Eunice has a new friend!

Well not really a new “friend” per se. More like partner in crime du jour.

Raccoon Boy meet Eunice!

In yet another grab for the gold, Eunice and Raccoon Boy are plotting a grand scheme to get in on the just announced Catholic church’s gajillion dollar settlement in the sex abuse case. There’s just one problem; neither Eunice nor Raccoon Boy are Catholic. So what are two “highly imaginative” souls to do? Mere technicality to be worked out as as they go along.

This is how I see it playing out; he is the formerly abused alter boy and she, as someone who collects castaways the way most connect stray animals, will play the part of the heartbroken mother, mourning the loss of her son’s childhood.

Confident in their groundwork, Eunice will spend the early part of the week drafting her script for the attornies. There will be many rewrites. Then several calls to several offices. By week’s end, finding no legal eagles willing to take the bait, not even the ambulance chasers, she concedes that yet another plan is going nowhere. She then spends the next five years feigning headaches that she asserts are the fault of the Catholic church. The story will become more exagerated with each retelling. People will ask which parish she belongs to. She will quickly change the subject.

Bless the beasts & the children.

Eunice’s bio

“Of all the things I have done in my life, working with Gods most precious creatures has got to be the most rewarding…after rearing my sons, with the help of my wonderful husband, to be self reliant, decent human beings.” Eunice

Not so fast there my dear. Let’s review; the “wonderful husband?”  Oh, you mean the one that’s known around town as the village idiot? And the two “self reliant, decent sons.” Uhm, I can’t even go there. It’s just too easy. But using self reliant & decent to describe your sons makes me seriously think you need a dictionary or a thesaurus or maybe you just weren’t paying attention at all in English class.

Self reliant? No, living off the public dole isn’t exactly self reliant. Decent? You won’t be able to fool even your former classmates with that one.

I really feel sorry for the animals.

IED, you say? We just always called it “crazy!”

From Psychnet-UK, finally there is a name for Eunice’s erratic, unexplainable and completely inappropriate  behaviour. 

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Many psychiatric disorders are associated with impulsive aggression, but some individuals demonstrate violent outbursts of rage, which are variously referred to as rage attacks, anger attacks, episodic dyscontrol, or intermittent explosive disorder. Intermittent explosive disorder was first formally conceptualized as a psychiatric disorder.

On several occasions the patient has lost control of aggressive impulses, leading to serious assault or property destruction.

The aggression is markedly out of proportion to the seriousness of any social or psychological stressors.

No other mental disorder or personality disorder better explains the symptoms.

These symptoms are not directly caused by a general medical condition or substance use, including medications and drugs of abuse.

Associated Features:

Head Trauma  – Maybe Eunice really was dropped on her head as a child.
Psychotic Disorder

Differential Diagnosis: Some disorders have similar or even the same symptoms. The clinician, therefore, in his/her diagnostic attempt has to differentiate against the following disorders which need to be ruled out to establish a precise diagnosis.

Alzheimer’s Disease – Well, she’s no spring chicken!
Antisocial Personality Disorder – check
Borderline Personality Disorder – DEFINITELY!
Conduct Disorder – oh yeah
Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder – She definitely could pay better attention!

Cause:  Although the prevalence of intermittent explosive disorder is unknown and considered to be rare,  the disorder is probably more common than realized and may be an important cause of violent behavior. As presently defined, intermittent explosive disorder is more common in men. However, women also have problematic impulsive aggression, and some women have reported an increase in intermittent explosive symptoms when they are premenstrual.

Treatment:These patients often need psychological treatment along with medication treatment, and it is often very helpful to base their psychological treatment on addiction-based models.

Counseling and Psychotherapy:

Biofeedback has proven quite effective

Pharmacotherapy:

Studies suggest that patients with intermittent explosive disorders respond to treatment with antidepressants such as tricyclic antidepressants and serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and mood stabilizers such as lithium, carbamazepine, and divalproex. Psychotropic medications used with Intermittent Explosive Disorder.

Carbamazepine (Tegretol and others).
Divalproex (Depakote).
Fluoxetine (Prozac).
Gabapentin (Neurontin).
Lamotrigine (Lamictal).
P henytoin (Dilantin).
Sertraline (Zoloft).
Venlafaxine (Effexor).

So…is there a doctor in the house?

My brother Darryll & my other brother Darryll

If you should ever find yourself in the unfortunate situation of having to meet with Eunice or her brood, be forewarned; it’s like meeting the delegates to a Hee Haw Convention. Bring lots of oats and hay!!!!