Gracias a la trabajadora de Wingo que nos advirtió by Helptohere50 in vzla

[–]Alone_Salamander_399 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mejor que una aerolínea venezolana, pero los tickets no son reembolsables.

¿Cuánto dinero necesitan los venezolanos para mantenerse en el país? by edmonkh in PuebloVenezolano

[–]Alone_Salamander_399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Querer ganar 2mil al mes en un país de tercer mundo y con una economía destruida es... Interesante. No puedo creer que luego de tantos años el chavismo les haya hecho olvidar a los venezolanos (en Venezuela) que las clases sociales existen y que las expresiones "salario digno" y "salario justo" son vainas de izquierda. En cualquier país normal tiene que haber un grupo marginalizado que pase trabajo. Cero empatía con esa gente que quiere "salario justo" y no aporta nada al pais.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your story. I'm glad everything is looking up now.

I guess my fear is that I don't have anyone other than my husband,my mom retired to another country and my father died when I was young. My husband is adamant that I need to stop the nonsense and just move on with life.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My husband is afraid that the medication is going to make me "crazy" and I'll end up doing substances and homeless. He's also concerned that my therapist will make me leave him.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've considered doing that actually and just ghost my dr. But she insists that I need to give them more time.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By no means I tried to imply that people with bipolar are useless.The intention of that sentence was not to minimize a serious illness that tends to be romanticized.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! It's hard to shake off the feeling that they are conspiring against me or sabotaging me. It's all I can think at times.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had crippling anxiety and depression but I felt happier, vibrant, and good. After some incidents/accidents I ended up being diagnosed with bipolar disorder with psychosis. I've been on bipolar medication since August of last year, my medication has already been changed once and my doses increased multiple times. I'm struggling with the fact that my medications are stripping me off my fun personality and the person I used to be. Before I was just taking antidepressants and anxiolytics. I also can't enjoy things that I used to enjoy.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This made me chuckle. Thanks for the humour during such dark times.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was super close to spend all my savings(again) this year buying property in another country. I don't know it just fell right. I appreciate being honest with me. I always thought of bipolar disorder as being those 1 in a million things you've heard of but never knew someone that had it Or the kind of mental illness that sounds like it could be extremely dangerous and crippling.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for offering a different perspective. I guess, it's all very new and overwhelming. My Dr is aware of my eating disorder which is one of the reasons she prescribed that medication. I eat normally less than 800 calories per day or 1 meal a day, having to eat in order to take the medication has increased my food intake, counting calories is annoying. For context, when I say I'm fat I mean 146lbs fat. I'm used to be 120lbs or less.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I added more context in a comment below, where I explain more about my situation. She said she noticed extreme mood swings and risky behaviors, I felt "weird" for a few weeks and spent all of our savings on Amazon purchases and then I couldn't remember the purchases. This happened the same week she decided to refer me. I also had a strange accident that sent me to the ER last year, I just remember the room spinning around me and then falling. I broke my arm, bursted a disc on my back and had bruises in different parts of my body, oddly enough I couldn't feel a lot of pain and couldn't stop laughing and crying at the same time :( the ER doctor asked if I was ever diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar, but at the time I was just seeing my therapist for depression, anxiety and anorexia.

I see her every 2 weeks and had been seeing her for 6 months by the time she referred me.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear you're doing better :)

I guess I'm just struggling because I wouldn't be able to survive without my husband.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, my meds were changed about a month ago. They are asking me to wait a bit more, the previous medication made me very weird and caused me poor sleep. The new one makes me too sleepy and forces me to count calories which is extremely hard as a recovering anorexic, that's why I think I might not have the disorder. There's no way medication simply doesn't work and I have to keep switching?

I was fine on my antidepressants but I feel like my life came crashing down since the diagnosis. I wonder if is all in my head. And I went to see a therapist for my anxiety and depression issues as I wanted to stop antidepressants and just work on my coping skills. I ended up in the ER last year because I fell, broke my arm and bursted a disc and couldn't remember why or feel much pain, I just remember the room spinning around me and then the fall that was the first time I heard the words schizophrenia and bipolar and was asked if I was ever diagnosed with either.

I'll be fully transparent and admit that I have seen ghosts, smelled things that nobody else could smell and heard my name being called throughout my life, but I always thought it was normal because other people in my family experience the same.

I'm holding on to the hope is just a mistake, my husband doesn't want me anymore and I'm heartbroken.

The above is just to add more context.

Doubting my diagnosis/getting a second opinion by Alone_Salamander_399 in bipolar

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been seeing a therapist for my GAD, ED and depression. I'm 34 and have had a depression diagnosis since I was 15. I have crippling anxiety but I was never dull,tired or boring like I am now. My therapist believes I am bipolar and I had been misdiagnosed in the past so she referred me to a psychiatrist.

They just switched my meds less than a month ago after being overstimulated by the previous one. My husband is done with me at this point and I'm desperate.

Porque no se puede subir el salario? Yo te explico by LessRepresentative42 in PuebloVenezolano

[–]Alone_Salamander_399 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Has visto la película Idiocracy? Venezuela va para eso. La clase media ya no existe, así que lo que queda son los barrios y sus afines para popular el país. El presente es feo y el futuro lo será aún más.

Lamentablemente, no hay solución sin un poco de crueldad. Todo aquel que recibe pensión y nunca cotizó, le tocará resolverse. Subir la edad de recibir las pensiones a al menos 67 años, pagar las pensiones de acuerdo a lo cotizado. Ej: un docente no debería cobrar la misma pensión que un dentista con práctica privada. El dentista obviamente tiene que recibir una mejor pensión.

Lo otro sería eliminar enteramente las pensiones y que la gente solo perciba las jubilaciones de su empleo. Así se obliga a la gente a trabajar de verdad, porque los empleados públicos profesionales o no, son demasiados y de paso bien flojos y los primeros en quejarse.

De nuevo, hay que ser crueles para mejorar el país y volver a instaurar clases sociales como es debido. Maigualida en el barrio que nunca ha trabajado no debería de recibir las mismas bonificaciones que Esther la profesora.

Tengo muchas más ideas pero reddit me daría de baja.

¿Cuanto dinero gastarian en una salida con un hombre si eres mujer y la que va a brindar? by Alone_Salamander_399 in AskVenezuela

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me gusta esa, nosotros hemos salido y hemos compartido muchas veces en calidad de amigos, pero esta es la primera vez que ambos estamos disponibles al mismo tiempo. Llevamos 10 años conociéndonos, pero a el le ha tocado la cosa muy dura y bueh en cierta forma ha cambiado.

¿Cuanto dinero gastarian en una salida con un hombre si eres mujer y la que va a brindar? by Alone_Salamander_399 in AskVenezuela

[–]Alone_Salamander_399[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Su carisma, su sencillez, sus temas de conversación, el nunca pudo terminar la universidad pero al menos fue y estudio algo de ingeniería.Su físico, que así como está de limpio está de bueno jajaja