Hi, I've been lurking and trying to keep up with the Buffistas. Life has been pretty uneventful recently, so I haven't had much to say.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Aug 25, 2022 11:20:36 am PDT #17105 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Steph L. - Aug 25, 2022 11:43:07 am PDT #17106 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
The nurse practitioner said she's not ruling out a psych referral/inpatient treatment at some point, but the first thing she wants to try is a higher dosage of the antipsychotic meds. She did tell him in no uncertain terms that he cannot have any kind of firearms.
The weird thing is that he really is oriented to person, time, and place and doesn't have marked memory issues. It's like he has a foot in 2 worlds -- he's totally aware of and rooted in the real world, but then he is *also* 100% sure the hallucinations are real and he interacts with them and wants to shoot them. My brother said (to me, not the NP) that if Dad were his patient, he'd diagnose him with schizoaffective disorder.
Dad insulted me during the appointment, calling me "interfering mother," and I almost lost my shit at him for that, because (1) he didn't throw a gendered insult at my brother for doing the same thing I was doing (ie, wrangling his health care); and (2) okay, fuck me for trying to help you, you enormous asshole.
Unsurprisingly, I got a migraine in the middle of the appointment. But CVS sorted out whatever weirdness was going on with my refills, so I have migraine meds and I'm going to go lay down with an ice pack on my head after I finish one short thing for work.
-t - Aug 25, 2022 11:43:26 am PDT #17107 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hi Todd! Good uneventful, I hope. No disasters, anyway.
-t - Aug 25, 2022 11:49:31 am PDT #17108 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Glad you have migraine meds, Steph. Hope the higher dosage helps and you don't have to keep going through that (although I know the meds won't stop your dad being an asshole)
Dana - Aug 25, 2022 12:40:54 pm PDT #17109 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hugs, Steph.
sj - Aug 25, 2022 12:45:08 pm PDT #17110 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Ugh, Steph. I’m so sorry. I really hope the increased dose helps and your dad takes it consistently. Feel better.
NoiseDesign - Aug 25, 2022 1:15:01 pm PDT #17111 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Hey everyone. I've been in crazy work mode, so I'm reading, but not really posting.
Steph, all my distant support to you, that's just a lot to deal with. Families, UGH!
Hil R. - Aug 25, 2022 1:34:24 pm PDT #17112 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I hope you're all able to find something that helps, Steph. (Another one of my friends has been dealing with something similar with her father, and it turned out to be a urinary tract infection, which apparently can cause hallucinations in elderly people.)
Vortex - Aug 25, 2022 2:22:39 pm PDT #17113 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I am shoving all of the pumpkin spice through the internet at Teppy. No hugs!
Also, maybe a side hustle as the Pumpkin Spice Pundit is in order?
DavidS - Aug 25, 2022 2:27:22 pm PDT #17114 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Life has been pretty uneventful recently, so I haven't had much to say.
That's probably a good thing in your case.
Tep, I'm sorry for all that. Weirdly, I'm glad it wasn't worse. Let's try to keep your brain intact in the meantime.