[I still care]

LOL. I guarantee you she ain’t so sweet.

This is the hardest problem in the world to handle. If I could figure it out, I would be a millionaire.

My husband was bipolar. This could easily have been my story. The answer for me was to stop working and stay home and give up my future financial security in order to caretake. It ain’t easy, either, because these types are almost always irrational and abusive.

Jail is not the answer. These people are truly ill. But society should not have to deal with these people. They can leave disaster wherever they go. If they can get their illness under control, they are gifted, artistic, and prolific. Unchecked, they leave disaster wherever they go. Walking time bombs. Jail is just more destructive for them.

The best answer is to have a caring family that understands the illness and has the resources and will to take care of them. Then again, that’s the answer to most things.

[metmom]

Family members said since the death of her beloved grand­mother two years ago, Diane Catalani’s mental illness, which she has struggled with for decades, grew worse. She often won’t take her medications, would go missing for as long as weeks at a time and has fre­quently been hospitalized. Her tendency to hoard things also had gotten worse.

I can't imagine but if she won't take care of herself, and her family can't take care of her, she has to be locked up somewhere.

She's not being put in jail because of her illness. Right now jail is the place because of the crimes she committed. Maybe they can evaluate her there and decide what needs to be done.