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"You don't look disabled to me!"
I get that a lot when I try to explain my disability.
What are you suppose to look like?
I thought many might enjoy this article.
This little spark plug has a lot of spunk and "gets in your face" attitude.
But I don't like to get real confrontational like that because being argumentive is a real turn off for many people and you lose your message. Who wants to listen to a raving fanatic?
http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-october-2004/ill-believe-it-when-i-see-it-people-with-non-apparent-disabilities-living-in-between-the-able-disabled-divide
I just want understanding and educate people around me. Humor is the best avenue to convey your message. People would understand when their computer doesn't work and call the those computer geeks to fix it. The computer geek is satisfied s/he has helped someone and the consumer is satisfied that they can get back to surfing on the net.
Sometimes our computers just need maintance when it misfires....
Our brain is one big computer don't you think?
I think we should rename bipolar as neurotransmitter disorder.
The "normals" would understand that concept because everyone has some electronic device.
Bipolars just have a faulty mother board or something like that.
What are you suppose to look like?
I thought many might enjoy this article.
This little spark plug has a lot of spunk and "gets in your face" attitude.
But I don't like to get real confrontational like that because being argumentive is a real turn off for many people and you lose your message. Who wants to listen to a raving fanatic?
http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-october-2004/ill-believe-it-when-i-see-it-people-with-non-apparent-disabilities-living-in-between-the-able-disabled-divide
I just want understanding and educate people around me. Humor is the best avenue to convey your message. People would understand when their computer doesn't work and call the those computer geeks to fix it. The computer geek is satisfied s/he has helped someone and the consumer is satisfied that they can get back to surfing on the net.
Sometimes our computers just need maintance when it misfires....
Our brain is one big computer don't you think?
I think we should rename bipolar as neurotransmitter disorder.
The "normals" would understand that concept because everyone has some electronic device.
Bipolars just have a faulty mother board or something like that.
"...your pretty lucky that you have the right to try as many as you like to see if help in any way, very different case here sooo stick with it =)"
Your not allowed to try different med's for bipolar? I must of went through six types of med's until I got something that didn't doped me up and made me into a zombie.
I went through Navy healthcare and I guess that's a good microcasium of nationalized healthcare. I really hated it. They treat you like a number and couldn't attract good quality doctors. The mentality of "one size fits all" treatment was pretty disgusting and we were basically underserved....especially in the mental health department.
It was a nightmare for me. I never was diagnosed for bp but I was told that I had a rotten childhood and my parents were abusive. My folks are eccentric but never abusive. I think I had a happy childhood but it was caught short with my father being terminally ill with lung diease. I guess the Navy called that abuse.
It was completely nuts. It was like Catch 22. I was still having problems and I decided to get out of the Navy. I'm glad I did back in '86. After I got out I had to go through three years of therapy for PTSD!
From good observation by my therapist I was directed to a good doctor to treat my BP!
And this illness is so easily treated!
If that's socialized healthcare I got from the Navy....I don't want that for my country!
It sounds too scary to have the government having that much control.... It would be like that movie Logan's Run.
Don't want it!
I cherish my freedoms to let some government wanker telling me what to do.
It's in our national character.
If the American public want socialize healthcare they will have to give up suing their doctors for malpractice. Americans are sue happy. They will have a rude surprise when they can't sue their own government for medical mishaps.
Your not allowed to try different med's for bipolar? I must of went through six types of med's until I got something that didn't doped me up and made me into a zombie.
I went through Navy healthcare and I guess that's a good microcasium of nationalized healthcare. I really hated it. They treat you like a number and couldn't attract good quality doctors. The mentality of "one size fits all" treatment was pretty disgusting and we were basically underserved....especially in the mental health department.
It was a nightmare for me. I never was diagnosed for bp but I was told that I had a rotten childhood and my parents were abusive. My folks are eccentric but never abusive. I think I had a happy childhood but it was caught short with my father being terminally ill with lung diease. I guess the Navy called that abuse.
It was completely nuts. It was like Catch 22. I was still having problems and I decided to get out of the Navy. I'm glad I did back in '86. After I got out I had to go through three years of therapy for PTSD!
From good observation by my therapist I was directed to a good doctor to treat my BP!
And this illness is so easily treated!
If that's socialized healthcare I got from the Navy....I don't want that for my country!
It sounds too scary to have the government having that much control.... It would be like that movie Logan's Run.
Don't want it!
I cherish my freedoms to let some government wanker telling me what to do.
It's in our national character.
If the American public want socialize healthcare they will have to give up suing their doctors for malpractice. Americans are sue happy. They will have a rude surprise when they can't sue their own government for medical mishaps.
It being cold is an understatement lol i was lucky enough to be stuck outside on the only time anyone can ever remember it being -12 pretty bad... but winter admitidly.. out of wales england and scotland though england is probally the most 'tropic' *shudders*
Glad you have a bit of a headsup on gangs but still be careful things here are very different to america here its the 13-19yr olds that commit most of the murder..my age group wheey
Jelly babies do rock enough said ;)
Im not sure about the time changes i know the last time i went to america i just slept when it was dark, my body clock didnt have to adjust an awful lot as ive never had a sleep pattern its always been screwed up but thats just me. I did feel very energetic though but wouldnt call it 'mania' i remember the morning we touched down back in britain i had been awake for 2 days strait by the evening and wasnt tired in the slightest.. im often awake that long but im usually very very tired from it soo who knows mabye it did something to my body clock.
Stick with the meds i know some can be very unpleasant but as a american your pretty lucky that you have the right to try as many as you like to see if help in any way, very different case here sooo stick with it =)
Glad you have a bit of a headsup on gangs but still be careful things here are very different to america here its the 13-19yr olds that commit most of the murder..my age group wheey
Jelly babies do rock enough said ;)
Im not sure about the time changes i know the last time i went to america i just slept when it was dark, my body clock didnt have to adjust an awful lot as ive never had a sleep pattern its always been screwed up but thats just me. I did feel very energetic though but wouldnt call it 'mania' i remember the morning we touched down back in britain i had been awake for 2 days strait by the evening and wasnt tired in the slightest.. im often awake that long but im usually very very tired from it soo who knows mabye it did something to my body clock.
Stick with the meds i know some can be very unpleasant but as a american your pretty lucky that you have the right to try as many as you like to see if help in any way, very different case here sooo stick with it =)
I'm surprised! I thought everyone would be like the people in Mary Poppins!
All happy and giddy!
Have you seen this?
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/08/08dpoppins.phtml
We have our gangs too.
I work for a urban school district.
Very familiar with gangs.
I will promise not to wear my Mercedes Benz necklaces so I can be with the Homey's.
First stop after we leave Manchester Airport.
Fish and Chips Shop!
Then....meat filled pastries.
Then....jelly babies.
That's for Lunch!
See all the relatives and hang out the pubs. Can't stand it when they close the pubs at 9:00 PM! I can't drink but I will be the designated driver. I hope they have automatic because I got lost on the stick shift.
Then we go to Wales for three days. We plan to picnic along the way to see all historical sites and stay at B&B Inn/Pub but it will be in March.
Maybe we will see little leprechauns since it will be St Patrick's day?
I've been warned that it will rain alot in Wales. It will be cold too. We will bring our totes to keep our shoes dry and dress in layers. Been watching Bear Grylls' Man vs Wild to give me some tips on traveling on the unpaved roads.
Too bad we can only travel during the early spring but my husband is busy with his job during the other months.
I got to ask my doctor about my med's. I worry about the time change and causing a manic episode when I arrive to see my relatives. That's all my relatives need; a zany American relative unable to stop laughing. It happen once before but on a cross country trip by plane in the United States. We're in Las Vegas and I couldn't stop laughing. I don't harm anyone but I get really zany. When I'm over the top I do get that look from my husband and son....it's a look that tells me I need to see my doctor and adjust my medications.
Had similar problems traveling with your bipolar?
I just started my new medication today. Doctor put me back on the Wellbutrin and Clonzapam since my moods have stop bouncing back & forth like ping bong ball since my Vegas trip. I really don't know what triggered it off but teachers think it was the kids who drove me insane. Something they will bring up in the teacher's contract so they will get combat pay.
I think it was the intense sunlight and time change....and the kids.
Doc put me on a mood stabilzer which started to work until I had a allergic reaction to Lamotrigine....red as a lobster as they say in Maine.
Oh...darn. I'm getting off subject. Must start new thread.
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All happy and giddy!
Have you seen this?
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/08/08dpoppins.phtml
We have our gangs too.
I work for a urban school district.
Very familiar with gangs.
I will promise not to wear my Mercedes Benz necklaces so I can be with the Homey's.
First stop after we leave Manchester Airport.
Fish and Chips Shop!
Then....meat filled pastries.
Then....jelly babies.
That's for Lunch!
See all the relatives and hang out the pubs. Can't stand it when they close the pubs at 9:00 PM! I can't drink but I will be the designated driver. I hope they have automatic because I got lost on the stick shift.
Then we go to Wales for three days. We plan to picnic along the way to see all historical sites and stay at B&B Inn/Pub but it will be in March.
Maybe we will see little leprechauns since it will be St Patrick's day?
I've been warned that it will rain alot in Wales. It will be cold too. We will bring our totes to keep our shoes dry and dress in layers. Been watching Bear Grylls' Man vs Wild to give me some tips on traveling on the unpaved roads.
Too bad we can only travel during the early spring but my husband is busy with his job during the other months.
I got to ask my doctor about my med's. I worry about the time change and causing a manic episode when I arrive to see my relatives. That's all my relatives need; a zany American relative unable to stop laughing. It happen once before but on a cross country trip by plane in the United States. We're in Las Vegas and I couldn't stop laughing. I don't harm anyone but I get really zany. When I'm over the top I do get that look from my husband and son....it's a look that tells me I need to see my doctor and adjust my medications.
Had similar problems traveling with your bipolar?
I just started my new medication today. Doctor put me back on the Wellbutrin and Clonzapam since my moods have stop bouncing back & forth like ping bong ball since my Vegas trip. I really don't know what triggered it off but teachers think it was the kids who drove me insane. Something they will bring up in the teacher's contract so they will get combat pay.
I think it was the intense sunlight and time change....and the kids.
Doc put me on a mood stabilzer which started to work until I had a allergic reaction to Lamotrigine....red as a lobster as they say in Maine.
Oh...darn. I'm getting off subject. Must start new thread.
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Nike yes but erm... put it this way youll blend in with chavs which are really the wrong crowd to blend in with ;) best just to get some unbranded ones that look nice.
I guess i like the British accent to i like girls with Irish accents to ;) theyre kind of British i guess depending on which half their from.. some of us have pretty irritating accents though like the scottish spoken on some of the estates and slums is near impossible to understand when they speak fast and im a english speaker.
Another thing dont get to hung up on 'proper american english' just remember the british pronouciations are the originals so i guess therefore the 'proper' ones as you americans change all of our words. 'Tom-ate-oh' and 'Yo-gart' and the one that really makes my ears bleed 'Eye-rack' lol it winds up British people pretty majorly but they laugh it off as silly americans most of the time.
Some advice for liverpool drive everywhere, do not approach youths wearing sports gear you will be mugged and finally 999 is for our police but theyre more a novelty ive never actually seen one..
I guess i like the British accent to i like girls with Irish accents to ;) theyre kind of British i guess depending on which half their from.. some of us have pretty irritating accents though like the scottish spoken on some of the estates and slums is near impossible to understand when they speak fast and im a english speaker.
Another thing dont get to hung up on 'proper american english' just remember the british pronouciations are the originals so i guess therefore the 'proper' ones as you americans change all of our words. 'Tom-ate-oh' and 'Yo-gart' and the one that really makes my ears bleed 'Eye-rack' lol it winds up British people pretty majorly but they laugh it off as silly americans most of the time.
Some advice for liverpool drive everywhere, do not approach youths wearing sports gear you will be mugged and finally 999 is for our police but theyre more a novelty ive never actually seen one..
My husband and I are going to visit my cousins in Liverpool this year. My mum been in the US since 1950. She still has her British accent especially when she gets angry or when she wants to make a retail sale. Americans love the British accent no matter where they're from.
When I was a kid I had speech problems! I would get my words confused. For example...advertisement and laboratory. Brits say those words differently and I was sent to a speech therapists at school to speak proper American English.
My mother was very concern about her class status. At one time she made a point that she came from Birkenhead not Liverpool...until the Beatles came along then she was very proud being a Liverpoolian.
I'm looking forward renewing my relations with my relatives. All my British Aunts and Uncles are passing away....better start seeing the remaining lot before they go too. My 78 year old mum told to keep away from her little sister because she claims she is a spoil brat. Her little sister got most of the chocolate during the war years when it heavily rationed. Never forgave her for being the little darling. She was the darling for many years until her little sister was born.
By the way. My husband and I don't want to stick out like Ugly Americans...we want to really blend in the crowd. What is a popular name brand sneaker in the UK? I got problem with my knee and I have to wear high top sneakers for support. Nike popular over there?
When I was a kid I had speech problems! I would get my words confused. For example...advertisement and laboratory. Brits say those words differently and I was sent to a speech therapists at school to speak proper American English.
My mother was very concern about her class status. At one time she made a point that she came from Birkenhead not Liverpool...until the Beatles came along then she was very proud being a Liverpoolian.
I'm looking forward renewing my relations with my relatives. All my British Aunts and Uncles are passing away....better start seeing the remaining lot before they go too. My 78 year old mum told to keep away from her little sister because she claims she is a spoil brat. Her little sister got most of the chocolate during the war years when it heavily rationed. Never forgave her for being the little darling. She was the darling for many years until her little sister was born.
By the way. My husband and I don't want to stick out like Ugly Americans...we want to really blend in the crowd. What is a popular name brand sneaker in the UK? I got problem with my knee and I have to wear high top sneakers for support. Nike popular over there?
Haha lol okay first off having national healthcare isnt that great.. everything is free meaning everything is shared around meaning the care is very low and the doctors are very undertrained.. in american you must pay for it but yours is a lot better funded and your doctors a lot better qualified.
Second.. football hooliganism is a bit of a blight on our country they literal stab and shoot each other for supporting different sides... its just a bunch of lairy twats with half a brain cell between them kicking a leather ball around a field all day for 70 grand a week... bad bad..
Britain doesnt have much to be proud of personally ;)
Second.. football hooliganism is a bit of a blight on our country they literal stab and shoot each other for supporting different sides... its just a bunch of lairy twats with half a brain cell between them kicking a leather ball around a field all day for 70 grand a week... bad bad..
Britain doesnt have much to be proud of personally ;)
What!
"Yeep well Britain ***** in my opinion!"
You got to proud of your country and her great achievements!
Keeping they're composure is what Brit's do best.
Wasn't it Sir Francis Drake who played bowling on the lawn and keeping his cool while Spanish Armada sailed to England?
Wasn't it Captian Bligh who also had OCD and couldn't stop picking up flora from different parts of Pacific that his crew mutiny on him. They threw him off including his supporters into a small boat and cast adrift.
But that didn't stop Bligh and OCD. Instead obsessing over flora he became obsessed with getting back at his crew! With his great seamanship he sailed to British outpost to get another ship to get the mutineers.
And most importantly, the Liverpoolian's football fans. They help football to be accepted in the United States. Americans love to fight and have a good time. Without the beer, fist fights and rowdiness in the stands; football would be ignored by us Americans.
And you have Nationalized Healthcare! You should be so proud of that! Cueing up is a apart of your national character and.....Y'ALL are so forgiving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsM0CwqGrBs&feature=related
"Yeep well Britain ***** in my opinion!"
You got to proud of your country and her great achievements!
Keeping they're composure is what Brit's do best.
Wasn't it Sir Francis Drake who played bowling on the lawn and keeping his cool while Spanish Armada sailed to England?
Wasn't it Captian Bligh who also had OCD and couldn't stop picking up flora from different parts of Pacific that his crew mutiny on him. They threw him off including his supporters into a small boat and cast adrift.
But that didn't stop Bligh and OCD. Instead obsessing over flora he became obsessed with getting back at his crew! With his great seamanship he sailed to British outpost to get another ship to get the mutineers.
And most importantly, the Liverpoolian's football fans. They help football to be accepted in the United States. Americans love to fight and have a good time. Without the beer, fist fights and rowdiness in the stands; football would be ignored by us Americans.
And you have Nationalized Healthcare! You should be so proud of that! Cueing up is a apart of your national character and.....Y'ALL are so forgiving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsM0CwqGrBs&feature=related
Sorry about that. I forgot this site is international.
The Brit's are always ahead of the curb with mental health issues.
For example, the Brits are more upfrontl about mental health issues in the teaching profession. We Americans just brush the issue under the carpet and pretend that teachers don't have problems.
Brits were the first to deal with children bullying other children.
Brits were the first to deal with mobbing in the workplace.
Hip..hip...hooray!
The Brit's are always ahead of the curb with mental health issues.
For example, the Brits are more upfrontl about mental health issues in the teaching profession. We Americans just brush the issue under the carpet and pretend that teachers don't have problems.
Brits were the first to deal with children bullying other children.
Brits were the first to deal with mobbing in the workplace.
Hip..hip...hooray!
They have a disability rights law that is similar in Britain now. I should know what it is called but I don't but I could look up more but I would assume it offers some form of similar protections as it was modeled after the Americans with Disabilities Act.
This might be of help:
http://www.disabilityinformation.com/
This might be of help:
http://www.disabilityinformation.com/
I tried to tell this guy I work with about how I told the woman he used to be dating that I found out I had trouble working because I have a disability to make her feel like an a*s for literally crying and complaining that she was the only one getting any work done when we worked together and he didn't believe me.
ppl? I'm computer illiterate...what does that mean?
I'm from the age of the teletype and ham radio....I know...
SOL = Sh!t Out of Luck.
I'm from the age of the teletype and ham radio....I know...
SOL = Sh!t Out of Luck.
My husband has a physical disability, but he doesn't use a cane or walker or wheelchair or anything. He just cannot walk long distances because of his bad hip also because he has cancer. We get mean looks and glares when parking in handicapped spots! I know it makes my husband feel bad, it makes me feel bad too. But, he has a legitimate disability! Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there!
Take advantage of your rights as a American with Disabilities.
Use all resources that are available to you.
After all we pay our taxes and the government should do something for us....like protecting our rights.
When I was diagnosed with BP back in the early 90's I had this pdoc who was making my condition worst and I nearly dropped out of college! I just stared at the math problems and when I stopped staring the test was done. She told me my BP will only get worst if I don't treat it while I spending a fortune retaking classes. I told her to Kiss My A$$!
I stopped taking her med's and promised to restart again as soon I graduated but I went to another doctor with more experience. I did go to the students with disabilities and explained my problem. They gave me extra time on my test because my thinking was real slow. I was able to take the exam in the library study room so I wouldn't be disturbed. It was great. I'm glad I took advantage of it.
They gave me a waiver even though I stopped taking my med's.
I wish I had the same opportunity when I was going through my middle and high school years. I did very poorly in school because I was a emotional mess. I also had problems in college in my early twenties because I couldn't keep up academically. I just couldn't get my act together.
I really felt like a real loser!!!!
They didn't have real social workers at my college except college kids trying to get extra credit so I basically went under the radar screen. I noticed many colleges now have social workers on the campus. Kids need help sometimes. Maybe certain things are not in your head but rather a chemical imbalance that is easily treated.
I thought I solved my problems by joining the Navy....that's another story!
After I got out of college I did go back trying different med's. Through trail and error we found Wellbutrin and Clonzapam worked very well.
My college education has been kind of unconventional. The Navy did introduced to me to Regents College so I could complete my degee. I must of moved about eleven times while I was in the Navy or being a military spouse.
It's called Excelsior College now. They also expanded their studies.
Check them out and share with friends you know.
https://www.excelsior.edu/
Use all resources that are available to you.
After all we pay our taxes and the government should do something for us....like protecting our rights.
When I was diagnosed with BP back in the early 90's I had this pdoc who was making my condition worst and I nearly dropped out of college! I just stared at the math problems and when I stopped staring the test was done. She told me my BP will only get worst if I don't treat it while I spending a fortune retaking classes. I told her to Kiss My A$$!
I stopped taking her med's and promised to restart again as soon I graduated but I went to another doctor with more experience. I did go to the students with disabilities and explained my problem. They gave me extra time on my test because my thinking was real slow. I was able to take the exam in the library study room so I wouldn't be disturbed. It was great. I'm glad I took advantage of it.
They gave me a waiver even though I stopped taking my med's.
I wish I had the same opportunity when I was going through my middle and high school years. I did very poorly in school because I was a emotional mess. I also had problems in college in my early twenties because I couldn't keep up academically. I just couldn't get my act together.
I really felt like a real loser!!!!
They didn't have real social workers at my college except college kids trying to get extra credit so I basically went under the radar screen. I noticed many colleges now have social workers on the campus. Kids need help sometimes. Maybe certain things are not in your head but rather a chemical imbalance that is easily treated.
I thought I solved my problems by joining the Navy....that's another story!
After I got out of college I did go back trying different med's. Through trail and error we found Wellbutrin and Clonzapam worked very well.
My college education has been kind of unconventional. The Navy did introduced to me to Regents College so I could complete my degee. I must of moved about eleven times while I was in the Navy or being a military spouse.
It's called Excelsior College now. They also expanded their studies.
Check them out and share with friends you know.
https://www.excelsior.edu/
I guess it would be a faulty motherboard in general since everything communicates through it or perhaps a faulty CPU since that's the brains of the computer. Faulty RAM if you have memory problems and a faulty soundcard and/or video card if you hallucinate.
I also just got a new shirt that says " I'd tell you to go to hell but I work there and I don't want to see you everyday" Kind of says it all for me.
I just tell ppl if I have to that I have a mental problem and they are so wrapped up worrying if I am going to attack them that I am gone by the time they recover.
I know what its like explaining about the disability as well but my major problem was trying to be 'put on it' in the first place.. im not allowed to return to university unless im registered as disabled etc..
I spoke with a psychatrist or a doctor not sure which and we discussed what exactly made me eligible for being classed as someone with a disability and it was a lot of work to be honest... first they argued my general appaerance and manner was not that of a disabled person, they also discussed how it was not possible to have pulled through college and pasted all my pre degree courses with bipolar especially after having a psychotic breakdown... it was damn hard because i wanted to tell them that it just made things a lot harder but that i needed to be on disability to go back to university even if i didnt think i was disabled and not able to function the same as any other person.
I agree disability has pretty narrow connotations and most normal people do have rather narrow preassumptions of how a person should appear act or look like. God bless ignorant imbeciles huh?
I spoke with a psychatrist or a doctor not sure which and we discussed what exactly made me eligible for being classed as someone with a disability and it was a lot of work to be honest... first they argued my general appaerance and manner was not that of a disabled person, they also discussed how it was not possible to have pulled through college and pasted all my pre degree courses with bipolar especially after having a psychotic breakdown... it was damn hard because i wanted to tell them that it just made things a lot harder but that i needed to be on disability to go back to university even if i didnt think i was disabled and not able to function the same as any other person.
I agree disability has pretty narrow connotations and most normal people do have rather narrow preassumptions of how a person should appear act or look like. God bless ignorant imbeciles huh?
I just think of myself as a person with a psychiatric disability. There are some limitations as to what I can do but they do not define me as a person.
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