So there I was psyching myself up for my Medication Management meeting at 3pm, when at 11am I get a phone call from the clinic saying that the Nurse who was to be sitting in on the meeting wasn’t available today so they would have to cancel the meeting and rearrange it for next week. …
Monthly Archive: January 2009
Down Down Deeper and Down
To start with, I am sorry for the Status Quo reference, it’s totally unlike me, I can assure you of that. I like em but I am not what you would call an obsessive fan. The basic fact of the matter is that I have been down for the best part of 10 days now …
A Low Weekend
Friday and Saturday were really bad days for me. My mood swung so far down I didn’t think I would come out of it for a month. I felt like the whole world was against me and everything I did was wrong. I just sat at my computer or laid in bed not knowing what …
New Look
If anyone has read or is reading this you may have noticed the different looks that this blog has had over the past few weeks. These were all place holder blogs in wait for my own custom built theme. This is the new and more permanent look of Its Just A Ride. It was designed …
Kerry Katona Mental Health MTV Show
As reported on Digital Spy, Kerry Katona is planning a show all show on MTV about her struggle with Bipolar disorder. It may just be me but I think this is gonna be car crash TV. It’s got all the possibilities of setting back the public perception of what it’s like to suffer with Bipolar. …
Another Day
Yep just another day in my life. Well not exactly JUST another day but it’s been pretty mundane. I have been freaking, as usual, about something way out of my control. This morning when the postman delivered our mail I was presented with the IB50 form from the Incapacity Benefit people. I knew that getting …
The Job Centre
Yet again it’s close to midnight and I am posting again. By the time i finish typing this up it will be tomorrow, hello tomorrow goodbye yesterday. Today was a day I had been dreading for some time. Today I had a Pathways to Work meeting at the local Job Centre Plus (why the jobcentre …
Almost Missed That One.
There I was sitting there thinking that I was forgetting something and the phone goes. It’s thhe secretary of my Pdoc: “Can I speak to Paul please” “Speaking” I croak (my voice has gone for some reason I had a three day bout of death warmed up and then after I am over the worst …
Happy New Year
It’s that time of year where I guess I should be making some kind of plans or resolutions for the year ahead. Well, I would but I know I would just break them within a week. So here are some recommendations for myself for the year coming up. Read More – I am an appallingly …
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