Roll Call 82

Geeze right after I decided to be an OT I read the licensure and there is a statement on mental heath and whether you are in treatment etc. There is the distinct possibility that you could be denied a license just based on the fact that you have a mental illness....I'm thinking that is too risky a chance to take. I understand it but I don't like it at all. What a bummer...

Yeah, I'm really afraid of that happening if my friend gets POA. Our friendship is a weird mixture of me needing help and him feeling very crushed by the care he gives me. So if he felt overwhelmed, what if he did have POA to ease the pressure on him.
Hm, i wanted to respond to you, valley, but your post is hidden in this quote.

Being committed long term has been one of my worst fears all my life. That one day my friend would stop caring and being so overwhelmed he had me committed rather than letting me try to find a job, etc. I'm terrified of it.

Do you have to tell them? Isn't it your right to have privacy? I hope it isn't going to set you back. Anyone would be lucky to have you as an employee and colleague.

It's to get your state license which you can't practice without....I will find something else to do that won't take away my hard work after I earn it.

I hope everything works out well.

Jesus. Isn't that just peachy. Yet another thing people with mental illness can't do.

I hope you find something else.

sounds like a human rights thingy

It's past 1am and I can't sleep, thinking about starting a blog to rant my feelings in. Don't really know if I would be able to keep it active though.

Well the way they have it worded is tricky....if you don't believe it impairs your performance then you don't have to report it but what if you start having symptoms? Problem with it being a rights thingy is that lawyers have a similar clause in many states so people with mental illness can't necessarily be licensed even if they pass the bar. So who would fight for us the people who never experienced it?

A blog is a great idea . You can always shut it down later if you get tired of it.

Happy Birthday Loial

Proud of myself. Made it to class today and didnt go back to sleep after the alarm went off.

Better than me, I slept through my alarm 40 minutes after being up in the middle of the night.

I saw you online, what woke you up?

Oh my boyfriend was out staying with his mom so I wasn't sleeping well without him....

Understandable, hope he will come home soon

i was really mad at the time but all in all he saved my life. i had been in a psychotic episode for months. i was hoarding and stockpiling my meds as a SUI plan. my life coach came to my house with another therapist and i wouldnt let them in my house bc it was absolutely disgusting. i didnt clean or anything at that time. it felt like a prison in there but i couldnt do anthing abt it. i got mad at them and refused to let them inside so they left. i guess they called my T and he went to the magistrate. the next morning i heard knocking and it was the police. they let me get my shoes. they handcuffed me behind my back and shackled my ankles. they tried to talk to me but i refused. my T told me later that the police had come earlier but i didnt answer. i must have been asleep. that psych ward stay was when i was put on the AP injections. it was the last time ive been in the hospital...hopefully forever!!

yes he'll be home tonight---basically this bizarre and scary thing happened a couple of nights ago. There was a gas leak and explosion down the block from his house where his mom was living so he went and took her to his brothers place for a couple nights. Last night they both stayed back at his place which would have been too scary for me but I guess you have to move back in sometime and he wanted to be there so his mom wasn't too worried/in case anything happened.

Hi everyone! Having a decent day. I went back to bed for a while then went to cvs to pick up my scripts. Of course they only did 2 out of the 3 do they told me it would be an hour wait so I left. As soon as I got home I got the text saying it was ready. I guess I'll go later. It's my ambien.

I just read this article-----basic gist is if you know your gentotype at COMT you can predict the amount of negative symptoms you will have. In this regard val/val is better than met/met. Anyway I thought I'd mention it because I know some of us got genotyped a while ago.

http://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/sch...rticle/525115/

http://forums.psychcentral.com/schiz...cool-news.html

Leak gas sounds terrible. Glad that his mother is okay though. He is such a good son Glad he will be home tonight

Going to a football game tonight.

Last two times I went I left early because of anxiety, hope it's different this time.

Going off meds again, doctor not too bothered by the prospect. Here's hoping it goes well.