It’s so nice to see this! We usually see negativity and drama from the cast but this is very positive and wholesome! Hopefully Armando and Kenny will get answers about Hannah’s condition and that Hannah will make a recovery soon.
So I was on 12.5 mg of seroquel (EXTREMELY low dose- literally the lowest dose of this med cut in half). I reduced my dosage to 6.25 mg. It’s been 3 days and I have some withdrawal symptoms, but nothing severe.
I missed my psychiatry appointment today so I have another one on Wednesday. I plan on discussing with her how long I should be on 6.25 mg before I get off. So I messaged her in the patient portal to get advice. I told her I have passive SI and she told me to go to the ER.
WTF? If she can’t talk with me about my meds til Wednesday, fine. But FFS. I told her I don’t want to hurt myself and have no intentions of doing so, that my symptoms are not severe, that my thoughts are mostly intrusive, that I have coping skills, and that the ER will stress me out.
She knows I was illegally 5150d and had a lawyer get me out. Most traumatic experience of my life. Every time I’ve brought up my thoughts with a psych, they’re like “go to the ER”.NO!!! I’m not going to traumatize myself.
I wish I could find a psychiatrist that wasn’t like this, but that seems impossible.
So I was on 12.5 mg of seroquel (EXTREMELY low dose- literally the lowest dose of this med cut in half). I reduced my dosage to 6.25 mg. It’s been 3 days and I have some withdrawal symptoms, but nothing severe.
I missed my psychiatry appointment today so I have another one on Wednesday. I plan on discussing with her how long I should be on 6.25 mg before I get off. So I messaged her in the patient portal to get advice. I told her I have passive SI and she told me to go to the ER.
WTF? If she can’t talk with me about my meds til Wednesday, fine. But FFS. I told her I don’t want to hurt myself and have no intentions of doing so, that my symptoms are not severe, that my thoughts are mostly intrusive, that I have coping skills, and that the ER will stress me out.
She knows I was illegally 5150d and had a lawyer get me out. Most traumatic experience of my life. Every time I’ve brought up my thoughts with a psych, they’re like “go to the ER”.NO!!! I’m not going to traumatize myself.
I wish I could find a psychiatrist that wasn’t like this, but that seems impossible.
So I was on 12.5 mg of seroquel (EXTREMELY low dose- literally the lowest dose of this med cut in half). I reduced my dosage to 6.25 mg. It’s been 3 days and I have some withdrawal symptoms, but nothing severe.
I missed my psychiatry appointment today so I have another one on Wednesday. I plan on discussing with her how long I should be on 6.25 mg before I get off. So I messaged her in the patient portal to get advice. I told her I have passive SI and she told me to go to the ER.
What the fuck? If she can’t talk with me about my meds til Wednesday, fine. But FFS. I told her I don’t want to hurt myself and have no intentions of doing so, that my symptoms are not severe, that my thoughts are mostly intrusive, that I have coping skills, and that the ER will stress me out.
She knows I was illegally 5150d and had a lawyer get me out. Most traumatic experience of my life. Every time I’ve brought up my thoughts with a psych, they’re like “go to the ER”. FUCK NO!!! I’m not going to traumatize myself.
I wish I could find a psychiatrist that wasn’t like this, but that seems impossible.
So I was on 12.5 mg of seroquel (EXTREMELY low dose- literally the lowest dose of this med cut in half). I reduced my dosage to 6.25 mg. It’s been 3 days and I have some withdrawal symptoms, but nothing severe.
I missed my psychiatry appointment today so I have another one on Wednesday. I plan on discussing with her how long I should be on 6.25 mg before I get off. So I messaged her in the patient portal to get advice. I told her I have passive SI and she told me to go to the ER.
What the fuck? If she can’t talk with me about my meds til Wednesday, fine. But FFS. I told her I don’t want to hurt myself and have no intentions of doing so, that my symptoms are not severe, that my thoughts are mostly intrusive, that I have coping skills, and that the ER will stress me out.
She knows I was illegally 5150d and had a lawyer get me out. Most traumatic experience of my life. Every time I’ve brought up my thoughts with a psych, they’re like “go to the ER”. FUCK NO!!! I’m not going to traumatize myself.
I wish I could find a psychiatrist that wasn’t like this, but that seems impossible.
So I was on 12.5 mg of seroquel (EXTREMELY low dose- literally the lowest dose of this med cut in half). I reduced my dosage to 6.25 mg. It’s been 3 days and I have some withdrawal symptoms, but nothing severe.
I missed my psychiatry appointment today so I have another one on Wednesday. I plan on discussing with her how long I should be on 6.25 mg before I get off. So I messaged her in the patient portal to get advice. I told her I have passive SI and she told me to go to the ER.
What the fuck? If she can’t talk with me about my meds til Wednesday, fine. But FFS. I told her I don’t want to hurt myself and have no intentions of doing so, that my symptoms are not severe, that my thoughts are mostly intrusive, that I have coping skills, and that the ER will stress me out.
She knows I was illegally 5150d and had a lawyer get me out. Most traumatic experience of my life. Every time I’ve brought up my thoughts with a psych, they’re like “go to the ER”. FUCK NO!!! I’m not going to traumatize myself.
I wish I could find a psychiatrist that wasn’t like this, but that seems impossible.
So I was on 12.5 mg of seroquel (EXTREMELY low dose- literally the lowest dose of this med cut in half). I reduced my dosage to 6.25 mg. It’s been 3 days and I have some withdrawal symptoms, but nothing severe.
I missed my psychiatry appointment today so I have another one on Wednesday. I plan on discussing with her how long I should be on 6.25 mg before I get off. So I messaged her in the patient portal to get advice. I told her I have passive SI and she told me to go to the ER.
What the fuck? If she can’t talk with me about my meds til Wednesday, fine. But FFS. I told her I don’t want to hurt myself and have no intentions of doing so, that my symptoms are not severe, that my thoughts are mostly intrusive, that I have coping skills, and that the ER will stress me out.
She knows I was illegally 5150d and had a lawyer get me out. Most traumatic experience of my life. Every time I’ve brought up my thoughts with a psych, they’re like “go to the ER”. FUCK NO!!! I’m not going to traumatize myself.
I wish I could find a psychiatrist that wasn’t like this, but that seems impossible.
So I was on 12.5 mg of seroquel (EXTREMELY low dose- literally the lowest dose of this med cut in half). I reduced my dosage to 6.25 mg. It’s been 3 days and I have some withdrawal symptoms, but nothing severe.
I missed my psychiatry appointment today so I have another one on Wednesday. I plan on discussing with her how long I should be on 6.25 mg before I get off. So I messaged her in the patient portal to get advice. I told her I have passive SI and she told me to go to the ER.
What the fuck? If she can’t talk with me about my meds til Wednesday, fine. But FFS. I told her I don’t want to hurt myself and have no intentions of doing so, that my symptoms are not severe, that my thoughts are mostly intrusive, that I have coping skills, and that the ER will stress me out.
She knows I was illegally 5150d and had a lawyer get me out. Most traumatic experience of my life. Every time I’ve brought up my thoughts with a psych, they’re like “go to the ER”. FUCK NO!!! I’m not going to traumatize myself.
I wish I could find a psychiatrist that wasn’t like this, but that seems impossible.
I’m a 26F looking for platonic friends. Do not DM me seeking anything romantic or sexual.
I’m bi and AuDHD (autistic+adhd). I’m passionate about progressive politics. I love good movies/tv (sitcoms and other comedies, fantasy and sci-fi tv). I also love going out and socializing, yoga, swimming, hiking, etc. I enjoy a lot of music but mostly older rock and pop from the 00s-10s.
I currently have physical health issues that limit my ability to go out and do stuff. I don’t have close friends or local friends I talk to regularly, so I’m seeking friends online. I prefer to do voice calls. I have a discord. DM me and I’ll give it to you.
I live in SoCal and it would be great to make local friends but I’m fine having friends all over the world.
I love John and JJ. They are genuinely great friends who call people out on their shit. I I’m glad John has a partner to make him happy and I know JJ will find the right man for her. I also like Krista. I think she is a kind and understanding person who wants to improve herself.
Now onto Steph and Sammy. I agree with John when he said that Sammy hasn’t grown up yet. It’s fine if Sammy only wants to be casual with women but he needs to be up front about it- not promise one thing then do another (in the case of promising not to flirt with other girls to Steph then flirting with Krista) or say one thing then do another (tell Krista he wants a serious relationship then saying he doesn’t know what he wants). He knew that Steph wants a relationship and yet he was still being physical with her.
He says he feels bad about sleeping with a girl John liked but he really doesn’t seem to have changed from that. As for Steph, I do not get her. She had previous hookups with Sammy, but they don’t live near each other. They didn’t even talk every day. So I don’t know why she’s so attached to him. Steph is really immature- like a teenager. She is in her 30s and wants to settle down but she goes after a guy like Sammy.
Sammy told her he doesn’t want a relationship. Her friends told her that Sammy won’t have a relationship with her and to find a guy that will have a relationship with her. It’s so obvious that he is not into Steph and if anything, she is a last resort hookup. And she is still pissed at Sammy for not giving into her and she is still pursuing him.
Steph is absolutely awful to Krista. She doesn’t care about her and her boundaries. She’ll be shitty to anyone who she sees as standing in the way between her and Sammy. Krista was nice enough to not pursue Sammy unless Steph thought it was ok, which is something Krista didn’t need to do.
Steph was clearly trying to force Anthony onto Krista to get her away from Sammy, which made Krista very uncomfortable. Steph and Sammy are just causing drama in the group and making the vacation more uncomfortable.
This is my dad’s dog, Dakota. The dog rescue org she was adopted from said she’s a lab/pitbull mix?
I’m going to apply here for the spring. I am moving to North County soon so I want to go to school close by. I am almost 27 and I don’t want to feel out of place.
I’m a medi-cal recipient in Orange County but I am moving to North San Diego County soon. I’m wondering what medi-cal plan I should choose. So I need to have a PCP (preferably an MD), a dentist, a therapist twice a week, an OB/gyn, likely an ENT doctor, a pulmonologist, a neurologist, a podiatrist, a psychiatrist. I may potentially need to see other types of specialists as I am having a lot of health problems.
I’m a medi-cal recipient in Orange County but I am moving to North San Diego County soon. I’m wondering what medi-cal plan I should choose. So I need to have a PCP (preferably an MD), a dentist, a therapist twice a week, an OB/gyn, likely an ENT doctor, a pulmonologist, a neurologist, a podiatrist, a psychiatrist. I may potentially need to see other types of specialists as I am having a lot of health problems.
I’m a medi-cal recipient in Orange County but I am moving to North San Diego County soon. I’m wondering what medi-cal plan I should choose. So I need to have a PCP (preferably an MD), a dentist, a therapist twice a week, an OB/gyn, likely an ENT doctor, a pulmonologist, a neurologist, a podiatrist, a psychiatrist. I may potentially need to see other types of specialists as I am having a lot of health problems.
I think it might be Emmalia. John seemed pissed thinking Sammy was flirting with her.
So I’m in a difficult situation. I’m 26 and have physical health issues preventing me from working or going to school right now (I’ve posted about this before and I do not believe I have POTS or EDS) that started after I had heavy antibiotic usage. I developed concussion symptoms after the 50lb shutters on my bedroom window collapsed and fell on me.
I have no reason to believe my health issues are permanent. I was getting better until my mother got all explosive on me again. I will recover and go back to work and school- I just need time. I live with my emotionally abusive mother. She has this idea that my psychiatric meds are causing these issues and demands I get off my meds. I told her that’s not the case- I’ve been on my meds for months before my issues started and my meds have been extremely helpful.
My mother threatened to kick me out if I didn’t make an appt with a psychiatrist and let her sit in on the appointment (she didn’t believe a PA or NP was good enough). So I found a psychiatrist and made 2 appointments- one without my mother and one with.
This woman was the worst psychiatrist I’ve ever seen. She made me fill out 4 hours worth of extensive forms. The intake appointment was supposed to be 40 minutes. It lasted 17 mins. During the appointment, she didn’t ask me many questions about my mental health which I thought was weird.
At first, she was resistant to the appointment with my mother- telling me that she’s not a family therapist and that I’m an adult, the patient, and that I make my own medical decisions. But she changed her mind when I told her that I just want the appointment to me made to discuss my meds.
She was nearly 40 minutes late to this appointment. She asked me what she can help me with which I thought was weird because I told her before what I wanted out of this session. So during the appointment, my mother argued with me and essentially told me to shut up and not “argue with the expert (the psychiatrist)”. At first, the psychiatrist assumed that I have a mood disorder because I’m on two antipsychotics. I hate it with psychs assume this about me.
I am not diagnosed with a mood disorder. These are just the meds that work for me and I’ve tried 14 of them that made me feel like shit. Just because my two meds work for me doesn’t mean I have a mood disorder. My mother then corrected her and told her that I’m autistic and that lots of psychs mistake that for a mood disorder.
This psychiatrist was more focus on what my mother said and felt vs me and referred to my mother as “mommy” which I thought was very weird. I stood up for myself and stated that I am an adult, that I am the patient, and that I make my own medical decisions.
This psychiatrist told me to work things out with my mother or else she could put me in a group home or get a conservatorship over me. I don’t know where that came from. My mother doesn’t want to do either of these things and I don’t need this. She also said that I’m grandiose, some other defective personality trait, and that my “illness” (autism) is making me oppositional defiant. That’s when I ended the session.
My mother told me she thinks I’m clinically insane and need to be in a facility 24/7 but she has calmed down since then. I am looking for a place to live with the help of my dad and grandpa for rent but my dad is extremely picky about where I live and what kind of place I live in so the search has been difficult. I’ve even looked at shelters and sober livings but I keep getting denied because they are full, I’m not an addict, I’m not fleeing from intimate partner violence, I have no children, and I’m not a former foster youth, or I’m too young or too old. And no, I don’t have any friends or family I could live with.
I’m going back to my original, neurodivergent affirming provider. First off, I hate how people like this woman and my mother describe my neurodivergence. It’s not a disorder (and I really don’t care if you disagree with me or how you see yourself. All I ask is that you respect how I see myself).
Second, autism is not an illness. No reputable medical organization views autism as an illness. That is a fucked up way of viewing autism.
Also the awful psych place called me again to ask if I wanted to schedule another appointment. Idk why because I made it clear that I did not want to.
So I’m in a difficult situation. I’m 26 and have physical health issues preventing me from working or going to school right now (I’ve posted about this before and I do not believe I have POTS or EDS) that started after I had heavy antibiotic usage. I developed concussion symptoms after the 50lb shutters on my bedroom window collapsed and fell on me.
I have no reason to believe my health issues are permanent. I was getting better until my mother got all explosive on me again. I will recover and go back to work and school- I just need time. I live with my emotionally abusive mother. She has this idea that my psychiatric meds are causing these issues and demands I get off my meds. I told her that’s not the case- I’ve been on my meds for months before my issues started and my meds have been extremely helpful.
My mother threatened to kick me out if I didn’t make an appt with a psychiatrist and let her sit in on the appointment (she didn’t believe a PA or NP was good enough). So I found a psychiatrist and made 2 appointments- one without my mother and one with.
This woman was the worst psychiatrist I’ve ever seen. She made me fill out 4 hours worth of extensive forms. The intake appointment was supposed to be 40 minutes. It lasted 17 mins. During the appointment, she didn’t ask me many questions about my mental health which I thought was weird.
At first, she was resistant to the appointment with my mother- telling me that she’s not a family therapist and that I’m an adult, the patient, and that I make my own medical decisions. But she changed her mind when I told her that I just want the appointment to me made to discuss my meds.
She was nearly 40 minutes late to this appointment. She asked me what she can help me with which I thought was weird because I told her before what I wanted out of this session. So during the appointment, my mother argued with me and essentially told me to shut up and not “argue with the expert (the psychiatrist)”. At first, the psychiatrist assumed that I have a mood disorder because I’m on two antipsychotics. I hate it with psychs assume this about me.
I am not diagnosed with a mood disorder. These are just the meds that work for me and I’ve tried 14 of them that made me feel like shit. Just because my two meds work for me doesn’t mean I have a mood disorder. My mother then corrected her and told her that I’m autistic and that lots of psychs mistake that for a mood disorder.
This psychiatrist was more focus on what my mother said and felt vs me and referred to my mother as “mommy” which I thought was very weird. I stood up for myself and stated that I am an adult, that I am the patient, and that I make my own medical decisions.
This psychiatrist told me to work things out with my mother or else she could put me in a group home or get a conservatorship over me. I don’t know where that came from. My mother doesn’t want to do either of these things and I don’t need this. She also said that I’m grandiose, some other defective personality trait, and that my “illness” (autism) is making me oppositional defiant. That’s when I ended the session.
My mother told me she thinks I’m clinically insane and need to be in a facility 24/7 but she has calmed down since then. I am looking for a place to live with the help of my dad and grandpa for rent but my dad is extremely picky about where I live and what kind of place I live in so the search has been difficult. I’ve even looked at shelters and sober livings but I keep getting denied because they are full, I’m not an addict, I’m not fleeing from intimate partner violence, I have no children, and I’m not a former foster youth, or I’m too young or too old. And no, I don’t have any friends or family I could live with.
I’m going back to my original, neurodivergent affirming provider. First off, I hate how people like this woman and my mother describe my neurodivergence. It’s not a disorder (and I really don’t care if you disagree with me or how you see yourself. All I ask is that you respect how I see myself).
Second, autism is not an illness. No reputable medical organization views autism as an illness. That is a fucked up way of viewing autism.
Also the awful psych place called me again to ask if I wanted to schedule another appointment. Idk why because I made it clear that I did not want to.
So I’m in a difficult situation. I’m 26 and have physical health issues preventing me from working or going to school right now (I’ve posted about this before and I do not believe I have POTS or EDS) that started after I had heavy antibiotic usage. I developed concussion symptoms after the 50lb shutters on my bedroom window collapsed and fell on me.
I have no reason to believe my health issues are permanent. I was getting better until my mother got all explosive on me again. I will recover and go back to work and school- I just need time. I live with my emotionally abusive mother. She has this idea that my psychiatric meds are causing these issues and demands I get off my meds. I told her that’s not the case- I’ve been on my meds for months before my issues started and my meds have been extremely helpful.
My mother threatened to kick me out if I didn’t make an appt with a psychiatrist and let her sit in on the appointment (she didn’t believe a PA or NP was good enough). So I found a psychiatrist and made 2 appointments- one without my mother and one with.
This woman was the worst psychiatrist I’ve ever seen. She made me fill out 4 hours worth of extensive forms. The intake appointment was supposed to be 40 minutes. It lasted 17 mins. During the appointment, she didn’t ask me many questions about my mental health which I thought was weird.
At first, she was resistant to the appointment with my mother- telling me that she’s not a family therapist and that I’m an adult, the patient, and that I make my own medical decisions. But she changed her mind when I told her that I just want the appointment to me made to discuss my meds.
She was nearly 40 minutes late to this appointment. She asked me what she can help me with which I thought was weird because I told her before what I wanted out of this session. So during the appointment, my mother argued with me and essentially told me to shut up and not “argue with the expert (the psychiatrist)”. At first, the psychiatrist assumed that I have a mood disorder because I’m on two antipsychotics. I hate it with psychs assume this about me.
I am not diagnosed with a mood disorder. These are just the meds that work for me and I’ve tried 14 of them that made me feel like shit. Just because my two meds work for me doesn’t mean I have a mood disorder. My mother then corrected her and told her that I’m autistic and that lots of psychs mistake that for a mood disorder.
This psychiatrist was more focus on what my mother said and felt vs me and referred to my mother as “mommy” which I thought was very weird. I stood up for myself and stated that I am an adult, that I am the patient, and that I make my own medical decisions.
This psychiatrist told me to work things out with my mother or else she could put me in a group home or get a conservatorship over me. I don’t know where that came from. My mother doesn’t want to do either of these things and I don’t need this. She also said that I’m grandiose, some other defective personality trait, and that my “illness” (autism) is making me oppositional defiant. That’s when I ended the session.
My mother told me she thinks I’m clinically insane and need to be in a facility 24/7 but she has calmed down since then. I am looking for a place to live with the help of my dad and grandpa for rent but my dad is extremely picky about where I live and what kind of place I live in so the search has been difficult. I’ve even looked at shelters and sober livings but I keep getting denied because they are full, I’m not an addict, I’m not fleeing from intimate partner violence, I have no children, and I’m not a former foster youth, or I’m too young or too old. And no, I don’t have any friends or family I could live with.
I’m going back to my original, neurodivergent affirming provider. First off, I hate how people like this woman and my mother describe my neurodivergence. It’s not a disorder (and I really don’t care if you disagree with me or how you see yourself. All I ask is that you respect how I see myself).
Second, autism is not an illness. No reputable medical organization views autism as an illness. That is a fucked up way of viewing autism.
Also the awful psych place called me again to ask if I wanted to schedule another appointment. Idk why because I made it clear that I did not want to.
I’m 26 and have physical health issues preventing me from working or going to school right now that started after I had heavy antibiotic usage. I developed concussion symptoms after the 50lb shutters on my bedroom window collapsed and fell on me.
My health issues are not permanent. I was getting better until my mother got all explosive on me again. I will recover and go back to work and school- I just need time. I live with my emotionally abusive mother. She thinks that my psychiatric meds are causing these issues and demands I get off them. I told her that’s not the case- I’ve been on my meds for months before my issues started and my meds have been helpful.
My mother threatened to kick me out if I didn’t make an appt with a psychiatrist and let her sit in on the appointment (she didn’t want a PA or NP). So I found one.
This woman was the worst psychiatrist I’ve ever seen. She made me fill out 4 hours worth of extensive forms. The intake appt was supposed to be 40 minutes. It lasted 17 mins. During the appt, she didn’t ask me many questions about my mental health.
She was 37 minutes late to the second appt. So during the appointment, my mother argued with me and told me to not “argue with the expert”. At first, the psychiatrist assumed that I have a mood disorder because I’m on two antipsychotics.
I am not diagnosed with a mood disorder. These are just the meds that work for me and I’ve tried 14 of them that made me feel like shit. Just because my two meds work for me doesn’t mean I have a mood disorder. My mother then corrected her and told her that I’m autistic and that lots of psychs mistake that for a mood disorder.
This psychiatrist was more focus on what my mother said and felt vs me and referred to my mother as “mommy” which I thought was very weird. I stood up for myself and stated that I am an adult, that I am the patient, and that I make my own medical decisions.
This psychiatrist told me to work things out with my mother or else my mother could put me in a group home or get a conservatorship over me. I don’t know where that came from. My mother doesn’t want to do either of these things and I don’t need this. She also said that I’m grandiose, some other defective personality trait, and that my “illness” (autism) is making me oppositional defiant. That’s when I ended the session.
My mother told me she thinks I’m clinically insane and need to be in a facility 24/7 but she has calmed down since then. I am looking for a place to live with the help of my dad and grandpa for rent but my dad is extremely picky about where I live and what kind of place I live in so the search has been difficult. I’ve even looked at shelters and sober livings but I keep getting rejected. And no, I don’t have any friends or family I could live with.
I’m going back to my original, neurodivergent affirming provider. I hate how people like this woman and my mother describe my neurodivergence. It’s not a disorder (and I really don’t care if you disagree with me or how you see yourself. All I ask is that you respect how I see myself).
Autism is not an illness. No reputable medical organization views autism as an illness.