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No this isn't even a free place... I actually work at this hospital it's a private hospital ..I'm thinking of talking to the pdoc about her when I get a chance. What this lady doesn't know is that my bosses husband is actually one of the high level admins in the hospital who ranks above the whole department of psychiatry. If anything goes down I may have to pull some strings. Not that I have any power but I seriously doubt anyone in charge of the hospital wants angry patients and corrective actions would be taken. I keep telling myself that I don't know this woman so maybe something bad is going on I her life or something but it just ticks me off.

@ Erti - you guys can pick my new job, and I'll try it.

I'm not sure I even know what you do or are qualified for.....how about vet tech? Less people more pets!

Yeah, hopefully they'll make some adjustments with your dosage.

Then that's really odd. Maybe the woman was having a bad day but then again that's no excuse for acting like a ***** towards you.

I don't not suggest retail. I worked in retail and it sucks. Long hours on your feet and *****y customers. No no no.

Maybe you can be a Psychic? Palm readings? Card readings?

Ha! That's an astute guess, because I used to do that - for several years. But no thank you, not for me anymore. I am happier enjoying my own pets.
Good suggestion though.

Yea, I'll take a pass on retail if I can!
Now psychic readings...interesting suggestion...wonder if I could pull it off?

what meds are different atypical?

My pdoc changed my antipsychotic again because the Zyprexa straight up wasn't working for most of my symptoms, it made the voices quieter but that was it. It's why I've been so quiet around here lately, I just haven't been well at all.

tell us more.

zyprexa worked on me a little but made me fatter too.

how are you doing?

All I can think now is snow plow driver...they've been whooshing by just now...still trying to clean up from yesterday...I have no idea what they make but my friend in Minnesota pays like $1000 a season to get her walk shoveled so I'm guessing its good money, then you can do something else in the summer like work at a garden center or something.

I worked retail, but I worked 4am-12pm or I got out earlier depending on the truck load. I was the person that helped unloaded the shipment then organize all the items in the store. I really liked that job since I got to be by myself a lot and only had to help customers every so often; mostly we were just required to smile and say hello the customers.

My son's gone from calling me a dozen times a day and talking for a long time on each call to having virtually no contact for the last couple of days. That's usually a bad sign, and it's making me nervous.

Maybe you should talk to him and ask how he is

Costello! Will he answer if you call him?

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I'm sure he will, but I've learned not to initiate contact unless I have something I actually need to communicate. Checking up on him isn't a good idea. And he knows I'm checking up even if I don't come right and say, "How are you doing?"

He really hates that. Some of our worst arguments have come out of me calling to see how he's doing. It's better to wait with anxiety rising than to call and have an explosion.

Costello I'll keep you and your son in my prayers.

The last extended conversation we had was a couple of days ago. I ended up ending the call, because he was getting so angry. His new friend that he met in that class will call him then not talk much. She doesn't even respond to direct questions sometimes. He doesn't understand why. I know she had a break down recently - lost her job and her new relationship and was hospitalized - so I've speculated that she wants contact with someone but isn't up to all the niceties of human interaction.

So we've had that conversation several times now. My son: "Why does she ... [blah blah blah]?" Me: "Maybe she ... [blah blah blah]." During that last conversation, he says, "But I heard her speak to her roommates, and she sounds normal enough when she talks to them. Why does she act so odd when she talks to me?" He suggested I might want to revise my answer.

I finally just got tired of it. I can speculate until the cows come home on the motivations of a person I don't even know, but how the h-e-l-l can I really know why the lady's acting strangely? I pretty much said that - without the swear word. I don't know why my son thinks I know things I can't possibly know for sure. I suggested he ask her why she does it. He wondered if that wouldn't be a rude question, which of course it would be, but other than that I don't know how to find out for sure why she calls him up then doesn't say anything even would asked a direct question.

So at that point he went into a rant saying that everything he does is wrong and it's all his fault and etc., etc., etc. That's when I told him I had to go and ended the call.

I'm sorry this woman is so difficult to talk to, but frankly so is he. There have been long stretches of time when conversations with him were just as puzzling to me. If it makes him uncomfortable, he should just stop taking her calls. And he should stop asking me why she does it, because I don't know.

And we've had very little contact since that conversation. Not none. He did call/text a few times to talk about the iphone he just ordered. And a football game he watched. But it's much less than normal. Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a molehill?

Costello I feel your pain. As a parent we always want to have the right answers for our kids. But we can't always have them and many times our kids just don't understand that. My youngest daughter is the hardest one for me to talk to. She'll approach me with an issue and ask what I think. Then when I say what I think she gets angry because she doesn't like my answer. So I'm always left wondering why she ask for my help but then ended up yelling at me because I didn't give her the right answers that she wanted to hear. Being a parent is the hardest job in the world I think. Don't be too hard on yourself. I think you do the best you can and pray along the way. I'm sure your son will come around soon. Maybe he just needs time to process his emotions. Hang in there!

newtus, do you, by any chance, have a source for this information? I would like to read more about it.

well toby used his litter box for the first time this morning.

yay!

i was looking for where he had **** or pissed and then he was in his box

i have a different litter box system called the breeze. it doesnt use cat litter it uses pellets and pee pads. really good system

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