Information and opinions on Bipolar from Ex Fato Fides at BipolarConnect.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337/58807/impossibility Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:21:52 -0500 Ex Fato Fides I am tonight writing a post as my mother scrambles to assist me for what she hopes to be the last time in a long time. I had a falling out with a friend who had lent her couch to me while I tried yet again to put it all together. I am writing about what hurts me most about my life. That is plainly how I let people down. Or that I hurt them, dismay them, even sometimes take advantage of them. How I do not stand on my own. How I cannot seem to... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337/58807/impossibility http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337/57653/sleep-substances Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:41:16 -0500 Ex Fato Fides I have been unemployed partly due to just how I handle work, the economy, and the pesky way companies pay nothing and give you no healthcare. However I have been learning, I came onto this site and maybe for the first time I am understanding how amazingly challenging a bipolar diagnosis can be.   Right now I am working on getting back on meds without a job and insurance. I am on food stamps so I eat everyday. I have the support of my... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337/57653/sleep-substances http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337/54611/feeling-trapped Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:39:11 -0500 Ex Fato Fides I have been diagnosed and while I was working I was on Lamictal and was seeing both a therapist and a psychiatrist. For a while I was able to get free samples. I got a job with great insurance and was able to pay for it. That job has gone down with the total economy. I feel like I am back at square one, unmedicated, couch-surfing to avoid going back to my mother's and losing independence. I have taken the time to read as much literature as I can... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/196337/54611/feeling-trapped