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AntiFascist

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6. The mania associated with a breakdown....

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:08 PM

Jul 2012

could also cause someone to act on impulses that he may have otherwise resisted prior to the breakdown. Holmes may have had violent fantasies that he would not have acted upon otherwise. These may have been outlined in the package he sent to the psychiatrist.

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Why it's reasonable to suspect that James Holmes might have paranoid schizophrenia, [View all] pnwmom Jul 2012 OP

Not necessarily. Bipolar disease also manifests paranoia Warpy Jul 2012 #1

I said "reasonable to suspect." That doesn't equate to certainty. pnwmom Jul 2012 #2

The mania associated with a breakdown.... AntiFascist Jul 2012 #6

Could be but I posted to point out the danger of Warpy Jul 2012 #17

I couldn't agree more... AntiFascist Jul 2012 #18

Interesting, I didn't notice the blinking. But a family member who has been diagnosed with sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #19

What's the danger, exactly? Being wrong. And I happen to think the people who pnwmom Jul 2012 #20

agreed-- I've been particularly disappointed in the rage and hatred expressed by many... mike_c Jul 2012 #3

I agree completely with you. Make it harder for people to obtain guns and make it easier to treat pnwmom Jul 2012 #8

THANK YOU. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #11

I think he should be interviewed nebenaube Jul 2012 #4

Trigger code? pnwmom Jul 2012 #9

+ Brazillion nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #5

Agreed, and thanks for posting this. JohnnyLib2 Jul 2012 #7

You're welcome. I hope that if they do decide he's too ill to be tried, pnwmom Jul 2012 #10

IMO the one thing we can be reasonably sure of is that HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #12

I agree -- the main thing is, he needs a thorough psychiatric examination. pnwmom Jul 2012 #16

Schizophrenia was my first thought Merlot Jul 2012 #13

You mean it wasn't Mountain Dew...?! Earth_First Jul 2012 #14

Or even Fresca. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #15

I have the unfortunate experience of having a person mzmolly Jul 2012 #21

Each case is different. But the Mayo Clinic says paranoid schizophrenia pnwmom Jul 2012 #22

I've yet to meet a functional mzmolly Jul 2012 #23

Scizophrenia. chavron55 Aug 2012 #24

I think mzmolly Aug 2012 #25