Quote Originally Posted by Tyndmyr View Post
Well, another ghoul made it what, a dozen years before he ran dry on the meds and the feralness took him, and he considered that a really good run. So, whatever the timeline is for going feral, it definitely isn't a significant part of 200 years.
I think the intent (assuming its just not a retcon) is that it's pretty widely variable. Coop made it a long time before he started to degenerate, others degenerate almost instantly. Once you do, you need the drugs and if you fail to get them degeneration is presumably permanent.