Steve, you say, with no little pride, that what you offer is based on a balance of probabilities. Last night you appeared to be clutching at very fragile straws. You, rather vulgarly, spoke of "....the way Jeremy sniffed around everybody and everything......." You elevated him to the status of chemist when you suggested that he had taken on board all 5 of Sheila's meds and furthermore how they would interact with recreational drugs. I thought I detected panic when you said you were looking for statisics of schizophrenics committing suicide using guns. I'm certain you don't need me to tell you that stats will always prove that which they are required to.
I was amazed when you had the temerity to tell a psych nurse "schizophrenia doesn't work like that........" Lookout and several others of us have been telling you that for as long as it has been debated. I wouldn't deny anyone the right to express their opinion. If we stuck to what we know we wouldn't advance any further, but we're on rather shakey ground if we spout theories at varience to those who have personal, daily experience.
You have, on numerous occasions, said that Dr Ferguson said Sheila had too much to live for to attempt suicide, but he was basing that on his last meeting with her, middle/end of March. He had no way of knowing the path her life would take over the following 12/16 weeks. A schizophrenic may never have previously shown signs of wanting to commit suicide, so it would be easy to assume that person was not suicidal, but if the same person became fearful enough of a given/imagined situation, the fear itself MAY be enough of a trigger. I can only say I feel that Sheila was in a very fearful place and may have been looking for somewhere safe for her and the boys.
