Tdoc's actually going away for a few weeks because her daughter is having a baby. I have an appointment with her in a month. She's recommended someone if I need to be seen while she's away.

She communicates with pdoc and has called me when she's heard I was in crisis in the past. She's offered the same kind of telephone support if I need it, but I would only take her up on that offer if I was in crisis again. I don't feel like I'm in need of in-depth therapy at the moment since I'm stable, but I do call for earlier appointments when I need to.

After today I still have (hopefully only) 2 more sessions with my substance abuse counselor to look forward to…

It's about 9:30am now and it's safe to say that the amantadine has decided it's not going to do jack for me today. That spells bad news for my 2pm appointment with her. I'm on my fourth cup of coffee, but I'm feeling so ****** that I'm actually entertaining the thought of taking a nap now (I got up at about 6am) so I won't be totally out of it at 2. I don't want her to see me too messy. I don't know what to do…

my vote is to go for the nap!
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Kay,

I hope that Thursday's went well.

Consider setting up a phone appointment with your tdoc. A month seems a long time.You're not in crisis,
but hearing her voice during a 20 mins phone call will help you, esp after you complete the last two sessions. I always have felt better about my tdoc (any doc really . . when I have a date scheduled.)
You can cancel when the date gets close and you feel o.k. without her.
Does her daughter have a due date?

I LOL'ed at the cats not liking the Chinese food.
I generally dislike it but I brought into my life because it was convenient for me to order for hubby until he went low carb/high fat. Also my old friend likes it.

M

Sorry ladies, but I'm totally anti- extra therapy except under special circumstances. I know I should be going more often, but it's a small miracle I go at all.

I did take a nap before my appointment yesterday. I really needed it. I felt better for a couple of hours afterwards. I feel much better this morning.

My counselor was very pleased with my revelations about the differences between my history of dealing with MS vs. my history of dealing with bipolar disorder properly and her role in the counseling process. She said I was doing very well, and I was able to vent my frustration in a healthy way. As a result, I feel a lot better.

I got really upset yesterday because my counselor told me that after 4 weeks, drunk.org still hadn't sent her my file and she needs it in order for us to complete the final paperwork for the state of NH together. Apparently, my counselor has to address any separate concerns raised by the drunk.org counselor during the substance abuse evaluation. We have 2 sessions left, and that is the time needed to finish the final paperwork.

Drunk.org doesn't have a good track record, having left me hanging for over a month after the driving class before hitting me with the substance abuse evaluation and ensuing counseling. So, I was obviously worried about delays and decided to be more aggressive in my handling of this situation. Yesterday's call to my case manager went unanswered. Realizing she'll be out of the office today, I called back hoping to get help from someone else and found out that they sent my file out on Wednesday. Crisis averted

I took issue with some things written in the copy of the evaluation drunk.org gave me, and I let my case manager there and my counselor know that. My counselor said that she has had problems with them in the past and doesn't want me to worry too much about it. She isn't surprised that they had a hard time understanding the dual-diagnosis.

The last four weeks seem to have gone by rather quickly. I hope I don't get ants in my pants so the final two weeks will go by fast, too.
Unfortunately, once my counselor has finished up on her end, I will have to wait for drunk.org to "complete (my) file" and file the necessary paperwork with the court and DMV. God only knows what I'm going to have to go through to make sure they do that, how long it will take them to do it, or what will come up in the meantime.

From there, I request a letter from the NH DMV to take to the MA DMV so I can get insurance, then provide proof of it to the NH DMV, who will then send me a clearance letter I can take to the MA DMV to get my license back. Sounds like fun, right?

Kay

So glad to read all this. Sounds like your biggest problem will be and
has been the paperwork. But you stay on top of that so well. I think
they know its fruitless for them to just keep you hanging.

Donna

To be honest Donna, I think they're just inept. I think I'm going to have to inundate them with phone calls to keep them on track.

Thank you for your report about yesterdays meeting.
It sounds like she is really better understanding your health situation.
Happy about that.
As far as the DMV is concerned...hang in there be persistent, some how be patient in this process.... come vent here any time you need!
bizi