Halidol nightmare *triggers*

Iwanttorecover1 wrote:I was getting better

Copy_Cat wrote:

Iwanttorecover1 wrote:A nurse comes in with a security guard and tells me I need to take a drug called halidol. I do not want to take this drug but I'm told I'll be injected with it if I refuse so I do.

How did I forget to post on THAT ? The first post was triggering.


In 1979, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit established in Rogers v. Okin that a competent patient committed to a psychiatric hospital has the right to refuse treatment in non-emergency situations. The case of Rennie v. Klein established that an involuntarily committed individual has a constitutional right to refuse psychotropic medication without a court order. Rogers v. Okin established the patient's right to make treatment decisions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_treatment


Oh sure that can bring a security guard to intimidate and say you "need" to take the drug and YOU can tell them to come back with a court order.

Notice they didn't say "must take."

You say - I know my rights, I will sue and win if you inject me with no court order.

They do that bull $#%^ injection threat to everyone who tries to refuse their effing pill lobotomy. Its bull $#%^ and now you know it too.

They WONT say the truth: THEY NEED A COURT ORDER TO MAKE YOU TAKE THAT CRAP.

I wrote about the time I refused the pills and got the injection threat here several times, it scared me severly and pissed me off at the same time but I continued to refuse the pills and no injection came AND of course no one told me about my rights and court orders and my right to speak in court and have defense counsel.

It was my inpatient nightmare that caused me to start writing here.