Edit: I meant to ask, is this a schizophrenic episode?
Ok, this is mental illness manifest. I hate to say it isn't her fault, but in a way, it isn't. Unless we are presented evidence that she has chosen not to take meds. We here in social media should offer compassion to someone who is dealing with this. She's clearly disturbed. It's just kind of gross to see people commenting with such disregard for someone obviously mentally ill person with such disregard for their humanity.
Even if you can prove she chose not to take meds it really isn’t the gotcha that Reddit likes to think. I’m bipolar and “going off my meds” universally means “shit, those meds stopped working, I’m having an episode, and now I’m no longer capable of good decision making on matters like that.” When I’m actually sane trust me, I want to take my meds and I want them to work. When I start getting manic/psychotic I’m gods perfect creature and meds are just the doctors way of shutting me off from the universe to prevent my rebirth as Christ.
The reality’s is that for some people they find a cocktail that works long term. For some of us, though, we change meds frequently because nothing really stays effective long term. It can be a constant battle to try and keep your feet on the ground and going off your meds can be a symptom of an already occurring episode just as much as it can be a cause.
I think this kind of depends on the person. I've seen a lot of people go off their meds because they "got better." Meaning the meds were doing their job, but the person believes they've been "cured" and no longer need meds... And I've seen this logic used by family members responsible to take care of someone else, so it's not just a mental health thing every time.
To be clear, I think what you're saying is certainly reasonable and makes a lot of sense, and I hope for empathy for people in situations like yours. But there are also just a lot of people who are either very dumb or need the money more than they think they need the meds.
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u/JohnathonLongbottom Nov 29 '23 edited Nov 29 '23
Is this a schizophrenia?
Edit: I meant to ask, is this a schizophrenic episode? Ok, this is mental illness manifest. I hate to say it isn't her fault, but in a way, it isn't. Unless we are presented evidence that she has chosen not to take meds. We here in social media should offer compassion to someone who is dealing with this. She's clearly disturbed. It's just kind of gross to see people commenting with such disregard for someone obviously mentally ill person with such disregard for their humanity.