Multiple Diagnoses, Medications and Mindfullness

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I am feeling a lot less pressure now that I have gotten an extension until June. I don't like working under pressure. In the meantime I have an interview on Monday for a job calling people to interview them for surveys. Now last time I tried a work-from-home job it didn't go well. (Thanks again to the folks in the Haven for talking me down from that.) Well, I think this job might be better as it is fewer hours and it is not service oriented; that is, there is no product. The surveys are for both public and private sector and are completely scripted.

I'm rethinking Florida. Trump's inauguration speech scared me. "American carnage." What the heck is he talking about. With his talk of "America first," I just don't feel welcome. I'm thinking the Turks and Caicos Islands. They are governed by Britain which still has ties to Canada.

Trump's danger is probably overstated. Even if he wanted to implement his policies it is doubtful he would accomplish them their are GOP senators like Lindsey Graham and Mike Lee who oppose him. Canada probably has more services you can benefit from like Universal Healthcare, Florida from what I know is led by an extremely conservative governorship. Turks and Caicos seem kind of isolated, but they do seem nice.

Oh hardly alone. when i was younger it seemed crazy easy for me to fit in. but as i got older, i felt misplaced, and that i knew people wouldn't understand what I've endured, and what i am still going trough. i have bipolar, a.d.h.d, depression, anxiety, and P.T.S.D. I tend to distance myself from loved ones and friends why any symtom of these disorders kick in, but sometimes i try to reach out, knowing the feelings i have feel liek they are (metaphorically) drowning me.

Basically, feeling like an outsider is true, but you're not alone. So we're all insiders to being 1 with the outsiders.

Sometimes the distance I feel from others scares me. I have to remind myself that it's just my mind; that I'm not alone.

I also have different diagnoses if you look in my sig.

I have an appointment with my psychiatrist tomorrow. It will be my fourth with her. I realize I have already become disillusioned with her. Since last time when she called my meltdown bizarre. I found that a strange approach on her part. So it is with little enthusiasm that I prepare to go. She will likely fiddle with my medication more as I seem to be okay with the reduction in Effexor. Perhaps she will confirm her suspicions of my being bipolar. I'm beyond the point of caring what label doctors put on me; I am too aware that they have no idea what they're talking about; but kudos to them for trying.

i don't know if at the time i'm writing this if you've seen her yet or not, but i am hoping it goes okay for you, in the factors that you have some progress with your psychiatrist. I hope all is with for you today.

Thank you. It went better than I thought. We didn't talk about diagnoses at all, just medication adjustments. She is further decreasing my Effexor.

I got the job doing the surveys over-the-phone from home. I'm starting tomorrow and am hoping not to lose it, although I feel the confusion of anxiety starting to reach its tendrils.

It is snowing again here, but not as cold. I am starting to think about spring gardening, only 2 more months.

well congrats! positive points all around. I've thought about gardening as well... some flowers and maybe a tree.