DollyPardonMe
Well-Known Member
I had a brother who was mentally ill, several diagnoses; actually appears that it was a "classic" onset of schizophrenia but he was also said to be "bi-polar". The family did everything they could to help him with limited resources and limited help from state facilities. He would get hostile at times but would never had really hurt anyone I do not believe.
But I did learn that after a certain age we could not make him get help or have him picked up or committed to a facility unless he consented OR HE DID SOMETHING , HURT SOMEONE FIRST!!
there are so many things I could say about this but I will stop as i certainly do not know what went on in that particular family.
I am SO SORRY for those this young man killed or wounded and for their families and my heart's prayers go out to ALL involved. SO VERY SAD.
I agree with you Heart! My heart goes out to all that lost their lives in Tucson and to the ones that were injured but my heart breaks for Jareds mother. How do we know what kind of help she tried to find her son and from what age did she know there was a problem with him? We hear that she has been in bed crying since the incident. How her heart must be breaking. I have a 4 year old grandson who has already been diagnosed with Mixed Bipolar and I am terrified that one day because his anger is so violent he will do something like this. He has had 3 psychiatric admissions, we can't find any meds that will work and his last doctor overdosed him so badly on Depakote that he was hearing voices and hallucinating! Dr. Phil sits on his high horse telling his audience there is no such thing as an early diagnose as Bipolar in children. I was told at the hospital the same thing about schizophrenia. If no one believes this is happeneing at an early age then they sweep it under the rug until it's too late to do anything and then you have something like this happening. I have read also they blame the father for chasing him into the desert because Jared had taken a black bag. That father probably knew there was somthing in that bag that would hurt someone and he chased him to help. I would have driven miles to get that bag away from Jared. Maybe all this would have been avoided. I believe that those that are without sin..cast the first stone and those with a mentally ill child ..pray!