Posted by Phillipa on September 2, 2009, at 0:40:25
In reply to Re: Suggestions re: Someone Who Refuses Medications » mrm12333601, posted by maxime on September 1, 2009, at 17:47:27
What I found when working in psych is that Some have delusions of being poisoned, some voices tell them not to take the meds, some simply are so out of touch with reality that talk does no good. There are many stages some where the patient will and is able to talk and some they are too delusinal to talk. Hence the court order to force the med as horrible as that sounds but it's necessary. A lot of times once the person is stabalized they can then talk about the meds and the whys. Like depression say there are all degrees of this illness also. So many new meds now when last worked clozaril was new and worked very well for many with the testing of WBC's weekly. Long acting injections are very good for those that even when their illness is controlled just hate the meds then month long injections work well. I imagine your wife's hospitalization was very tramatizing for her. Safety of your wife is number one and it's hard to do but sometimes hospitalization is necessary. I'm sorry to say. Good luck to you and if your wife will talk you can babblemail me and I'll talk to her via babblemail. Don't know what good this would do but you sound so in need of help. Love Phillipa
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