Thanks! I am glad to hear your daughter has been getting help!
You provide a nice perspective, but I don’t think it applies in my situation. I feel I am coming from the opposite way. I have been getting a lot of help for my bipolar illness, and I also went to a therapist for two years for general help with life. And it is through this process I have become healthy enough to see that there is something else going on here, which was previously masked by bipolar and shitty life situation
Depends on the help I guess. Not to discredit your experience. The help I got for bipolar had been immensely helpful for me. Maybe even life-saving. But when I was asking for help I had hit rock bottom. So it was easier getting help from the system, as I was prioritized.
I have no problem being weird or accepting who I am. I do have struggles that impact very practical things in my life. Making life quite hard
Nice, I’ll think I will try out omega supplements actually. Nice tip. I have friends with ADHD and from the outside, they are light and day on/off meds
I see where you are coming from, but the private clinics charge in advance. No-show means that the money is gone. I don’t have that kind of cash to squander. In the public sector, if you don’t show up, you will just get discharged.
Thanks for the reply, really appreciate it!
Even though the healthcare system (especially for mental health) is a bit fucked here, I do imagine this to be a true nightmare in the US. I’m feeling for you!
Yeah thanks. I have written four pages in my diary, focusing on stuff not related to bipolar and how these symptoms are fucking with my day to day life. And how this is not sustainable over time. Amongst other things. So I hope I am able to get that through to the therapist.
2700 is for all the hours required in total. Basically a “package deal”.
The private clinics here either charges per the hour, but the total is higher. Or you get these packages which are higher upfront, but cheaper total. I didn’t go for the cheapest place I could find, but not the most expensive either. They got a good reputation. The total prices here for a full ADHD evaluation and medication is around $1500-4000
I’m using Kitty. Kitten ssh is smooth as I ssh into other machines a lot. I also love being able to split the screen and have tabs. I use Kitty session a lot, I have a pre-configured yaml file that just sets up the terminal for me. I like the keyboard shortcuts too.
This reminds me of a Viagra Boys song
First husband took his own life, so there’s that