Welcome to my nightmare

Hi. I'm a 42 year old woman that was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder about 5 months ago. What you'll find in this blog is my adventures in obtaining treatment without the benefit of an income or health insurance. In other words, welcome to the wonderful world of what passes for public mental health care in Dubya's home state, Texas.

You'll also stumble on my day to day struggles with the little things in my life, like living three adults stuffed into a 500 square foot apartment, job hunting, dealing with a kid that's now old enough to go out drinking with me (if I was still able to drink, that is), working through medication side effects... all the little joys that come with my condition.

You may even come across my views on any number of subjects, ranging from politics to the new TV season to the latest cars rolling off the assembly lines around the world to "should a video game be banned because it's too violent for children". (By the way, if the game is on the shelf, rated "M" and mommy or daddy buys it for Junior, then Junior goes on a killing spree - this is not the fault of the game company. That is the fault of the parents that didn't have the stones to stand up to their offspring and say, "This is not appropriate for you and you can't have it.")

So, I do hope you enjoy the ramblings of an old broad that's not playing with an entirely full deck. Feel free to comment if you choose. Welcome aboard the crazy train.