[colept]

While it's a tragic loss, it's purpose is moot because many people read the entire thing and still don't know what his symptoms were. If you want to desensitize the discussion about mental illness, you need to expose the underlying conditions and make people aware.

[EMRo]

This is true. I was an advocate of complete openness. My mother is understandably very sensitive about the wording used so I wanted to respect her wishes.

[nobodysfool]

Well, if you want people to not stigmatize mental illness, you should start by not doing it yourself.