MsRobyn:
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Does my right not to be medicated take precedence over my obligation to my employer?
Sure. But your employer's right to have assignments completely coherently and in a timely manner sure as hell trumps your right to remain employed. So if you require medication in order to be able to function at work, you get to decide between meds and lack of employment. But it is your choice.
Does my right not to be medicated take precedence over my dependents' right to live comfortably and safely, free from financial insecurity and abuse?
Again, definitely. But your family's, and the state's, right to see to it that your dependents receive adequate care trumps your right to retain custody or remain married, etc. If you prefer being unmedicated to retaining custody of your kids or to having your spouse stick with you, you should have that choice. Oh, and to take away your kids they should have to prove actual neglect or maltreatment or parental incompetence, they should not be allowed to treat your choice of declining pysch meds as ipso facto indication that you are unfit to be a parent, and certainly not your status as a person with a psychiatric diagnosis.
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Original SDMB thread Is
manic-depression a disease to be cured?