Comments: Forced Medication, Pro v. Con
I've had forced injections/medications twice. For me, at the time, I needed it. I was full blown manic, turned psycotic, turned delirious.
I'm not sure what else the solution would be, and the drugs did me no harm. Since I'm BP1, the out-of-touch-with-reality psychosis only lasted about a week. Then I was instructed to talk with a psychiatrist about appropriate medications.
However, I agree it is a very debatable subject in cases other than mine. Just posted to give you my experience: I'm glad they did whatever they did and, in one case, hooked me up to an IV. I just couldn't come down and I was agressive and hostile.
Posted by Beagles at March 25, 2006 03:36 PM