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Harold Anderson3 said:For most people, the medication does provide relief, though there is a specific subset of patients where the illness progresses like a wildfire, making drugs far less effective. In those cases, the dosages required to manage the symptoms can be so high that the side effects become just as debilitating as the condition itself, if not worse. There’s also a group of people who could function relatively normally, but unfortunately end up categorized as severe cases because they stop their treatment whenever they feel better, causing the illness to return even more aggressively. I recall reading somewhere that about 20% of people with schizophrenia achieve full recovery and don't need ongoing medication, 70% can live fairly normal lives with lifelong therapy, and the remaining 10% struggle to function even with medication, often requiring constant care or placement in a facility. You were likely working with folks from that final 10% group.