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When my depression was severe I would often sleep eighteen hours per day to avoid the world. At that time I did not think it would change.
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She's definitely gone through phases like that.
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Does she consistently take her meds as prescribed?
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Yeah, she does. She's actually pretty good about that. She has to take them three times a day and she has them organized in a pillbox by dosage.
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I don't know if Japan offers this but I was in Intensive Outpatient for a bit. Most of it was group therapy and meeting individually with a therapist once or twice a month. Most programs run four to five hours a day. Some people go five days a week but later cut back to one or two days a week as they improve. But again the question is will she get out of bed to attend the sessions.
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I know there was some of that when she was hospitalized but not sure if there's an outpatient version of it. I'll keep it in mind and see if something like that exists or if it can be arranged.
And yeah, the question is will she actually go to them? She's pretty good about keeping appointments with her doctor but we'll have to see.
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Does she have a case manager beside her doctor?
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Just the one doctor, although she has also kind of acted as a case manager. She helped my wife get into the work program I mentioned before and she also helped her sign up for the computer class she's currently taking.