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thread on which to be factitiously Mentally Normal (NOS)

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Mitchy1nge · 14/12/2014 11:35

nobody was wondering but not only am I still alive, the horribleness of my back pain has completely stopped Shock is all a bit tender and traumatised but hooray for me

and partial hooray for the weirdness that is tramadol I suppose

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Mitchy1nge · 31/12/2014 11:36

she's at work, am not sure where exactly because she has taken on a lot of extra work in the past few weeks but I did reach her on her mobile phone and got her to agree to come home by 4

we need to ambush her at some point when she gets in, I would hope I'm overreacting if it wasn't for everyone around being so frightened by her behaviour

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Enpoid · 31/12/2014 11:38

Fingers crossed here for you all, Mitch.

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Mitchy1nge · 31/12/2014 11:40

she is meant to be the mentally normal one in the family Confused

she will not only be eternally mortified by some of the things she's done she will also never work again in her profession if it comes to light and she is found to be responsible for her actions, the implications are so severe and she is completely oblivious to it all, it is frightening to witness this in someone else

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Mitchy1nge · 31/12/2014 11:43

apart from all of that who the fuck is going to unravel this mortgage, lease, loans and yucky financial stuff

how to ruin your life in just a few weeks

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Mitchy1nge · 31/12/2014 11:46

thanks enpo

I suppose I should get washed and dressed and organise someone to do the horses care for the mildly autistic teen etc as however the assessment goes she can't be left with a young child

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Enpoid · 31/12/2014 11:48

It's incredible how delicate it all is and how easy it is to tangle or snap the intricate pattern of threads holding your life together Confused And how long it takes to sort it all out again afterwards, usually just when sorting out a load of tangled crap is hardest. Hope there's nothing too irreversible happened Sad

CaulkheadUpNorth · 31/12/2014 11:48

Am off out now, but we be thinking of. Am in the midlands if that's near you and can help at all?

Enpoid · 31/12/2014 12:04

(It's what you said about unravelling that made that image come into my head)

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Mitchy1nge · 31/12/2014 12:39

thank you that's a lovely thought, we're in Suffolk though

her dr was good to talk to, very calm, went through the options - plan A is get her to the appointment this afternoon, obviously plans B, C and beyond are horrible, confrontational and potentially damaging and to be avoided although there is always the non-plan of Just Leave It Until Friday but don't think that's an option

got through to her and told her we have an appointment and to meet me at mine beforehand and she was just ok see you then, didn't even ask what it was about Confused

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CaulkheadUpNorth · 31/12/2014 13:19

Friends parents are gps there- both Dr James. One in Ipswich and one somewhere else. If in the very small chance her dr is on of them, they are lovely.

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Mitchy1nge · 31/12/2014 13:53

she's buying a house in Ipswich so there is a possibility in the future

but yesterday she announced that she was moving somewhere else in three weeks, to a rented flat

she already has some kind of rental agreement in her current flat with her sister though Confused

I don't know what is worse, being manic as a phase or being generally unstable - she is generally not unstable though, just annoying

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CaulkheadUpNorth · 31/12/2014 16:34

Hey Mitchy how's it going?

Enpoid · 31/12/2014 17:01

Thinking of you Mitchy and #1.

SnowyMouse · 31/12/2014 20:33

((( Mitchy ))) I hope things work out, it must be very stressful Sad Thinking of you, did it work out earlier with the appointment?

I wont be up later, so wishing everyone a Happy and Peaceful New Year!

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Mitchy1nge · 31/12/2014 21:06

thanks for your thoughts Flowers

made it to appointment, which was revelatory, was missing an important part of the puzzle but now things make a lot more sense

GP could have been more helpful but equally could have been more rubbish - she sees the problem but is doing v little about it until we have a psych appointment for Monday and a bit of a plan for the meantime but #1 said she would take time off work but hasn't really stopped at all

will stay with her for time being and just drug her

there is a thread on here that I am sure is completely taking the piss - it must be a joke? Angry

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Mitchy1nge · 31/12/2014 21:09

oh yeah happy new year!

Wine [antipsychotics] [last of the benzo stash] [miss the class As]

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Enpoid · 31/12/2014 21:09

I don't know which thread you mean.

Glad you made the appointment.

CaulkheadUpNorth · 31/12/2014 21:11

The soft play one?

GP plan sounds at least like they understand there is an issue?

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Mitchy1nge · 01/01/2015 14:02

who is off to a mentally normal start so far? things are not too bad here deep in the heartland of not typical mania, have been helpfully pacing round the flat and cancelling #1's arrangements and Doing Knitting

might even get out for an out and back run through the centre of Bury St Eds which will make a nice change

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Mentalpsychiatrist · 01/01/2015 14:03

I am deep in the land of the eternal hangover.

CaulkheadUpNorth · 01/01/2015 14:20

I have no idea where I am on a mentally normal spectrum because I am Very Ill with a cough. No-one has ever had a cough this bad, ever.

Enpoid · 01/01/2015 16:51

I am as boringly mentally normal as I have been for the last couple of weeks and am hoping to stay for as long as humanly possible. Today I have been awake since 10.30am Shock, and have eaten pumpkin soup with cream, toasted pumpkin seeds and flax bread, some fruit salad, several 10p persimmons, and some nuts, and am looking forward to a celebratory Indian takeaway this evening. Life is being good to me.

I've never been to Bury St Edmunds, Mitchy - what's it like?

Hope everyone's coughs and hangovers recede as quickly as possible.

DP retired to bed mid-afternoon yesterday with a vomiting thing and missed the new year beginning, and has been rather moping around today.

It's cold and rainy and I am stroking a nice wool scarf a relative bought me. Mmmmmmmm.

SnowyMouse · 01/01/2015 16:55

I am mentally normal, working on my OU course (or maybe not normal as a large percentage of my friends are nursing hangovers ;) ).

I hope everyone feels better soon.

SnowyMouse · 01/01/2015 16:57

I have a lot of catch up to do from December when I wasn't so well.

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Mitchy1nge · 01/01/2015 17:41

which course are you doing snowy? #1 switched from her B.Ed to something vaguely similar with OU as more flexible

Bury St Eds is lovely enpo! I ran for only 1.5 miles though and was on the edge of a dual carriageway so just went round and round a car park until my 3 miles were up

time for some toxic positivity - amidst all the shit there is usually something good to focus on too:

  1. someone cleaned my morherfucking house Shock
  2. and did the horses
  3. my parents are coming to look after #1 while I am away this weekend
  4. #1 has agreed to cut hours to 45 a week, her employer is being v supportive and offering her a more sort of 9-5 type set up for now
  5. whoever cleaned my house made and cooked a delicious vegetable pizza and left it in the fridge for me! Cold pizza! I even ate some of the base!
  6. I think it is not quite so cold
  7. am getting excited about next half marathon in Feb
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