[discostu]

The problem with saying she should have sought help is you're assuming she knew she was nuts. Part of the problem with insanity is from the inside it looks perfectly normal, the more seriously whacked people don't know they're not normal. You have to have some level of sanity to understand that you're in a version of reality that doesn't match the rest of the world, that's actually one of the most dangerous points in the life of the seriously disturbed, lots of people kill themselves when they start to realize just how nuts they have been, it's a very depressing realization.

[Seamoth]

Part of the problem with insanity is from the inside it looks perfectly normal, the more seriously whacked people don't know they're not normal.

I have had experience with it. One of my loved ones had an interesting reaction to a medication. However, in this case, this person went from 100% sane to 0% sane in the snap of a fingers. Andrea Yates did not go from being fully aware of her actions to having no awareness in 1 day; it took 5 years. She should've sought help before she reached that 0% point.

However, if as another poster has pointed out, she did seek treatment and was refused it, it's much harder to blame her.