Roll call 94?

Well, I agree that the sz stigma is worse, but most people have no idea how bad depression can get. 'Feeling sad' is less threatening to people than 'loss of touch with reality', but obviously depression is so much more than that. From my experience, I found the depression much harder to cope with and function through than the 'psychosis'. And severe depression, as someone else has already mentioned, can cause psychosis. Psychotic depression was one of my earlier diagnoses. And one of my worst periods caused catatonia for 6 weeks that went completely unrecognised by the MH staff in my parents' city before it thankfully eased up of its own accord.

I don't agree with the competition amongst some MI people about who suffers the most. I agree with Erti that we're all still human beings, regardless of what the diagnosis is, and each condition has specific challenges that another diagnosis might not.

Just my 2 cents.

*Willow*

I absolutely LOVED House! I think I only got the diagnosis right one time, but I was still pretty impressed with myself for that as my housemate and her friend who would come to watch it with us were in the year above me at medschool and didn't get it! Lol I would've never been able to work for House though, that would've been awful! :/

*Willow*

I spoke to my nurse last night. She says that getting overnight leave doesn't necessarily mean that they will let me go home soon, but I would argue that it does. If I can demonstrate that I'm perfectly safe at home on my own, then they can't justify keeping me locked up, can they? Just got to keep my mouth shut to get out and stay out...

*Willow*

My last stay at a hospital I was there for 3 weeks. Boy was I ready to go home. It's a good thing that I don't smoke lol. I was jonesin' for some pop and different types of food besides what they have at the hospital. First thing I did when I got out I went online and talked to some friends like I wanted to the whole time I was there.

lol House is an *** but at least he has saved many peoples lives. He'd probably would make me cry. xD

Yeah I think that must actually happen a lot.....but what happens if you try to confront the demons? I thought that I was dealing with the devil and it was my job to stop him, and he was in the form of a real person.

Yay for being home. I hope tonight is a better night.
Good luck with your dad. I hope you find the answers you are looking for.
As far as med compliance goes it sounds like you'll have some support from your wife. It should make it easier to stay on.

Huggggsssssss

My T thinks I have aspergers

According to my classmate... *** burgers

Good morning everyone. Drinking coffee and vaping. The kids are still asleep and my husband left so it is so quiet. For once I am enjoying the solitude.
Nothing planned for the day. It's super humid out. My hair is looking lovely.
So I've done something good. I've given up weed during the week and only smoke on the weekends. I'm pretty proud of myself. I know I should quit all together but I don't wanna lol.

Good morning. Met with a case manager yesterday at my apartment. She seems really nice, meeting again next week. Hopefully this is helpful for me. I got my permanent crown put in finally and got appointments to take care of my cavities. I like my new dentist. not much going on this weekend. Just relaxing and reading. Finally getting the holes in my ceiling covered and fixed next week. Thank God. I can't stand my mood swings, they are driving me crazy. I'll be fine for like a week then I'll get really depressed and want to kill myself. I'm hoping it goes away. The only good thing about it is I seem to be able to pull myself out of it each time before I do anything stupid and try to hurt myself. I wasn't able to do that before which is why I ended up back in the hospital. I am coping better, it's annoying but I'm not letting it consume me for days like before. I either take a shower, and or leave the house, or go to sleep when things start feeling overwhelming to try and calm myself down, and take hydroxyzine as needed.

Sounds like you've got some decent coping skills blue_bird.
Do you think you need a med adjustment for the mood swings?

buttburgers

I always miss desoxyn's posts.
Flush those drugs down the toilet. You don't need them. You are perfect just the way you are.
Maybe going back isn't such a bad thing for you if you can't control your impulses. The last thing you want is to of. My brother in law od'd 2weeks ago and his family is devastated. I know you don't want to do that to your family.
I'm so sorry you are struggling.

I don't think so, I think it's just something I have to deal with. I don't think adjusting my meds would fix it. My meds help A LOT. but they don't fix everything

Gotcha. I still get mood swings too but they mostly revolve around my kids being gone. I've also decided to just deal with it. Thankfully I don't get suicidal.

My converter box is broken. I woke up and it won't turn on, it went off and the light won't come back on red or green. I've tried unplugging and plugging back in, tried the remote. It won't work. If it's not one thing it's another thing screwing up :/

I literally would not have survived a week, let alone 15 months without my phone! Being able to talk to you guys, texting my brother and my friends, listening to music A LOT, read articles online, look at photos of my family and especially my dog, ringing my mum when I'm really upset etc etc, they've all helped me cope with the awfulness of being locked up. I think it's cruel that they won't let you have your phones. I've been in 3 different hospitals and no one has ever not been allowed to keep their phone.

*Willow*

This. It is a horrible thing that it happens commonly in the USA. Just 3-5 day hospitalizations without any phone/computer was awful for me. Thankfully I am able to keep a laptop and phone with me during my stay in Finnish psychiatric hospitals.

It's definitely a us thing the no phones....I'm sure its for privacy purposes, no one wants to end up on YouTube.....but yes horrible....

Absolutely! A couple of mean consultants made me cry over the years, and a few of my friends. One of my friends was terrorised by her boss in her first job and regularly ended up in tears. Some Drs think they have to destroy you to build you up again as a good Dr. But House is worse than any IRL consultant I've met, though way more brilliant too.

*Willow*

I've been in hospitals here in New York, in Kentucky, and in Indiana and have never been allowed my cell phone or any kind of internet access.

I don't remotely have autism, but 2 pdocs in the space of a year asked about it. My rehab pdoc actually gave me an autism screening questionnaire to fill in. Unsurprisingly (to me and my family anyway), I tested negative. I have no idea why they even suggested it. Maybe the taking things more literally problem, and not understanding what people mean as easily??? But really I have no idea.

Do you think you may have autism?

*Willow*

I've been to 2 different hospitals and neither allowed phones. My first hospital stay was 6 days. I thought I'd go crazy. The other 2 times were just 3 days so it wasn't as bad.