Posts by John Garcia2

thanks for clearing that up 🙂

I also had one more question if anyone happens to know: what’s the maximum amount of time someone can stay at a hospital like Mayo Clinic, and are they allowed to discharge a patient if nobody from their family shows up to sign the paperwork and they have to do it themselves?

Hi everyone,
I apologize for jumping in here out of nowhere like this, but there's something on my mind and I figured someone in this community might be able to shed some light on it.

What I'm wondering is: if someone has been living with schizophrenia for over 10 years (I'm not entirely sure about the specific diagnosis or type), and they stop taking their medication for about three months and start acting out or doing things they wouldn't normally do, do they actually remember those actions? For instance, if they restart their meds and everything settles down, but then three months later they stop again and go back to that behavior, will they remember what they did the last time, or is it just a completely different set of episodes every time?

I'll try to use a hypothetical scenario to make my question a bit clearer.

Let's say a person takes their medication consistently and stays stable. Then, they slowly taper off, and after about three months without it, there's a massive shift in their behavior—they almost seem like a totally different person (whether intentionally or not) and, say, get into a physical altercation with someone. They end up in the hospital, get back on their meds, and stabilize again. But then, three months later, the behavior shifts once more and they basically "lose it" again. In that situation, would that person act out of spite, or would they remember exactly what happened during their previous episode?
Or is it something that varies from person to person, perhaps depending on the specific subtype of the illness?

Thanks to everyone for your help. 🙂