Couch 228--The Wellness Couch

ScarletPimpernel · Jun 09, 2021, 02:20 PM

H just got demoted in his job today.

SlumberKitty · Jun 09, 2021, 02:21 PM

HUGS Scarlet

LonesomeTonight · Jun 09, 2021, 02:28 PM

Hugs, Scarlet, I'm sorry...

SlumberKitty · Jun 09, 2021, 02:58 PM

Hey Guys! I got an appointment to go to the Animal Shelter on Saturday! 10 AM! Please y'all pray for me to get a cat that is cuddly! I really miss my Esther and I really want a cuddly cat. I only have one hour to pick one out I think. So please pray that I will know which one is the right one. I'm so excited right now. I wish it were Saturday!

ArtleyWilkins · Jun 09, 2021, 03:05 PM

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Thanks, LT. I have this notion in my head that seeing another Pdoc would be disloyal to him. I know he wants what is best for me though. I think he is a really good doctor but....what if there is something out there that is better or would work differently. I don't know if the ADHD medication is messing with the hallucinations. I've been on it for so long I don't think so but you never know. But when I don't take it I feel like crap so I am kind of scared to go off of it. I never take more than prescribed but I think I am on a pretty high dose. I can definitely tell when I forget to take that medication.

Get the second opinion with a doctor on your insurance. It can't hurt. Might help you financially also.

Doctors aren't (or at least shouldn't) be offended when a patient gets a second opinion. It's a pretty common practice. Sometimes insurance insists on it even. My pdoc actually insisted himself that I get a second opinion at one point because he wanted to be sure he wasn't missing something. I really respected that from him. A second opinion doesn't commit you to a new doctor. You can even get a report with the 2nd doctor's suggestions for your treatment to share with your current doctor. Sometimes fresh eyes can be helpful.

SlumberKitty · Jun 09, 2021, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtleyWilkins

Get the second opinion with a doctor on your insurance. It can't hurt. Might help you financially also.

Doctors aren't (or at least shouldn't) be offended when a patient gets a second opinion. It's a pretty common practice. Sometimes insurance insists on it even. My pdoc actually insisted himself that I get a second opinion at one point because he wanted to be sure he wasn't missing something. I really respected that from him. A second opinion doesn't commit you to a new doctor. You can even get a report with the 2nd doctor's suggestions for your treatment to share with your current doctor. Sometimes fresh eyes can be helpful.

Thanks Artley. I almost always think your posts are wise. Thanks for sharing your opinion with me. If my Case Manager ever sends me the right document with the psychiatrists that are in my insurance panel then I might be able to follow through on her instructions. She sent me a file for therapists, not psychiatrists. Some of them were like 2-3 hour away. I was like, that's not practical, unless of course, they do telehealth.

Daffydungle · Jun 09, 2021, 05:23 PM

Getting older does not worry me but i can barely remember what my age is anyway i always think i am a few years older or younger than i actually am.

SlumberKitty · Jun 09, 2021, 05:24 PM

I'm so excited for Saturday. I want to meet all the cats in the shelter, although my parents probably want a girl cat, and that's okay with me. I want to get the cuddliest one they have. I can't believe I have to wait two more days! So excited.

ArtieTheSequal · Jun 09, 2021, 06:43 PM

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I'm so excited for Saturday. I want to meet all the cats in the shelter, although my parents probably want a girl cat, and that's okay with me. I want to get the cuddliest one they have. I can't believe I have to wait two more days! So excited.

I hope you and your new cat both experience love at first sight!

You're such a giving person and any kitty would be lucky to have you and I bet they can sense that.

ArtieTheSequal · Jun 09, 2021, 06:44 PM

I decided to go swim after all just half the time, and I took it easy. Now I'm back home and just put a batch of banana muffins in the oven. Yum! I hate starting work at 5am but I have to admit I enjoy very much getting off work at 2pm. It's not even 5pm here yet and I'm feeling accomplished.

unaluna · Jun 09, 2021, 06:56 PM

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I really want the cicadas to just go away now...anyone who doesn't live in the Brood X cicada zone, consider yourselves lucky...

Holy cow, i just watched a facebook video of my little cousins in their woods on a cicada hunt, and holy carp they are loud!!! I was like, what is this, night of the living dead?

ArtieTheSequal · Jun 09, 2021, 07:11 PM

Zoiks they look good!!

(passes around basket of muffins)

Daffydungle · Jun 09, 2021, 08:49 PM

We have a new tourist campaign saying Holiday here as if we had a choice to go overseas.

Daffydungle · Jun 09, 2021, 08:50 PM

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Zoiks they look good!!

(passes around basket of muffins)

They do look good. I love banana muffins, especially banana, honey and walnut muffins.

LonesomeTonight · Jun 09, 2021, 08:59 PM

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Holy cow, i just watched a facebook video of my little cousins in their woods on a cicada hunt, and holy carp they are loud!!! I was like, what is this, night of the living dead?

Right? And then there's the red eyes... But yeah, I can hear them in the house with the windows closed. Then I step outside, and it's like I want to put my hands over my ears because it's so loud. Thankfully, they should be done this part of their life cycle soon...

Daffydungle · Jun 09, 2021, 10:18 PM

As kids we use dro see who could collect all the different cicada species the black ones ,the brown ones, the green ones with red eyes, the green ones with orange spots etc. we once put a few in the desk of our elderly nun who had to have an ambulance called because the shock of the bugs flying out of her drawer made her collapse.

unaluna · Jun 09, 2021, 10:42 PM

Possible trigger:

one time i opened up a kitchen drawer at my mom's house and cockaroaches were just shawarming! She had been saving paper bags from chinese restaurants and bakeries, that had either sweet crumbs or plum sauce spilled in them. Saving the crumbs for later i guess.

I shrieked, i freaked, i pulled the drawer out and threw it toward the backdoor. Found bug spray and sprayed the sht out of the drawer.

I did not have to call an ambulance. But i wanted to put my mother in one, LOL. I told her, i got something on you now! - what if i tell your daughter-in-law this happened?! She will never bring her grandson here again! DIL passed last year, so no longer an issue. Mother passed a few years earlier. My brother already isnt speaking to me, so...

Boy, you do something nice for people and they dont even appreciate it! Definitely one of the top ten events of my life. Not in a good way!

Quietmind 2 · Jun 09, 2021, 11:19 PM

Hugs Lost.

I don't get panic attacks but my partner gets one's that feel just like a heart attack. They can be terrifying so it makes sense you reached out to R.

Quietmind 2 · Jun 09, 2021, 11:21 PM

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They do look good. I love banana muffins, especially banana, honey and walnut muffins.

Wow, I'd love to try that but with cashew nuts instead of walnut.

The staples here are chocolate chip muffins and blueberry muffins.

Someday I'll bake my own... no access to an oven as they're uncommon in homes here. Partner however has tons of appliances and an oven haha.

Quietmind 2 · Jun 09, 2021, 11:25 PM

Ew. Okay una, I've a phobia. I basically freeze in fear and tremble while I try to psych myself up to whack them. Can't use bug spray as I live with cats.

A friend says using a spray bottle with soapy water is a lot more effective than bug spray.

Daffydungle · Jun 09, 2021, 11:36 PM

This is my favourite muffin book you can get it on ebay sometimes Author is Dianne Linfoot

Daffydungle · Jun 10, 2021, 02:38 AM

There is a copy on ebay for AUD$26 which is too much. The book new in 1990 was only AUD$15

unaluna · Jun 10, 2021, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Quietmind 2

Ew. Okay una, I've a phobia. I basically freeze in fear and tremble while I try to psych myself up to whack them. Can't use bug spray as I live with cats.

A friend says using a spray bottle with soapy water is a lot more effective than bug spray.

I will get the occasional flying critter in here because of the always open balcony door. I sorta go into hyperdrive! I am all flailing arms and slapping magazines until its over. One time my mother went after a fly with a feather duster, and my SIL and nephew said, "What are you going to do, fluff him to death?!"

Quietmind 2 · Jun 10, 2021, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I will get the occasional flying critter in here because of the always open balcony door. I sorta go into hyperdrive! I am all flailing arms and slapping magazines until its over. One time my mother went after a fly with a feather duster, and my SIL and nephew said, "What are you going to do, fluff him to death?!"

Made me laugh, thank you.

(sorry, I'm having a really bad day.)

Where I live, little geckos will eat flies but my friend is terrified of them.

stopdog · Jun 10, 2021, 09:39 AM

The allergy season just keeps on this year. I just sneezed and the cat who was in my lap huffed off like I deliberately ruined his nap

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