The Pepsi Cola Addict (1982)
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> Placed on high doses of antipsychotic medications, they found themselves unable to concentrate; Jennifer apparently developed tardive dyskinesia (a neurological disorder resulting in involuntary, repetitive movements). Their medications were apparently adjusted sufficiently to allow them to continue the copious diaries they had begun in 1980, and they were able to join the hospital choir, but they lost most of their interest in creative writing.
It's really disgusting how they were treated - petty crimes as teenagers land them in a high-security mental asylum - way more than what was required because they were weird and black. Some of the petty crimes was to raise money to self-publish a novel at 16, so obviously we're not dealing with delinquents. Not saying that they shouldn't have been punished for their actions, but there's a huge difference between rehabilitative incarceration and being treated like a lost cause and having their creativity chemically sterilized permanently.
https://lithub.com/i-found-a-rare-copy-of-june-allison-gibbo...
They did speak to outsiders, but made up their own logical and esp. moral rules how to treat them, and they write down their findings, when they can eliminate all personal interpretations and feelings. Everything must be objectively true, to them and their limited view.
later turned out that he does not really drink water and other beverages, other than .... coke, lots of it. for years now. does things to your body on different levels, it seems.
I bet it doesn't live up to the legendary status as lost media, but I would still be interested to read it.
This one seems to have a forward by the same guy, so I would guess she's involved here too?