Ups and Downs of Husband`s Mental Illness

Glad your mum is home. @Shaz51

Its hard re partners on meds. Meds alone are not really sufficient treatment ... regardless of which med ... IMHO.

Trust mum settling in back at hi.e @Shaz51.

Agree with you entirely @Appleblossom. I quote from an article I read:

Medications do not cure a psychiatric disease; we’re not even sure what the disease actually is. What they can do is reduce symptoms, give you strength—so that you can learn new behaviors. That’s the point of medications. Treating depression with an antidepressant is not the solution; it’s the preliminary step in allowing you to figure out how to handle depression later on. The adaptation, the adjustment, the physical altering of brain functioning is done by new learning, often this is therapy (though it doesn’t have to be.) I’m not saying therapy is that great, or necessary, either. I’m simply saying that trying to improve a person’s long term status using medications alone without some sort of education and training is a waste of time. It is maybe the most profound disservice of all to tell a patient that their depressive or bipolar symptoms are the result of biology or chemical imbalances and thus absolve them of the responsibility of learning new ways of interpreting and coping with their environment.

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2006/11/post_2.html

I could not agree more with that @Former-Member

hello @Determined, @Former-Member, @Appleblossom, @soul, @Faith-and-Hope, @outlander, @Adge, @PeppiPatty, @Former-Member, @Sophia1, @Owlunar, @Former-Member

today no work

clean mum`s house today ,

we did some gardening until the rain stopped play

mr shaz wanted to go home , so he dropped me down town before going home , brought some things for mum , walked back to her house

took her to get a new dressing on the sore leg -- might be getting infected

Dietician came to see mum and me

mum very tired and got pains again gone to bed

texted mr shaz to pick me up , home now waiting to see if mum rings me to take her to hospital --- amm

oh @Shaz51

my heart goes out to you...

life can be so testing when there is so much physical pain and illness surrounding us on top of mental health...

Mr Shaz probably struggles seeing your mum in that way as he knows that you are affected also..

Hopefully your mum might settle and rest with new dressing...

are you and Mr Shaz able to watch a favourite film together...cuddle up ...something to bring a smile to your faces

thinking of you xx

No work but very busy just the same @Shaz51. Hope you're taking time out for yourself.

thank you @Sophia1, @soul

been sitting down together watching shows we taped for the last 2 hours

Mr Shaz probably struggles, very true @Sophia1, that`s why I walked down town as mr shaz does not like waiting too long

yes the nurse said mum`s leg looks like it getting infected and there was no doctor around to give her Ab`s

sending you tender hugs @Sophia1

and hugs for you @soul

mr shaz had some dizziness this morning @soul, @Sophia1, @Determined, @Former-Member, @Appleblossom, @Faith-and-Hope

Hi @Shaz51

How are things going? How is mum's leg?