I'm sure there are a lot of different room sprays out there. I know that there are candles that are marketed as "calming."

For some reason it took me somewhere around 4hrs to write my original post this morning. It required a lot of editing, and I have no idea where all that time went. I wanted to get some things done today, but I'm really off. No idea why.

Sorry to hear about that, Kay.

Some days, writing a post can take up a lot of my time.


M

I understand that.
The counselors overstep/ over reach I believe.

Somethings they are not qualified or experienced to deal with.

Also, I wish she could take your word for it.

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I guess you will continue be as patient and focused as you have been through this process.
Each step and each session and each question answered gets your closer to
your goal. Good luck.

M

Her job is to make sure I'm not going to be a threat to reoffend. She has to identify what a client's problems are and address them. She's decided I have a problem asking for help and she's just going to keep shoving fixes for that down my throat. I'm sure she's used to a lot of BS because she deals with addicts all the time, so she's not about to take my word for it when I say I always ask for help for psych symptoms and will in the future. So we go over that point incessantly.

I get it, but I don't need help with everything.

I think she might be purposely irritating me at times to gauge my reactions, and might be asking the same questions looking for consistency. I know that I remain calm, but I get frustrated and I defend my positions, so I don't know if I'm coming off as argumentative or not. She remains pleasant, but I think I frustrate her at times, too.

I'm not worried about consistency, and she still plans on just three more sessions, so I can't be too badly behaved lol.

yeah!
half way there!:You-Rock:

Thank you :)

The three weeks I've been doing this have gone by pretty quickly. I hope the next three weeks do, too. But I'll be tested because I'll be contending with two appointments a week for the next 2 weeks, which I hate.

I'm trying hard not to think too much about the process after I complete the counseling because it's going to be very stressful. I do want to get my license back as soon as possible, and I know I'm going to start getting impatient the closer I get, but I'm going to have to take things slow to keep my stress level down…

I feel uneasy about the counseling sessions though, and I have a nagging feeling that something else is going to go wrong to put my license out of reach again. The last time I felt this way, I ended up getting stuck with these counseling sessions. I hope that this is just catastrophic thinking on my part.

The sandalwood candle isn't calming :(

He's had a couple of good temper tantrums…

I even had a little one of my own when the pizza place we ordered from sent me the wrong sub and I got someone unresponsive on the phone when I called about it.

(((((HUGS))))
frustrating when things don't work out right. maybe some other person got your sub instead/???
bizi

Yikes.

'Sorry to hear about that. :hug::hug::hug:

M

I wasn't that bothered by the fact that they made a mistake by sending me the wrong sub. It was the phone call that ****** me off. I was exaggerating a little when I said I had a temper tantrum.


I think that the amantadine is working. I'm seeing a few more good days :)
I'm enjoying more good hours on those days… I'm still hitting the wall, but it's been happening later in the afternoon so I haven't been taking naps. The result is I get really overtired and I fall apart by early evening. I'd like to try taking it twice a day (that's how it's usually prescribed) to avoid that. I'm considering calling my neurologist and asking him if he'll change the prescription.
When I say I'm having better days I'm not talking about earth-shattering change, and it's okay that I'm not seeing results every day (at least not yet), but anything that enhances my quality of life is welcome. It think it has improved my mood, with the exception of when I get overtired.