what happens if........

[minnie]

I am refusing medication...I didnt turn up for my depot injection 4 weeks ago and refusing to take my haloperidol tablets too
I have difficulty in accepting the depot injection as I hear voices and one of the voices referred himself to god and god is saying that my meds are poison so thats why I havent been taking my meds

what will happen if I keep refusing my meds? can they force me to have them? nI dont really want them because they are poison

Any help please?

[plastic rose]

There are very few circumstances in which anybody can forcibly medicate you. Basically, they can only do it if you are either an inpatient in a psychiatric hospital or an emergency-room patient and your behaviour becomes extremely disturbed, or violent towards yourself or others.

In that case, they will usually physically restrain you, then use 'rapid tranquillisation', i.e. injecting you with a strong tranquilliser to calm you down before you can harm yourself or anyone else. It used to be very common for doctors and nurses in psychiatric hospitals to abuse this power, but these days it's only used in emergencies, where reasoning has failed.

[sherlock holmes]

I would encourage you to talk through your fears with a doctor or your CPN or equivalent. I seriously doubt your medication is poison, that sort of thing is illegal and why would they want to poison you? They want to help you get better. I think the voices know this and are lying to you by telling you its poison.

[minnie]

Bit hungover today....my own fault I know but needed to drink last night

went to see my cpn yesterday....spent nearly an hour with her....shes nice.....but I still dont trust her
I gave her my letter on whats going on with me and the voices....she read it and asked me questions
She asked me if I was going to have my depot injection and I said no because its poison and she tried to reassure me that its not poison but I didnt believe her....I believe god more as hes my friend
She asked if I wanted to be in hospital and I told her no!!!! she said that shes going to speak to my psych on Monday and take it from there but at the end of the meeting she said to me about refering me back to my gp and then asked if I wanted the depot injection again and I said no I cant so she said shes going to speak to my psych on Monday......they cant force me to have the depot injection can they? they cant force me to take meds when I cant have them because they are poison
I am too scared to go out for the spies following me....I have to meet someone the other end if I go anywhere
I told my cpn about sleeping in the kitchen and the car some nights because theres cameras and listening bugs in my flat....there are everywhere and out to get me too