Monday, February 21, 2005
Twelve weeks
Kelly's doctor said it would take twelve weeks to see if her medication was working. It has been since the middle of January and only about five weeks. There is no improvement. I don't know if Kelly's illness is beyond medical science or if we need a new doctor. I called her doctor and she didn't...
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Sunday, February 13, 2005
Brenda's paranoia
Brenda is still paranoid. She hates to hear any comment made about another person. Even if the statment is innocuous, she considers it judging another person. She is certain that the people in church, on the bus and at school are talking about her. We try to use logic with her, but we rarely can...
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Advocates who preach instead of advocate.
NAMI or the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is a group started by parents to advocate for the mentally ill. Parents in this organization have suffered not only the stigma of having a mentally ill child, but also having caused the mental illness of their child. Although it is no longer thought...
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Friday, February 11, 2005
From college student to little girl.
My twenty three year old daughter, who studied theology and philosophy last year is now making doll clothes for her own dolls. I promised to buy her a doll in exchange for getting a release of information. Right now she's happy and not angry because she is making doll clothes for the Barbie dolls...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Kelly's Illness
Kelly is sicker than she has ever been before. Her psychosis is leading her into a waking nightmare. She spends most of her time in her room. She rearranges the mess but never is able to organize her things. She is a getting very thin and eats only once a day most days. After seven days the hospital...
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Friday, December 24, 2004
I'm not okay, but that's okay.
For many years, I drove myself crazy trying to have a perfect Christmas, Easter, vacation or any other event. Then I became an alcoholic. My goal was just to stay sober and later to stay sane and sober. Nothing else mattered. The funny thing is that our holidays got better. Not completely. Not all...
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Can I stand to be alone?
This week Brenda is learning to be alone. She has a hard time with it. She was together in the womb with her sister and has shared space with someone ever since. But in order for her to make her own friends, she must be alone. Loneliness is a common problem, but it is enough more predominant among...
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Sunday, December 19, 2004
Kelly's return
Yesterday Kelli made a joke about not being ready to return and then apologized several times including through a poem for her insensitivity. In my opinion, she was just making a joke about the title. But my Kelly (which by the way is not her real name), is regaining her mental health. I think that...
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Saturday, December 18, 2004
Returning to Sanity
Kelly is still very sick, but she is starting to return to her senses. She can respond to questions. She also asked me what I wanted for Christmas. She is still very sick and annoying, but she isn't so aggressive. She is starting to pace right now like her sister. We need to have a large covered...
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Thursday, December 16, 2004
Alternative housing
Today, I found an organization that houses the mentally ill after they get out of the hospital. It is listen under transitional housing. I find it interesting that no one at the hospital or her psychiatrists knew about it. That is because Kelly is being seen as a private patient. However, these...
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