Can I use my diagnosis to get mental health treatment?
Stage 2, lobe removed, facing chemo but not sure if I want to go forward with treatment. I have been depressed for much of my life, along with severe attention issues that was described as ADHD when I was a kid, but unfortunately those meds were taken away when I turned 18. Life has been rough since then.
I am desperate for help. I have had repeated situations of psychiatric abuse, which aren't taken seriously by my oncologist or GP, so I'm thinking of just not going through the chemo and accepting my fate. Therapy has been entirely useless in my life, and SSRIs only work for about 3 months at a time, then they stop working and doctors just tell me I need to do more, but I can't because I can't focus on anything long enough to actually make something of myself.
I will likely live with my parents for the rest of my life because I have proven again, after my divorce, that I am simply not capable of taking care of myself when it's just me.
If I threaten to stop treatment, could that be used to actually get someone to listen to me?