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I would be pissed too @Snuchu

Were you advised of these conditions?

It seems wrong to me that the doctor can order anything - whatever change of medication - and you are an adult - and surely have the right to say what you will and will not take

But - and this is important - I know you have some chemical problems - and I don't know what that injection is - and probably wouldn't - so for now - it had better be go along with the rules as they are set out for now and see Legal Aid asap and get advice

And while you are of legal age - you are still very young - and young people can be taken advantage of easily - do you have a friend or relative who is older and can speak for you

I don't know the whole situation so I might be completely wrong - but forcing people to take medication seems wrong too

So let's know how things are going - this is not easy for you

Decadian

I'm proud of myself for deciding to fight this the right way, instead of running away or something of the sort.

@Decadian, I wasn't advised of the conditions when I was "discharged" from the hospital. Nobody even told me.

The injection is an antipsychotic. I noticed that we can't mention medication's names in here, but yeah. I have schizoaffective disorder so yeah, I have chemical problems. Schizoaffective is both bipolar and schizophrenia, in case you didn't know that... And I'm sorry if I mentioned this before, I suck at memory stuff, haha.

I don't trust anyone enough to speak up for me, and I'm fairly smart enough to understand everything. I stand up for myself.

I think it's wrong, too, but sometimes doctors have that kind of power.

Yes @Snuchu

You are doing the right thing and not running away - that would only make things worse and you do know that

I understand bipolar disorder - I was misdiagnosed with that after my son died - I am still pretty cross about that so I identify with your feelings that other people have taken control - I was helped to get of the medication by "quartering down" - a psychologist helped me - and it was wonderful when the world came back

But I don't understand schizophrenia - I have never had the need to - but I daresay that you would need to have your medication for that - and wise to continue - you seem to have a bunch of chemical disorders - and it would be my suggestion to stick with that - mainly because I know so little about it

However - yes it does suck that you weren't told about losing certain rights under treatment - I don't know the situation - but having some doctor in charge of all of this would be frustrating

Good on you too for doing all this for yourself - this is a good sign

And I wish you the best - keep in touch

Decadian

@Decadian, I still think, if it came to desperate measures, I would still run away...

But you're right, I should do this the proper way this time.

@Kurra@Snuchu@GonePirate

I had no idea that this so-call mental disease was so archaic that people can enforce treament upon anyone

In my last post I said I consider a day wasted if I haven't learned something - oh wow - I did not know this

Yes - we can refuse to be treated with cancer and we are likely to die from it - and at my age - I would not suffer chemo - but even so - some diseases make a person more ill - eg diabetes needs to be treated seriously so - with asthma - I know from experience I couldn't wait to be treated - I had my own nebuliser and sometimes I would get to use one at a pharmacy.

And smoking - shikes - that causes cancer and it's legal and anyone's choice over the age of 18 -

I wonder why this is - that people who have so-called Mental Illness have their rights taken from them as if the disorder has taken their mind with it - no wonder there is a stigma

Really - I thought that had passed - that a to have someone committed as insane for their own protection was only in order for 48 to 72 hours - and even if they needed more help that person was cast out into society

Please tell me more - this really blows me apart - just over 30 years ago I was trying to have my son assessed for whatever caused his uncontrolable and criminal behaviour but no one helped - he died in prison

There is something crazy going on here

Decadian

Thanks Kurra

I have to go to bed soon myself - it is cold here tonight and oi! it's tomorrow already

Thanks for that info - it makes sense to me - and yes - that "or may" does play into word games (semantics) - where people can make a sentence mean what they want it to - "or may" not.

Perhaps - people who are a danger to themselves need to have a period of being in a secure environment - if that's what they want - and maybe they will find that helpful - and I also know that people can be a danger to themselves and will go ahead regardless of the situation -

People who are a danger to society get themselves in prisons - and maybe they are mentally ill

I really do have to go to bed soon - but I will be taking my computer to bed with me to find out more about this -

It seems to me that if a person gets out of "balance" - and everyone does at times - is in danger of a label - and it might be the wrong label

But thanks for the info

Decadian