It seems that the best solution might be not to take those drugs, then? Is it the same where you are as here? Once you've got the 'official diagnosis', there's no undoing it. &, if they prescribe meds for it & they don't think you're being 'co-operative', they can easily section you, claiming they 'feel you're a threat to others &/or yourself'?
Well, there is more than just "giving someone meds". I can state I don't want those pills, I might prefer therapy (if that applies) or whatever. I do think that an official is pretty much set in stone, if it's done. Yes, I can understand the entire "you're not cooperating", but to be honest, there's more than just giving someone pills and therefore the problem is solved. I believe that therapists usually would look onto what's best for you and I've expressed what I like, and what BS I don't need in my life. I do have the experience of someone who refuses to take pills, who is close to me, as my dad is on a lot of pills and he told the doctor, that he wasn't going to take anti-depressants. That was fine, because he actually wasn't able to "function normally" (my dad is 59 now, and had a cerebral infarct twice within a week, about 10 years ago). He just takes the pills so his body 'works'. I don't think that AD(H)D is the main issue with me, ASD is. Besides, think about it this way, would you rather have a person that can't "function" due to ASD on both meds for ADHD and Anti-depressants and not being able to make something out of his life, because the thing he cares about is being toned down by meds, or would you prefer someone who is on neither of them? That's called sense, and luckily some therapists still have that.
I'm not going "mad" cause I can't live with myself. I'm not a hazard. I do become a hazard if I'm being put in places I don't belong. That's a different way of solving.
For all it's worth, and I've expressed this before, the only thing I'm good at is some "arts". I'm busy with my project and somewhere within the few months I'm doing production on an album of my friends band (at least, by the looks of it). I'm comfy with just doing those, even if it's not with a commercial drive. I am aware that there's a couple of places around the country where people like this go. It's not an institution... so pretty much they are aware that there's people that are "fine" in doing something they love even with a disability. For instance, I knew a girl who went some place and she was a painter with PDD-NOS and anxiety disorder. She had pills but still didn't have a job cause of her disability. However, she painted stuff, got hers on display and sold off one over once in a while through legal means. Yes, she relied on disability benefits, but she could do what she wanted and could make an extra buck here and there and not be totally "useless" to society. So I don't know if it's the same as over there... besides, I think the argument of (and I really hate this expression) "common sense" is more in place here.
I think cases like ours are good for innovation for "disabled" people. We're not all that disabled, we just need a different approach and probably we do so by actually becoming a problem so they have hands on experience. It's just to bad that in some cases some people suffer from "trial and error" in the field. Best bet is to be aware of it and try to express best about how you feel and not being passive about expressing goals and how treatment should stop that. Because, think about it... what use does it have to section someone who does not have a drive to do something (and leave the argument of productive or worthwhile out of the picture for a moment) with his life? That money isn't well spent by healthcare at all.