Was I wrong to say this to my friend

[busyweeks78]

My friend had a psychiatrist appointment and was given a proscription for some medication. She like myself has a history of overdosing and other forms of self harm.the psychiatrist gave her a weekly proscription she managed to convince them to give her two weeks but said that they said to her “can you be trusted” and “I don’t want you to overdose on them” she told me she found it patronising and like they were talking to her like a child. I explained it was safety reasons and they just wanted her safe. She’s now annoyed with me as she assumed I would agree with her.

No you were not wrong . It’s their duty of care .

You didnt say anything wrong.

You did nothing wrong, just clarifying their reasoning,

Possibly their used a patronising tone to your friend, but their reason was sound.

I think they have to ask

Is it a new thing seeing a Psychiatrist? I had a similar friend, she'd never seen one before & was very resentful of anything he came up with or said, as she felt her MH was shameful so she projected that onto him. I'd spend every week calming her down & explaining what was said was actually only to help. If it's not new is she not 'clicking' (couldn't find right word) with him & his approach & maybe it's that? I've seen 2 Counsellors who instantly 'got' me & I felt relaxed straight away. The other two... Er, seemed a bit clueless & I thought oh dear, its like talking to my neighbours 19 year old. (nice, but clueless re life's ups & downs & convinced they know it all).

Annoyed because you don't agree with her?
Tell her to get a grip and stop acting like an immature 13 year old.

Thank you for all responses yes this was her first assessment appointment. I think the thing is surely it’s neglectful if they give people at risk lots of medication so really they are just doing their job.

She said she found in particular the “I don’t want you to overdose on them” to be a personal comment as feels they shouldn’t be “telling” her what to do.

Of course they were t

Weren’t wrong. They have a duty and a responsibility to prescribe safely and if she has a history of overdosed then they absolutely have to check. Doctors can’t win here can they? If she had overdosed they would have blamed for not taking that into account

That’s what I said to her.

Her psychiatrist was just following guidelines - if they think someone is a suicide risk, they should only prescribe 2 weeks of meds at a time at the maximum. It might be weekly for some meds. I'm normally on 2 weekly meds, I don't find it offensive at all. My psychiatrist has a duty of care to prevent me from killing myself.

You didn’t say anything wrong, you just didn’t say what she wanted to hear.

She’s now saying it’s not because of what they did re given one week but what they said that annoyed her