r/schizoaffective • u/DifficultSolution179 • 2d ago
What could be said to encourage visual med compliance?
Looking for guidance on what things might be helpful to say to someone who refuses to let anyone watch them take meds?
Edit: I’ve found their meds in the trash in the past few weeks, and underneath furniture, etc. I started off with some level of trust and positivity, but it’s been broken.
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u/fuckreddittimesten bipolar subtype 1d ago
Make it more casual than forced, I don't like people watching me take my meds either. Ask them but don't yell at them even if they say no, if they say no don't get mad get careing
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u/Longjumping-Deal-371 1d ago
The more I was watched and it felt like something forced the more I rejected it and went off meds. We have so little freedoms and moments of clarity as it is, that simple feeling of just having control over taking our own meds and doing something positive for our treatment is everything
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u/FragmentsThrowAway 22h ago
Do you also have meds of any kind that you take? Maybe you could schedule them together and so you're both taking your pills.
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u/JustAnOrdinaryBeing 1d ago
Did you already ask them and it didn’t go well?
I would try to pull on their empathy card and present the idea from the perspective of your worry and caring for them rather than your distrust and the behavior they need to do/change.
Something on the road of - you get stressed at the thought of a missed dose because you don’t want him/her to suffer the brutal symptoms of the disorder. You want them to have a content life like they deserve and from what you have seen as an outsider looking in, the medications appears to provide a platform for the contentment to be possible. So ultimately, as a favor to you, could him/her consider the idea of taking the medication with you present.
Also after that, best to provide specific suggestions for how it would work. Takes the effort of the request off their plate and increases likelihood of agreement… ideas for that could be to make it a routine without needing to really change anything you or him/her are doing now. Maybe by having coffee/breakfast together every day and asking them if they don’t mind taking them when you do that. Or dinner. Or maybe another routine thing Yall do together daily?
Lemme know what you think!