I think she's not qualified to assess your med needs. My boyfriend goes with me to my pdoc and T sometimes, but typically when I'm very unwell and have trouble communicating how I feel. Also, he only goes when I request it. Both my pdoc and T welcome support partners

I hope she gets some perspective soon. My boyfriend and I both have bipolar 1 with psychosis so I relate to both sides. I remind him to take his meds (he asks me to) and we have a deal. If one of us is manic or mixed and psychotic--then we will agree to take our antipsychotic medication, no questions asked. This has saved us trips to IP.

For depression--we keep the environment safe and stick with each other at all times. If it gets really bad, IP.

Basically we trust each other but other than taking our meds consistently and trusting each other during crisis situations--we don't try to "take over." Granted, we do listen to feedback. For example, my boyfriend thinks my PTSD needs to be addressed. I asked my T and she agrees. They both think I'm symptomatic. Therefore, I am starting trauma therapy--but that decision was up to me.

I hope things go OK. Our partners want us to feel stable and if a person could simply harness the disorder...well, we'd be doing that already. IMO. I would be upset by how she is treating you, personally.