Yeah, it's sucky all around.

For patients who genuinely need medication, I think providers need to work with them and compromise to find a solution that works for everybody involved. It's pretty sh_tty to force someone to take meds that give them bad side effects. I mean, most of the time people don't take their meds because of the side effects, yet here they are being forced into taking something that gives them akathisia, TD, etc.. It's messed up. It really is. I know these docs want their patients to be safe, but that still doesn't mean it isn't messed up.

Sometimes I think mental health providers have TOO MUCH power in these regards.