Weird Symptoms (Diabetes?!!Any ideas?)/Week 44
Week 44 weigh in and strange symptoms. Could I have diabetes? Let me know if u have an ideas? Recorded on September 23, 2011 using a Flip Video camcorder.
How does someone apply for disability pay and medical care from the government?
I'm wondering how you go about getting disability pay and free medical care from the government like for regular people with diagnosed mental disorders who are basically unable to perform duties and keep a job and for veterans of wars? I've read that's it's a complicated process with lots of forms and you have to send back yet another different set of forms to appeal your rejection, which is all but granted the first time you apply. Anyone have experience with this?
How long after applying for disability do you start getting paid?
I am 31 years old and can no longer work due to disability. I applied for SSD this morning and was wondering how long does it usually take to be approved, and how long will it be after approval before I begin receiving payment?
Should I continue taking Provera? Should I take Accutane?
So, heres the deal. I have many symptoms, and no answers. I dont believe the doctors. I know something is wrong with me. I feel like I should be on that Mystery Diagnosis Show!!
Ill try not to get to the basic outline of my problem. Ill start by saying that I am 27 years old NOW, so you can get an idea of when everything happened:
Ive had cyctic acne since I started my period at age 14. At age 15 my mother put me on Accutane and I was acne free for a year or so.
I was a 'horrible' child. Always depressed, suicidal, lots of mental health issues. Very cyclical problems.. meaning I was great and then horrible and then back to great again.
I was diagnosed a million different things throughout the years and choose to believe none of them, but for the sake of this post I shall tell you anyway. Ive been told I am Bipolar, Borderline Personality, Have PTSD, Chronic Depression etc...
I could go on about the mental health issues all day, but the thing is I dont think they are important, because I know I have an underlying problem. These issues are just a SYMPTOM of something else. Now, no doctor will take me seriously because I am "seriously mentally ill', of course.
So I live on disability.... WAITING FOR AN ANSWER!
About 5 years ago I realized my Moods and mental problems completely coincided with hormonal symptoms. Ive gone years now without periods, or just spotting, maybe one period a year... But I do get cramps and bloating and this is when I have the mental health issues. Every time Ive acctually had a real period, Ive ended up in the mental hospital for a suicide attempt ( No the physical pain in not that bad, its just that my depression is so severe during that time).
So, about 6 months ago, after overdosing and ending up in a hospital I was fed up (On my period again, only this time my period lasted 3 weeks.) I refused to enter the psych hospital, as I knew that when my period was over, Id be perfectly fine again... I had no 'issues' with life.
I ended up going to an endocrinologist because my period would not stop. He put me on 10mg of provera (medroxyprogesterone) the fist 10 days of every month. He decided that I had Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome. (ONE MORE DIAGNOSIS THAT IS INCORRECT!!) I have some of the symptoms of this syndrome, but mainly, I am NOT overweight, in fact I am underweight and my hormone and blood testing all came back Perfect. (Maybe I need to get it done more than once??) I feel the doctor came to this conclusion as a last resort. It was an easy diagnosis.
So Today I still have horrible cystic acne and the first 10 days of the month I take provera which makes my period start somewhere around the 15th every month. So Basically I feel awful from the 1st to the 23rd of every single month.
What is the point of having my period every month if I am not feeling any better?? None of my symptoms have improved? I dont care about my period, I care about my mood and my ability to hold a job.
So here I am on my last day of provera this month telling myself Im never taking this shit again. But then what?? Im just back to being 'crazy" sporatically, rather than crazy at a specific time every month... Which is worse?
Secondly.. I am fed up with the acne and have tried EVERYTHING. Accutane is the only thing that has ever worked. I dont even wear makeup.... So should I try to get back on it? I know you cant be on it if you have mental problems, but I dont particularly care.... I feel like shit no matter what, why not feel shitty with a clear face?? Also, you have to be on birth control for accutane, I know the drill.... I also know I cant have babies, as Im not on birth control and have quite the sex life. I believe birth control will just mess with my hormones even more. Ive been on it in the past....
So heres the questions:
Should I stop the Provera?
Do you have any idea what hormonal problem I may have?? Or know what has been going on with me all my life??
Also, what do you think about Accutane? And if I do it, should I take the birth control or just vow to be abstinent?
PLEASE HELP! Serious answers only!
My neighbours handicapped daughter <she's 34> has damaged my garden. What to do? ?
My garden has been damaged i think by accident with her wheelchair. She drove her electric chair through some new grass and shrubs but broke the shrubs in half. Her wheelchair got stuck and her twin sister helped her out but also damaged some plants. She is also handicapped. I complained about it to their carer but she said nothing can be done cos they are retarded. Is this correct or should I ask them to fix it or i'll take further action. The plants are expensive. The handicapped daughter uses a computer to communicate like an electronic voice. So difficult to undertand her.
Her care worker told me that there is important news about the twin sisters. Apparently they caused so much damage in their previous property the social team had to move them out of the house. She said that the previous occupier of my property actually had to report them before too. Apparently their parents are slightly handicapped too so can't control their twin daughters... Even though the daughters are in their 30's. She said if i make a complaint about the twin handicapped daughters and the social team incarcerates them that i'll be to blame for their parents loosing their daughters and also the disability money. What should I do?
How much money can you have in your savings account if you are on Medicaid?
I hope someone can help me with this. My friend lives in Orange Co California, she has been on disability for years but is now going on Medicaid and will be in a Long Term Nursing Home for the rest of her life. She just moved out of her HUD apartment and they will finish up all her paperwork soon to get her care paid for through medicaid. She has 50.00 in her checking account, that is all she owns, no other assets. Once she is on Medicaid she will get .00 a month for personal expenses. Will they take all of the money from her checking account or is she allowed to have up to a certain amount in there. She does still owe some outstanding debts, one friend loaned her the co-pay she needed for an electric wheelchair, and another friend paid for a cleaning service and moving service to close down her HUD apartment and she would like to repay her as well. Thanks for your help.
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Disabled teen needs relationship advice! Help?!?
Hi, I am a 15 year old girl with spinal muscular atrophy type 2. (a form of muscular dystrophy) i use an electric wheelchair and i'm dependent on aides for support.
k, now for the story. I REALLY have this super crush on this guy at my school (he's 15 too). We're totally friends, i go to all his shows, and we talk online ALOT. i've even told him i like him. Also, whenever I see him he smiles and waves. how can i tell if he likes me back? do you think he does, even with my disability? what should i do? should i ask him out? should i wait for him to ask me out? how would i go on a date if i need an attendent? what if i scare him away? ARGH!
How do you tell someone to leave?
I work at a cafe in a busy city, the cafe is very small about 6 feet wide but it is about 25ft long. There is a small seating area and when 5 people are in there it looks like its packed in there.
So we have made a friend who is in a electric wheelchair, he comes in almost everyday and talks for a few hours. Since the place is so small he takes up a lot of room and he has to talk to everyone. It gets aggravating. Although this man is very nice he cant stay in our cafe for long periods of time anymore. How do you tell someone that they have to leave or cant stay in here everyday for long periods of time without sounding mean?
These are very good answers, thank you.
But, this situation also makes me feel bad because he has also caused some damage to the front of our front counter (which I am not charging him for) because his wheelchair scrapes.
Although he does purchase food, it is still very difficult to say to someone weather the person has a disability or not; even though the relationship is not very close. It’s just tough because he can be very interruptive and make things awkward for other customers. You can just feel it, you know?
Also, I am only a worker, who should be the one to tell him? Can someone give me an example of what I should say exactly?
what disease does this kid have?
there's this guy in my school and he's in 12th grade like me. He has a disability though. He's very very small; about the size of a 3 or 4 year old. He appears to have no muscle tissue at all because his arms and legs are extremely skinny and look like it's only skin covering bone. He is bound to his electric wheelchair the whole time and his head and body always seem to sag to the side. He's not mentally challenged, however, since he can carry perfectly normal conversations. The only reason I don't feel bad about asking this is because he's kind of an asshole to me and everyone else in school. He flicked off our principal two years ago, is always running people over with his wheelchair (like me, today) and insults people at the drop of a hat. What kind of disease does he have?
How's your social life as a quadplegic? What are some of the challenges you face logistically in having one?
Again PWD's ONLY and lots of answers please. Mine is about a two...I don't drive. I have a heavy duty electric wheelchair because I can't operate a manual one with one hand. Manual wheelchairs are easy to manipulate and store in the backs of cars, but as I said manual wheelchairs aren't a solution as I only have use of one hand. Question(s) would you allow one of your non-disabled friends to push you if it meant you could have a more open social life at the expense of your independence? I want to hear your opinions. Also, do the manufacturers of electric wheelchairs take into account that the kids (and adults) who have serious congential (or acquired) physical disabilities (quadraplegia and the like) desire to have active social lives in the least restrictive way possible with their "normal" (TAB) friends? My answer is a big fat f***ing No! as it stands I'd conjecture every transit system only goes as far it "home" city or county. How are your dealings with transit systems (if you
crap it put it in "business and finance" is their a Person's with Disabilities category or not?
use the transit system? What are some of the best cities/airlines/disabled travel airlines to use?
I think Chicago would be pretty accessible? What about other cities? I need some literature and other stuff on disability and travel and disabilities and the accessibility of different places? Online papers or books doesn't matters keep in mind I can't buy online because I don't have a credit/debit card and my parents are afraid of security risks...whatever I just need information on social/living options for people with disabilities. Thanks.