I, for one am VERY glad you wrote your post and hit that submit button, RB. And no, it didn't cross any lines. It is good of you to be so straightforward. Writing notes is a very serious thing -- please know that the concern I feel for you on that is not from "academic" knowlege. Roadrunner makes a good point about meds. They can change the whole equation. I get the hospital thing, but...here's the thing. Hospital's a question mark. That your mother would be thrown into depair? That is NOT in question. So if you work back from that, it comes to what it will take to prevent that, right? The thing is working with the negotiables -- meds and talking to the crisis team -- to determine how to stay safe to get it turned around. Please, RB.

Been sitting staring at the screen. So much to say, but don't know how to really convey it...

Teared up reading this. Couldn't possibly agree more.