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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 401769" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Sounds like you are doing all you can. Just keep taking your medications and doing your best. If your laptop has a speaker then why not try to listen to a meditation audio or audiobook at night while you sleep? When I am having anxiety problems or other problems I find that this is very comforting. Heck, find a rerun of a series you like on hulu and set up a longplaylist if you are used to sleeping with a tv on or with noise. You can toss a shirt or sweater over the screen if you don't want the light.</p><p> </p><p>Sounds like you are doing a great job, esp advocating for difficult child. Often the weekend docs are filling in for the reg docs and don't have nearly as much of a clue as the reg doctor - and are not in charge usually. Work with the head nurse and if hter is a nurse that manages the docs (head nurse for a dept that the doctor is in/runs) then get that nurse on your side too. Our nurses in Dallas thought the docs were nuts but couldn't do anything. Of course if my daughter had refused to do what they wanted they would have done more but she is the hoover it up and do it and then pay for it later type so the PT and Occupational Therapist (OT) and docs didn't SEE her crying all night the way the nurses did. They also were not running to every other floor to get a hot or cold pack for her ever 30 mins because that is how long their hot/cold packs lasted and were ALL she was allowed to have for pain. So in a way all of difficult child's gfgness is helping because she cannot hide it from them and try to cooperate. Then they SEE the problems and are willing and able to do more to help.</p><p> </p><p>You don't need to give us anything but updates. You support us at other times - this is a crisis and is the time when you TAKE so that you can make it though. We understand - honest, we do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 401769, member: 1233"] Sounds like you are doing all you can. Just keep taking your medications and doing your best. If your laptop has a speaker then why not try to listen to a meditation audio or audiobook at night while you sleep? When I am having anxiety problems or other problems I find that this is very comforting. Heck, find a rerun of a series you like on hulu and set up a longplaylist if you are used to sleeping with a tv on or with noise. You can toss a shirt or sweater over the screen if you don't want the light. Sounds like you are doing a great job, esp advocating for difficult child. Often the weekend docs are filling in for the reg docs and don't have nearly as much of a clue as the reg doctor - and are not in charge usually. Work with the head nurse and if hter is a nurse that manages the docs (head nurse for a dept that the doctor is in/runs) then get that nurse on your side too. Our nurses in Dallas thought the docs were nuts but couldn't do anything. Of course if my daughter had refused to do what they wanted they would have done more but she is the hoover it up and do it and then pay for it later type so the PT and Occupational Therapist (OT) and docs didn't SEE her crying all night the way the nurses did. They also were not running to every other floor to get a hot or cold pack for her ever 30 mins because that is how long their hot/cold packs lasted and were ALL she was allowed to have for pain. So in a way all of difficult child's gfgness is helping because she cannot hide it from them and try to cooperate. Then they SEE the problems and are willing and able to do more to help. You don't need to give us anything but updates. You support us at other times - this is a crisis and is the time when you TAKE so that you can make it though. We understand - honest, we do. [/QUOTE]
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