Information and opinions on health from Ex Fato Fides at HealthCentral.com. 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/profiles/c/196337/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/196337/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/196337/index 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