Ready to give up on her

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My Sil (70) has had mental health issues for 50+ years on and off. 3 months ago she decided unilaterally and against medical advice to stop taking her presbribed medication. A month later she ended up in a and e via ambulance. This triggered mental health teams and social services involvement. They've all been amazing.

Problem is she simply won't help herself. She wont take the medication at the prescribed dose because she's 'sensitve'. We managed to get her admitted to a unit last week but she discharged herself after 24 hours because she was 'bored'! Today she was once again taken by ambulance to a & e. Once again she's been discharged as they are unable to do anything. Both the mental health and social services teams say they are unable to do anything too she helps herself.
Has anyone else been here? What do we do?

I don’t think there is much you can do. I’ve stopped meds in the past. I hate them. They make me fat. They make me sedated. But being sectioned multiple times has put me back on them.
If she’s not ill enough to be sectioned then sadly you just haven’t to step back and let her make the mistake I think.
Hugs, it’s really difficult.

Do she have capacity?

If she hadn’t capacity she likely would have been sectioned as a danger to herself.

They are two very separate things. You can have capacity and still be a danger to yourself (sectioned), conversely you can not have capacity and not be a danger to yourself (not sectioned) Hence me asking.

She also hasn't necessarily been sectioned. You can be admitted voluntarily

Sorry for long delay in posting. We have had another six weeks of hell. She has capacity and is not sectioned. We've now got her an inpatient bed (nhs) after she booked herself into a nursing home and then moaned about the cost. She's been at the hospital for 10 hours and is now wanting me to go and pick her up and bring her home because she's once again bored. I'm not going to (glass of wine drink deliberately). DH her DB says that's it we walk away. Thank you for your support. It's helped