Admission due to medication change

[Minks]

How come a Psychiatrist will admit one patient for medication change and not the other? (A discussion I was involved in. Where a couple of patients (both cptsd), had the same psychiatrist and were changing to the same medication. Yet one was being admitted for the change, and the other wasn’t. They found out during this conversation).

[geoff]

Hello Minks, people aren't the same with medication and some have a tendency to react differently, whether it's medically or in their current position and state of how they are feeling, so one person may accept a change and normally don't have any side-effects that consume them, while another person may be frightened of the consequences, so the psychiatrist feels it's best if they are hospitalised, to monitor they condition until the medication settles down.

There is no harm either way, it's only to make sure you are looked after while the medication is administered .

Take care.

Geoff.

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi Minks,

Welcome, and thank you for your question.

Geoff is absolutely right. There's lots of different reasons behind this decision that's not always easy to see. People might have had different reactions to medications in the past, a mental health history that makes them a bit vulnerable, concerns of risk to themselves or others, a family history of mental illness, other physical conditions, difficulties accessing support or a lack of support system in general.

They can absolutely ask the psychiatrist the reasoning behind the decision and they can explain their own reasons why.

Hope this helps,

rt