Hi, i'm bella celestina. Now I have a
purpose for posting today, that is or
maybe of interest to you. Read along and
if you feel like sharing, together I
believe we can make a difference. I can't
change the system by myself. I need help
your help/ and your friend's/family's help
too. I have had bi-polar disorder since I
was 13. I didn't accept it till I was 21!
So you can imagine all the ups and downs
I had during high school and most of
college. I finally "broke" (had to be
hospitalized) during my third year of
college. I have been on the road of
recovery since. I attend support groups
twice a month. I see a med nurse once a
month to check in and alter or continue
meds. I taught a course this fall called
"peer to peer" to 9 people with mental
issues. I am a member of the national
alliance for the mentally ill (nami), in
fact another nami member suggested I
"comb" the bulletin boards.
My main concern about wanting to post is I
want to know how my "peers" are doing in
the mental health system since budgets
have been cut so drastically. I know two
people who have been discharged from the
community health center under the pretence
that they were "better." does one ever get
better from a mental illness? I plan to
send our nameless "experiences" to
legislatures across the country in hopes
they can see the positive and negative
sides of services provided. My hope is to
let them know mental health needs funding,
or else!
Just to let you know I have gotten over
10 replies via my "hotmail" account. This
free web account does not sell addresses.
Please note: I am not taking a survey,
hopefully I will be in dialogue with you.
Each person that has already written to me
I have responded to with a genuine thank
you, and a few of us have gotten into deep
discussions. Remember I will listen to
your stories about treatment and how even
during the worst of times, they may now
make a difference for the better. Hope to
see your post soon. Request my e-mail if
you wish to talk alone.
Bella
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The_MrS.
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 16 Location: New Mexico
You Really Awnt to Know Huh,..... Posted: 01-18-05 06:18am
Lets see here. When I was 13-14 I was
having issues in school. My mom took me
to go see a counsler who sent me to a
phsyc. This phsyc saw me once named me
bi-polar then recended that and called it
manic depressive (this was before it was
the same disorder). All she prescribed
was zoloft..Which I tried to od on so I
was taken off meds altoghether. Mom and
dad had me in and out of counsling
throughout my teens. I started using pot
at 15, acid at 17, meth at 18. Shrooms at
20, and in between this time I had another
suicide attempt. Going back to when I
was 18 I made an impulsive decision to
drive out to co from oh to meet my now
husband..I told no one I just went.
Anyways we moved to new mexico 2 years
ago because my hubby is in the military.
The docs here insisted I was just
depressed and homesick. The prescribed
some celexa and sent me on my way. It
wasn't until just recently that it just
started getting really really bad. I
started having thoughts that my hubby was
cheating on me with my girlfriend. It
got to the point that I was carring
arouind a blade because I wanted to hurt
her. I started to cut myself again. My
husband had enough and we realized that
the doctors out here were not listening.
I went home for a few months and was in
intensive outpatient therepy. The doctor
I had out there put me on symbyax but the
zyprexa made me eat like a cow so I was
then put on depakote, celexa and
wellbutrin. Unfortunately the wellbutrin
caused a rash..That I still can't get rid
of so we had to ditch that med. The
celexa did nothing so he switched me up to
prozac. So now I am on depakote and
prozac and am still having to take
prescribed benadryll, aciphex, and
compazine to counteract the side effects
from the mental drugs. I have been told
that there are other meds that I could
take but most of the bi-polar meds make
you gain weight or have a skin rash side
effect that I seem to be prone to. I
donate funds to the bi-polar foundation in
hopes that one day I can be healthy again.
I will gladly share my story to you to
help gain funds for mental health
research. I remeber one thing my oh doc
said was that mental health only gets 1
percent of medical funds to me that is 49
percent too little. Right now I am
pretty much on bed rest, I can not stand
for more than an hour a day because the
rashing comes back when I put physical
strain on my legs and the docs are farely
certain it is due to my meds because my
bloodwork is coming up clean. I have
gained 30 pounds since nov. 2004, I can
not work, I can not walk my kid to
school.....All because I am bi-polar and
no one can get me something to work with
my body. You send this to legislature
girl adn make them listen! I am standing
behind you 100%
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