Sometimes & Costello I think you have made some very good points in your posts. However, I don't know Newtus personally. I only know her online. She lives in a very small town about an hour or so away from me. I know the area very well. The choices we have here in our area for mental health care aren't that great. I know this from my own personal experiences with myself and two family members. I agree that a person must work very hard and desire to recover. I've been there and done that myself. Although I am not "well" I manage to function in my life. For that I am very blessed. I don't think Newtus "doesn't" want recovery nor do I think she wants to "cheat the system". I think the reason she feels like giving up is because she feels that the mental health system she has available in her area isn't listening to her. I think because of where she lives she doesn't have the option to seek better pdocs, and therapy. And from Newtus posts she has said that she has zero family support. She lives with an older alcoholic father who has his own problems. He can't help her get better if he can't help himself. And her mother isn't around to help her either. I think Newtus is crying out for that nurse to understand that the injectable medication that they are forcing her to take is not giving her a "good quality of life". If the medicine isn't working and only making things worse for her then they should not continue to force something into her body that isn't working. In my opinion I think this is what pushes her to want to drink the alcohol and to want to discontinue her medication. I don't think Newtus wants to just "not comply". It sounds to me like she has some very serious issues with the medication and they continue to up the medicine and force her to take it by injection. What better way to shut her up by over injecting her with a horrible medication that is taking away the "quality of her life". She is still hearing voices even on the medicine. She still has the same flipping problems on that medication as she does off of it. So why force her to continue that injection if it's making things worse for her? I think Newtus would jump at a chance to see a "good" pdoc and a "good" therapist if they would listen to her. In my experience with the mental health care in our area they just want to fill you full of medicine, shut you up, and send you on your way. I have experienced this myself with my own daughter! Just because a person has a mental illness does not mean that they should not be listened to. They should not be treated rudely or told they have no chance at going to school because they "aren't stable". Maybe they should listen to Newtus and get to the root of the problem to understand why she behaved the way she did. I of course wasn't there so I have no clue how she behaved with her nurse. But I think she behaved this way out of anger and frustration. When someone continues not to listen to you and they force you to be injected with a medication that ruins your "quality of life" you get angry! You flip out because you are so freaking tired of going down that same damn road and getting the same terrible results. I think Newtus wants to recover she wants to have a better life. I don't think she should just shut up and do what they tell her if it's not working. I think they should open up their ears and really listen to her. I think she had every right to stand up for herself! And look how they reacted....they raised her horrible injectable medication once again!
Did the nurse do this because she was pissed off at how Newtus reacted towards her? I believe she did! I believe they want to focus on her reaction instead of her words. They see her behave as an "unstable" person. If they have all the education like you mentioned in your post then shouldn't they be smart enough to figure out that her "unstable" behaviour is due to being forced to take the injection? Shouldn't they get to the root of the problem instead of continuing to force the injection on her? I don't think Newtus wants to respond "unstable" to the nurse. I think she is crying out loudly to be heard and all they want to do is tranquilize her! I think it's wrong and I am sad for Newtus that she is forced to go through this. And have "no quality of life".