I'm in Illinois. I'm sure the first hospital broke the law because she had obviously done harm to herself...they treated her for it.

For a while, I seriously considered suing them because they let her go. After they released her, she got into a car with a complete stranger for a ride because I refused to pick her up.

The second time, although she did not harm herself, she went into a rage outside my apartment, kicked my car and made a dent, and was pacing and screaming like a wild animal, she has threatened over an IM to a friend that she would find some guy and steal from him (kill him if she had to). That is when I actually got her to the ER and the social service program got her into the state hosp psych ward.

The friend stepped up to the plate when asked my the social worker if the threats were true...fortunately, that helped get her in the hosp. But, that only lasted about 6 days...I don't think they did an eval because she surely would have been diagnosed. But, they did have her on suicide watch...made no sense to me.

She called me yesterday asking to come back and to give her another week...I refused because she still hasn't sought out any help. She has two doc appointments (internist and psych) with Social Security on the 15th. I hope she makes them...

I've thought about the guardianship issue and honestly just don't want to take it on any level because then whatever trouble she gets into falls on me and I've had enough of that.

I'm somewhat prepared for a crisis where I will have to call a crisis intervention team and go through the nightmare of having her committed...again...it's just so heartbreaking and I'm walking a fine line of sanity myself already.