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20 June 2008
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Posted by Stuart
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This is a story which I intend to unfold through a series of blog entries. It’s personal but I hope that it is also relevant to others with a psychiatric record that are either motivated to socially contribute through work or are forced to do so by impending welfare to work legislation.
I was registered with a GP and I stupidly gave them my new address. I had a letter from them a few days ago informing me that I was no longer in their catchment area and that I had to register somewhere else.
This would be fine, except that CPNs are assigned according to what surgery the patient is registered with.
19 June 2008
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Posted by Satnin
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Stephen Fry 'coming out' as a manic depressive in 2006 has made it more in-vogue to be Bipolar - and certainly it has made me more comfortable about admitting my 'secret' to close friends.
28 May 2008
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Posted by Ebony
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Delusions are funny things, they can last for years even when you are on anti-psychotics they continue. I had a religious delusion for about ten years.
15 May 2008
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Posted by Ebony
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My schizophrenia started in '91 at the age of 26, I had 3 kids under 6 ,the eldest was autistic ,the next was in bandages with severe eczema and the baby had asthma.
People with mental illness have an undeserved reputation for violence. When someone with mental illness commits an act of violence, the screeching condemnation of the media and public alike is never far behind.
01 May 2008
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Posted by Satnin
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The two worst manias I experienced, the first when I was eighteen, the second when I was twenty-two, each time cost me the job I had at the time. The first job, I didn’t particularly mind losing. The second, I still regret and miss nearly five years on.
21 April 2008
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Posted by Satnin
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I can’t pinpoint a precise moment when it started. From being about twelve years old, I remember feeling different, but not in any kind of describable way.
14 April 2008
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Posted by Hayley
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I was diagnosed with Bipolar Type II disorder in early 2007 but the journey to this diagnosis has been long and I hope to share with you not only my experiences that I have had with depression and weird moods and the difficulties which my family have faced, and are still facing, but also the value of the input from people who have literally helped me to turn my life around. I have found that a ‘comfortable’ life can be achieved and that the key is the old adage ‘take one day at a time’!
14 February 2008
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Posted by Dorothy
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Once we realised the nature of John’s illness – which was some time before he was actually diagnosed - a big issue for me was finding information about genetics.
