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Perkins : Reborn said:
I feel like I've spent more time communicating with the government than my uncle did when he was caught doing paramilitary bank jobs
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Perkins : Reborn said:
Then visit the pharmacy to find out they no longer give free mental health prescriptions, so you have to ask a mate for some of the cash you paid back to him so you can simply stay well.
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You probably already know, but if you are on more than one item for a regular repeat prescription, then you can save big time by buying a 3 month prepayment certificate. I think they cost around £30 - £32 (although there may still be an option on them to select 'unemployment exemption' on them.)

But even if you do have to pay the £30, you'll be saving £9.55 for any additional scripts you may be on, if it's more than one. And I know that every £9.55 really counts when you are on JSA.

I signed up for the free delivery by arrangement, that is also included in the price, as very often after long and busy days at work I really hate having to go out to the pharmacist to collect my renewals, when I just want to shut the door on the world, and have no more dealing with people to do that day. As my 'social battery' is running on empty by that stage, and needs re-charging, and not running around on errands like that.
 
Bleaney said:
You probably already know, but if you are on more than one item for a regular repeat prescription, then you can save big time by buying a 3 month prepayment certificate. I think they cost around £30 - £32 (although there may still be an option on them to select 'unemployment exemption' on them.)

But even if you do have to pay the £30, you'll be saving £9.55 for any additional scripts you may be on, if it's more than one. And I know that every £9.55 really counts when you are on JSA.

I signed up for the free delivery by arrangement, that is also included in the price, as very often after long and busy days at work I really hate having to go out to the pharmacist to collect my renewals, when I just want to shut the door on the world, and have no more dealing with people to do that day. As my 'social battery' is running on empty by that stage, and needs re-charging, and not running around on errands like that.
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Yeah, I have a PPC. Thank goodness for them.

My appeal didn't go anywhere, which I predicted. I guess they had to cancel the guy who had upset their mixed race (someone else said half caste) newly-graduated princess by saying words like 'knob'.

Didn't even get enough information to go back and do her brakes either.

In any case, I won't miss having to commute to Wilmslow every day.
 
Seems an extreme over reaction on their part. Surely a warning would have sufficed.

I hope she sleeps well at night knowing her actions have resulted in putting someone out of work, and on the dole.
 
Bleaney said:
Seems an extreme over reaction on their part. Surely a warning would have sufficed.

I hope she sleeps well at night knowing her actions have resulted in putting someone out of work, and on the dole.
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She kept a diary over a year and more, without ever making a comment to me or my manager. Totally ignored anybody else, but handed fifteen complaints over in about August / September.

I did seven years in that place without a single formal complaint.
 
Doing my PIP claim was horrendous it took two therapy sessions as my therapist had to help me do it, and it brought back some seriously repressed trauma.

I got denied and have appealed, they used the fact a man with severe hyperactivity attending the gym means ADHD, Autism, and EUPD is actually benign and doesn’t effect daily living.

Doesn’t matter how I explained that the gym is a necessity to survive being trapped in this prison of a body and it stops me from burning, cutting, binge drinking, and gives me a reason to actually eat properly.

These days 50% of the time I don’t go because I’m acutely unwell or so stressed from trying to get things done I don’t have any time left.

Give them an inch and they take a mile etc.

funny for them they called adhd medication mental health medication and it’s “evidently adequately treating my condition”

In my appeal I explained thoroughly I actually take medication for a neurological disability.

And it’s not exactly effective. I spend 8 hours obsessively cleaning because I’m overwhelmed and stimulated then I sleep for 12 hours when I crash.

I’m planing to go to tribunal if the appeal doesn’t work.
 
KurtAurelius said:
Doing my PIP claim was horrendous it took two therapy sessions as my therapist had to help me do it, and it brought back some seriously repressed trauma.

I got denied and have appealed, they used the fact a man with severe hyperactivity attending the gym means ADHD, Autism, and EUPD is actually benign and doesn’t effect daily living.

Doesn’t matter how I explained that the gym is a necessity to survive being trapped in this prison of a body and it stops me from burning, cutting, binge drinking, and gives me a reason to actually eat properly.

These days 50% of the time I don’t go because I’m acutely unwell or so stressed from trying to get things done I don’t have any time left.

Give them an inch and they take a mile etc.

funny for them they called adhd medication mental health medication and it’s “evidently adequately treating my condition”

In my appeal I explained thoroughly I actually take medication for a neurological disability.

And it’s not exactly effective. I spend 8 hours obsessively cleaning because I’m overwhelmed and stimulated then I sleep for 12 hours when I crash.

I’m planing to go to tribunal if the appeal doesn’t work.
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I follow numerous neuro-divergent people on youtube. Some of them are "advocates" and at the cutting edge of the neuro-diversity movement, believing that they have a 'difference', and not a disability. They are the movement it seems to me, along with ND authors, and those other ND people that are gifted in various ways by their neuro divergence. These are also the people that get all huffy if anyone suggests that they are the lucky ones :?. By the very definition that they dont consider themselves to have a disability, its blatantly self evident to everyone, except them, apparently, that they ARE the lucky ones. :?:? Despite this major issue I have with some of them and the 'movement', many of them do a great job of unpacking Autistic and ADHD lived experiences and explaining many issues and potential ways around them, or ways and means of coping or adjusting asbest as possible.

Some of them are more 'average' autistic people, and by that I don't mean these super-bright fantastically articulate and engaging communicators, but they are way more 'ordinary' in their Autism. There's one particular young woman, Dana Andersen, and if you can get past her voice and accent, that for some reason irritates the fuck out of me, she has some good things to say.

And the relevance of all this is basically that if she appears to be together and her home neat and organised, it's because she cannot and does not work. She cannot hold down a job for any length of time, IIRC, and every time she's tried, things completely fall apart for her domestically. I can relate so much. My ADHD stims are helping me for work, but my 'executive dysfunction' at home has got so much worse.

I dont think PIP assessors take things like this into account, when obviously they should do. They have no comprehension of how much it can take out of ND folk to try to hold down a job, with all other aspects of life that need dealing with on top of that.

If I wasn't on a variety of prescription and self medicated meds I don't believe that I could cope with the vast majority of work places, with their social demands, huge stress, and total sensory overwhelm.

Thank Fuck for benzos quite honestly. For sure I'd be poverty stricken and out of work otherwise, or probably fighting a never ending battle for my own PIP case.
 
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Bleaney said:
I follow numerous neuro-divergent people on youtube. Some of them are "advocates" and at the cutting edge of the neuro-diversity movement, believing that they have a 'difference', and not a disability. They are the movement it seems to me, along with ND authors, and those other ND people that are gifted in various ways by their neuro divergence. These are also the people that get all huffy if anyone suggests that they are the lucky ones :?. By the very definition that they dont consider themselves to have a disability, its blatantly self evident to everyone, except them, apparently, that they ARE the lucky ones. :?:? Despite this major issue I have with some of them and the 'movement', many of them do a great job of unpacking Autistic and ADHD lived experiences and explaining many issues and potential ways around them, or ways and means of coping or adjusting asbest as possible.

Some of them are more 'average' autistic people, and by that I don't mean these super-bright fantastically articulate and engaging communicators, but they are way more 'ordinary' in their Autism. There's one particular young woman, Dana Anderson, IRC, and if you can get past her voice and accent, that for some reason irritates the fuck out of me, she has some good things to say.

And the relevance of all this is basically that if she appears to be together and her home neat and organised, it's because she cannot and does not work. She cannot hold down a job for any length of time, IIRC, and every time she's tried, things completely fall apart for her domestically. I can relate so much. My ADHD stims are helping me for work, but my 'executive dysfunction' at home has got so much worse.

I dont think PIP assessors take things like this into account, when obviously they should do. They have no comprehension of how much it can take out of ND folk to try to hold down a job, with all other aspects of life that need dealing with on top of that.

If I wasn't on a variety of prescription and self medicated meds I don't believe that I could cope with the vast majority of work places, with their social demands, huge stress, and total sensory overwhelm.

Thank Fuck for benzos honestly. For sure I'd be poverty stricken and out of work otherwise, or probably fighting a never ending battle for my own PIP case.
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I watch a really good lad, Adelaide alchemist, who gave me a lease of life as he is so good at explaing these things. He is more on the disability side, where he believes that what it is in the context of the world as we can’t fit in.

I was in denial for a longtime, and thought I was lazy and that I could force my way in. Working my way up to manager in social care spat me out hard, and I got on adhd meds to find out how severely disabled I actually am.

Thanks for mentioning I’ll check Dana out, I’ll likely suffer from the same issue, I have to fight through annoyances like that too I relate lol..

It’s only giving up work, my girlfriend and her dad eat properly (both autistic and work full time) the house is clean, the garden is tidy and sorted, the food shopping is done properly without being rushed etc etc.

I will only ever work 10-15 hours for the rest of my life only when I find the right job.

BTW The guy I mentioned spoke about autism basically having a GABA deficiency. Makes a lot of sense to me and why I would abuse benzos and alcohol when I was younger.

I scared myself straight with those so I only use supplements but I take a shit load of stuff as you’ve seen me post to fix my fucked up nervous system.

Alongside my periodic holidays with opioids, which give me a push to keep living…
 
KurtAurelius said:
BTW The guy I mentioned spoke about autism basically having a GABA deficiency. Makes a lot of sense to me and why I would abuse benzos and alcohol when I was younger.
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I've heard this too, and it definitely makes sense, 1 million times over, from the inside out. (I can almost physically feel it. And benzos are like the holy grail that normalises my nervous system, to some extent or other. Quite a large extent, on the whole.)

In terms of why I'm so drawn to GABAergic substances of all types. Apart from not really alcohol for some reason. I guess I would be though, if I could not get anything else.

And then with ADHD basically being a chronic deficiency of the dopamine system, these 2 things fully explain why I was so drawn to uppers and downers for decades before I discovered my diagnoses and the biological reasons why my substance choices make so much sense to me, and can be so helpful.

Despite what most people say, I believe it is possible to take benzos long term without developing crazy tolerances. But you do have to be extremely disciplined and controlled to do this. Sometimes I am, sometimes I slip up. It's mostly with the other GABA substances that I use recreationally, that sets back all my hard work with controlling and reducing my benzo doses. :roll eyes:
 
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Bleaney said:
You probably already know, but if you are on more than one item for a regular repeat prescription, then you can save big time by buying a 3 month prepayment certificate. I think they cost around £30 - £32 (although there may still be an option on them to select 'unemployment exemption' on them.)

But even if you do have to pay the £30, you'll be saving £9.55 for any additional scripts you may be on, if it's more than one. And I know that every £9.55 really counts when you are on JSA.

I signed up for the free delivery by arrangement, that is also included in the price, as very often after long and busy days at work I really hate having to go out to the pharmacist to collect my renewals, when I just want to shut the door on the world, and have no more dealing with people to do that day. As my 'social battery' is running on empty by that stage, and needs re-charging, and not running around on errands like that.
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You could move north of the border ,prescriptions are free and quality of living standards are some of the best in the western world
Just don't plan to live to long
 
Bleaney said:
I've heard this too, and it definitely makes sense, 1 million times over, from the inside out.

In terms of why I'm so drawn to GABAergic substances of all types. Apart from not really alcohol for some reason. I guess I would be, if I could not get anything else.

And then with ADHD basically being a chronic deficiency of the dopamine system, these 2 things fully explain why I was so drawn to uppers and downers for decades before I discovered my diagnoses and the biological reasons why my substance choices make so much sense to me, and are so helpful.

Despite what most people say, I believe it is possible to take benzos long term without developing crazy tolerances. But you do have to be extremely disciplined and controlled to do this. Sometimes I am, sometimes I slip up.
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I commend it, it’s easy to fall into the majority camp which is “Benzos are evil never use”

Which I will say I am in only for my own bias, as I would eat fake Valium and lose weeks at a time, but this is my fault.

It’s a tool with a fine margin but when you’re living like that all the time.. sometimes it’s warranted. I can’t say much with my own use of opioids and it’s as you say.

I can make 200mg of Codeine reliably get me what I need and not need to go past it, it is apples to oranges but I support what your saying.

I suppose you are aware of A2 Agonists ? It’s not like they are any better for dependency, but more physical than mental. My surgery were cunts and being anal about prescribing it so I’ve given up. I decided it’s better than me making myself dependent on it all the time.

I always veered to downers to drown out my senses and my self. I avoided stimulants as I thought they would make things worse until I of course tried medication and saw the reality..
 
KurtAurelius said:
I watch a really good lad, Adelaide alchemist, who gave me a lease of life as he is so good at explaing these things. He is more on the disability side, where he believes that what it is in the context of the world as we can’t fit in.
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One of his videos about jobs appeared in my feed a couple of days ago. I bookmarked it by liking it, rather than watch it though, and I have so many of these that I mean to come back to later, than I miss most of them.

But I've just seen the other videos on his channel, and it looks like there's lots of great topics there. I'll be checking them out and have subscribed, so thanks for that.

Some other recommends from me would be yosamdysam, Adult with Autism, Autistic AF, Autistomatic, Thomas Henley, and many others.........
 
Bleaney said:
I've heard this too, and it definitely makes sense, 1 million times over, from the inside out. (I can almost physically feel it. And benzos are like the holy grail that normalises my nervous system, to some extent or other. Quite a large extent, on the whole.)

In terms of why I'm so drawn to GABAergic substances of all types. Apart from not really alcohol for some reason. I guess I would be though, if I could not get anything else.

And then with ADHD basically being a chronic deficiency of the dopamine system, these 2 things fully explain why I was so drawn to uppers and downers for decades before I discovered my diagnoses and the biological reasons why my substance choices make so much sense to me, and can be so helpful.

Despite what most people say, I believe it is possible to take benzos long term without developing crazy tolerances. But you do have to be extremely disciplined and controlled to do this. Sometimes I am, sometimes I slip up. It's mostly with the other GABA substances that I use recreationally, that sets back all my hard work with controlling and reducing my benzo doses. :roll eyes:
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I think the same could be true of other drugs as well , regarding benzos if it were prescribed long term and taken as advised without alcohol (which ironically could be the most harmful of all drugs yet can be bought in huge amounts ) then I believe there is no better anti depressant for those who are truly depressed or suffer huge anxiety
Not sure about long term memory problems but that may only be an issue if the drug is abused
 
lost weekend said:
You could move north of the border ,prescriptions are free and quality of living standards are some of the best in the western world
Just don't plan to live to long
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ADL pisses all over PIP too. They treat you much more like a human being with individual needs rather than a scrounged who needs expunging from the records.

Weather’s shite though.
 
Have to complete one of those stupid recorded interviews for a very menial job in order to tide myself over and not lose the plot.

I'll feel like some daft YT personality / influencer doing that, but hey, it's work and it's ten minutes away. So I'll hold my nose. I've already sailed through the initial assessment,so might as well.

To make matters worse, I have a snow white streak of hair (poliosis) on an otherwise jet black head, so depending on the lighting I might look like I have a shaven / bald triangle at the front of my head.
 
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