On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 4:12:16 PM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 7:36:08 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> > ...
> > > That is what happened to my bipolar cousin. We tried to talk her into
> > > letting us use her inheritance to set up a trust fund so that she could
> > > stay on her disability pension. Nope. She wanted to get off welfare and
> > > take care of herself. She blew the money on a cottage with a wood
> > > burning furnace near North Bay. She lost it. Now she is back to living
> > > in a crappy apartment and it took a long time to get her welfare reinstated.
> > ...
> >
> > My Bipolarness is well controlled with the Seroquel I take every night before bed, thank you very much!
>
> Your current posting strongly suggests you're in an uncontrolled
> manic phase of the disorder.
>
> http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Bipolar.../Symptoms.aspx
>
> The manic phase of bipolar disorder may include:
>
> feeling very happy, elated or overjoyed
> talking very quickly
> feeling full of energy
> feeling self-important
> feeling full of great new ideas and having important plans
> being easily distracted
> being easily irritated or agitated
> being delusional, having hallucinations and disturbed or illogical
> thinking
> not feeling like sleeping
> not eating
> doing things that often have disastrous consequences ? such as
> spending large sums of money on expensive and sometimes unaffordable
> items "
>
> Pretty much sums you up.
>
> Janet.

But the things I've put large soms of money towards have NOT led to disastrous consequence!

John Kuthe...