Help is available ?

Certain individuals whom I see every day would answer YES to the following questions found in an ad on page B 11 -Dec. 12 :

Loss of interest in activities

fatigue or loss of energy

Change in sleep or appetite

inability to enjoy things

difficulty concentrating

recurrent thoughts of death

And finally : Do you feel hopeless. worthless or helpless ? You may guessed that this ad is directed at MENTALLY DEPRESSED individuals . The individuals whom I see every day are HOMELESS !

Does anybody even THINK about treating the homeless for mental depression ? " Reimbursement for expenses available " .

Really ? How many depressed homeless people have excellent health coverage ? But " Help is available " says the ad . Really ?


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comment:
From: kali55@loa.com (kali)
    To: ar803@osfn.rhilinet.gov
    Subject: My Two cents
    Date: Mon, 13 Dec


    Hi,
    Every time I see your posts i wonder if you are the Doctor i saw for PTSD some years ago.
    I think you are.
    Besides the point. You are so right pertaining to your post about mental health.
    I am fortunate that i am not in the situation that others are pertaining to mental health. YET! My
    health is very bad and I am a harvard member as you must have seen from my own posts. I cannot find
    insurance that is affordable. So that is why I am saying not yet :)

    I feel my place is to speak out for those who just can't do it. I am committed to that. But nothing
    seems to work.

    What is it going to take and how many deaths will it take or hospitalizations will it take for the
    Government to wake up?
    I have tried to speak out. I have gone to the state house and attended the meetings by ocean State
    Funding only to feel totally abandoned by them.
    I have posted and used the radio talk shows. But people do not want to get involved.

    Someone posted on the board wondering where all the hoopla was pertaining to this health issue.
    "Where are the people he asked." I ask the same thing.
    Will i become depressed throughout all of this? Well I don't know. According to my Dr. I am already.
    I went to him because of a domestic problem and he said i was depressed. You really have to know me
    to visualize this. I am full of laughter and take each day as it is and live it to it's fullest. as
    best i can. i am a cancer survivor and my sense of humor faith kept me alive.

    When I left his office with pills in hand ( samples) I said hey wait a minute. I am not the one who
    created this problem and I refuse to take meds for depression for someone else's actions. I did
    nothing wrong other than to go and seek a solution and to report a situation to my Dr. Pills went in
    the basket and my smile came back. So I really don't think I will. I will be scared more than
    anything because of everything that is going on.
    Three brain tumors, seizure disorder, bone tumor, six herniated discs, cancer, hyperbaric chamber
    decisions two pulled ligaments in my knees and two cysts on my kidney.

    To live with what I have to isn't easy but i do it and I do it with as much happiness in my life as
    I can create.

    If I do become depressed I will head right on down to the campus and see Dr. Fitzhugh. He is the one
    who told me never to stop using my mouth and that if it was one of his relatives in the ER needing
    an advocate he would hope that it was me. Dam if i will ever learn to keep it shut. I get in such
    trouble for speaking my mind.


    Looking forward to your posts each day. Thanks for your input.
    You have a great day
    kali
    Maureen Tanguay