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Old Sep 06, 2022, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MuddyBoots View Post
Just met my new pdoc. She seems OK. Probably still a serial killer, but at least she's a nice serial killer that thinks my cat is cute and laughs at my jokes. She's going to ween me off the Invega with tablets (but I am to stop cold turkey and call if the rash comes back), up my Lamictal, and add prazosin, keep taking the Thorazine, and only take half of the non-prescription substances I've been using (yeah, right! it'll probably be easier just to stop because I have no ability to control myself once I'm in that situation, especially with drinking)

Also I might be moving (again!) in with a friend. She has a lot of pain issues and said if I can cook, clean, and go shopping for her she'll let me live there rent free as long as I'm not a PITA. Seriously considering it because it kinda sucks here.

Oh, another thing I liked about my pdoc was that she asked about specific symptoms like hallucinations, racing thoughts, etc rather than just "are you manic/depressed/psychotic?"

Sounds like a terrific appointment! And hey...serial killers can be incredibly helpful, when they're in the right mood. Did you know that Ted Bundy worked a suicide hotline for a year? The woman he volunteered with, and was also friends with, wrote a book about working the crisis line with him. The book is called "The Stranger Beside Me."

I've often wondered how many lives he saved when compared with how many lives he took. One wonders...
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