The Medical Thread

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

The VT shooter is obviously a different person than the NIU shooter. They may have had similar diagnoses - I don't know? I think like you said, the VT was "severely emotionally disturbed", there are rules in place upto high school. You said the universities should have these rules in place. I said it would be nice, but going to college is still an option for people... One can pursue military, one can persue voctech school, one can get certificates, so on and so forth. How did these gentlemen get admitted into college with all its pressures and flip out like they did? Were they antagonized? What?

Chit, I was hella humiliated in my graduate school program with racism and sexism, angry to scratch the wall off, but NEVER did it run through my mind to physically hurt someone, even after my boss stinky breath yelled at me on a daily basis... Never. What I endured, no student should have to endure. I did because of insane reasons. But, it seems plausible that these gentlemen could not endure if their circumstances were as bad as folks say they were...

Of course now, it is water under the bridge...

I think I heard or read somewhere that the NIU lunatic stopped taking his meds because it made him a zombie. Very few psychotropic meds do that - chiefly the anti-psychotics - putting him at risk of possible traumatic experiences, or schizophrenia. All I am saying is, once those drug effects "wore off", if it was schizophrenia, the hallucinations, if he had them, restarted; but that's pure speculation.

So, ceremoniously saying the all folks with mental illness have restricted freedoms is a "one size fits all", when that is not the case.

But, there are firearm restrictions on the mentally ill that is by honor system only. Like there is a box or bubble you select to answer the question, have you ever been institutionalized in mental healthcare system? Homie at NIU marked "NO"... So he lied...

Then I guess I think one size fits all. Yes, anyone can lie, but for those who have been treated, then there should be restrictions.