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  • Finding Peggy by Meg Henderson. It's a hard read but painfully accurate description of scheme life with all its highs and lows by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 21st May 2021 4:50pm)
  • I'm always here for this reminder by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 28th Oct 2021 1:36am)
  • Hey this is all amazing! And sounds like you have amazing support. I'm just popping my head in to say there may be some community resources in the area that can help. Places that I've found help and information before are bridgeton library (they done a lot of local history work a few years ago). The Glasgow woman's library, it's based in that area and by the sounds of this story this man might be known within the community and something about him might turn up in more informal recollections. The Calton hereitage centre/community centre. This one is a bit weird but there's the weavers association. Because one of the main building in the area was a carpet factory there's definitely social histories captured by them I've seen in exhibitions ect. One thing I do know Is communities talk and if he's been in the pub game and left a family there will have been gossip that could have be passed around and then down. From my own experience my aunt conducted a silimar search a few years ago as I have a great great grandfather that got about a bit so if you would like me to ask her for any tips fire me a message. We've connected with family all over since it kicked off. Lastly, your realitive that isn't doing too great these days I pass on my love to him. Sorry there's a lot of info and I struggle remembering all the bits. But if he grew up in Glasgow please consider playing him some of the mother tounge. There's loads of Billy Connelly and old Scottish comedy on YouTube. It's something I've found a lot of scattered Scots find comforting when far from home. Good luck!! by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 20th Jan 2022 1:50am)
  • I'l certainly ask my aunt. I know she started with ancersty.com and ended up in the records vaults under the Mitchel library once. Send me a wee message as disclaimer I have ADHD and will 100% forget to get back to you via a post reply. If I can be of any help practically as well. I'm local to the area and know the area well. by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 20th Jan 2022 4:44pm)
  • Sorry I'm in my spamming account high_vis ADHD is my namw by Weak_Resort1661 (Wed 2nd Mar 2022 5:37pm)
  • I've been to my MP about it recent and im mounting a proper campaign there's some working groups being formed in Glasgow just now if anyone wants any more info message me or find me in insta with the same name by Weak_Resort1661 (Wed 2nd Mar 2022 5:36pm)
  • Appreciate that. They do seem to have all the right acreditation and they are audited by health improvement Scotland so I may call them next week. by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 27th May 2022 5:45pm)
  • Thanks so much! It's just good to hear that I'm not mad and 60 days for a controlled drug is in appropriate. The prescriber told me it was to save me money in the long run but having to pay for two months at a time with the ADHD money management I posses is hard!!! I have the details for the onbusman and pictures or ripped up scripts because they ask me to send that when I get the wrong thing before they will send a new one. My pharmacist might also back me up because she's so indurated with each script. She can barely read them most of the time. I'm with Riverside house for assesment now so fingers crossed that comes quickly and I can get away from private. I think a lot of us are simply falling through the cracks and that's allowing for bad services to take advantage. Thanks again I really appreciate the reply it's been a lonely confusing road at times. by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 27th May 2022 5:51pm)
  • Oh sorry and the delay in this script was due to them emailing me twice now (with replies) asking me what drug they prescribed me. I said surely you know? that I didn't have my pills on me at the appointment and the two names are so similar I couldn't tell them on the day so the script had to be posted to me(it never actually was I went up today to sort it in person) by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 27th May 2022 5:55pm)
  • Yeah I'm with you all the way on that. This clinic seems to have a partnership with the NHS which is why I choose it. I was very concerned with being assessed rather than straight diagnosis. I'm a pretty classic case to be fair and have all the autistic red flags too including pretty severe disordered eating. I only went private when I was told by an NHS mental health assessment that it sounded like ADHD but with my degrees they felt it wasn't debilitating enough. (While I was unemployed). But hopefully the NHS ADHD clinic will be swift when I send them the forms back via email. I might also just include all the documents from my clinic as supporting evidence it can't hurt. Thank you so much for your reply. by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 27th May 2022 7:11pm)
  • Omg that's out of order! I'm so sorry they said this to you. hopefully when you get up here and get a GP they will be more helpful by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 27th May 2022 9:16pm)
  • I wanted to go with the NHS but they stopped me at at the first assement stage saying it wasn't debilitating enough. I'm back on the waitlist again so fingers crossed by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 1:12am)
  • Just as well I won't be taking your advice. But thanks for trying anyways. There's no self diagnosing here thank you very much. What a base my life around is very much my own business and I think I'll not be feeling guilty since I know all of the other stupid shit ppl are taking to the NHS. If I can't get help for something that's literally killing me then I think all the idiots needing stitched up on a weekend can fuck off too. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 9:59am)
  • So it's best proactice to only dispense 28 days of a controlled drug. Most pharmacists will be uncomfortable giving you any more. It's to do with the controlled meds act I'm sure. But some have said no they wouldn't fill 60 days without a letter from my doctor explaining why. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 10:03am)
  • That's why I'm going back through the NHS. I've been seen recently but NHS psychologists who want me to be assessed for autism too. I never wanted to go private but I was at rock bottom and the NHS wasn't able to help. Gingers crossed I get to see them sooner rather than later. Thanks for your reply. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 10:14am)
  • Aw good luck it's such a stressful thing to have to do. Feel free to drop me a message if you wanna talk through it all by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 10:22am)
  • I had never heard of the iPhone in the 80s but look at it just existing away in the big wide world. There's a long and complex history to ADHD if you can't be arsed reading up on it I would suggest keeping your comments to yourself. We also thought you could get aids from a toilet seat back then so I wouldn't be basing your current decisions around 80s knowledge. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 10:32am)
  • I'm just on my way out the door but wanted to reply to say thank you for this outstanding response. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 11:47am)
  • I was seen by a mental health nurse peak pandemic that's as far as it went. She had very little understanding of ADHD nevermind the all the new research on women. I've seen countless health professionals since as well as those working at the coal face in neurodiversity research. Everyone's pretty clear it's ADHD Ans it's significantly damaging my health. I appreciate your point but u can promise you the RSD wouldn't allow me presue this if I didn't believe completely it's what I need. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 12:26pm)
  • My GP won't accept shared care for some reason. It's just a hard no. It seems to be a bit of a postcode lottery by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 28th May 2022 4:35pm)
  • You my friend are creepy and weird going back through my comment history and getting involved. I have ADHD and Autism it was missed in childhood because traditionally woman are taught to mask. In trying to get help and support because undiagnosed women die younger quite often by their own hand. So if you just mind your own business while I try to avoid a premature death that would be grand. As I say creepy and weird how much you have an opinion on my ADHD and how you've repeated that through my comment history. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sun 29th May 2022 9:28am)
  • Also ADHD isn't a label it is a neurodevelopmental disorder and it would be very hard to give it to myself. I have it regardless of who says I do. I promise you if I could change my brain not to be like this I would. But since I have the brain I do, fancy not being a dick about it when I try to get help. What happened to be kind and support each others mental health? So I'll reach out.. you seem angry you ok Hun? by Weak_Resort1661 (Sun 29th May 2022 9:35am)
  • Oh no not at all let's other ppl know the steps as I know there are ppl not as far down the road as me so always good to talk it through. So my first assement was with a mental health nurse at my GPs she was the one that said it wasn't debilitating enough as I have a degree. But as soon as I was privately diagnosed I was put back on the NHS ADHD wait list. I seem to have skipped the meeting with the nurse bit as I have the forms now from Riverside house which I believe is the NHS ADHD clinic. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sun 29th May 2022 10:09am)
  • Getting through all the comments but to clarify my timeline is Self reffer to GP (brand new GP who passed to MH team) Face to face meet with the MH nurse who came back to me after 48 hours and said and this is a direct quote "you do have almost all the ADHD indicators but since you have managed to get more than one degree we don't feel it's debilitating enough" she then went on to say that I clearly do have ADHD and I manage and the only reason that I was presenting at that time was due to loosing my dad suddenly making my symptoms worse but that when my greif goes away I'll be fine. In this assesment it was also noted that I have extremely riged and disordered eating and the sensory profile of someone with autism. But I can make friends and seem to have empathy (omg when will this stereotype die). My bloods were taking and I had almost zero b12 zero folic acid and zero any other needed vitimans. (I only eat beige food and I only drink red coke). It was discussed that my eating disorder didn't need further investigation because I was over weight and I was prescribed vitamins to take. I became suicidal. My husbands employer was wonderful and gifted us private healthcare for all his hard work during the pandemic. I spoke with a vitality GP who put me onto their mental health specialist. They said this does sound like ADHD but we can't assess that because it's preexisting since I spoke to the NHS. But they did do the research for me and recommended my current clinic as they have an NHS partnership. I never went looking for a ADHD diagnosis because honestly I thought my main issues came from autism I had never considered both. I then was assessed and diagnosed by a phycologist who specialises in autism and ADHD. I gave her my school report and honestly reading back it's always been ripping out of me now I understand how females present. I then started meds in October. They were life changing and and ideas that I was looking in the wrong place fell away. If I didn't need the stimulant meds then surely I would feel speedy and I wouldn't be able to take them and nap? It was like when Bradly cooper takes the drug in limitless and feels his brain connect. I could literally access skills I haven't be able to for years. I sat on the floor that night in my newly organised house and cried and cried for all the struggles I had to do not knowing my brain was disabled. But as we all know the tale often doesn't end that quickly or happily. My only real side effects on elvase was loss of appetite and the volume going up on my sensory issues. (I can tell you not being able to cover your wrists or ankles in a Glasgow winter when you can't even have a wee soup is rough). So after 6 months on them (I'm shit with money because of the ADHD) I couldn't afford regular meds reviews as well as the scripts and I realised I had lost almost 6 stone. I had to get my wedding dress taken in, when I bout it in 2019 it was too tight. So I switched to what I thought was xaggatin (turns out I've actually been prescribed xenidate). Now through all this my GP has rereffed me to NHS Riverside house for reassessment by the actual ADHD team. I've had an hour long assesment with a second mental health nurse who feedback after consulting with her phycologist they recommend I seek autism assemsnt and they have reffered me to the mental health dietary team at stobhill. So I'm now on 3 separate NHS waitlist as the shared care agreement is something my GP won't accept. I get why this is happening I have a master's in Autism I know most mental health nurses would kill to have the time to do. I don't want to burden the NHS but my undiagnosed unsupported neurodiversity is killing me. I may have 3 degrees and wash my hair once a week (this is 100% due to shame I would likey never wash it if noone saw me) that doesn't mean my ADHD isn't debilitating. I work an hourly rate job, I live in one of Scotland most deprived postcodes and without the safety net that I have the impulsively and rejected sensitive Dysmorphophobia I struggle with would have killed me in my 20s. It put a bottle of pills in my hands enough times to come very very close. Now there's my overshare and I'll finish by saying I've met NURSES who don't even understand the female presentation of a heart attack. I've met some that can smell diseases and would walk on fire for their paitents one person telling me no is not going to discourage me from getting the help I need and have paid for my entire life. We won't even get into how let down I've been by the NHS and education system to get to my late 30s as a malnourished woman in Glasgow Sorry but this is my life we are all discussing and sometimes invalidating here. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sun 29th May 2022 4:13pm)
  • I done this with the PTA of my after school care it was mad fancy lodges. All families for a weekend by Weak_Resort1661 (Sun 24th Jul 2022 1:10am)
  • I was in after-school care all my childhood. It was in an area Tam McGraw spent a lot of time in. We went some mental trips and I've had experiences kids wouldn't believe these days. It all makes a little more sense now. Lol by Weak_Resort1661 (Sun 24th Jul 2022 1:10am)
  • Yes by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 5th Aug 2022 3:08pm)
  • Honestly I could list a million but double involving. Wrong prescriptions, rude staff, wrong records, four nurse changes due to nurses leaving the company. That's just from my last few months. by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 5th Aug 2022 3:07pm)
  • Worked for Coleen Rooney by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 18th Aug 2022 5:37pm)
  • There's a few men's sheds about the city with workshop space by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 22nd Sep 2022 5:09pm)
  • Horrific one of the wro as t choices I ever made. Place is an absolute joke by Weak_Resort1661 (Tue 11th Oct 2022 8:31pm)
  • Wrong meds. Wrong dates on meds, double charged for appointments sending my medical notes to random emails addresses instead of my doctor's. Not seen the same nurse twice in over a year because they don't seem to last more than a few months. by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 13th Oct 2022 8:55pm)
  • Also if your using pods in the washing machine stop. They don't break down in our water properly and the plastic lives in the pipes. If you're having damp smells with your Washington run the machine a few times with power on the highest heat then just always use power. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sun 13th Nov 2022 6:36pm)
  • Folks in the east end of Glasgow in my experience. I know this because I say J as Jai I don't remember if I was specifically taught that way but most people I know say it that way. by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 18th Nov 2022 1:31pm)
  • Yeah my English husband thinks it's hilarious. I think it's specifically a lower class slag thing to be fair I don't think that's how they pronounce it with a Glasgow uni accent. Also there's sub accents within the lower class too, each big scheme has slight differences in the slang from my understanding. by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 18th Nov 2022 1:56pm)
  • I believe it is one of the world first undergrounds (subway)as it used to be used to transport goods across the clyde or something by Weak_Resort1661 (Tue 22nd Nov 2022 5:13pm)
  • I was thinking super soakers with food colouring in it. I have been informed this is assault tho by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 30th Dec 2022 12:57pm)
  • No please dont, they've been standing there for years I think it's usually a Wednesday. I remember getting so angry a family member had to drag me away from screaming at them as I walked past to see my dying dad. I did hatch a plan to hire a piper every time they turn up but then lockdown happened. by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 30th Dec 2022 12:56pm)
  • I knew the caravel as the old elpaso. Backed into a graveyard and the talk when I was a wean was it was for pure convenience. My dad also told me a story once about a junkie throwing in a grandae without taking out the pin. But I do remember going from the bar to the bookies at about 4 for my granda. It was defo owned by Tam McGraw and his brother and Law Snaz regardless of who's name was above the door. Definitely recommend the ice cream wars doc on BBC iPlayer right now but I don't agree with the final sentiment. The van was 100% where you got drugs when I was wee. by Weak_Resort1661 (Fri 6th Jan 2023 12:46am)
  • 7 by Weak_Resort1661 (Tue 14th Mar 2023 1:22am)
  • Did he not also get keys to the city? I know he visited maybe went to Barlinne? by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 27th May 2023 12:50am)
  • I can't verify my sources as I spent way too much time in my youth in old mens pubs but I've seen this reffered to as the world's first subway. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sat 27th May 2023 12:55am)
  • Country baskets maybe you get random stuff in there. Also bonnypack has the most random stuff by Weak_Resort1661 (Wed 23rd Aug 2023 12:12am)
  • That's a fair point... I'm sure they paid a stupid amount of money for that whirlees round about when the queen was supposed to visit but she changed her mind or something and just flew over in a chopper. by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 28th Sep 2023 2:33pm)
  • Was east Kilbride not the highest town in the UK at one point? by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 28th Sep 2023 2:30pm)
  • The buckfast triangle will reach its final stage of maturity. Also provalhall house behind the fort ouldbe a good base of operations. I'm sure it still has fortifications and ways to escape from the reformation by Weak_Resort1661 (Thu 28th Sep 2023 2:35pm)
  • Provanhall house behind the fort has Halloween nights. It’s been a long time since I went but the house is old and creepy anyway so just being in there at night is unsettling. by Weak_Resort1661 (Sun 8th Oct 2023 9:02pm)