Ya know the old bumper snicker: I have PMS & a handgun?
For those truly deranged among us, how about:
I have a Glock 9mm & I'm out of Risperdal*
(or whatever the psych drug du jour is in the media)
*main use is for anti-psychotic, keep people from hallucinating, keep people in touch with what the rest of us call reality
Risperdal is one of the newer anti psychotics.
Lithium is one of the old stand by scripts for many.
I used to know some people that were diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
If the V.A. has the power to strip a Vet of his 2A Right just because he was diagnosed with PTSD.
Then I think its time the American Psychiatric Association and American Medical Association to review their decisions on paranoid schizophrenia.
There is enough documentation to show they are threat to more than just themselves and are a serious threat to others.
There are too many in the APA that feel as long as the patient is under going treatment there is no threat.
There are problems with that line of thinking...
IIRC what I was told, many anti psychotics are extremely expensive...some can run as much as $ 6-700 for a months worth.
Holding a job for any amount of time for a schizophrenic is very challenging,plus repetitive voluntary admissions to psych wards can max out an employer's medical insurance cap in a short amount of time.
Add missed work days to that (plus a capped out insurance coverage) and the employer is lookin for the smallest detail they can legally terminate the patient for.
Leaving the patient no choice but to go off their meds because they just simply cant afford them.
LR Yote