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Originally Posted by wiretwister
my pdoc says he see's it,,, I disagree,, but maybe he is right ??... I use my wife as a sounding board,,, I even ask her is she wants me to ask the doc anything.... she does ride me about my changing my meds...
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That makes sense to ask someone who observes your behavior regularly if there's anything you should ask at your appts. I don't ever mind saying someone else is right and I'm wrong, but it's frustrating if people feel they see something or are right about something that I don't recognize or relate to.
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Originally Posted by Brophy
It's very tough to be in social settings when you feel like you can't trust your own thoughts. The easiest way I've found to manage this is to identify your triggers for an episode and stay away from them. Also identify the symptoms you know show when you're in an episode. If you have to, write them down and carry them with you and check them daily.
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I've never thought about identifying triggers, so that's definitely worth considering. I don't really know if I can identify an episode at this point, but I think I could learn to identify whatever causes my behavior or emotions to change, maybe. Writing definitely helps me too. I have been trying to organize my thoughts this week, and had flurries of thoughts written on scraps of paper… then when I finally put them in groups with other similar thoughts, I started to see patterns and felt like I was untangling my brain and making some kind of progress.