
Please help my family save our home.
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Hi, my name is Jessica & I MUST raise money to keep the home my dad left for my family so we won't be homeless. I've been homeless before & made it through & never thought I would be SO close to being here again.
I'm supposed to tell you about myself & why this is so important to me & hopefully you'll be kind enough to help out with anything... I am a mother of 3 plus my 2 bonus kids. I've actually been taking care of children since I was 8 years old. I started working at 14 years old & often worked multiple jobs up until 2014 when my life fell apart. I had been diagnosed as bipolar in 2007 & had struggled to find the right combination of meds. Things started getting rocky in 2013 after what seemed to be one attack after the next & my mental health was less than healthy. My Dr prescribed a couple of meds that were supposed to have minimal side effects & hopefully make life better. That was NOT the case! I was only on the meds for a short time but as a result my body betrayed me & began attacking me. I was diagnosed with an involuntary movement condition named Tardive Dyskinesia. It began with obnoxious repetitive facial movements but escalated quickly into something horrific! All of a sudden I had this diagnosis & no cure insight. My mental health was worse than ever!. My body constantly moving, random & SCARY breathing issues, choking multiple times daily. Every meal or beverage was a living nightmare. I lost 80 pounds like 100 days. My kids were terrified & so was I. I lashed out & pushed everyone away. I spent almost a year of my life a prisoner of my body & mind. I had to stop driving & agorophobia reared it's ugly head. I spent a couple years on tons of meds that only made me drowsy but never helped the movements. I am still unable to work & my home has been sold in property tax sale in August. We are also dealing with some urgent plumbing issues which keep randomly ruining our things and can't use the sinks in the kitchen or the main bathroom. We've been trying to do anything to raise money but the deadline is looming to reverse the sale & aren't nearly close enough. I feel terrible asking strangers to help but I must swallow my pride to save my family. Anything will help & I am always helping others & I'm hoping & praying someone will help us!
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JESSICA TOLBERT
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Saint Louis, MO