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So I am doing a LISA atm and plan on sticking to doing one. Just wondering though whether I should maybe put some money into my workplace AVC as well, bearing in mind that this isn’t matched by the employer but I’ll get some tax relief on it. My aim is to retire about 60 and the nra on my work place pension will be 67 at least, if all goes well with my other investments as I plan to potentially live on my LISA money between 60-67. What do you guys think?

Had a sleep study done recently but going to take a while for the results. Anyway when I did it the breathing tube fell out. I’m sure she said it’s not a big deal if that came out. Everything else stayed in place. Obviously my main issue was with the breathing/snoring so I’m worried it wouldn’t be able to pick anything up still. I’m unsure if I have sleep apnea because it’s very very rare I wake up gasping for breathe (it’s only happened a couple of times). Will it matter if the breathing tube came out? What will likely happen?

Kind of had enough of taking it and it’s been proven not to work. People in my life have a big influence over me though and they all think I should take it to the point I’m not sure if they’ll have anything to do with me if I don’t. I hate medication and psychiatry but I love my family and everyone more than that so it’s complicated. I also take lithium so I might stay on that and come off my depot as it’s annoying having to do it and I don’t like the staff. Could I cold turkey it without withdrawals? Last time I went manic after 3 months but that might have happened anyway

Anyone else get this? Especially if I’ve done extra well at it like doing some strimming of weeds as. I never quite do everything that needs to be done because it is a work in progress but when I see the marginal improvement I feel good. Next time I might even go the full hog and remove all the weeds that I can. It’s going to require extra work to get fully on top of it all. But despite it not looking like a completely finished job the sense of accomplishment of chipping away at it feels so good

What I do know about my mania is it’s out of control and it’s bizarre, irritable, vile, crazy, irrational, disinhibited. I don’t get depression. These are distinct episodes I get and I’m diagnosed and been treated for it for many years. I often compare my mania to others and don’t feel like I always relate. Plus my episodes happen every few years and I am unaffected the rest of the time. I have done stupid shit when manic and evil horrible stuff. Also acted in ways that embarrassed myself especially on social media. I find it sad I can’t relate to many others except over a few things. Most people talk about mania positively and depression as negative. Mania is all I get and it’s horrible for everyone else and obviously my reputation is tarnished, I get hospitalised and damage relationships. Just wondering if anyone else is the same?

It’s definitely a stain on my life. It causes me nothing but issues and my mania is embarrassing and I am ashamed of some of my actions. I don’t become a better person at all. I haven’t had a good time on the meds either and got some permanent side effects which makes my life worse. All of it has been pretty awful. I’m jealous of those of you who seem to become this improved version of yourself. There’s no redeeming qualities to mine

They expect so much more from us than they did a few years ago. Morale is very low and I find it hard to keep up. I just had a long term sickness absence and much to my dismay I discovered it’s only gotten worse since I’ve been off. I’ve just finished my phased return this week. If it wasn’t for the workload I’d actually like my job. I have been looking elsewhere for a long time but it has been hard finding something suitable. I’m not a skilled worker and I have a lot of barriers to find work and I have some conditions when applying. Anyway is there any way I can be happy in my current job? The only thing I can think is if I was to do overtime regularly which would be paid but it’s a physically exhausting job and I’m not sure I fancy it. The job is on the decline anyway and I dread to think how else they could make it worse for us. The good things about it is good pay for the skill level required, good hours and shift patterns, local job, nature of job is good. The problems with the company come from the top but our particular office has been hit particularly hard as our area manager is a bit of a renowned bellend. So what would you do in my position?

I feel like that’s not a good combination. When you’re quiet and strong that can have a lot of impact and things go your way a lot more. If you’re a softie however and don’t talk much you get picked on a bit and treated worse. People think less of you in general. I’m not always quiet. Around those im closest too I’m considered even quite loud. What about you guys?

This happened to me 15 years ago. I was naughty but funny and popular. I had a lot of female attention and I was very social. Anyway couple of set backs happened. One just a social one, an academic one and this girl I had been on and off with for years who I had mad feelings for just kind of fell apart. It broke me. Ended up with bipolar and although I don’t get depression I’m a lot more introverted now I guess. At first I couldn’t talk because I was so down and out but I did improve somewhat. I am functioning and have a fairly good life but I used to flourish socially. I don’t have the same sort of success now. It hurts when I am butt of the jokes or feel like bottom of the social hierarchy. Has this ever happened to anyone else?