally ill trying to find new treatment approaches that will minimize their suffering at least and significantly improve their lives at best. Particularly with regard to illness known as Schizophrenia where those affected are plagued by terribly awful thoughts and beliefs, hallucinations, and various other levels of impairment there is often, unfortunately, little that can be done for some who dont respond well to medication. I often work on cutting edge treatments that many doctors dont put much faith in. Often patients come and go and I have little indication that our efforts do much more then provide yet another list of things for them to do on a daily basis. But today was one of the moments that makes it all worthwhile. An elderly patient who always hears voices, causing him to not be able to sleep and torments him on a regular basis, greeted me with a smile when I picked him up for his treatment, one that entails stimulating parts of his brain with magnets. He fell asleep, soundly during the treatment and told me after that as a result of the treatments that he sleeps better then hes slept in years, somehow the treatment provides some respite from the voices in his head. It is extremely unclear as to the extent of how much this is due to the treatment but for someone suffering from such an illness to greet me with a smile, look forward to his treatment, and express how much better he feels after is nothing short of miraculous. The following song I wrote about the work Ive been doing with people suffering from Schizophrenia, a field Ive been working in for nearly 15 years. I played it at the time for a soldier that was being held in captivity who was eventually released for which the words held meaning. https://youtube/watch?v=P0vnVeSyQds See the fear thats on his face. See the smile thats out of place. See the child that seems so lost. See what his salvation cost. Praying that there will come a day. Though it seems so far away. To put the present in the past. To feel the silence at last
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:35:13 +0000
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