I’m back! and mad as a hatter
I thought I’d lost this blog but somehow I’ve retrieved it. Absolutely fascinating looking back. Well that’s the good news. Not so, is pretty much everything else. Dad died last May from a horrible illness, MSA. I miss him. Mum, at this moment, is locked up in a secure unit under the mental health act. I, though not locked up, am hypomanic again, last time was 2019/20. Its been 5months now, maybe flattening out a little. Usually its followed by months of depression, I do hope not. I’m hoping a change of medication will help. Still waiting on the community mental health team to action it. On top of the stress of mums decline and bipolar relapse, is worrying physical symptoms. I’ve had two courses of steroids and antibiotics for breathlessness, cough, tight chest, Blood pressure through the roof and just fatigue. I’m now referred to a specialist, but will have to wait god knows how long to be seen. I read the start of this blog and my comments on New Labours handling of...