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My mentally ill life: August 2012
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Monday, August 13, 2012. DD has continued to struggle with her behaviors at the group home she is in. We did have to have a special meeting as she has been bullying the other residents, and when confronted with this, she became very angry, ran out of the house, and tried to jump into a moving car in the street :-(. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe in a reader. What's on my mind? Follow me on Twitter.
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My mentally ill life: Social Security Disability Update
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Saturday, October 26, 2013. Social Security Disability Update. Because at a group home you can't leave the clients unattended, not for any reason). And every time I showed up for work, I felt more strongly that it was time. So I put in my 2 weeks notice, this will be my last weekend of working 2 jobs. I'm really excited about having 2 days off every week! Wow what a relief, financially! November 23, 2013 at 10:57 AM.
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My mentally ill life: Important Mental Health Series on USA Today
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Thursday, June 26, 2014. Important Mental Health Series on USA Today. This series is as comprehensive a series as I've seen on mainstream media. It focuses on stigma and how the "system" has failed the mentally ill and how it continues to fail them. Of course it's more general than a lot of folks would like, but it's a good place to start learning, for sure.here's the link:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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My mentally ill life: May 2014
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Saturday, May 10, 2014. My Mom passed away. Well, I guess you all knew it would happen, and what an update, huh? I still have some thank you notes that I need to write, to the nursing home, to the hospice, and to a couple of caregivers at the nursing home who really provided care far beyond what was expected. I learned so much through this journey, and I am sure it will continue to be a learning process. When your ...
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My mentally ill life: June 2014
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Thursday, June 26, 2014. Important Mental Health Series on USA Today. This series is as comprehensive a series as I've seen on mainstream media. It focuses on stigma and how the "system" has failed the mentally ill and how it continues to fail them. Of course it's more general than a lot of folks would like, but it's a good place to start learning, for sure.here's the link:. Saturday, June 7, 2014. Our thrift store...
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My mentally ill life: July 2012
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Saturday, July 14, 2012. Status Quo for the most part. DH continues to function much better since a) I took over the setting up and ordering of his meds and b) since he stopped working. I have struggled lately with trying to come up with something new to write about- there doesn't seem to be much new in my life! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe in a reader. What's on my mind? Follow me on Twitter. Diary of an ...
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My mentally ill life: April 2012
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Saturday, April 21, 2012. I was getting ready to head to work when my brother called me, to relay the information that my Aunt Judy, who was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. Regardless, things do not look good. My uncle is thinking that if she does not regain any of her abilities, she may have to be moved to a nursing home or a hospice house. And his heart is breaking. And, since this aunt and uncle are probably...Anyho...
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My mentally ill life: May 2012
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Thursday, May 24, 2012. Phone call re: DD. This is the group home. I'm calling about DD. No, she's ok, there are just a few things I need to talk to you about. Um, I'm not sure really how to bring this up but. she has been bullying other clients. We were wondering how you felt about us moving her to a different house? Yes, we can set up a meeting- next week, maybe? I'm not a doctor, I'm just the mom.". Frankly, DD ...
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My mentally ill life: 5 things I learned from my bipolar (II) spouse
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My mentally ill life. A blog about a family coming to terms with mental illness (bipolar). Wednesday, November 6, 2013. 5 things I learned from my bipolar (II) spouse. 1) Good things aren't always "good" (and bad things aren't necessarily "bad", either) for the bipolar person. And all I wanted to do was pay bills so that maybe we could have some of those things someday. And the other way.when DH got his DWI, I expected a lot of remorse and some "Well, I'll never do that again! I think about telling peopl...