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Love to hear from others on the forum if you experience this
My hubby has been diagnosed with lots of things and has had MI all his life
do you find things goes ok and i start to feel confident and wanting to go forward and then everytime something always happens to upset it -- sometimes I think is it a controlling thing ?? that he wants to be in control ??
Don`t know if I am making this up , but i have that feeling ,
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
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Hiya @Shaz51@soul@Blue-eyes-77 .....☕️💕
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Cath22Senior Contributor
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Good morning, afternoon and evening @Shaz51 and all - hope everyone's day has been good, or at least not awful!
Mr Cath struggling since they increased his meds about 2 weeks ago - it had been looking so promising before that, am hoping he will adjust....he's getting very disheartened again which I can understand. Just so hard when youj can't really help isn't it.
One the bright side I survived Disney's Frozen on Ice on Saturday and it was actually a lot of fun - Mini Cath loved it. Now gearing up for a Frozen themed 4th birthday party on Saturday. I agreed to it this time last year - unfortunately mini Cath has an exceptional memory 🙂
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Unknown userMember
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Hey @Cath22 I think Mr Darcy had 16 different meds in a number of classes. The best thing I did to document what drugs had been given and Mr Darcy's response to them. I got prescribing records from the different pharmacies he had scripts filled at. I reported response to meds (good & bad) ie worked for a short while, became agitated, became hyped up, sex dysfunction, weight gain, hair loss, agitation. Noting symptoms are also helpful such as mood descriptions (up, down, irritable, suspicious, don't care) behaviours (ie spending, substance abuse, not attending to personal hygiene, being reckless). All of these can help the docs in finding a med regime that can keep things steady.
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
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@Former-Member hows the holiday going, trust all is well 😊
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
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@Shaz51 wrote:
Hello @Former-Member
Hope you are not overdoing things. , -- my body is starting to tell me that is morning @Former-Member
good morning @Blue-eyes-77, @soul, @Cath22, @Faith-and-Hope
@Shaz51
Hows things for you and mr shaz? Taking it a little easier I trust... easier said than done I know.
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Unknown userMember
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@Determined Finding the holiday a bit stressful. Darcy
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soulSenior Contributor
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Need a holiday from the holiday @Former-Member?
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Unknown userMember
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Perhaps @soul
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Unknown userMember
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Hello @Former-Member
hope that you are having some lovely moments.
Mental illness does not go back n holiday when the owner does sadly.
wishing you some happy times.
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Unknown userMember
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@soul@Former-Member Am focussing on the positives, grateful Mr Darcy well enough for us to travel.
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