Strange different. Apparently paracetemol is codeine. Which is in my cough-drop-like hot drink right now.

I thought it was just acetaminaphen.

The Boy is officially the boyfriend, BTW. As in, he actually used the B word this weekend.

Yay, Teppy! I hope the Boy gets all his meds straightened out. Also, what Cashmere said. Taking care of someone can be hard, but it is easier if you know that they're someone you can rely on when you are down.

Steph- he needs to know that his choices to stop various medications affects you. Your reactions are valid, and should be respected. Yes, people who care about each other take care of each other, but HE is equally responsible for taking care of YOU, by doing what he can to stay functional.

This may well not be the exact moment to have this discussion, but once he's back up and running, you do need to sit down with him and explain that these decisions affect you, and there is responsibility on his part to not make you the caretaker when situations occur that could have been prevented.

If he still continues to resist medications, then the communication of this will be much, much harder, but still important.

applauds Steph's cheese

Grand Sweeping Epic Love is fun and all, but it doesn't last. I've found real love to be more of a startling awareness of someone's significance. It's subtle. The other person simply becomes more real than the rest of the world.

Yes, this. Exactly. I thought I was supposed to be with Z because of how cinematic our relationship was, and I figured if we had survived all that we had, we should be golden. Notsomuch, obviously.

Owen's trying to learn his first knock, knock joke and it is CRACKING ME UP.

SO. CUTE.

{{{{Steph}}}} I'm sure the balance will shift back, and you can core-dump any time. That sounds like a very hard situation.

The Boy is officially the boyfriend, BTW. As in, he actually used the B word this weekend.

Woo hoo!

ION: Full line of pirate tableware.

The other person simply becomes more real than the rest of the world.

And hell yes to this. That's exactly how it is.

SA, paracetamol is just the non-USian name for acetaminophen (Tylenol). Though you may very well have a combination product that has both paracetamol and codeine.

Mmmm....codeine.

[I'm reading everyone's kind words, BTW, but I can't respond to them yet, or I'll start crying. And my co-workers already think I'm a lunatic -- crying at work might just push them to call the funny farm.]

And my co-workers already think I'm a lunatic -- crying at work might just push them to call the funny farm.

Which would really be a waste. If you want them to commit you go for the gold and show them your LJ.

I always have to be super-careful taking OTC cold meds/painkillers abroad, because there seems to be codiene in freaking EVERYTHING. Which I understand is cause for celebration among most people, but for me, it has the unfortunate side-effect of, um, death.

Ah-ha. Can you mix ibuprofen and acetomiaphen? I'm not worried, as I took the ibuprofen stuff around one and it's been about four hours, which is the re-up time for both the pills and the powder.

God, I sound like a drug addict.

[And I lied -- here I go, responding. No tears, though.]

Steph- he needs to know that his choices to stop various medications affects you. Your reactions are valid, and should be respected. Yes, people who care about each other take care of each other, but HE is equally responsible for taking care of YOU, by doing what he can to stay functional.

This may well not be the exact moment to have this discussion, but once he's back up and running, you do need to sit down with him and explain that these decisions affect you, and there is responsibility on his part to not make you the caretaker when situations occur that could have been prevented.

You are a wise, wise woman, my friend. This is true. Both the fact that his choices affect me, AND the fact that right this moment isn't the best time to tell him that. You're right, and I *will* have that discussion with him once everything is calm.

If he still continues to resist medications, then the communication of this will be much, much harder, but still important.

He's not resistant to meds, per se, but he gets frustrated when they don't help as much as he'd like, and that leads to jackassery like randomly discontinuing his meds. He's aware that the proper meds, in the proper doses, are incredibly helpful -- he just wants his shrink to find the right meds to BE helpful. And I totally get that. But still.