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I forgot to mention the possibility of any other mood altering drugs in her system.

Below are the medication regimens for this disorder. I am curious to see if the meds were in her system in terms of whether she was actually taking them. So often folks refuse to take their medications and by law you cannot make them take them which leads to very quick mental declines. Medications In general, doctors prescribe medications for schizoaffective disorder to relieve psychotic symptoms, stabilize mood and treat depression. These medications may include: Antipsychotics. The only medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration specifically for the treatment of schizoaffective disorder is the antipsychotic drug paliperidone (Invega). However, doctors may prescribe other antipsychotic drugs to help manage psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. Mood-stabilizing medications. When the schizoaffective disorder is bipolar type, mood stabilizers can help level out the mania highs and depression lows. Antidepressants. When depression is the underlying mood disorder, antidepressants can help manage feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or difficulty with sleep and concentration.

Great question: Background Although most people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder are not violent, there is an association between psychotic disorders and violence, and with homicide in particular [1, 2]. Patients with schizophrenia are ten times more likely to commit homicide than a member of the general population [1]. However, the proportion of homicides in society attributable to schizophrenia is small and consistently falls below 10% [3, 4]. Also patients with schizophrenia are themselves fourteen times more likely to become victims of violence in the community, compared with being arrested as a perpetrator [5]. Notwithstanding these findings, understanding the relationship between psychosis and violence is important because it may help reduce violence within this population, save lives, and prevent patients becoming stigmatized by an act of violence arising from their mental disorder. https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-019-2372-4#:~:text=Although most people with psychotic,particular [1%2C 2]. From:Moral cognition, the missing link between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence: a cross-sectional national forensic cohort study

My professional "guess" is that she suffered from Schizoaffective Disorder. Treatment would require medication with the hope of achieving mood stabilization that would allow therapy to be effective. Stopping medications at any time would endanger the loss of whatever stability the patient may achieve. Criteria for schizophrenia must be met in every case, even if temporarily. For this, two or more of the following symptoms must be present for an uninterrupted period of time: delusions disorganized speech hallucinations disorganized or catatonic behavior negative symptoms (e.g., loss of pleasure, flat expressions, lack of motivation) But that’s not all. These criteria must also be evident for a doctor to diagnose schizoaffective disorder: having hallucinations or delusions without mood symptoms for a period of 2 or more consecutive weeks experiencing a major mood episode like depression or mania having mood symptoms that are present for most of the duration of the condition having symptoms that are not explained by substance use, like drugs or alcohol consumption In sum, schizoaffective disorder affects your mood, thoughts, and behavior. Also see: https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Schizoaffective-Disorder