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Tag Archives: Bipolar Disorder
Update on Tyler’s Health
Yesterday Grant and I took Tyler for a mental health assessment. Tyler has so far been diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome and OCD. In school he has been getting Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Counseling. He also has low muscle tone … Continue reading
My 4th Blogiversary
My fourth blogiversary finds me very introspective with a feeling of uncertainty. It is not like my second anniversary post where I wrote with a feeling of empowerment and excitement of what was to come. Mental illness has been the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar Disorder, Blogiversary, Depression, Emily, Mania, Mental Illness, Tyler
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Back!
My last post on February 11th about how bad my depression was was pretty grim. And things got worse as on February 13th I went in-patient at a Behavioral Health Care facility (that’s what they are calling the mental institutions … Continue reading
Too Sick to Be Seen?
Since August/September I have had a bad cough. I thought it was my usual seasonal allergy thing, where every year I cough, especially at night, and have to spit up what looks like clear liquid (sorry to be kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, Claritin, Costochondritis, Disability, disabled, Fibromyalgia, GERD, Guaifenesin, Guaifenesin Protocol, Interstitial Cystitis, lung cancer, Lupus and Cancer, Mania, Manic, Mental Illness, Myofascial Pain, Ohio, Prostate Cancer, The Cleveland Clinic, the Midwest, uninsured
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Results of Disability Hearing: The Do-Over
(Disclaimer: The following account is my personal experience with a disability hearing and should in no way compare with anyone else’s experience. I do my best to research what I write, and seek to provide correct information to my readers; … Continue reading
Why I Stay
(I read Lost Edens as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy of this book. This post is inspired by the book. Welcome to all of my fellow book club members or … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodation, alcohol abuse, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Book club, Consumer Advocate, Disability, disability accommodation, disabled, drug abuse, Emily, fatherhood, From Left to Write Book Club, Grant, Jamie Patterson, Lost Edens, marijuana, marriage, Mental Illness, Mental Illnesses, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, parenting, Prozac, psychiatric drugs, psychiatrist, Social Security Disability, therapist, therapy, Tourette's Syndrome, Tyler
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My 2nd Blogiversary! The Mission Continues
(I am writing this on my husbands computer because mine is temporarily out of commission. His plural/quotation key does not work, I do not have that bad of a grammar problem. Okay, on with the show!) I have to say … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd, acceptance, Anger, anxiety, Bargaining, Bipolar Disorder, Blogiversary, Christine Miserandino, Chronic Fatigue, chronic illness, Denial, Depression, Disability, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Jenni Prokopy, Lupus, Mania, NAMI, On Death and Dying, Purpose, The 5 Stages of Coping With a Chronic Illness, Was God Punishing Me, Why Me
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Mental Illness: Breaking the Stigma
Yesterday I was getting my groceries wrung up by a young man who seemed to be coughing a great deal. He was using the “vampire” method to keep me away from his cough as much as possible, but immunosuppressed me … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Break the Stigma, communication, Mental Illness, OCD, Xanax
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