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Old Feb 11, 2014, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by newtus View Post
yea thats true about disability. if i get a new pdoc cant i take the meds as PRN?
Well here is the deal---its not like they won't know---some of the pdocs are cools with PRN meds like I think atypical's was but a much greater percentage of them think you need to be on them constantly to get better that's why they push the injections they think its all about compliance instead of about lack of effectiveness. Now I may have mentioned this before but once I talked with my old pdoc about this guy who was clearly taking his meds PRN and he just overlooked it but this guy just kept to himself and did paintings and didn't do anything to attract attention. But on the other hand he was also a doctor who did forced injections---in once case he had to chase a kid down the street to give an injection---seriously---why---in this case "the kid was bothering his parents" I don't know the full details of it but he wasn't quiet and keeping to himself was the point. So for the most part if you are quiet and keep to yourself you'll have less chance of ending back up on injections which you can't control...the question is whether you can do that on prn meds...

Here is the problem I see---you've been on the injection a while and you still ended up in the hospital a few times---as long as there is anything that results in the cops coming to your house(even if its for your own protection), that's not going to be considered quiet and keep to yourself unfortunately...its going to be considered in need of treatment. So basically the very fact that the meds work poorly for you is going to make them want to give you more and more...I guess what I'm saying is if the injections aren't even working all that well will prn really work better, sure it will feel better but unless you can stay out of the hospital I worry that they will just put you back on an injection again or give you a higher less tolerable dose of meds. Its a really complex situation and I don't have any good answers...
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