From: "John Beamish" 

The irony, of course, is that when you probably least think you need to be
locked up is when you may most need to be.

It's similar with a diabetic who "goes low" (hypoglycemic).  They
get _extremely_ combative and aggressive and refuse to take a glass of
juice (or anything with sugar in it) to restore their balance.



"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
news:opse0gi7qeeipai0{at}news.barkto.com...
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:57:24 -0400, Rich Gauszka 
> wrote:
>
> > The case I mentioned involved John Engler - a staunch Republican
> > conservative.  His rationale was the budget, the liberals rationale is
> > freedom. Both practices fuck up some of those with mental illness. The
> > reasons may be different but the effect is the same on those harmed by
> > the
> > 'solution'.
> >
> > I'm not opposed to your viewpoint though.  In the 80s I supervised a
> > person
> > with schizophrenia. A good person when medicated.  At some point he
would
> > decide he didn't need the medication and always began a dangerous slide.
> > The
> > union protected him even after breaking the jaw and attempting to
> > strangle a
> > co-worker ( shortly before I took over the shift ). Unfortunately after
> > bouncing back and forth for a while between medication and being
> > institutionalized it ended in tragedy.
> >
> > I don't have a good solution. I just know the current ones suck
> >
> >
> I'm very fortunate to have a couple of good friends who'll take steps to
> get me locked up.
>
> --
> Gary Wiltshire

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