Complicated legal question about mental illness and restraining orders... possible lawsuit?

I was admitted to a mental hospital due to my illness in 2008. It should have been a 4 month stay but while I was in and still suffering from the illness (which induced psychosis at the time) an ex girlfriend who I had not talked to in over three years put a restraining order on me knowing it would p because of the stigma of the illness. I called her from the hospital which violated the order, but my doctor wrote a letter to the judge basically saying I didn't know what I was doing which was true. Violating the order made me stay an extra nine months, they kept me there so I wouldn't go to jail and they got the arrest warrant dropped. Now that I am out I can prove that she lied to get the order ped... and I think I could sue for big money and really should because I lost over a year of my early twenties over a vindictive girl and her father (who was behind it as well). Anyone have any experience in this area? It was probably worse being in a mental hospital of sound mind around sick people for over a year than being in a jail with regular people. It's taken me awhile to shake it off get my self esteem back.