Question by Shane: Is it legal for a Psychiatrist to disallow medicine to a patient?
A friend of mine was seeing a doctor, shes bipolar. She was on zoloft for 2 yrs. She had ran out of her meds, and the psychiatrists’ staff was basically like , “Tough. You havent been here in almost 2 years and you cant have meds again until you come back in and go through therapy.” While I know my friend should have kept her appt, she is mentally unstable and desperately needed her meds. Is this legal? If so, is it at all ethical? She is the sick one, hes the doctor, and why would she be getting her scripts filled this whole time if she hadnt seen him at all? She loses track of time, that is part of the problem but it just seems he should have taken the high road and made sure she had enough meds to go through until her next appt. Help!

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Answer by fuzzykitty
It is kind of the nature of the beast, They want you in there to wa wa to them generally on a monthly basis , if she didn’t take her meds they could have her committed for not taking it . The only way she’s going to win is deal with here bi-polar herself. and it isn’t easy.
Been there done that and fight it every time I turn around but there is no way I will wa wa to them again, nor will I allow them to dictate to me that I have to be on medication.

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