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Janet

posted 07/26/2008, comments (0)

May have to quit my job.

Today I got some bad news concerning my job. I called my case-worker here in Ky to make sure that by working I would not lose any of my health benefits. I was not home when he called so he told my Dad the following news. He said that with my SSDI I coukd earn no more than 867.00 a month or I would lose my Medicare A and B plus Part D as well... Read more Chevron

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Heidi

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posted 07/24/2008, comment (1)

My mother

My mom has schizophrenia or bi-polar depending on which doctor diagnosed her. She has had it for about 38 years, my entire lifetime so far. My brother and I were adopted by her and my dad before they knew she was ill. She has been in and out of hospitals since as far back as I can remember. Our life has never been... Read more Chevron

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bobbi

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posted 07/24/2008, comments (3)

my mother has it

hi my name is bobbi and my mothey has the paranoid form of this illness. she is not taking her meds right and is still having problems we try to talk to her and she just gets angry so we go behind her back and call her doctor and they keep changing her meds but she acts like she has no problem. my mother is a christian and thinks that this problem... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/23/2008, comments (2)

A Little Look Inside the Brain

One of the key strategies in the search for some biological basis for schizophrenia is to locate abnormalities in the structure of the brain. Comparing the size, volume, cell count and function of the brain can be undertaken during autopsy but, most significantly perhaps, the use of scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging... Read more Chevron

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DCROY9633

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posted 07/22/2008, comments (3)

Geodon (again)

Today, I went back to my pdoc for my every-three-months appointment. For those of you who have read my Shareposts, I was put on Geodon 3 months ago. I took Geodon for 5 weeks and started having mental and physical problems, then it was back on Zyprexa. At first, my quality of life was much improved on Geodon. I had... Read more Chevron

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