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No, I mean that her Storybrooke self might have an actual mental illness that is now manifesting itself since she's reverted to her false memories; possibly something that gives her paranoid/hysterical tendencies. There's also all the stress, and the possibility that she's being given medication she doesn't need, although generally such a thing wouldn't make her react hysterically like that.

Also, they do not give medication that people "don't need" in psychiatric hospitals; that's a terrible stereotype. Given the situation; a confused, mentally ill woman acting out in the way Belle was, it's completely routine to give her sedatives to calm her down, especially with an outsider in the hospital while she's talking about magic. ;)