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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On 2016-05-05 3:47 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 2:07:21 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
> >> On 5/5/2016 1:53 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ok, I get that. But why? I can't believe he just woke up one day and said
> >>> "Let's poison some people". Did he have some political aim, or some
> >>> other axe to grind? That's what I'm waiting to hear.
> >>
> >> Right off the bat they said he had mental health problems, so
> >> Why might never make sense.
> >>
> >> nancy
> >
> > His arraignment was about an hour ago.
> >
> > <http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/05/man_charged_in.html>
> >
> > "Why" appears to be "He's crazy and thought he was being poisoned".
> >
> > Fine. Now we know (at least, as much as we can know given "he's crazy".)
>
>
> Catch 22. If he was really crazy he would not likely refer to his
> previous mental problems and his paranoid delusions.

Not always true.
The patient's awareness of their illness can vary (some have no
awareness of being ill or their diagnosis, others are painfully
aware).Mental illness, like many physical disabilities, can cycle and
fluctuate wildly over time; and the patient may be the last person to
notice an impending crisis/ downward slide in their mental state. IMO,
John Kuthe is a classic example; he knows he has bipolar disorder. He
knows how badly it can impact him. What he does NOT recognise, is when
he's in the middle of a particularly extreme spell and probably needs
his Dr to adjust his medication. That's not his fault or in his control;
it's the nature of the illness.

The very nature of much mental illness is, that the patient did
nothing to deserve it, has no choice about the disorder or the severity
of symptoms, and can't escape them. Just like someone with diabetes,
heart disease, or severe arthritis, might religiously take the
medication but still have a major relapse out of the blue, completely
beyond their control.

Janet UK