Definitely a 'let's chill and slow down' mode @Jynx !
My anxiety is the root cause of my mental healthy problems in the first place, even though it wasn't the first thing to be diagnosed. That's what happens in families and cultures where mental health is so strongly stigmatised - an eating disorder (which I had in primary school) is simply a digestive problem or a weak stomach, etc. Lack of education is another big problem, too.
I've tried to reign back the panic/fight/flight response to help-seeking, but it's hard when I'm usually go-go-go. I just got a call from my private psychiatrist's hospital's intake team - I vaguely remember completing an online form, but I selected an irrelevant-to-me option on the drop-down form. I don't know whether the intake staff member or I was more confused! In fact, I wanted to investigate Day Programs. Anyway, they've texted me the Day Programs contact number and it opens a 8am tomorrow morning.
Is anyone here familiar with Private Hospital Day Programs? From the brief phone conversation I had with Intake, it sounds like there might be a gap fee beyond what is covered by Private Health Insurance. I pay Basic Hospital Cover, but have never drawn on my insurance for any of my health needs before.
I still think PARC will be the best option for me: free and gives me a chance to have a break from my 24/7 carer, whose anxious behaviours are rubbing off on me and fuelling my anxiety in return. For the past two days, he has been obsessively giving a running commentary on everything I say or do. So that even my sibling overseas gets multiple updates in a day. It's totally unnecessary and breaches my privacy! And he's also micro-managing the dosing of my medications, especially the PRNs. He's a perfectionist and doesn't understand that mental health treatment is not an exact science; and it's not just about the medications!
So I'm anticipating my medical review appointment with the CATT team first appointment tomorrow. They had promised to call my Mum to tell her the time so she could take the morning off as I wanted. But when Mum got home, she had not received that phone call, so she will now go to work as usual. And I'm stuck with getting a lift/intrusion into my medical review apppointment with my Dad, whose interference I'm so sick of.
Fingers crossed I finally get a bed at PARC tomorrow.
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