@Maggotbrane You’re right, I posted this before starting to re-read Amador’s book yesterday from the beginning.
He says that insight does not have to mean you acknowledge you have a mental illness before you start taking meds. Acknowledgment of illness first, then taking drugs sounds logical to me, but as you point out, acknowledgement will not happen if a person has anosognosia.
So why would anyone take meds if they they think they’re being prescribed for an illness they don’t have? Amador gives the following reasons: 1) It might make the family member feel better (see Lilies’ post about her son going back on meds to “feel better”), e.g. suppress annoying voices and 2) please other people so they won’t land back in the hospital.
Can you think of any other motivators? I’m pretty sure my son will stop taking meds once he gets out of the hospital.