7 weeks ago, I was seeing and hearing things. It lasted 5 weeks until I could see a new pdoc. (I didn't have a pdoc for many, many weeks.) That's when we increased my antipsychotic dose and things got better.

Now I'm seeing and hearing things again—after two weeks of stability—and it's getting worse. Things are more vivid and intense, and sounds are more frequent.

I don't want a new antipsychotic again. It's the only med that's helped me depression wise. I want to tell my therapist about all this, and want to tell her that I don't want a med increase AGAIN. I just want her advice on how to cope with things.

Will she try to hospitalize me if I refuse a med change? She already knows about the voices, sounds, and visual stuff, but she doesn't know that it's started back up again.

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

I can't tell you for sure, but I think if you tell your T that you are struggling but have issues with changing meds again and don't want to do that, she should understand. If you are not in any large danger, I think she will most probably try to find a solution that works for you and that you can be happy with. And if you do not want to go to the hospital and do not want to change meds all the time, she will either try to works with that, or she might try to change your mind and show you why either of the two options are a good idea. I can say that my T would not hospitalize me if I did not agree to it.

[junkDNA]

probably not unless youre feeling suicidal or homicidal or are to the point of being totally nonfunctional

[OliverB]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

7 weeks ago, I was seeing and hearing things. It lasted 5 weeks until I could see a new pdoc. (I didn't have a pdoc for many, many weeks.) That's when we increased my antipsychotic dose and things got better.

Now I'm seeing and hearing things again—after two weeks of stability—and it's getting worse. Things are more vivid and intense, and sounds are more frequent.

I don't want a new antipsychotic again. It's the only med that's helped me depression wise. I want to tell my therapist about all this, and want to tell her that I don't want a med increase AGAIN. I just want her advice on how to cope with things.

Will she try to hospitalize me if I refuse a med change? She already knows about the voices, sounds, and visual stuff, but she doesn't know that it's started back up again.

She shouldn't unless you are behaving in a dangerous way.

I hear voices and see things and my pdoc won't force medication or hospitalize me.

[Tbhimscared]

I think your T would listen to your concerns and unless you were in danger then they wouldn’t push you to be hospitalized or increase meds. Maybe you could explore why you don’t want to change meds again or increase your dose and other ways you can cope

[doyoutrustme]

I don’t think so. Maybe you'll need to up your dose or add ability...