Originally Posted by
Miss-Ruby
The police have already found a knife in my bag once but it was classed as a pocket knife since the blade was less than 10cm long (it was 9.5cm) so all they did was tell me to leave it at home from now on.
Besides from that I had an appointment with my psych today. She didn't tell me anything really but just asked a lot of questions, some of them quite strange like asking me if I had super powers.
My mother spent the whole appointment talking with a different psychologist about me, I'm not sure about what but at the end of it we all went into the same room again and the psychiatrist told me to consider taking medication. However, she never told me what it would be for or what type of medication, so I said no. It was almost like she didn't want to tell me what she thought about me so that got me wondering if there was anything really "wrong" or if they were just trying to get an excuse to "zombie me" with pills.
Please be careful with the knife. I am glad that the police didn't charge you with anything.
Psychiatrists ask many strange questions, I agree.
Well you should ask her what the name of the medication she wants you to have is. Then you can look it up on the internet.
Saying no outright to meds can be risky. It is best to analyse the situation at hand and ask as many questions as you want yourself to your psych.
I have paranoid schizophrenia - I've been taking meds for about 4 years now and from my experience, meds can be very helpful. Meds have brought me from the deep depths of being section in a secure unit to going to Cambridge University (although I admit the meds stopped working and I had to drop out for a year...). Without meds I wouldn't be alive today; what I am trying to say is that whatever is wrong with you, give the meds a try and see if they help. "Don't knock it until you've tried it."
Sorry for this long rambling-about-rubbish reply.