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Purported to have had delusions that included the president; this may be in Stamford police records:

Source: Schizophrenia meds found at home of Miriam Carey after Capitol chase
By Michael Pearson. Lateef Mungin and Joe Johns, CNN, Oct 4, 2013

Authorities investigating why a Connecticut woman rammed barricades and led police on a chase near the U.S. Capitol found medications in her apartment to treat schizophrenia and other mental disorders, a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation said Friday. [....]

Authorities who searched the apartment in Stamford, Connecticut, found one medication to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and another that is an antidepressant, according to the source.Authorities who searched the apartment in Stamford, Connecticut, found one medication to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and another that is an antidepressant, according to the source.

Carey's boyfriend contacted police in December saying he feared for the safety of their child, who was 4 months old at the time, according to a law enforcement source involved in the investigation. The boyfriend said the woman was acting delusional, claiming the president had placed Stamford under lockdown and that her house was under electronic surveillance, the source said.

He told police that she was suffering from post-partum depression, was having trouble sleeping and was on medication. Carey underwent a mental health evaluation, said the source, who added that the boyfriend has been questioned by federal authorities about Thursday's events.

The source told CNN that Carey left a letter addressed to the boyfriend at her apartment and that it appeared to contain white powder. The letter was being tested for hazardous substances.[.....]

Also John Miller at CBS got a tip that she had a head injury in 2012 that may have affected her:

[....] CBS News' John Miller, a former FBI assistant director, reports that the people who worked with Carey said she was upbeat, happy and normal, but in April 2012 she fell on some stairs and injured her head.

When Carey was receiving treatment for the injury in the hospital, she learned that she was pregnant.

Carey received a handicapped parking permit because of the injury, Miller reports. Then doctors from the medical suite where she worked complained that she was tying up parking in front of the building and asked her to move her car back. This became a big dispute that led to her being fired.

From then on, police interviewing people in and around her life say that she was suffering from other emotional issues that came to the attention of the police in Stamford, Miller reports. [....]

Man believed to have set himself on fire on the Mall in Washington

By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News, 40 minutes ago

Passersby on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., ripped off their shirts to help extinguish the flames after a man apparently tried to set himself on fire Friday, witnesses and authorities said.

Washington D.C. Fire spokesman Tim Wilson told NBC News the unidentified man was suffering from life threatening injuries when he was flown by helicopter to Washington Medical Center.

The incident, which was reported at 4:24 p.m. ET, occurred on Seventh Street Southwest near the National Air and Space Museum, U.S. Park Police said.

Witnesses told several media organizations, including NBC Washington, that they saw the man pour gasoline on himself from a red canister and then set himself ablaze. Police said a red fuel container was found near where the incident happened, Reuters reported.

Nearby joggers stopped and ripped off their shirts to smother the flames, NBC Washington reported. A fire department spokesman said the man's injuries were life-threatening, The Associated Press reported [....]