Word: prolixin
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...March 14, 1988, Aller signed his first consent form at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and became a subject for Phase 1 of Developmental Processes in Schizophrenic Disorders. Twice a month he received a 12.5-mg injection of the antipsychotic drug Prolixin Decanoate. The substance took three months to take effect, but the results were miraculous. "Everything disappeared," Aller says. Gone were the space aliens, his grandmother's ghost, the pipe bombs, the sniper...
Estroff saw similar contradictions in the use of such medications as lithium carbonate and Prolixin Decanoate. These "meds" soothe psychotic symptoms, but bring on strong side effects that work as badges of distinction between the patients and outsiders: a freezing of facial expressions, hand tremors, and jiggling of the legs when seated (known by the patients as "the Prolixin stomp"). Most patients knew they were taking "meds" because they were different from "normies"; yet when they tried to be normal by refusing medication, their behavior often became more bizarre. Estroff herself tried Prolixin to experience its effects, but quit abruptly...