My friend has schizoaffective disorder. She does not take meds regularly because of side effects, which I can understand because the side effects can be horrific. She's tried a lot of different meds.

She talks a lot about her paranoid symptoms for hours at a time very quickly. It's dizzying. I feel really sad for her. I want so much to help, but listening for hours to her paranoid thoughts is not helping.

What can I do? Encouraging her to take her meds, doesn't do any good.