Moving to Maui

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Saturday, January 25, 2003

How do you discern your inner feelings

when you feel sick to your stomach? I caught a bug and feel miserable. So nothing sounds good. All I have energy for is writing and reading--but what quality of writing do I do when I feel bad. At least i no longe have nausea. I am supposed to go and help my mother move to Oregon next month but my... Sign in to see full entry.

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This Morning I'm Doing Internet Searches

Comparing Hawaiian universities with Washington ones. The universities in Washington are definitely superior--they are also larger and more intimidating. There is Central Washington University which is smaller and has a computer degree that doesn't require a lot of science. Brenda would have to take... Sign in to see full entry.

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Examining Personal Feelings

Going back to the decision making process of th Examin by St. ignatius of Loyola, the next step is lookin at yourself. Where are the areas of darkness and discouragement and where are the the signs life of life and hope--these are the two questions of the the interior process of decision making.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 24, 2003

Learned Helplessness

When I was in therapy, my counselor talked about rats who'd been shocked so many times that even though there was no longer any shocks given for certain behaviors that the rats would do nothing. They would starve rather than risk any more shocks. When you've been through your fourth mania in five... Sign in to see full entry.

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I lost track.

I have been going in great detail to explain about my daughters' mental illness. Although my daughter Brenda's illness is part of the reason we want to leave Washington state, the reason why I started blogging is to figure out whether or not we should move to Maui. So far I wrote three e-mails and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 23, 2003

My other daughter became Ill, also.

During this whole time, Brenda was becoming manic. She didn't want anything to do with me--so I thought her problem was stress about her sister. Then she called her sister's hospital psychiatrist who called us and told us about her concerns. So I took her out to breakfast and shopping. Although she... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Eventually After I quit working, I found a better school for Kelly.

The school district loses a lot of money because of home schooling. For this reason, they offered a school for home schoolers. It was offered from eight in the morning until noon. After she attended a couple of weeks, Kelly wanted to return to band. So she road to school on the bus in the morning... Sign in to see full entry.

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Medication Mismanagement

Kelly wasn't getting well fast enough so that she could go to school in September, so the psychiatrist wanted to give her Olanzapine a relatively new drug, that seemed to clear patients faster and had relatively fewer side effects. Just after they gave it to her, Kelly stayed home for the weekend.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2003

My Instincts Were Right

That weekend while my husband and I were watching a video, my daughter climbed out of her second story window, with her saxophone and went for a walk. When we discovered what she had done. My husband went driving around to find her. When we couldn't find her, we called the police who were... Sign in to see full entry.

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Coming Home

We flew home to Portland instead of SeaTac and had to drive home. Kelly yelled at us all the way home. There was some truth in what she said, but mostly she thought we favored her sister and her sister always got her own way. Mixed into this were delusions which I can no longer remember. We arrived... Sign in to see full entry.

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My husband is applying for a job in Maui. We want to move because my daughter has a major mental illness and Washington state has very bad care.

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