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SweetLynnie
- Location: Lake Worth, FL, United States
- Gender: Female
- Birthday: September 23, 1956
- Bio: I have been pretty successful with mental illness for 30 years.
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bipolar disorderDRUGS I AM TAKING:
Seroquil, Zyprexa, Thorazine, Effexor, DepakoteABOUT ME:
I have been happily married for 18 years, but my husband is dying of cancer, and it threw me for a loop--the past 2 and a half years have been difficult--I have been in and out of hospitals several times. I've been unable to work for a long time, although I edited my husband's 13 young adult books, and finally got a great editing job, which I blew when I had to face the possibility of my husband's demise. I was able, through taking my medication meticulously and seeing my doctors, to stay out of the hospitals for 12 years. Although my family is full of alcoholics, I didn't inheret the genes or follow the alcoholic behavior. I need to find bipolar friends, because no one understands what it's like like we do, and I'm tired of trying to make friends with people who are frightened of me. I am harmless--I just suffer from an illness. I'm smart and kind and creative, and I love to read and write. Since I have been hospitalized 10 times in 30 years, I have a wealth of material to write about, and my husband has convinced me to write a book about what I've been through. I have started drawing, and I can sing a little. My biggest support has been from coming to know God, and from my family, my husband, father and sister. I am well, and want to stay that way, which is another reason I need all of you and your stories. I was an English major in college, and want to go back to school someday, to take some graduate psychology courses, or even undergrad classes. I love to learn new things. I am interested in doing God's work in the world, to make those in my neck of the woods better off because they knew me. Service is one of the answers to my being better. When I help someone else, I help me more. I've volunteered a lot for various causes, but not enough. I plan to do more, one day at a time. I suffered a lifetime of abuse from my father. From the time I was little, he didn't like me--my mother was bipolar, and she suffered post-partum depression after she gave birth to me, and he blamed me for that. She drank heavily throughout her life. From my therapy, I've been able to forgive my father in my heart, though he is still very judgemental and controlling. I'm going to have to take care of him, as he is at the end of the golden years of his life, and it's a daunting prospect. I have been afraid of him all of these years, and I am 52. He has tried to make it up to me, but he still loves to dominate me, and I have trouble standing up for myself with him. My husband has been a gift from God! He is funny and brilliant and thoughtful and sensitive, a real prince. I don't know what I'm going to do when he dies. He's got state 3 lung cancer, and is undergoing chemo. His three tumors are inoperable, and he has lost so much weight, and spends most of his days in bed. He is a gentle and loving soul, and I love him more than I can say. He's been my best psychiatrist, my best mother, father, and friend. God is watching over me, this I truly believe. So many times he has rescued me from situations in which I felt I had no hope. After 30 years of not knowing he cared for me, I was awakened to his love, and that knowledge has carried me to this day, and will be my strength as long as I live. Now, because of God, I am the loving creature I was meant to be, and that love fills my life and colors my world. That about wraps it up! I look forward to getting to know you. SweetLynniePHOTOS:
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