Posted by Christ_empowered on October 12, 2011, at 10:32:35
In reply to Re: Mental Patient Blues » Christ_empowered, posted by Phillipa on October 12, 2011, at 10:22:41
hey, Phillipa. Sorry to sound so angry and despondent in my other posts. Things are going well. I'm living the apartment that my parents bought. The house will be rented out soon through a property management company.
Things have gotten better. I saw one of the shrinks who used to talk about me on the street in a nearby city about a year ago. He tried to stare me down. I stared back and he looked away. He later got a subpoena for my records from the medical board in my state, so I think maybe he got the message not to mess with me anymore. Here's hoping, anyway. The other shrink I was having a problem with seems to have retired or..something. His picture is no longer on the website for the facility where I was "treated" several years back, and I haven't seen him around.
My new shrink is good, except for the whole clozapine thing, which freaked me out. The voices are intensified by social isolation. I need to get out more, but its hard, you know? I mean, I dread that question: what do you do? And then I'll say...nothing. I'm unemployed. On the plus side, I've got the ball rolling with disability. I'll probably get denied the first time around, but I guess maybe after an appeal things will change.
I'm trying to learn how to ignore the voices. Its harder to ignore them when I'm alone. When I'm with people, its distracting, but ignoring them is do-able.
Thanks for your replies.
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