Hi. A couple of you were following my last thread, so I wanted to give you an update. As far as the meds change goes, I'm still waiting for the neuro's call back so I guess it won't be happening. I'll have to wait for my appointment for the next move on the meds change. Mostly, I've not been having a lot of partials like I was. Monday was a partials day and that was frustrating because it took me forever to get my work done. But I did get the work done and that's great. Absences and short term memory loss are still going strong but I've not had the severe depression that I had before. It seems to have disappeared entirely. I've not had that sort of episode for a good five years, so I actually don't expect it to get that bad again in the near future either.
I had been looking for a new apartment or cottage near the beach but I reconsidered when an apartment popped up in my old neighbourhood where I have a few great friends to visit all the time, but haven't been able to see since I've been ill because my current apartment is just too far. It's a short walk from the new place to where they are and the depression woke me up to the fact that I cannot afford not to take action on the social isolation issue. This flat is that golden opportunity to make a better life choice and get back the lovely lifestyle I had when I lived in that neighbourhood before, going off to the coffee shop with my laptop to work around real people and visiting everyone on the street on the way home. It made me so happy. I nabbed the place before I'd even gone inside to view it! I managed to be the first one there and others were arriving for the viewing so I just told the landlord that I definitely wanted it, what did I need to do? Now the lease is signed, the deposit is paid, it's mine!
Now I'm working on the move, which is turning out to be hard work, so I'm giving myself a bit of a break by cutting my work down a bit for the next three work days. Still haven't collected empty boxes! Aaah!
Another unprecedented move: I went out on Sunday and saw some friends, went out for lunch, and literally stayed out from 13:00 to 19:00--first real social occasion in six months. I wasn't tired afterwards where usually I've been tired after an hour of going to the store. I guess that long visit was the reason for the difficult Monday but that's okay. Everyone was really sweet and concerned. It'd have meant more if they'd been supportive earlier but what can you do?
So things are far better and I expect that in my new, quiet home (unlike my current noisy one) I will just get better and better.
I had been looking for a new apartment or cottage near the beach but I reconsidered when an apartment popped up in my old neighbourhood where I have a few great friends to visit all the time, but haven't been able to see since I've been ill because my current apartment is just too far. It's a short walk from the new place to where they are and the depression woke me up to the fact that I cannot afford not to take action on the social isolation issue. This flat is that golden opportunity to make a better life choice and get back the lovely lifestyle I had when I lived in that neighbourhood before, going off to the coffee shop with my laptop to work around real people and visiting everyone on the street on the way home. It made me so happy. I nabbed the place before I'd even gone inside to view it! I managed to be the first one there and others were arriving for the viewing so I just told the landlord that I definitely wanted it, what did I need to do? Now the lease is signed, the deposit is paid, it's mine!
Now I'm working on the move, which is turning out to be hard work, so I'm giving myself a bit of a break by cutting my work down a bit for the next three work days. Still haven't collected empty boxes! Aaah!
Another unprecedented move: I went out on Sunday and saw some friends, went out for lunch, and literally stayed out from 13:00 to 19:00--first real social occasion in six months. I wasn't tired afterwards where usually I've been tired after an hour of going to the store. I guess that long visit was the reason for the difficult Monday but that's okay. Everyone was really sweet and concerned. It'd have meant more if they'd been supportive earlier but what can you do?
So things are far better and I expect that in my new, quiet home (unlike my current noisy one) I will just get better and better.