[cool09]

I've been in bed since my hospitalization 1 month ago. My long depression lifted in the hospital. I lost all interests several years ago. I can't think of anything to do. I don't have any friends due to having Asberger's.

[kecanoe]

What did they tell you to do? Do you even want to do the things they recommended?

[cool09]

Stay out of bed.

[possum220]

Sometimes we need to do something rather than nothing regardless of wanting to or not. I find it helpful at times just to get out side and go for a walk. Once I am outside I tend to do a couple of things that I didn't even think of.

Were you given the option of calling the hospital that you were in and talking to some-one who is there and getting some moral support. If the hospital gave you a list of things to do maybe you could just start with one thing on the list. It doesn't have to be a big thing.

[cool09]

Were you given the option of calling the hospital that you were in and talking to some-one who is there and getting some moral support.

They didn't even give me support in the hospital. The staff didn't want to listen to my problems. I had a tech shut the door on me after she asked how I was and told her "not well". I couldn't believe the staff. This is one of the "best" psych hospitals in the country.

I do little things at a time but I can't stay active. My Asberger's limits me along with severe agitation and anxiety. I almost yelled at the pharmacist a couple weeks ago. It was scary. I can't hold a conversation.

[kecanoe]

Do you see a therapist? For me, getting out of bed to go to therapy was possible bc I liked my therapist.

Maybe doing little things is the best you can do right now. I found it irritating when they would tell me to just get some exercise when that was literally impossible due to my depression.

[cool09]

I just quit my therapist because she was unbearable. Nurse said he would find me a new therapist last week. Hasn't done so yet. Usually he does things right away. I don't know if he's mad at me or what. He was kind of nasty to me last week when I unloaded on him. And I told him that I was seeing a specialist at Johns Hopkins next month. Hopkins added dx of Asberger's last year which I'm unsure of. Talk therapy doesn't do anything for my agitation, irritability or anxiety. I'm spending more time on the computer than I want to. Thanks.