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utopiaSenior Contributor27 Aug 2017, 3:34 pm AEST

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Well I'm finally home (again).
4 hospital stays in 91 days. Wow. No wonder it feels so strange to be in my own house again. Adjusting will take time. Cooking for myself will take time.
My house is in the same condition in which I left it. A pigsty. So no one room has warmth and charm to lift my mood. Will have to slowly start cleaning up - one room at a time.
I did go and watch my son play soccer in the finals. I'd been so sick this year - thst it was the first game I had been to all year. His team lost. But they play again next week. So still stand a chance of playing the grand final.
My son is still living with my mum. Has been since the end of April. Hopefully he will see how much I've improved on my new anti depressants and anti anxiety meds. Then he may choose to come home soon.
Was up and doing the washing early this morning. But now reading a book in bed.
Am very bored. But have AA Meeting tomorrow night.
And I have my WorkCover IME (independent Medical Examination) - psych interview with a tough psychiatric on the 30th of this month. Think it could be on Wednesday. And then I have my much waited for Psychologist appointment. Can't see him when I'm in hospital (too far away).
So that's it for now. A new thread for a new beginning.
@Zoe7 @soul @Former-Member @Faith-and-Hope @Bast @oceangirl @outlander @Former-Member @Teej @BlueBay @Owlunar

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Shaz51Senior Contributor19 Apr 2021, 5:05 pm AEST

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how are you today my friend @utopia , thinking of you and sending hugs

relized you asked me about How is Mr Shaz feeling now? Did they up his meds or change the meds?-- no nothing about the meds so he has been taking extra meds when he feels he needs them

the Doctor did give him someone to see but because it took soo long Mr shaz cancelled all help again

@Owlunar, @Zoe7 , @Mazarita , @Faith-and-Hope

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 Apr 2021, 2:23 am AEST

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Hi @utopia, also hearing your current feelings. As @Owlunar said, clothes sound like a first step to me. It was a first step out of my worst years of major depression. Op shops are my clothes indulgence, in bursts. I have a happy wardrobe now compared to the nothing I had to wear outside of the home at the end of that worst time.

I also buy second hand, and cheap new clothes on ebay. There have been some items that haven't worked for me when they arrived, but overall I have been satisfied with online shopping. I only buy things that give measurements, so I can check them on myself for sizing.

Sorry you are going through this. Interesting that the mood stabiliser helped for quite some time. Sounds like the circumstances of your life, with covid and all, have become harder. Hope your psychiatrist appointment goes really well with better medication options that may help you more.

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