Roll Call 151

Sorry I went to sleep. I'm feeling a bit better in the morning, just got hit by a wave of psychosis last night.

I think I'll be fine to discharge. My doc says I will always have little flare ups, and last night was just one of those. I'm not in psychosis this morning, I'm better.

I did tell my therapist though and he offered me support

So sorry you are having so much anxiety. Is there anything you can try to do to self soothe so the anxiety doesn't cause you to be physically ill? Can you try some deep breathing? I know you said you feel like you are breathing through a coffee straw, maybe you aren't able to breathe deep enough, to get your belly to move up and down due to the breathing. Can you try something soothing like a warm shower, or hugging a stuffie, or coloring, or listening to music? I hope you feel better soon. HUGS Kit

Morning all. Trying to get through another day. Feeling like I might SH. Trying to avoid it. I feel a bit paranoid so I'm trying to stay calm and do some self talk. We'll see how that works out! HUGS Kit

Hello, I'm feeling a lot better

Is it just me or these past six months most of Roll Callers have been really struggling with life? Whether it’s mental or physical illness or just life in general? But hey July is almost over, here’s hoping for a better last half of the year

Thanks @12AM

Thank you, @12AM !!!

Anyone know how I get a case worker? I see people like @Blue_Bird mentioning them and they seem like a real help.

I think it’s different everywhere but in my state you can get one if you’re on Medicaid....

Sometimes I wish I had one! But I'm on insurance through my work. Pretty good insurance, but I can't have a case worker

I'm not really sure how I got one, I have medicaid and it covers it, ask your doctor or therapist if they know any agencies who have case managers available, mine comes from a local agency

I think I was referred to them several years ago after getting out of the hospital

They are very helpful

Do you know the other med options? I've been going through the ringer trying the best one that suits me but its difficult still. My doc thinks it's dopamine that is causing slight mania. It was a realization when I found out how many of us here are having sleep issues.

So the options are antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and then the stuff which builds tolerance like a long half life with a benzo (I take Restoril). I take Benadryl all the time because nothing seems to work. The most common med is Seroquel because its so potent an works on two fronts: 1) it decrease dopamine 2) it is a central nervous system depressant.

I'm sorry you're having trouble with this. Sleep depravation torture is what they should call it.

@falcon check with your insurance carrier.
Strangely enough I have regular insurance through my husband’s work. They use Beacon health for mental services and after every hospitalization they contacted me and offered their services.
At the time I was too paranoid to accept help from an outsider but after a while I wished I had accepted because it seems like a great source of support when navigating MI and insurance issues/coverages

Schizoaffective, PTSD, Anxiety

Fiances dad just passed. He died during emergency open heart surgery just now because there was complications.

"We're all born to broken people on their most honest day of living"

The Dopamine Flux
www.thedopamineflux.com

Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/MozePrayIII

Seroquel is great for sleep. I take 600mg and sleep fantastic. I have strange dreams though, really realistic. Last night was a nuclear war

Life dealt us a **** hand. It's not our fault our health has put a cap on our real potential in certain areas of our life. But really, how can we enjoy the sweetness of life without the bitter? The downs helps to make the ups just so much better. What's sad to me is when celebrity's children--who have been given everything we could only dream of--but they resort to drugs and alcohol and dwell on a hole inside themselves. In my experience, lifetime winners aren't up to the task many times because they don't have something dark like depression, guilt, shame, or fear to prod them on to better themselves. I'm sure they have some of these negative experiences but hardly nothing profoundly life altering like we experience day in day out. We are forced to stare into the abyss and forced to understand it, to shed light on it, and we are here trying to work on it. We may never be cured but there's dignity in conquering freedom each day, and supporting those like me when we're own with a hug or thanks or advice, which makes us better prepared to see problems in other so we can help them in ways others can't.