[Bipolarchic14]

😢 thats kind of mean....kind of all or none way to look at treatment...don't they teach Against black and white thinking?

[Victoria'smom]

None of my therapists have allowed me to work with them unmedicated. They view it as a risk to their license I think.

[Mountaindewed]

Yeah they can do that. I got sent to IOP for messing with my meds. My therapist said she and my pdoc would refuse to work with me until I went to the hospital for an evaluation. They didn’t hospitalize me but I had to complete a 4 week IOP program in order to get back to regular therapy. My therapist sent a cold email with a couple other places I could get mental health help from and then she had my insurance number on the bottom of the email so I could call and find more places. It honestly hurt very badly and I felt like I was forced into the program. Not to mention it was during Christmas so I felt very betrayed and also alone.

That was one of the reasons I knew it wasn’t working out anymore between us.

I have no idea what my new therapist is going to say/do when I tell her about the med fiasco both this past Saturday and Sunday nights.

[Miss Laura]

An NHS Psychologist I has started seeing refused to work with me for being non compliant with taking my meds. I had 2 sessions with her the 2nd one she told me this so I begrudgingly went back on my meds 3rd session she said that it was our last I walked out and felt pretty peeved. My whole mental health team are in the same unit so why can my Nurse, Psychiatrist, Peer Support Worker and Community Support Worker all work with me but not the Psychologist. Who knows. That was 4 years ago and in the end my Psychiatrist said he would re-refer me I'm still waiting to see a Psychologist. I pay privately to see a Therapist now. Got to say it still hurts but hey ho!

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[MickeyCheeky]

So Sorry about this! Please Do not give up your hope! Perhaps that is a bit harsh, but it depends on how long this has been going on. i agree with the wise and wonderful posters that at least some therapist may see it as a risk to their license perhaps. i think it may be hard to treat a patient if he/she isn't compiling. For how long have you avoided taking your own meds? i'd suggest taking them and if some things aren't to your liking you can always talk about it with your Pdoc i Hope. Sending many safe, warm hugs to BOTH you, @Bipolarchic14, your Family, your Friends and ALL of your Loved Ones! Keep fighting and keep rocking NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, OK?!

[Bipolarchic14]

I went off of them recently like a few months ago my insurance kept changing because I lost my job and then I got rehired so for a while some of my medications cost like $2000 well guess what I don’t have $2000 to just throw away on my medication. So I gave up on it for a while until I was stable back at work. My only problem is is I’m not 100% stable right now but I have my medication and now I just have to get back into it. But now that I’m off of it I’ve become euphoric again and agitated I hate the agitation but I love the euphoria and it’s hard to give it up.

[*Beth*]

I didn't know that therapists would refuse to see an unmedicated client. I know they will refuse to see a client who comes to session high or drunk. My T has told me a few times that she much prefers to work with clients who are properly taking their prescribed meds.

[Mountaindewed]

Originally Posted by BethRags

I didn't know that therapists would refuse to see an unmedicated client. I know they will refuse to see a client who comes to session high or drunk. My T has told me a few times that she much prefers to work with clients who are properly taking their prescribed meds.

My old one could always tell when I had just taken a Xanax because I’d be slumped over and not paying attention. and **** did she get pissed when I did it.

I really don’t know why they never took it from me.