Comments on: Invisible Illness and Disability Bingo 1.0

By: on giving advice « dispatches de l'utopie

on giving advice « dispatches de l'utopie — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:48:53 +0000

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By: Francesca

Francesca — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:26:59 +0000

I have schizoaffective disorder which is of course invisible. Right now my meds are working so when people find out I get disability some ask me how I pulled that off, meaning how did I fake illness to get it. I find that so offensive. But yeah, I’ve gotten every one of those except the pot one. And I also often have people dismiss my mood swings by saying everyone has ups and downs; you just need to deal with them.

By: Annika

Annika — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:09:35 +0000

This really brightened my day! I suffer from Fibromyalgia and also have some other autoimmune issues and I think I have gotten quite a few of those squares…. however since I live in a part of Europe where it isn’t that common to use pot I haven’t gotten that suggestion yet… I have however gotten suggestions of trying out other really dubious ”treatments” that and sane person would not even think about trying…

By: lauredhel

lauredhel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:21:50 +0000

Wow, Liam, in this context that’s an astonishing mischaracterisation of that research report, which involved neither marijuana nor humans with chronic pain.

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:57:35 +0000

On the topic of Marijuana and its use for pain control, University of Texas researchers have found that cannabinoids may actually make chronic pain worse (in mice and humans):

“In the spinal cord there’s a balance of systems that control what information, including information about pain, is transmitted to the brain. … Excitatory systems act like a car’s accelerator, and inhibitory ones act like the brakes. What we found is that in the spinal cord endocannabinoids can disable the brakes.”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090813170848.htm

By: Some things I’ve been reading « Urocyon’s Meanderings

Some things I’ve been reading « Urocyon’s Meanderings — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:59:09 +0000

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By: The White Lady

The White Lady — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:53:35 +0000

You know, if you replaced every square on that thing with what Rodo said upthread, I would have enough bingo to win for the rest of eternity. Seriously.

My family (one member specifically) apparently derive great pleasure from assuring me that their embarrasment in the face of my ability (or lack thereof) to navigate situations, is more painful that my pain/tiredness/headaches/inability to focus/inability to speak clearly enough for people to understand me/inability to stand upright/inability to walk/inability to function as a human being etc. etc. etc.

Sometimes I hate being me.

By: Links for October 30th through November 3rd

Links for October 30th through November 3rd — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:24:30 +0000

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By: Lexin

Lexin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:45:02 +0000

Peculiar thing is I’ve had the ‘get a job’ thing on mentioning my disability, the hearer totally missing the fact that I have a job. Weird.

By: softestbullet

softestbullet — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:52:41 +0000

Kaitlyn -- [W]e did not spend time with nurses or doctors, but a man who told us he’d see us in prison (his other job) if we didn’t shape up. (I was in for depression.) D: .-= softestbullet´s last blog ..*uses awesome linguist icon* =-.