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Were you surprised by your difficult child's CGAF score?
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 315748" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>When husband was still alive, my GAF ran around 65. He was my support and he handled stuff I couldn't.</p><p></p><p>When I was awarded SSDI, my GAF came back at 48 from the SSDI psychiatrist, and 52 from MY psychiatrist.</p><p></p><p>I don't have any supports in place. I have my mother and sister and a dear friend, but that is about it.</p><p></p><p>I manage. Being medicated is a lot of it. I don't have the type of life I'd like to have, but I have had to accept some limitations and fight others. I think it's the same with any disabled person.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to think about what my GAF was the first three years after husband died. I could barely take care of myself. Couldn't hold down a job.</p><p></p><p>Bipolar is a b-tch of a disease and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. One good thing that came out of all the SSDI stuff is that my family has accepted that I am ill, and that I'm not some sort of horrible person like the bipolar people who make the news.</p><p></p><p>I'm not violent. My BiPolar (BP) manifests mostly as horrible depression and hypomania. My 'support team' will pick up on the hypomania instantly if I am talking on the phone with them, and promptly ask if I'd had my medications checked recently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 315748, member: 1963"] When husband was still alive, my GAF ran around 65. He was my support and he handled stuff I couldn't. When I was awarded SSDI, my GAF came back at 48 from the SSDI psychiatrist, and 52 from MY psychiatrist. I don't have any supports in place. I have my mother and sister and a dear friend, but that is about it. I manage. Being medicated is a lot of it. I don't have the type of life I'd like to have, but I have had to accept some limitations and fight others. I think it's the same with any disabled person. I don't want to think about what my GAF was the first three years after husband died. I could barely take care of myself. Couldn't hold down a job. Bipolar is a b-tch of a disease and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. One good thing that came out of all the SSDI stuff is that my family has accepted that I am ill, and that I'm not some sort of horrible person like the bipolar people who make the news. I'm not violent. My BiPolar (BP) manifests mostly as horrible depression and hypomania. My 'support team' will pick up on the hypomania instantly if I am talking on the phone with them, and promptly ask if I'd had my medications checked recently. [/QUOTE]
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