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Reply: poss TRIGGER - not suicidal, just saying thank you...

Hugs Melly, Losing your eyesight is horrible. So sorry this is happening to you. I have been praying for...

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Reply: Trying To Find A Simple Photo

LMAO OMG, Melly your cracking me up. re- all that bouncing on all that meat. LOL bbbuuuaawwwwaaaaa. Nope, the...

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Reply: Liars never prosper

Im so glad that you found your perfect pet. Its so hard to find the right one to fit into our house hold....

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5 Replies | Reply | Watch This Discussion Report This | Share this:Liars never prosper Im so glad that you found your perfect pet. Its so hard to find the right one to fit into our house hold....

Reply: Mercy is still alive and kicking - Part two

Hi Jessica, Yes. I would like to meet you. It may be awhile because my weekends are going to be busy...

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Mercy is still alive and kicking - Part one

Hello friends, I have received emails from two misfits here (you know who you are) and you have no idea how...

Posted by mercygive

Hello friends,
I have received emails from two misfits here (you know who you are) and you have no idea how good it was to hear from my friends. I will poke my head in to say hello while I still feel good. It took me a while to remember my password. I miss you all very much. I would like to offer support here, but my mind is lagging and it's easy for me to drop my thoughts in mid-sentence with the exception of today. I sneak a peek here sometimes and I am so sorry that some of you are going through very difficult times. But you know, I also see how everyone continues to be supportive of each other and it reminds me of how you have always been open and friendly to me. I remember that some of you are interested readers. I will warn you this post is long-winded, but I haven't posted for several months and you have asked how I have been doing and what I have been up to.

My eyes are glassed over as usual and I look tire and old. During the last several months, I have been depressed on and off with hypomania that doesn't last long. I have managed the normal periods for up to two months. I got very angry and irritable and at one point became severely depressed. It didn't last long but it felt like an eternity. I have pinpointed most of my triggers and I am trying to hone my skills to handle the triggers when they insist on coming.

Last month, I became depressed again while taking Topomax to lose weight; depression is a side effect. At the lowest dosage, this drug robbed me of my self-awareness, my handwriting and the ability to think and talk without slurring my words. I continued to take it because I had to give the medication a chance to work and I wanted to lose weight so badly. However, before I could lose any weight, I had to get off of it because it gave me numbing head rushes and nausea, and it caused me to have headaches. I would have passed out on the floor one day had I not found a chair. This drug also caused me problems at work. My boss and I are now trying to correct the fall-out from all my mistakes. I found company checks misplaced underneath the trays in my office drawers, in my large tote bag and in my car's glove compartment. All of the misplaced checks were, eventually, found and mailed. I almost forgot to pay a client's mortgage. I was able to hide some things.

Two weeks ago, someone I have worked with for 10 years, whom I have always thought of as a good friend, came out of nowhere and asked me if I was taking Depakote. I barely answered a slurred "no" and then I asked him if he was taking Depakote and he answered "God no!" which told me that someone guessed that I have bipolar disorder and I must be taking a mood stabilizer that, apparently, makes all of us act loopy. I have never told anyone at work that I have bipolar disorder, but his response suggested that if he had a mental illness he would hide it if he could. I should have told him it wasn't any of his business and I should have answered "God no!" I wasn't able to think quickly. Good thing is other associates are very nice to me and giving me friendly and caring smiles that I am not used to and I hesitate to return their smiles. I am still determined not to tell anyone.
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Reply: How Far Can You Go With A Photo

I missed that post. But then again, I haven't been able to see very much. But I agree,...the possibilities!!!...

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Reply: Just needing to dump some things....

Thanks Jess..... UPDATE: Last Thurs I had to really fight. The referral for the neuro opt hadn't been done...

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Thanks Jess.....

UPDATE: Last Thurs I had to really fight. The referral for the neuro opt hadn't been done because the original opt says all I need is glasses. That's not what it says on his own report. Armed up to see Lighthouse for the Blind thinking they may know some advocacy programs to help me fight through the insurance. Get there, lady gets background info from me. I give her the notes from the opt. She looks at me and says I qualify for everything because I am "legally blind." (Just to be clear because I've since looked it up, legally blind means your vision is 2/200. Mine is 1/400 in the right eye.) She sends me up the street to the State Agency for Blind Services because they pay for the programs otherwise I have to cough up at least $400. I fill out the applications, the woman reviews it, takes it to the back, and returns. I am NOT eligible because I am not blind in both eyes....or so the report says. Then it was off to the ins co and just so happens their corporate office is here in Tampa. The concierge rep gets the exact same runaround I've been getting three times. Finally he asks for a supv who tells him to call the opt and tell them that if they don't complete the referral, they will, and they will remove capitalization. He calls opt again. No help. End up faxing over notes to ins co from dr's. Next morning the opt calls with the referral.

The spinal tap sucked. No migraine. But tons of bad residual pain. They hit several nerves impacting my legs, hips and lower back. Haven't been able to rest it because ds1 was here the weekend.

In the meantime, ds1 has decided he wants to remain living with his dad because he's gotten an office in his art honor society. Mind you, unless he completes online classes this summer, he isn't going to advance to his jr yr and he is not going to be eligible for his NAHS due to his GPA. So I slapped on the "everything is just fine" mask all weekend.

The fact is: I cannot handle anymore. I'm crying over every little thing - even dripping oil on the stove while transferring food from the pan to the plate. It's that bad. I'm trying to hang in there until the 28th, 29th and 30th. pc dr on the 28th. No big deal. Neuro opt on the 29th where I know he'll do another eye exam and my left eye is going to be really bad in comparison to the last exam at the beg. of apr. And the 30th I see the infectious disease dr for follow up to the spinal tap.View Thread

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Reply: Movie Watch "42"

Silly Goat, your never insensitive. I may not be able to go to the movies right now, but perhaps in the future...

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Reply: Fiber makes me sad

eat the ranch and still get your fiber. he he he

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Reply: Confessions Of A Bipolar/ All Confessions Welcomed

Hi my name is Melly and I am a space cadet. I fart and hock luggies like a man. I never have an empty...

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Reply: Okay, so what's some of the strangest/ most loving...

Cookie you're nuts!!! I love those!!!! So glad I started this.

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Reply: You Did WHAT?

ROFLMAO....At least I've influenced someone! Dorkism. A new euphenism, kind of like Bush-isms. Or maybe I...

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Reply: Scary decisions

It has been rough and it always seems like more comes as I get rid of it. I'm tired. But somehow I am hanging...

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It has been rough and it always seems like more comes as I get rid of it. I'm tired. But somehow I am hanging in there. I honestly don't know how. Maybe because I am this close to getting the kids back. Or maybe it's because hubs is going through such a really bad time. I honestly don't know, especially with my own health issues.

I've had 2 pdocs rule out conversion disorder. An opthalmologist tell me that there is nothing wrong with the eyes or the muscles. But they aren't moving properly. As in they're going in different directions or slower or something. He said that it is definately neuro. The brain and the nerves that control the eye movement aren't working properly. So he fell very short of but definately implied a TIA. And every day my vision deteriorates in the one eye that is somewhat ok. If I'm tired, everything is blurry. My normal eye glasses make it worse, and he said the prescription is totally wrong but he wants me to be seen by a neuro before he prescribes anything or sends me to an optometrist.

I'm looking for that job, but anything call center related or directly phone related scares the living poo right out of me. I'd like to do something with people, but I'm afraid I'll have one of those "moments" at the tiniest stress. Especially on whatever else I have going on.

Hubs is resting and will start his rehab program on the 26th. I'm trying to hold on until that is begun so I am less worried about a relapse. He's serious this time for a change. He's still having a few issues. Saw our grandbaby for the first time in MONTHS yesterday and it was the first time I'd seen him that happy in a long time.

As for me, I see the neuro on the 14th and it's only going to mean one test after another. I already know what they're going to say - TIA. But the damage is done. With everything going on, I could be going blind. My other senses are already compensating for the loss of the right eye and the deterioration of the other. The headaches are horrible. If I don't have a full night of rest, like last night with Junior, the eye strain is unbelievable. I have a patch that I don't normally wear outside of the house, but it was so bad this morning, I wore it to OT. I keep telling hubs whose stress is my loss of eyesight that people live blind all the time. I will adjust. He will adjust. And Lighthouse for the Blind will be an asset in getting me through it IF it comes to that. But who the heck knows?View Thread

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Yes, they do charge too much. Thank goodness we don't pay for the extra channels such as Show Time and HBO. We...

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Reply: Email Spam

Now I am getting this other Spam in my email Black People Dating So I need to find a black Jewish Christian...

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Reply: Looking Back Again (Maybe Triggers)

Hey Dibbits, so good to see ya.

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Reply: What are you listening to?

This is such a fun song. Walking The Dog/Fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCisO0YCjaI

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Reply: Venting & Stuff (*could have triggers, not sure*)

Like I said before, you are the one having to raise the kids. They are his kids too. So, tell him that the...

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8 Replies | Reply | Watch This Discussion Report This | Share this:Venting & Stuff (*could have triggers, not sure*) Like I said before, you are the one having to raise the kids. They are his kids too. So, tell him that the...

Reply: NFL Football? poss. trigger

LMAO the way you put it makes it even funnier.

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Reply: All I Want For Christmas Is........could be trigge...

J hun, that pic is so darn cute

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Reply: Happy End Of the World!!!

a post end of the world party! yay!

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Poor poor Cookie.It's worse when your significant other is the one who calls the cops and accuses you of being...

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Hi Mommaange. I don't know if you'll see this post, as the last reply was 7 months ago, but I hope you and...

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Reply: Naughty Words

Cookie, don't know if you'll see this or not, but you are one bad a** girl!! That's one of the reasons why...

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Snowy's Back

OMG, Snowy's back. *Cookie runs around the board cleaning up the place, dusting, sweeping, throwing the dirty...

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Reply: Had a cognitive test today. It S ucked

Hi Debbie I hope you see this. Regarding cognitive tests, did you do any audio or visual testing? I ask...

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Thanks Goat! I don't usually mess with meds...it scares me. I will take tylenol only usually...and only when...

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Reply: Whacky Street Signs

Hee hee Cookie. Especially the one from Ponderosa Vet Hospital.

There are times you don't mean to say what you mean to say you mean.

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Reply: Hi!

aaaawwww they could be b/f and g/f. How cute huh

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Reply: Ok all you grumpies

You're my fave, Cooks, Too cold in Illinois, will be heading for my sister, Ninnygoat's for Thanksgiving Feast (...

There are times you don't mean to say what you mean to say you mean.

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