There is a good reason why mentally ill people take medications and why they should stay on their medications. This article shows the consequences of the mentally ill not taking his medications and the thinking error that takes place when he does not. There are people like Jeff Ensley everywhere. They could be highly functional, highly intelligent and highly motivated people but often, they think they know better about themselves then anyone. When you get off your medications, the changes are settled and slow but it become irreversible where you won't go back on your medication on your own. I have seen it thousands of times at DOC Alaska mental health ward at CIPT. The changed from off medication to on medication in these guys are astonishing as well remarkable. And the funny thing is.....they don't know what they were like when they were off their meds. You tell them and they looked at you as if you are the crazy one. Its a good article I thought.