I don't know what to say here.

I empathise with you Ham and LA. Bi-polar and ADHD sucks. Not many people know how it feels till they or one of their loved ones experience it firsthand go through it. My dad had BP for the last 25 years of his life and he and we lived everyday on its merits as a result. Its all about chemical balance. CZA

 

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Are you sure it's ADHD? A lot of those behaviors sound like Autism of some sort. The older one sound like he's an agorophobic (scared of open spaces). Both my brothers and my sister are autistic and my mom had a hell of a time with the school system. They eventually asked her not to bring them back and she had to home school them. Have you ever heard of Psych dogs? They're like service dogs for people with mental challenges rather than physical ones. I trained one for my baby brother, yes he's 25 but he's stuck with the name, and he's improved a great deal but there are also organizations that train the dogs for people.

 

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eh? What's this stuff going here??

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yeah i am sure its ADHD, we have ahd him tested 6 times for it, we were very unsure about the first doctor so we tested him again, (but with a differant doctor) ADHD is on the autism spectrum and he has (its true) some autistic behaviours, but wihtout going to see a new doctor theres not a lot i can do, getting a new doctor in my area is very slim, and difficult.

 

Whoa shit,
mate,
Move somewhere, with better welfare systems.,

 

Rethink that statement.

Mr Hamtastic, if you are looking for constructive help with a personal problem, there must be better places than this. You are actually being treated with more civility than a lot of people I have seen doing the same here.
This place can be cruel.
Quoting Shakespeare, will you really benefit from "wearing your heart on your sleeve for 'daws to peck at"

 

ok,i did and now in addition to what i thought before i now think that you are a condescending crotch sniffer.

 

Thanks!:cheers:

 

Sheesh. Ham...that totally sux. I have a lot of close friends in similar situations and I see what they go through and know how hard it can be. My bestfriend and her fiance' just had a baby, they are only 23 with nothing more then a HS education and they are currently living in her fiance's mother's house whose husband just died of cancer. It's a total mess...they are in debt from medical expenses and when they applied for low income housing they weren't accepted because her fiance' has a DUI on his record...not to mention that he struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction. My girl can't work because she has to take care of the baby and her fiance' can barely maintain work because of his addictions, but they don't have any healthcare to receive any kind of help. It's awful.

My other close friend has all the money in the world, but she suffers from BP disorder and it's a daily struggle for her to maintain relationships, school, and work. Her manic episodes are terrible and she also doesn't have health insurance to cover counseling and her family is very religious, strict, and unsupportive so she can't turn to them for anything. I love her to death, but sometimes it's a struggle for me to even be her friend. I lived with her for a year and it was an absolute nightmare. I couldn't help her and she was suicidal and completely out of control and treated me like shit, but I still stuck by her.

I sympathize with your situation. It's very hard when the system refuses to help you and without that help it's almost impossible to get on your feet. You just have to try and stay positive...keep persevering...rely on those that love you and try and maintain an equal partnership with your wife...you guys are in this together and once you realize that, problems can seem less daunting if you stay true. I'm sending my love to you and your family! Blessed Be, XOXO

 

You got more money a month than me dude.

Kill own meat? Place the lady of the house up to a rabbit killing.

Do you wear second hand clothes? Doesn't sound like you do. Begin doing that.
Get one trench coat against the rain and one umbrella and one pull over stocking cap. That should be extent of fashions. [By all means get shoes with arch support.]

Read this book:

Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money. Written in the mid-1970s by a teenage girl named Dolly Freed with most parts still valid today.
This book could help everyone to manage money most. http://www.f4.ca/text/possumliving.htm

I must state that regardless of where someone lives at the USA no ones grocery bill needs to be no four hundred and fifty $ a week ! [If I read that right and you didn't mean fifty five]
Now do ya'll have a 'Food Lion' grocery store as they have the deals on a discount canned foods bin?

John Tesh made a show note on how the grocery store always has the most inexpensive lowest priced items on the very bottom and very top of the shelves and not the middle.
[Radio man John Tesh gets his advice from magazines and magazines get their advice from the experts of the field.]

As far as toiletries I hoe you stop at the dove brand soap. I do. That soap serves for ALL purposes...hair, shaving, etc..

If you do all these things already then I have no intentions of insulting your intelligence. I'll bet you don't kill own meat though and that's a part of the problem for everyone.

On the part where she writes: "Shoot it or break its skull with a heavy club." I recommend rather obtaining a knife for the strict purpose of slit the throat. Bunnies do wiggle about some act up and get honery so go for the most rested one. Their gestation be quickest of any animal. Get an almanac and learn the gestation.

For electricity saving dough: those white light mini LED lights don't eat up batteries the same as those pull cord ones they advertise for pantries. Place one beneath the counter and you'll use this more than you think rather than turn on the big lights when searching for something.