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I think you may have just put a piece of a large puzzle in place for me. Yes, we do have one, but I didn't know that's what it was until I just did some research on Ability One and discovered that the confusing information I had about one of the local hospitals was actually N.M.'s 3rd District...

Thank you. I did not know until yesterday that gabapentin could stabilize moods. I was happy that it seemed to be helping my anxiety but I've been taking it for pain, myself. Incidentally, with absolutely no awareness of the situation, I started taking gabapentin just as I reached Lithium...

I was in supported employment in my early 20s at 2 jobs that were designed as supported employment positions. ISP, however, is designed to put people into competitive employment with supports. Since I have an education, now, this seems like the better outcome. Unfortunately, many of the obvious...

I've been up, down, down, down, and all around for several days. I'm not sleeping well, can't concentrate, can't think, am massively irritable and paranoid, then hyperactive, and keep flying into fits of hysterical crying, etc. There is a medication issue and I have a psych appointment next...

My week and day have been stupid, so I am just going to be content to say that I did my basic hip exercises -- nothing fancy, nothing for the abs or shoulders -- just the basics. It WAS better than nothing even if I do feel like a newb.

I am curious if anyone here has received ISP supported employment services and if so, were they helpful? Also, if so, would you mind sharing a bit about the experience?

Overwhelmed. (I had a moment in Santa Fe today where a car accident surrounded by about 2 dozen emergency vehicles and stopping at a gas station overwhelmed my senses to the point that I nearly threw up. It was hours ago and I am still queasy. There's just too much input for the old system...

Sorry, sorry... I hadn't considered that there might be others who had insight into this. I am actually much more prone to depression than mania, though I do have both. My mania is typically not scary, anymore, whereas my depression is. Thank you for your response. I take gabapentin and it...

I am curious what people with bipolar or schizoaffective have taken for mood stabilization that has worked. Lithium worked well for me but it also caused me some thyroid issues. I may end up back on it, regardless, because it did work so well, but I've never been on any other medication that was...

Knowing that it has been better than this and knowing what route I took to get to that place.

Thank you. I do, too. I often wish weed did work for me, but like a lot of things, it makes me hallucinate. As for maniac routines -- whatever works. You are up and doing stuff. That is great! 👍

It is scary and unfair. That is no lie. Settling looks different from different sides of the fence, though. I found that "normal" guys made me sick -- I couldn't understand the ego issues, pissing contests, or why they were so hung up on superficial crap. I didn't get married until I was 35 in...

Thanks @Friday. I always assume you mean well even when I do have brief moments of thinking you are picking on me. 😂 Plus, I always appreciate your willingness and ability to analyze things and report on your well-considered findings. I did talk to my mom more and I don't think she agreed with...

I hope I can get it together.

I feel I have no direction and no clarity. Every damned time I make a plan new information surfaces and I am back at the beginning. I need a job. I need someone to tell me where to direct my energy before I explode myself with it.

I am sorry that you do but thank you. 😺

Here's some more from me because this subject causes me a great deal of personal sadness and I hope that something I have observed, studied, or been through can be of some use to someone. It may not be helpful at all as I understand that you are mourning your face, still. I am putting this out...

Thank you. That does help. I just don't get it. I am so powerless, right now. And I wish I'd been given the opportunity to make my own decisions based on what my gut knew was going on instead of being lied to. I even stood there after seeing that he'd had his neck cut into and said that I knew...

I found out a couple of days ago that my stepfather just had one kidney, his prostate, and his entire bladder removed due to cancer. He has been sick for over two years, even before we left their area, but he did not want me to know and only gave my mother permission to tell me during our last...

I honestly don't know much about the VA, but it seems like there must be VA jobs that are not in hospitals. I think that this line of thinking could really be helpful for you.

I can certainly understand why you would rather not be isolated. This was my story as a kid -- I had the elderly and disabled children and that was it. By the time I found that "normal" people were willing to be near me, I found that I didn't much like them because my situation had involved so...

My last job was an eCommerce auction lister position for Goodwill which required little in the way of human interaction but allowed for some as I had about 100 coworkers. I really liked it. These days I have some physical limitations that get in the way of the following but I also worked as a...

I am so sorry this happened to you. It's shit. Your therapist is also a sinner and bad things will happen to him and he may repent, but bad things will still happen. There is nothing biblical about that statement and it's terrible, too. I have NEVER had a therapist say something like that to me...

Thank you @Survivor3 and @Rani G2!!! 🥳 I really appreciate the encouragement. I feel that my entire existence has been a push for me to get comfortable with people looking at me. That battle is not over, but I can't win that battle if I am not even trying and I was not for a long, long time...

Tomorrow, I have an online orientation for a volunteer position where I will be teaching digital literacy to refugees. I have already completed all of this organization's other requirements including an earlier online orientation. Yesterday, I rearranged my resume and applied to 3 online...