I’ve decompensated twice in my life. Thinking I didn’t need the meds.
Took me no more than three weeks to go unbelievably bat shit crazy.
Both times I landed back in hospital. That was when I was abducted by aliens. True story. I shit you not. Fucking alien space ship. Aliens locked me in a cell.
They decided I was non-compliant and went on a year long journey to take me off my meds so that they could test out different meds.
I should file malpractice. Worst year of my life. They finally asked ME what meds I wanted. They said, “shitface, we don’t know what to do. You tell us.”
“Seroquel three times a day. Clonazepam three times a day.”
Got outta there within the next month.
Landed back inside after five years. Put me right back on my meds and I was outta there within a month.
Tried my luck twice. Had to do it a second time to just make sure. Won’t be doing it a third. Got too much to lose.
Sorry to hear about your army friend.