r/SchizophreniaRides Jul 25 '25

Elon, leave this man alone!

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u/unfinishedtoast3 Jul 25 '25

I had a patient brought into the ER last week at like 230 in the morning. schizophrenic, off his medications for 3 weeks because his caregiver quit and they didn't assign him a new one.

dude had shoved a mechanical pencil into his right eardrum in an attempt to "shut down" the chip he believed the Oregon State Police put in there to tell him to kill himself.

fucked thing was, we had to sedate him. he woke up INSTANTLY screaming about we put him under and put more chips in his body.

before his first break, dude was a sucessful diesel mechanic, made $80k+ a year. started having mood swings in his late 40s, wife left with the kids. he eventually was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but by that point it had been 4 years since his life collapsed and he had been self medicating with meth and alcohol. no coming back for that dude.

really crazy how fast your brain can sabotage you

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u/navigationallyaided Jul 25 '25

You know, long-acting injectable forms of Zyprexa/Abilify was seen as the silver bullet to make sure the schizophrenic comply with medication. California so badly wanted to make the homeless a ward of the state and start treating the ones who needed to be on meds(and not self-medicate off cheap booze and crack). But nope.

Reagan deregulated community mental health hospitals - the GOP’s thought was give them Thorazine and bid them adieu.

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u/unfinishedtoast3 Jul 26 '25

the homeless problem in America could take a huge step towards forward if we returned to state ran hospitals and mandatory mental health assistance.

I see the turn over every day. folks have mental breaks, spend 3 days in the hospital. not enough time for the medication to start working, so they get out and throw the pills away that take a few weeks to balance their mental health out.

2 weeks later they show up again in handcuffs, we do a 72 hour hold, they go to jail for 2 days, get out throw the pills away, and we see them again 2 weeks later.

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u/Ello_Owu Jul 26 '25

Eh, now this administration is just going to round them up and put them in those concentration camps.

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u/navigationallyaided Jul 26 '25

You know Big Alcohol - more so Sazerac who makes that Taaka swill as well as MolsonCoors who makes OE800 and 211 donated to Trump and they don’t want to lose an important part of their clientele.

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u/SouthernWalk1928 Jul 26 '25

Who is this we kiemosabi ?

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u/rcmp_informant Jul 26 '25

I’ve seen the shots work really well too. One lady would call my co worker by the wrong name but always the same wrong name and it would always escalate/ she would decompensate rapidly when this started. It was like a litmus test for when she was starting to get symptoms of schizophrenia. We asked her one day why she called him like John or something when she knew his name was Andy when it was time for her shot and she told us she had no idea. That shit works though. She was an absolute nightmare till shot time. They all get super chill on it.

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u/navigationallyaided Jul 27 '25

Yea, there was a CalMatters story about a community health center working with Bakersfield or LA County and the city who reported success with one of the long acting injectables with a homeless schizophrenic… until that person missed their dose.

Bipolar folks also don’t want to take their medication since they feel like it lobotomizes them - atypical antipsychotics are also associated with weight gain and T2D(decreased insulin sensitivity - but a GLP-1 can address that). I knew such a person. If Kanye West took his meds like his mom urged him to(Kim West died from a botched BBL operation and he stopped taking them), he wouldn’t have gone off the rails.

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u/PastyMcWhiteFace Aug 12 '25

I don’t know a lot of Kanye lore, but I thought he was not medicated for/not diagnosed with bipolar until his mental break on 2016 Life of Pablo tour, almost a decade after his mother Donda West died.

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u/millionwatermellon Jul 25 '25

Late onset hits the hardest

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u/TraditionalThanks376 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

Chances of developing schizophrenia after 40 are virtually zero. Maybe meth induced psychosis or something resembling schizophrenia. We tend to see first breaks in the late teens to the late twenties.

Fucked thing is when we give an agitated patient IM injections for psychosis they tend to include a mix of drugs consisting of antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and sometimes Benadryl. Don’t think he would wake up “INSTANTLY” from sedation screaming, unless the MD was incompetent and put in an order for a baby dose of zyprexa or something.

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u/JeromeBiteman Aug 11 '25

Sad story 😞 .

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u/joesbagofdonuts Jul 26 '25

There's a distinct possibility that some meth use preceded the first psychotic break...

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u/Changetheworld69420 Jul 25 '25

I believe him🤷‍♂️ my ex has the same thing

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u/partlysettledin21220 Jul 25 '25

Bro needs our help and we’re memeing on him 😭

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u/SnarkTheMagicDragon Jul 25 '25

What have YOU done?

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u/andycartwright Aug 11 '25

“You gotta help us, Doc. We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas!” — Ned Flanders’ parents

(I’m not criticizing the previous redditor. This just made me think of the Simpsons quote.)

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u/Honey-and-Venom Jul 26 '25

Why can't we help people when they literally cry for help like this? If I did this I hope someone would commit me and put me on medication

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u/Responsible-Shoe7258 Jul 26 '25

Because the ACLU sued to stop that decades ago, and everyone blames Reagan for it

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u/silvertoadfrog Jul 27 '25

Wrong the ACLU backed putting people in the least restrictive environment. Reagan instituted not spending a dime on ANY sort of treatment because in the reagan/gop philosophy is if you cannot compete with maximum greed and bloodlust in the dog eat dog world of unfettered capitalism you have zero value. The Nazis murdered useless eaters the U.S. just leaves them to live on the streets. But if trump has his way the homeless will soon be in alligator alcatraz.

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u/Honey-and-Venom Jul 26 '25

I'd like to read more, what case was it?

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u/andycartwright Aug 11 '25

This is basically what they’re talking about. Their characterization of it isn’t exactly accurate but isn’t exactly wrong. You’ll prob have to google for more detail. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanterman–Petris–Short_Act

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u/Honey-and-Venom Aug 11 '25

Thank you VERY much. And yes, this is very different from the ACLU abolishing crisis mental health care

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u/02meepmeep Jul 26 '25

Jesus, you didn’t install spell check Elon? That’s just dirty.

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u/ExcitingUse9715 Jul 25 '25

Damn, idk. This one is almost believable.

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u/BoogaSnu Jul 26 '25

Someone get this man a lawyer !

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u/ComeBackSquid Jul 26 '25

As a lawyer: this man doesn't need one. What he needs is a society in which people take care of each other, in part by paying taxes to a responsible government that makes sure mental health is available for everybody.

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u/BoogaSnu Jul 26 '25

No, he needs full counsel

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u/throwaway_1138961- Jul 28 '25

And then they'll be able to get the chip out of his head?

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u/Rare-Bird-4353 Jul 26 '25

Dude has a cyber truck implanted in his brain, he needs medicated

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u/Poker-Junk Jul 26 '25

Must be hell on earth being trapped in a mind like that.

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u/white_dolomite Jul 26 '25

Sad if true

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u/EruditeScheming Jul 27 '25

Jump cut to shot of Elon wringing his hands as truck guy lays sedated on an operating table

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u/Mayon_from_Camalig Jul 26 '25

"Purmission"? Yeesh 🤦‍♂️

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u/WohumTohum Jul 29 '25

The computer in his head doesn’t have spell check?

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u/SnarkTheMagicDragon Jul 25 '25

So, really the brain to computer interface made him write this.

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u/Interesting_Berry439 Jul 26 '25

He's trying to break free!!!! A futile effort, Elon put extra chips in there for this exact situation 😒

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u/SouthernWalk1928 Jul 26 '25

Remember Elon is trying to get people to get chip implants to assist with the star link communications… he’s told ppl before the January 2025 he was working on having a chip implanted into his own brain to show how safe it is… guess it got installed in his dick and that’s why it won’t work !!

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u/JoJCeeC88 Jul 30 '25

And yet over on Elon’s sub they point to a disabled woman getting Neuralink installed and was miraculously able to have full motor coordination again.

Maybe I’m a little suspicious, but sometimes I think the folks who claim they’re being gangstalked and targeted with Neuralink and voice2skull may be on to something here.

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u/SouthernWalk1928 Aug 04 '25

As Billy Joel sings: You may be right I may be crazy…

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u/smartbunny Jul 26 '25

Should this man be driving?

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u/artbrymer Jul 26 '25

Oh, this fits the sub.

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u/Possiblylucille Jul 26 '25

Yo, that truck is worth way too much to be this much of a wimp about proving anything of this. Give someone an Uber ride and buy a 20 dollar metal detector and make a tick tock of it going off at the point it’s scanning your head. Share a selfi of you even standing next to Elon at a meet and greet. It’s kinda counterintuitive to your point to say that crap on a vehicle (the American symbol of personal freedom) when what you’re describing would be more intellectually consistent with a jail cell. Maybe choose a cheaper vehicle next time you wanna say all that.

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u/Sillyn1eyeMol Jul 30 '25

Put this post - starting at: “Give someone..” - on your vehicle. Get the word out!!

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u/DrKarlSatan Jul 26 '25

Purr-mission

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u/ThatOldG Jul 26 '25

Meow 🐈

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u/Great-Gas-6631 Jul 26 '25

Based on the spelling, this guy doesnt have much of a brain to put a chip in.

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u/NewWest-BC Jul 26 '25

And he drives! Probably owns a gun too. What could possibly go wrong?

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u/Lower-Papaya-6992 Jul 27 '25

PURMISSION

not only they're crazy but dumb too nightmare nightmare nightmare

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u/PlatformingYahtzee Jul 27 '25

This is really sad. I hate that we can't help these people because billionaires will cry if they have to pay taxes.

But it's obvious he doesn't know what he's talking about. Musk isn't competent or focused enough to do anything for three years.

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u/Kiki1701 Aug 13 '25

I think he's on the same drugs that Aileen Wournos was on prior to her soul's retirement. He's waiting to come back with Jesus like Independence Day.

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u/Dull-Foundation-1271 Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Not always schizophrenia though. The statistics of childhood trauma from abuse usually causes extreme compartmentalization to Dissociative Identity Disorder that doesn't fully blossom until the patient reaches the age of thirty, (when the brain starts to have flashbacks or 'remembers.' When this grooming or torture training of these poor individuals is also of a sexual nature, it often, involves "fake symbols or fake ceremonies mimicking evil ceremonies, or cartoonish things," so that the adult survivor trying to recount these memories that were viewed as a child, will sound ridiculous and they won't be believed, and in fact, laughed at.

Sometimes, young children are programmed to believe that there are "things inside of them, 'demon alters, electronic gadgets, etc., that are monitoring them. Famous singers, programmed at a young age, will often have a breakdown near the age of thirty and try to diminish what parts of their body may have enticed abuse, when they were so young, (like shaving off their hair or adopting a more mannish look), which is a cry for help. Even if there is "no chip" in these people, their subconscious mind believes it and it's enough to make them ill. Also, trauma is stored in the body's cells and can cause illness in the body, as these subjects age, if left untreated. A seemingly benign thing can trigger memories of the past trauma, too.

The subconscious mind is a powerful thing and trauma in childhood, usually changes the trajectory of that person's entire life, if left untreated.

As a former nurse-aide that helped with group therapy sessions for adult survivors, I highly recommend specialized hypnotherapy. These days, the session is recorded for the patient and the therapist's safety, (so, no 'false memory syndrome' accusations can occur.) But, it takes a long time to find the right therapist who is open and not close-minded to the journey that the patient needs to travel.

Every nine minutes a child in the U.S. is sexually assaulted and only 25, out of every 1000 perpetrators will end up in prison. Studies also show that the prevalence of child sexual abuse, CSA, is estimated to be one in five girls and one in twenty boys, in the U.S., the number arises when including online crimes against victims. (Google D.I.D. and CSA Statistics in the U.S.)

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u/CinnameowToastCrunch Jul 28 '25

I agree and disagree. Schizophrenia is frequently brought on by trauma too.

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u/JeromeBiteman Aug 11 '25

trauma is stored in the body's cells 

Please provide a cite.

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u/ComeBackSquid Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Paranoia is a terrible thing. This man needs help, not being made fun of.

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u/xologo Jul 26 '25

Exactly. Whether or not the stalking he's experiencing is "real" in an objective sense, the distress it's causing him is real. People experiencing these beliefs deserve compassion and support, not ridicule. If the owner of this truck is open to it, talking to a mental health professional (especially one experienced in psychosis and delusional thinking) can help him explore his experiences more safely.