LOL!
Last time I was in, they tried to make me take a Xanax (I wasn't even being unruly or anything, was just pissed off at being there when I didn't want to be). I refused as I only take Xanax when I fly long distance and don't use it as a calm down method.
They made me sign a form saying I refused medical treatment......and still refused to move me even though I said the corridor would be fine and there were plenty of other open beds. I so did not need to be next to the man puking in the bed next door (who, incidentally, was also on a mental health hold, had tried to kill himself and was puking the pills and alcohol out of his system, strapped down with full restraints - they just turned his head so he could puke).

And because I'd signed the form, they wouldn't give me my arthritis pills.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Sat 13 Mar 2010, 11:57, 1 reply)

Funnily enough , here
once the forms are signed, you don't *have* to continue treating the patient - and some of them walk out - but if they stay, we still do everything for them they need: it's the right thing to do. Most of the time I'll even find someone else they can see if they want to swap hospitals.
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Sat 13 Mar 2010, 12:00, closed)