Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 3

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Hello you lovely lot!

Hugs/squishes/handshakes/positivity to all who need or require

Melly - extra loves for you. Enjoy animal snuggles

New car is GREAT! Parking scared me a bit to start with, but I love the car so very much looking forward to taking it on a long journey.

I have also booked a weekend away with some friends including a trip to the Harry Potter studios! I've not been for ages, and they now have the Forbidden Forest set up. I can't wait!!

HBS x

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Hello you lovely lot!

Hugs/squishes/handshakes/positivity to all who need or require

Melly - extra loves for you. Enjoy animal snuggles

New car is GREAT! Parking scared me a bit to start with, but I love the car so very much looking forward to taking it on a long journey.

I have also booked a weekend away with some friends including a trip to the Harry Potter studios! I've not been for ages, and they now have the Forbidden Forest set up. I can't wait!!

HBS x

dekaspace

A bit of info on my neighbour, she knocked on my door upset I went to council and told me her family has arrived from Poland, her brother, 2 other family members, 2 kids and staying for 10 days, so thats 4 adults and 4 kids in a 2 bedroom property (hmm, the "brother" is someone she told me before is her husband, then boyfriend, then babysitter) and its cruel to make her family stay in a hotel, and she can't help the kids noise plus its nice to have kids play etc.


Its been basically 8am-midnight noise since they arrived! Today wasn't as bad as had 2 hours in afternoon of silence but apart from that rowdy people even after the complaint.

Pyxis

Sunny_Intervals wrote: »

I hate my brain. I'm going to penguin the next bit for my paranoid ramblings:


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[/ know I need to get some kind of social support in place, but the Council form asks for my GP and I don't have one right now due to my surgery's shenanigans. I don't even know if the Council are the right people. I just need someone who can sort stuff out for me when I'm overloaded and drive me to doctor's appointments if I ever manage to get a doctor.

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Trust me, you did the right thing in moving. This is just the stress of moving catching up with you now that the first rush of adrenaline has dissipated.

Be kind to yourself. :A

System

I just wrote a letter to my MP

Universal Credit has been talked about a lot recently and the managed migration side is stressing me out. I already feel panicky as i know there is no way i would cope under UC so i wrote to my MP explaining my situation and asked him to fight it (hes Labour and generally voted in favour of disabled people/benefits.

I'm amazed the PIP renewal hasn't come though the door yet (did have a panic attack when i came home to a brown envelope but its just my nhs exemption letter), generally they come after me after a year (2 year award), well bring it on. My bipolar hasn't gotten any better, if anything its worse than last year. Which reminds me i really need to call the MH team tomorrow. I did have an appointment with my GP but i cancelled it because i was still angry that he made me suffer another week of mania to the point i thought i was going psychotic all because he "doesn't believe in sleeping tablets" that and the fcat he basically told me to sleep off a manic episode. Plus he was useless when i saw him and i was suicidal and wanting to self harm, he just increased my meds and told me to come back in a month.

And breathe.

annandale

I would say try not to worry about uc until you are migrated over. It's only if you are in the all work category that they expect you to jobsearch and work 35 hours a week.

They are slowing down the migration next year. But only a change of govt might see it scrapped, I don't believe Labour have plans to scrap it though. Its cost too much to set up. Their official stance is pause and fix

If you are not placed in the all work category due to health issues you will not be expected to work 35 hours a week.

System

Well i spoke to the mental health team today and im now on the waiting list for mental health assessment. On the one hand ive been begging and fighting for more support for the past 5 years,on the other i feel bad that i've basically not been able to manage it on my own and its hard to admit that.

I explained to them that while i have insight and ways to cope with the depression i have little insight into the mania side and no way to cope with that, also mentioned my issues with my GP. The guy i spoke to was lovely though, he did say it might take a few weeks but told me if i need more help at anytime to ring them and they;d do their best to help.

mood is....lowish. I'm gonna see how my mood goes over the weekend and if its any worse or im not feeling better next week i will bite the bullet and go back to my gp. my anti depressant probably needs increasing but with that comes the risk of mania. Luckily i still have some zopiclone left after the last episode so worst case scenario i'll take one if my mood does go up.

Had a bit of an accident at work yesterday, i managed to break and smash a glass front! It shattered everywhere! Luckily there were no customers in the shop, but we had to close early for health and safety reasons.Thankfully everyone has been ok with me, even if i do now have a reputation for destroying things :rotfl:


i'll try not to worry about UC, theres nothing to say it will 100% go ahead yet, and nothing to say id be in the first lot transferred (i imagine they would focus on the more simple jsa claiments first before they get to disabled and single parents etc-the more complicated claims)over so i'll try and stay calm.

Waves_and_Smiles

Hi all!

Quick update - I love Wales and I love village life so far! It is so, so quiet and I feel much safer and far less paranoid. I managed to register with a new doctor all by myself! Now granted the doctors office is practically opposite my flat and there was no one in there but the receptionist (I got WaSp to check first) but that is huge for me! It is the first time I have been out of doors alone for 11 years.

On the not so bright side the Council Tax have lost my records so the case is now with a supervisor. This is nothing compared to the DLA/PIP office whio have failed 4 times to send my details to Wales resulting in an emergency case manager now getting involved after the DWP supervisor did it wrong too. It seems moving countries has thrown off both departments and there is much confusion.

I am coping with the above surprisingly well though because I just feel so much happier! My next task that I am setting for myself is to be brave enough to get to the door to hand out sweeties at Halloween. We were told the children in this village all dress up and as I have never seen that before I really want to be able to see them.

Pyxis

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

Hi all!

Quick update - I love Wales and I love village life so far! It is so, so quiet and I feel much safer and far less paranoid. I managed to register with a new doctor all by myself! Now granted the doctors office is practically opposite my flat and there was no one in there but the receptionist (I got WaSp to check first) but that is huge for me! It is the first time I have been out of doors alone for 11 years.

On the not so bright side the Council Tax have lost my records so the case is now with a supervisor. This is nothing compared to the DLA/PIP office whio have failed 4 times to send my details to Wales resulting in an emergency case manager now getting involved after the DWP supervisor did it wrong too. It seems moving countries has thrown off both departments and there is much confusion.

I am coping with the above surprisingly well though because I just feel so much happier! My next task that I am setting for myself is to be brave enough to get to the door to hand out sweeties at Halloween. We were told the children in this village all dress up and as I have never seen that before I really want to be able to see them.

Oooh! You must get WaSp to carve a pumpkin and put it in your window! :j

Pyxis

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(I would also add that music has recognised physical and mental benefits, aids brain development in children, reduces the effects of dementia in the elderly and has proven social benefits).