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On Tue, 10 May 2016 14:20:33 +0100, Janet > wrote:

> 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

it was very kind of you to say that, Janet.

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