section_path: Mental health/Post-Landy
section_name: Post-Landy
paragraph_text: Post-Landy
  
  Wilson was given the later-retracted diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, in addition to manic-depressive psychosis, when he was a patient at Brotzman Memorial Hospital in 1978. Landy, in 1976, had initially refuted such a diagnosis, suggesting Wilson's main issue was "being scared". In 1984, doctors again misdiagnosed Wilson with schizophrenia, also finding evidence of brain damage caused by drug use.
  
  In the late 1980s, Wilson developed facial tics (tardive dyskinesia) symptomatic of excessive psychotropic medications. Therapist Peter Reum stated that Wilson would have deterioriated into a "drooling, palsied mental patient", and potentially died of heart failure had he continued this drug regimen. In a 2002 interview, Wilson stated, "I don't regret. I loved the guy—he saved me." After Wilson sought medical care elsewhere, he was declared to have organic personality disorder.
  
  Wilson's mental condition improved in later years, although his auditory hallucinations persisted, especially when performing onstage. He credited his relationship with his second wife for allowing him to resume his career as a musician. In his own words, he said that he should have spent the early 2000s "in a mental institution under heavy sedation" due to the stresses of his condition; however, "Things have started to get a little bit easier, but I'm not always in a positive, happy place." In 2002, he lamented that his successful treatment had inhibited his creativity and songwriting.
  
  Wilson was given the later-retracted diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, in addition to manic-depressive psychosis, when he was a patient at Brotzman Memorial Hospital in 1978. Landy, in 1976, had initially refuted such a diagnosis, suggesting Wilson's main issue was "being scared". In 1984, doctors again misdiagnosed Wilson with schizophrenia, also finding evidence of brain damage caused by drug use.
  
  In the late 1980s, Wilson developed facial tics (tardive dyskinesia) symptomatic of excessive psychotropic medications. Therapist Peter Reum stated that Wilson would have deterioriated into a "drooling, palsied mental patient", and potentially died of heart failure had he continued this drug regimen. In a 2002 interview, Wilson stated, "I don't regret. I loved the guy—he saved me." After Wilson sought medical care elsewhere, he was declared to have organic personality disorder.
  
  Wilson's mental condition improved in later years, although his auditory hallucinations persisted, especially when performing onstage. He credited his relationship with his second wife for allowing him to resume his career as a musician. In his own words, he said that he should have spent the early 2000s "in a mental institution under heavy sedation" due to the stresses of his condition; however, "Things have started to get a little bit easier, but I'm not always in a positive, happy place." In 2002, he lamented that his successful treatment had inhibited his creativity and songwriting.