So, #CatTwitter - #Cannabidiol for cats? Daisy has started p***ing (not spraying) on the bed again & we have a feeling she’s not happy vs. ill because she’s had antibiotics from the vet already which stopped it for a few weeks and now it’s happening again. Since #CBDoil is >
> supposed to be good for unrinary tract infections, anxiety/depression, pain, anti-inflammatory etc, it seems like it could help with lots of potential causes of the p***ing the bed. It was just the bed, but when we shut her away from the bedroom she p* on the sofa. We have no >
> idea if it’s physical or psychological. She’s 16, never done this before, we got her tested and there was a slight indication she may have had a UTI, this seemed to get better with a course of pill antibiotics (just after a course of liquid antibiotics because of a chest >
> infection). All these antibiotics can’t be doing her much good esp if she is taking one course after another. Also - the p*ssing behaviour seems somehow psychological/behavioural too. She stopped, then started again, even though we had put a litter tray upstairs for her in >
> case it was arthritis or not being able to get to the loo in time. It is not all the time, she is using the litter tray in between and it somehow feels like a communication of being unhappy, but we have no idea of what. She has all her usual love, cuddles, food etc >
> and nothing seems to have changed. We are spending a fortune on cat odour enzyme sprays laundry, worried about breaking the machine with overloading it with the duvets. I’ve bought her a feliway plug in, we’ve given her extra attention and brushed her more. Could CBD oil help>
> & advice on dosage - this oil is available easily locally at a local shop, is pure with 100% hemp oil/seed (not marijuana which is toxic to cats). Online dosage suggestions 4 cats = one drop twice daily, moving up to two drops twice daily maybe? savers.co.uk/Health-&-Wellb… >
> She is used to syringe medicine from taking thyronorm everyday. Is it better to go straight for the mouth and be done with it or onto food and risk her turning her nose up at it? I’m wondering if it could help her other underlying health issues too - calm any anxiety for her >
> heart murmur to be managed & potential wee-wee issues, anti-inflammatory for low immune system due to high white blood cell count and overactive thyroid. If it helps keep her healthy, it could save a fortune in vets bills. If it makes no difference, it is non-toxic to cats so >
> shouldn’t harm her. I just wondered if anyone in the #CatsOfTwitter#CatTwitter community had experience with #CBDOil#Cannabidiol for their cats & if it has helped to stop inappropriate peeing, boosting low immune system (see thread for more info) & dosing amounts. 🐈🐈⬛😿❤️🩹❤️
TULIKAAAAAA!!!!!!! Aside from being excited at seeing a fellow Twitterati on a Podcast - the content - addressing structural racism through activism whilst working inside the NHS is inspiring. I’m considering leaving #LXP activism behind as it’s left me so harmed. Will listen🙏🏽❤️
I just listened to @TChiarletti1 podcast on Emotional Labour, Race & the NHS - it was excellent. It was also hard to listen to. I drifted off and wept, realised I’d scratched my skin so hard I’d drawn blood. Very close to home and particularly pertinent on taking care of >
> yourself because otherwise the system will destroy you. Seeking out support and understanding your place within it, what you can do. The consequences of raising issues - being positioned as a troublemaker. Tulika positioned herself by taking into account her background, her >
1. Check out this great thread. Here is my own experience in this area. I have an MSc in working effectively with people diagnosed with ‘personality disorder’. This includes service design & critically using various models to inform this, ie. all systems analysis, org change >
2. group theory etc AS WELL AS ensuring needs of SUs met first. Studying as an LXP was f* hard because there was the need to constantly critique this through an experiential lens rather than the tried & tested other disciplines who have loads of academic resources to rely on. >
3. We also had to factor in issues such as the contested and western lens diagnosis designed by people from a certain demographic, how it impacted on people on end users from another demographic and intersectionality. We had to justify our positions academically and demonstrate >
1/Surely this indicates an overt example of discrimination - in this instance, saneism- against #LXP Peer Support Work roles? Is this discrimination on the part of #AgendaForChange#A4C or is it unscrupulous managers writing job descriptions that use keywords to dumb down roles?>
2/This is why we need #LXP senior roles so that we have recruiting managers who work within our discipline who understand the different levels of skillsets required for each type of job & ensure that these aren’t belittled by conflicting internal agendas. Presently no structures>
3/are in place in most organisations to prevent this and #LXP staff are at the mercy of benevolent individuals rather than a robust system to protect them from discrimination in the workplace structures & working environments. That just isn’t good enough. The other issue is that>
This. I am diagnosed with various labels that mean I face stigma in services I access. My job is to use the insight from that to improve those services. The problem is, I face stigma in my job because of those diagnoses too. In order to mitigate the stigma, I got a >
> Masters Degree in the job I work in to so that there would be no excuse for non Lived Experience staff to continue to make decisions in how to co-produce services. Like @keirangoddard1’s question in his thread, this was treated as an obstruction to the status quo, a threat >
> something to be silenced and shown the door. Non LXP staff have ensured that future co-production will not be developed by specialist LXP staff trained in the areas of mental health they work in, as well as being trained >
PLS RT: Does anyone know of any #LXP (Lived Experience Professional roles ie. Peer Support Workers, Lived Experience Researchers) that have reached Employment Tribunal stage for Disability Discrimination in the UK? All I’ve heard of reach settlement before court stage #MadTwitter
Employment & Equality of #LXP’s is something that I’m trying to build understanding of because presently it is disparate and isolated by employer or even employee. I hadn’t realised til recently that there have been quite a few Tribunal applications >
> for discrimination at work, however all I have heard of where settled prior to court. I can’t find any examples of one going to Employment Tribunal Court. I’d really appreciate if people could put this out there so I can discover & collate any examples. They will be of great >