I'm sorry, I was unclear there. The meds didn't STOP the DID, it just shut down our communication and froze our front. The meds were pretty much always for something else--primarily post-surgery stuff. (For all we know, it was the trauma of the surgery itself which caused the lockdown.)

It was incredibly unsettling. We are used to being able to reach each other whenever we need, and having our head so QUIET was hugely unnatural. It felt... empty. (It didn't help that at least one system member was actively TRYING to communicate with the person locked out, and was really freaking out that he couldn't.)