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Monster on the Hill
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Jul 24, 2024 at 09:30 AM
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Not "lost" lost, but when I wasn't allowed at my mom's, I didn't have access to my birth certificate, SS card, my SSDI money, or, most importantly, my REI membership and gift cards.
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Jul 24, 2024 at 10:42 AM
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Have you ever called and complained about a doctor you saw? What happened? __________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
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Wise Elder
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Jul 25, 2024 at 09:56 PM
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No. I did report one to the medical board once. They investigated and cleared him after about a year.
Have you ever had a therapist take a substantial amount of time off? How did you handle it? __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Jul 25, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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No but I've had to take a substantial time away from my therapist I was seeing, mainly due to finances (although there were some other underlying reasons too). I've been seeing an EAP (Employee Assistance Program) free counselor for 3 sessions. I get a max of 6 sessions.
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Jul 27, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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My Abbycat. She keeps me calm and since she has needs I have to get out of my head and take care of her every day, several times per day.
Do you use pillboxes and how many weeks worth do you fill at once? __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Jul 28, 2024 at 07:13 AM
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I use 3 pillboxes - 1 for morning meds, 1 for night meds, and one for vitamins which I take in the afternoon.
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Jul 28, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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Yes, on more than a few occasions. Sometimes they were fragmentary types, other times complete. When well (or well enough), I have an extremely good recollection of moments in my life. When psychotic, it has varied. For example, I had 10 psych hospitalizations, but really only five of them can I remember. The ones when I wasn't so psychotic! Perhaps only little moments of any of the rest. I believe emergency injections in the isolation rooms played a small part, but not just that. Are you close with your siblings? If you have/had any? __________________ Dx: Bipolar type 1 Psych Medications: * Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg * Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg * Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 600 mg I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia. |
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Jul 28, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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Yes, I have 2 sisters. I am close with both of them. I consider them my best friends.
Does bipolar cause you forgetfulness or seem to impair your intelligence? __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD Seroquel, Cymbalta, propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, lamotrigine, hydroxyzine, There's a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in. --Leonard Cohen |
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Jul 28, 2024 at 02:02 PM
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Hell yeah. More forgetfulness because if I have everything written down and can refer back to stuff I'm okay though.
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Jul 28, 2024 at 03:16 PM
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Yes, very much. My very first hospitalization I was so scared and they misinterpreted that and made me take halal. Knocked me right out. I woke up strapped to a bed.
I’m curious about a question already asked so I’m going to ask again. Do you use pill boxes? If so how many weeks do you fill? __________________ Nammu …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann |
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Jul 28, 2024 at 05:17 PM
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I can't do pill boxes. I am WAY too lazy. I have three morning meds that are all medical, and all three nighttime meds are psych. So, I just separate the bottles.
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Jul 29, 2024 at 07:35 PM
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I go to bed way too early but on night's like last night it was midnight and I was still awake ... or should I say I had woken up and couldn't fall back asleep. This went on and off until 3:00am when I just got out of bed. Anxiety is a bish on my sleep patterns.
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Jul 31, 2024 at 09:47 AM
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Yeah. I don't really know if it's helpful. I thought it was, but now I don't.
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Aug 03, 2024 at 08:04 PM
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Q: Do you see a counselor? Is it helpful or no?
A: Yes and very. I've actually been seeing him for 18 years and have been at this agency for 22 years. Q: Do you have a predictable mood episode at some point annually? __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Aug 05, 2024 at 06:54 PM
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I used to go up the last week of July-first week of August. Now I am ok through the summer and haven't been hypo or manic in several years. Instead, now I crash the first or second week of January.
What kind of sneakers do you like? __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Aug 07, 2024 at 01:45 PM
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I don't wear sneakers.
Have you ever been so fukking infuriated, PISSED OFF, ANGER NEEDING TO COME OUT INSIDE YOU OR YOU'D EXPLODE that you threw something at your wall and made a hole in it? Or kicked a hole in your door? (I've done both on numerous occasions, for your info) __________________ The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days. 😊 - anonymous The night belongs to you. 🌙- sleep token "I'm scared. I'm old. I want to go home!" 😁 - anonymous |
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Aug 07, 2024 at 07:49 PM
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YES, YES & YESSSSSSS!!! I get so mad and so fast I'm surprised I don't get whiplash with my extreme mood swings!!
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Aug 09, 2024 at 09:39 PM
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I really liked Kay Redfield Jamison's autobiography (Touched by Fire????). Another one helped me a lot even though it's about schizophrenia. I can't get the name to come to me. The author is Laurie something. (Good luck finding it on those directions!). It dealt with clozapine very helpfully when I knew for some time that I was probably going to have to go on it. She's a huge success story on it.
What is the most important quality in a pdoc or therapist? __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Aug 09, 2024 at 09:47 PM
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I don't know if this counts as a "quality in them" but most people I absolutely cannot feel or think for myself around because everything I feel/think/do is "wrong" but every now and then I land on someone I can be myself around, and it's cool whether it's a pdoc/t or not. same Q __________________ [Insert thought-provoking and comedic quote here] |
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Aug 09, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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Two in one? An open mind and the ability to listen. Listening with an open mind, not already deciding in their mind what a diagnosis is or what box I belong in but fully listening before making a decision.
Same question, it’s a good one __________________ Nammu …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann |
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