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<blockquote data-quote="crazymama30" data-source="post: 330244" data-attributes="member: 3184"><p>Hanging in there, thanks for wondering. husband was doing really well, but I can see him slipping. He is back to not going to sleep untill the wee hours of the morning and sleeping untill 2 or 3pm. His irritability waxes and wanes, and it is sad because I can see that our family is more relaxed much of the time if he is not around. He sees psychiatrist on Tues, and I will go. Not sure what there is to do, he has been on so many different medications and I am willing to bet he will never be hospitalized voluntarily again--ever. He went to a friends for New Year's and took his medications with him, I am just worried as he is starting to repeat his pattern.</p><p> </p><p>My depression and anxiety was better, but is increasing. I can see myself sprirally with husband--guess I need to work with therapist on that one. I see psychiatrist on Thursday and may end up increasing the ad--will talk to him and see what he thinks. I have been going to the gym a lot, 4-5 times a week as the kids are out of school and that frees up my time. Not looking forward to next week--school starts and my work out time will be diminished. I think that is going to have a negative impact, but I cannot create more hours in the day.</p><p> </p><p>My grandfather (more like my father, we are very close) has end stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and needs hospice, myself, my mom and aunt are for it but he is not emotionally ready. He may also be in congestive heart failure and is having a nuclear stress test next week, I had to cancel my therapist appointment to be there with him and my mom but I need to be there. It is going to be so hard on him and I wish he would skip it, but he is not at that point yet. He was hospitalized 2 weeks ago and it was hard. I spent one night at the hospital with him as he forgot he had an IV in and did not call for help to use the bathroom and yanked out his IV. He is such a dear man, and it is hard to see him decline physically as well as mentally. He was always so sharp.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child continues to do well, he has had a few moments around the holidays and will have more, especially after staying up tonight. I don't have the heart to make him go to bed early on New Years. He and easy child are up playing video games and for now are getting along great.</p><p> </p><p>I sometimes don't post as most of my issues are now with husband and not difficult child. husband is the major difficult child, and difficult child is more easy child like for now. This weekend and next week will be hard, and if I don't have a better outlook on Monday I may call my therapist and see if she can fit me in next week. Right now I am sad as I want to go on difficult child's fieldtrips with him, they are several nights and really cool (next one is to Tule Lake Ca to study the Japanese internment of WWII) but I can't. I cannot leave husband and easy child home alone. husband could not get easy child to school, and I could not handle not knowing if he was ok. I feel sad as I feel like difficult child is missing out. For the first time ever he wants me to be involved, and I can't. That is so hard..</p><p> </p><p>You guys are all great. Your support and caring means so much to me, I cannot even express how much it means to have people want to know how I am and to have people who care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazymama30, post: 330244, member: 3184"] Hanging in there, thanks for wondering. husband was doing really well, but I can see him slipping. He is back to not going to sleep untill the wee hours of the morning and sleeping untill 2 or 3pm. His irritability waxes and wanes, and it is sad because I can see that our family is more relaxed much of the time if he is not around. He sees psychiatrist on Tues, and I will go. Not sure what there is to do, he has been on so many different medications and I am willing to bet he will never be hospitalized voluntarily again--ever. He went to a friends for New Year's and took his medications with him, I am just worried as he is starting to repeat his pattern. My depression and anxiety was better, but is increasing. I can see myself sprirally with husband--guess I need to work with therapist on that one. I see psychiatrist on Thursday and may end up increasing the ad--will talk to him and see what he thinks. I have been going to the gym a lot, 4-5 times a week as the kids are out of school and that frees up my time. Not looking forward to next week--school starts and my work out time will be diminished. I think that is going to have a negative impact, but I cannot create more hours in the day. My grandfather (more like my father, we are very close) has end stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and needs hospice, myself, my mom and aunt are for it but he is not emotionally ready. He may also be in congestive heart failure and is having a nuclear stress test next week, I had to cancel my therapist appointment to be there with him and my mom but I need to be there. It is going to be so hard on him and I wish he would skip it, but he is not at that point yet. He was hospitalized 2 weeks ago and it was hard. I spent one night at the hospital with him as he forgot he had an IV in and did not call for help to use the bathroom and yanked out his IV. He is such a dear man, and it is hard to see him decline physically as well as mentally. He was always so sharp. difficult child continues to do well, he has had a few moments around the holidays and will have more, especially after staying up tonight. I don't have the heart to make him go to bed early on New Years. He and easy child are up playing video games and for now are getting along great. I sometimes don't post as most of my issues are now with husband and not difficult child. husband is the major difficult child, and difficult child is more easy child like for now. This weekend and next week will be hard, and if I don't have a better outlook on Monday I may call my therapist and see if she can fit me in next week. Right now I am sad as I want to go on difficult child's fieldtrips with him, they are several nights and really cool (next one is to Tule Lake Ca to study the Japanese internment of WWII) but I can't. I cannot leave husband and easy child home alone. husband could not get easy child to school, and I could not handle not knowing if he was ok. I feel sad as I feel like difficult child is missing out. For the first time ever he wants me to be involved, and I can't. That is so hard.. You guys are all great. Your support and caring means so much to me, I cannot even express how much it means to have people want to know how I am and to have people who care. [/QUOTE]
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