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Greg's parents were ecstatic with his progress. They were, however, wary of Phase 2. They talked to Nuechterlein and Greg's caseworker, Joseph Tietz, a graduate student. "We knew when Greg went into the program that they would take him off medication at a certain point," says Gloria Aller. "They explained to us that this was to test whether he really needed it for the long run." The scientists noted that antipsychotic drugs have powerful side effects, and they were trying to identify patients who might be able to stay off medication and avoid them. Among the drug...
...Gloria Aller remained concerned. "More than once I asked them, 'If he starts to slip, you'll put him back on medication?' " She says the staff assured her they would. On June 1, 1989, Greg Aller signed his second consent form. The form blandly said the study's "purpose" was "to take people like me off medication in a way that will give the most information about the medication, its effect on me, on others and on the way the brain works." Further, the clinic promised it would use "active medication again to improve ((Aller's)) condition" if he showed...
...reward for my help, they would make me President," says Aller. "Bush knew about their plans, but they said he was afraid of them and wouldn't let them land their ships. My first job was to run for the L.A. County Democratic Central Committee." But, he says, "Ronald Reagan had caught on to me through Nancy's astrologer. She told him I was going to ruin everything, uproot his legacy. All his scandals about Iran-contra would come...
...Gloria Aller became alarmed at the change in their son. "He began to get agitated easily," says Gloria. "He stopped combing his hair, and he became rather antisocial." Says Bob: "Suddenly, nobody mattered to him." By Jan. 3 he was so disheveled that Bob called Tietz, Greg's caseworker. Greg was growling in public, sometimes in buses, startling fellow passengers. Tietz saw Greg, noted his "inappropriate laughter" and "swelling eyes," and added that "Greg denies any hallucinations or delusions," according to medical records the family obtained from UCLA. On Jan. 12, Bob recalls, after Greg saw Tietz again, the caseworker...
...daze. "One day in class I decided that President Bush was about to launch a nuclear attack against Russia to confuse the space aliens," Greg remembers. "I rushed out to a phone booth to tell Bush not to do it. I didn't get through." By April, Bob Aller was so concerned that he stormed into the research clinic and confronted Gitlin: "There's something wrong with your methodology. Gregory's sick! He needs help." According to Aller, Gitlin said, "Are you trying to shift the blame to us? The problem is that he is living at home." Replied Aller...