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Hi @Faith-and-Hope .. how are you today?

I had a chat with mum and she really doesn't want to go to psych appt today - did the gentle approach but I think I need to just let mum ride this out - she wants to try do it without having to see psych. I am going to respect her wishes and try my best, but keep a very close eye on her. Fortunately the psych will see me instead so I can have a chat to him about how I see mum at this stage. It's tough making some of these decisions but we can only try, hey?

I reassured her that she isn't going to go hospital but that didn't do much either!

Oh well, will just have to wait and see.

Thanks @Faith-and-Hope 🙂 x

@Faith-and-Hope haha ... good for you! Am about to go for my walk.

Can't see your triangle yet @Determined but I'm hoping that your exam went well.

@Bella1978, I have regular psych appointments partially for my own benefit, and partially so that I've got someone qualified that I can bounce questions off, and get some perspective from.

We're sort of in the opposite hard spot at the moment. Our daughter's regulated 10 Medicare funded visits per year are not enough to keep her on track, and she knows it. She was seeing a private psych as well to fill in the gaps, but that arrangement's ended. She wants to arrange another inpatient clinic stay, but the psych who referred her previously can't cover her this time, so to get a placement she'll need to find a new one. Meanwhile, the local health services have been able to arrange a social worker as extra support. Hoping that helps her.

@Determined, I remember a couple of exams where my exhausted brain went totally blank for 20-30 mins. They were both on days when I had a morning and an afternoon exam scheduled, and I think the prolonged concentration kicked the brain into "coffee break....". The "resumption of our normal programmes" returned quite suddenly, and I actually did OK both times. Maybe the refreshed function compensated for the time lost, dunno. Hoping you'll have done well enough too.