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Content: The medication isn’t working and their illness convinces them to go off their medication. Their medication is working but the side effects are intolerable. Their medication is working, they’re experiencing wellness and so they think they no longer need their medication. Refusing to Take Medication Because the Medication Isn’t Working
Refusing to take medication that doesn’t workis understandable. We’ve all been there and we’ve all seen the futility of taking some medications. But, the thing is, you have to get through the medication that doesn’t work to find the medication that does and going off of medication is not the way to do this. If the medication isn’t working, it’s time to work with a psychiatrist to find better medication that does work for the patient. In this case a loved onemight want to approach the case logically and say that without treatment, the mentally ill patient can’t get better. Stopping the treatment was understandable, but now it’s time to assert some control over treatment and find something that works. Refusing Medication Because of Intolerable Side Effects
This is understandable as well.