Re: ss disability benefits - mental health impacts?

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I don't want to say too much, but I have so much to say. But it boils down to an

attitude, a feeling.

I just feel cared for, cared about, by my friends, my village, my countrymen,

and it helps to make a life more livable, and a feeling of being valued. OK its

just state money, but its also the value your society puts on you.

I can't help a nagging thought which concerns a report that 78% of people with a

cerebellar ataxia also have a psychosis. I don't know if you discussed it here

being a newbie to this group. See

http://neuropsychiatryreviews.com/apr01/npr_apr01_cerebellar.html

(note my security shows it loads some Javascript which may just be ads display,

but it views ok with it stripped - maybe just a psychotic caution! but if you

have an internet cleaner, here's when...)

As no-one I know over here with FA seems depressed or abnormal, I wonder if the

lack of support may account for a lot of depression. It is a US report. I know

If they treated me like that I'd be b*****y depressed.

Of course some people think I'm too happy, maybe manic without the depression,

but I don't think its a problem. More like 'no brain' than a faulty one! But It

can annoy some...

Anyway I'd love to get some thoughts on this, comments etc.

-- from Brine

- brian@...>  Written at 19:11:52 on 05-04-2002