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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, this is OP and thank you for all the responses.  I really appreciate it a lot.  We own, as does the neighbor.  I do wish that this neighbor could get help, for their sake as well as our community's.  My question is how to do this, and my fear is that our efforts may not do any good while also making us a target of the neighbor's paranoia and rage.  Their rants take on racial and sexual overtones that are really, really horrendous.  We have not yet lodged a noise complaint with our HOA out of reluctance to react in any way to this volatile person.  But of course that is a first line of action.   I did call the county and there is a crisis unit that does respond to these cases.  I was told that the report remains anonymous, and I hope that is the case.  As I said, we don't particularly want to get involved.  This neighbor is not exactly likable/lovable.  But, without sounding too co-dependent here, I'm don't think anyone else will make an attempt to get this person help if we don't.   And there's no way to know what their issues may escalate to, against themselves and others.  Again, thank you all so much for taking the time to respond.  [/quote]

I hate to say this but you are pretty much right on in your assessment of the situation. The neighborhood crazy we had mostly effected her next door neighbor and every time they reported something, the neighbor ramped up the crazy.  There was a consistent 3+ year history of reports to the county and police that finally resulted in a family member stepping in but those few year were bad for the neighborhood in general but [b]really terrible for the direct neighbor. [/b] [/quote]

What the PP described above was us a few years ago dealing with a total lunatic next door to us.

The worst of it lasted a year and a half, and in retrospect, we should have moved.  We have been in our house 15 years, but what we went through with young children in the house almost defies description.  I still have PTSD from it.

In our case, the person finally went to jail and part of her supervised probation upon release involved court-ordered medication.  Thankfully, her family sold the house and disappeared.  She moved across state lines.  But I was stunned at how little anyone – the police, the mobile crisis unit, the court system, the hospitals – could do.  Her family committed her dozens of times and 10 days later she was out again and not taking her meds.

[b]It's not worth it.  Just beat it the hell out of there.[/b][/quote]

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