Please forgive me. I didn't mean to offend anyone who has this medical condition. I felt that if i talked about his behavior, people would want to know why he acts that way, so I said it up front. And it's only when he goes off his meds, which he does quite often.
It's not so much that I don't want to tell Dd about his condition, it's explaining why I am concerned about her being aroound him when he is off his meds. Telling her that he threatened suicide, or that he held a gun to my friend's head, I feel, would just make her feel so uncomfortable around her friend, and mine. And if we were all together, I could just see her thinking about those types of things the entire time.
Trust me, if I just said "Mr. John has a medical condition that makes him act in an inappropriate way sometimes" would not be enough info for her. She'd want specifics, and then I'd feel obligated to tell her why I'm so scared.
And for the record, I've known that he's had a problem for sometime now, but not until recently (when he went off his meds and was committed) have I become concerned about being around him. So it's not his diagnosis, it's his behavior that worries me.