“It is my impression that her insight into her illness is not 100% into the gravity of seriousness of illness and the relapsing nature of the illness and the prognosis in view of her 2 relapses of this psychotic illness.”
This is what my psychiatrist wrote about my insight.
Luckily I had enough insight at this stage to agree to take the medication supervised by my husband even though I felt it was poisoned but at this point I saw hospitalisation was being discussed and I wanted to do anything to stay out of hospital.
In the last few years I have sporadically been asked if I hear voices. I’ve always said no. It’s always been thoughts in my head. Despite saying this several times, my psychiatrist would always ask if the voices are telling me to not take the medication. The psychiatrist wasn’t convinced I would take the medication and indeed would come close to putting me into hospital if it wasn’t for my care coordinator who supported community treatment.
Psychologist and Patient 