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  • About Me

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    patrickinlove

    Male, 49
    grants pass, OR, USA
    Member since June 17, 2007

    • About Me

      i'm a very bi-polar person with many tasks. you might say i wear many hats.....(not multiple personalities) yet sometimes it seems like it. i share my home with the love and best friend of my life. tammy is the best thing ever in my life. she helps me with my issues and has made my house(ok trailer.). i love tammy and can see a certain future for us in the future. "the kids"or our pets are anventure in patience. monty our korgi-bassett lives with mom and dad. monty adopted my parents when ther last bassett hound died a couple years ago. cookie and charrolette live with tammy and i. cookie is a blue healer mix that i resuced in 2001 when her mother didn't have pure bred dogs. whe noone would take the last puppy he told me he was gonna throw her (2 weeks old) in the river. so i took her named her "cookie-puss" named after the first CARVEL ICE CREAM CAKES!!!!!. now she's been graduated to "princess cookie" or the ever popular "daddies girl". charrolette is our "realllly old" pomeranian. she's going senial in other words she's looooseing her mind.... she's still cute and loves everyone. she is confused, , , she isn't sure if she's a dog or cat nor does she know if she is male or female. she hikes her leg like a male dog but will only eat cat food and, , , , , , well she's old. then there is "uncle" fred. fred is been around a long time and doesn't meow, , but he will give you the "eye". freds cool just a part of the furniture until spring and summer and he almost lives in the bush's in the yard or just all around. sheba is our black cat given to me and in her former life she was a stripper or something. she is very ANTI-SOCIAL unless yor lucky enough to see her "dance" she does once in a blue moon. people who have seen it know what i am talking about. now there is felix, , , , , she came to or home real small and not weaned properly. he has picked tammy as her mommy and loves her house coat. he follows tammy everywhere. i love NASCAR, , , , RCR DEI i work at the local drop-in center three days a week. i cook chat and just show frienship to mentally ill people who can't get out or won't because of issues with themselves OR society who thinks mental illness is contagious. iv'e found the only thing contagious at the drop-in center is a sense of family and real love. i am also a board member and advocate for the union. i am know also the vice president for southern oregon NAMI in josephine county in which i live. i'm also involved in a presentation through NAMI caled "in your own voice" in which we go to hospitals schools churchs jail. we tell our own story in our words from the worst days of dispair to acceptence to coping to success and dreams. i'm very lucky to get treatment and have the best support system anyone could imagine.

      i'm a very bi-polar person with many tasks. you might say i wear many hats.....(not multiple personalities) yet sometimes it seems like it. i share my home with the love and best friend of my life. tammy is the best thing ever in my life. she helps me with my issues and has made my house(ok trailer.). i love tammy and can see a certain future for us in the future. "the kids"or our pets are anventure in patience. monty our korgi-bassett lives with mom and dad. monty adopted my parents when ther last

    • Interests

      working at the local drop-in center for people with mental health issues and cooking there also. being the vice-president for southern oregon NAMI in josephine county. being involved in advocating for the mentally ill. advocating for parity in the health insurance industry for the mentally ill. my lovley tammy. nascar, dodger baseball, nature, gardening, , , , , , just trying to be happy

      working at the local drop-in center for people with mental health issues and cooking there also. being

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  • Journal

    • NAMI WALK FOR THE MIND FINISHED

      Mood May 18, 2008 1:44am

      i know i didn't give many updates on planning our walk we had sponsered by nami or the national alliance FOR the mentally ill.

      well we had about …

    • the nami walk for life

      Mood April 28, 2008 5:55pm

       well the nami walk is taking good shape and we are getting on the radio and newspaper coverage locally. we are getting walkers and sponsers …

    • Journal Entry for September 28, 2007

      Mood September 28, 2007 3:34pm

       well howdy and hello to everyone that reads my ramblings i call a journal or whatever. i know it's been awhile since iv'e been active …

    • Journal Entry for August 18, 2007

      Mood August 18, 2007 3:54pm

      I

      HOPE THIS CHEERS YOU UP AND MAKES A SMILE APPEAR ON YOUR FACE

       

    • Journal Entry for August 17, 2007

      Mood August 17, 2007 4:13pm

      as most of you probley know by now,,,,NID or gale passed recently and i'm for one very sad and feel a great lose in her passing. we would kid …

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      From defenderdarksun July 28, 2008

      Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them. John Henry Cardinal Newman

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      From bamabm87 July 16, 2008

      That is a very adorable kitten!

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      From blueangel345 May 30, 2008

      wow its been along time since i hugged you.lol hope all is well sweetie angel

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      From orbiefangraham April 28, 2008

      please read my profile. If your new then welcome

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      From blueangel345 December 22, 2007

      May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace, The gladness of Christmas give you hope, The warmth of Christmas grant you love. ~Author Unknown~ may you and tammy have a great first x-mas together. take care lov ya angel

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  • Goals

    Goal Completed on May 18, 08
  • Support Groups

    • Close Hepatitis C

      i was diagnosed in 1986 with hep-c,,,,ive been lucky and have had many tests done and my dormate state has always been there..my dr. says i can beat this and have been getting liver tests for years. my tests have always been negative and im told im a low risk of future problems and i seem to be doing fine with just keeping up and getting my test regurally

    • Close Depression
      Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

      diagnosed in 1999 and spent many days in and out of hospitals and the "happy room" im in recovery for the last few years since my divorce and finally found a woman who accepts me for who i am and not what some wants me to be. she is my world and my love. i just wish everyone could find a loving woman like i have.

      Treatments

      Desipramine Not Working
      not for me
      Effexor Not Working
      nope not for me
      Lexapro Working / Worked
      been on it for 7 years and works great
      Prozac Somewhat Helpful
      gave me a headache
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      my pychotherapist was a wonderfull man named pedro and he helped me get through my dark days
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      ive had a rough road and still have along way to go but am looking forward to being with my love of life and sharing the journey of life and forever with her
    • Open Bipolar Disorder

      iv'e always been bi-polar. the thing is i didn't get diagnosed until 2000. i have rapid cycling and they can and do go real fast sometimes. i would be manic almost wacky and everyone thought i was just exentric. then i would crash and just get real low to the point i did nothing. i lost so many jobs i became"unemployable" litterally.

      Treatments

      Depakote Working / Worked
      i guess it works for me i'm no pharmasit or doctor
      Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
      if thats coping skills they work for me most of the time
      Group Therapy Working / Worked
      i learned so much through group therapy,,, that i wasnt the only one that goes through this.
      Helping Others Working / Worked
      ive found that helping others in anyway i can helps me feel better and its taught me to be gratefull for what i have in life.
    • Open Personality Disorders
      Type: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

      hello there, my name is patrick and i have BPD with dependency and (get this) immaturity along with battered child sydrome.back in the 60's it was called disapline, but when YOUR the punching bag!!!!!

      Treatments

      Forgiveness Working / Worked
      works better most of the time with my dad but hard alot also. as for dependence ,,,,it's hard to have to just depend on you because your weak inside
    • Open Breakups & Divorce

      love and realationships seem to miss me although iv'e been married before twice and three grown children. i just can't seem to find someone who i can grow old with.

      Treatments

      Love Somewhat Helpful
      family and pet support
      Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
      eh,,,,i just choose the wrong ones
      Talking Somewhat Helpful
      just talking sometimes helps but it just brings on bad feelings
      Time Not Working
      they say time heals,,,i say non-sense
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