How to make someone take the medicines for acute depression?

Where you been? I cannot help with making someone take meds because I do not believe in Western medicine or in taking meds, so I wouldn't be a good one for making other people take them. Does she become violent if people just leave her alone?

Im sorry to hear about your friends illness. Unfortunately sometimes the meds you are supposed to take can cause people to have sucideal sideeffects. All i can say is for everyone to pray for her.

Mou, After reading your (friend's) issue and its responses, I've some simple suggestions. Your friend is undergoing some sort of mental distractions (for we who think we are normal by all means). If there is someone who is interested in her betterment, I would suggest them to take her away to a calm and cool ambiance for sometime and behave to her as if nothing is wrong with her. A person in depression (as what we analyze it) need self confidence and care. And the right 'medicine' for that should come from those who really wish her betterment. Of course, it's a task, which now a days no one want to give a try. But here, now, I assure you that if, everyone permits, and no one else come forward to do that, I am ready to cure her. And I know, what is to her is not a disease, but a state of mind, which need to be normalized (to our standards of course, as we must say) Write back, even if I am Yes or No.

Hello Mimpi. It has been ages since I last have been here. I am glad you are still around. I have been reading the responses to your problem and they all sound good. I hope and pray by this post that your friend has taken a step forward towards getting well. I've been around a very good psychiatrist and all I can say is choosing one is very crucial. I think gaining the trust of your friend would go a long way to making her well. She would open up and start taking that first step if she knows, realizes and believes she's not all alone in her problem. I wish you were nearer to me so I could at least help. Lots of prayers and hugs for you and your friend and do please keep us posted. Thank you.

It’s funny I came across your discussion because just today I asked my husband how he was feeling and he said that he felt depressed. He suffers from bipolar and that is part of his condition; he does get down and, thankfully, because he takes his meds it is usually short lived. I did tell him that when the depression is of a clinical nature there is nothing I can do to help whereas if the cause of the depression is a circumstantial there may be a chance I may be able to assist. Although bipolar has made our life very difficult at times I am very thankful that my husband takes the meds as required. I have no idea how to convince someone to medicate themselves. The only way would be to disguise the tablet somehow like crushing them or something. A chat to the doctor would be advisable.

Heyya mimpi! Great to see you on. I don't know if there is anyway to force your friend to take her meds but maybe instead of them handing them to her...they can remind her to go and get them....follow her to make sure she does. It's hard when you have someone that really needs medicine that refuses to take it. Good luck.

Hi Mimpi, It's great to see you active here after a long time. Sorry to hear about your friend. The little information or advice that I can share with you is based on the experience of a friend whose son has been going through depression for many years, although it may not have been as serious as this. In her case, when her son refused to take the medicines, she would conceal it in the food and give it. The son soon figured this out and got very suspicious of what he was given to eat. But what really worked in his case, was that he slowly gained confidence in his counsellor and got close to him. The counsellor convinced him from all angles on how the medicines would benefit him. This happened after many sessions with different counsellors and after a couple of years. This is what worked and he is continously taking the medicines and has seen a dramatic improvement since then. It's not easy to gain the persons confidence, especially when the person can be very suspicious of everyones intentions. This may work too in your friends case, provided she can gain the trust and confidence of someone close to her or a good counsellor who can spend time with her.

Hullo mimpi! How are you? I could only think of one thing which is similar to what Alok has suggested.THe medicine can be powdered , mixed with honey concealed ina piece of cake or sweet or Barfi and given to her. But, children [with whom we normally adopt thsi strategy] are different from a suspecting adult. THen there is no other choice except to take her to a doctor , tell her that she has some internal disease and has the medicine injected .I cannot think of anything else. Is there noone in the world that she really likes? Not even her mother or child?

Hi Mimpi! It is really a difficult situation and when one is not ready to take medicines, it gets all the more complicated. I think best course of action is to get her treated through a 'psychiatric'. She needs to be taken to a psychiatric by any means and once she is under treatment, she will start improving gradually. She needs to be taken care by her near and dear ones and needs to be attended constantly by someone close to her, who could instill confidence in her. (Sometimes I feel that our mind is too complicated to understand for someone and even psychiatrists fail to solve the complex riddles). Best of luck to your friend.

hi mimpi! i'm sorry to hear of your friend's dilemma. acute depression is a clinical ailment that is often brought on by stress, a personal loss, health crisis, physical disability, insomia, and even sadness... i would like to find out which is the probable cause for her condition. medicines can help only up to a certain extent like calming nerves, helping her sleep better, help her increase appetite in eating... but not a direct cure. knowledge of what caused her condition can help her family understand her better and help her cope up. they would also be advised how best to approach her condition without aggravating it further. one of the hardest things to do for a sick person is have him/her take his/her medicines. frankly, the patient's probable dislike of medicine is due to denying the fact that he/she is sick. so sometimes we find alternatives to these tablets and capsules. if it's to calm nerves and help her sleep better, we advise herbal tea... etc. depending on the cause of her acute depression, different ways of overcoming it can be applied like talking to her a lot more, having friends and family around more, taking long walks, vacations, creating hobbies that can both be physical or something to occupy her thoughts. i do hope your friend gets better soon. tc

hi mimpi i am confused is depression that much of a mental illness that the person is really acting a bit psycho? I would insist that she go to a top psychiatrist and get professional help as she sounds as if there is a lot more going on that just depression to me.I mean thinking people are out to kill her is not something' have ever heard of in a mere depression.could she be becoming a schizophrenic? She definitely needs more than just medication for depression she needs a real psychiatrist.

You can't make her do anything she doesn't want to. You can just let her know you care, and that you are there for her, and hope that she starts caring enough to help herself.

Unfortunately, unless there is some way tha your friend's family is able to get her to be deemed medically incompetent, there is no way that anyone can force her to take her medications. If they are able to get her deemed medically incompetent then they may commit her to a psychiatric hospital where she really won't have any control over anything in her life, but she would be getting the medications that she so despirately needs.