The Wrapup (a mental health journey in seven parts)
Lorena
Week #7 (09/19-09/25) FINALLY, A FULL DIAGNOSIS. I met with my doctor yesterday to get the results of the full Creyos test; she sent me PDFs of my results and…
Navel Gazing
Six Weeks on New Brain Meds (continued)
Week #3 (08/22-08/28) This week I helped June with her computer. It was a little complicated because David was buying the computer out in the PNW where he lives, and…
Six weeks on new brain meds
The result of the test is that I do have ADHD. But… just a little. Like, I barely scored on the scale for positive. More than the ADHD, I have…
What’s your damage, Heather?
While I was waiting for the results of the test, I played a little game. I wrote down some of the things I consider symptoms; things I’d like to get…
Let’s talk about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Back in … Late May? Early June? My doctor sent out an email saying they were starting to do this in-office test thing, to test for ADHD. I didn’t really…
Let’s talk about Anxiety
I’ve always been anxious. I never wanted to be, I don’t enjoy it, it’s definitely not something I wake up in the morning and think “gosh, I hope I’m anxious…
Too many forks and not enough spoons
CW: death, grief, widowhood, mental health Dear Tim; A couple of weeks after you died, I was putting clean silverware away, and I had a passing thought – “when we…
Grief isn’t sadness, it’s exhaustion
Google has P A G E S of hits when you search for grief and exhaustion. I know this because every couple of months I kind of go, “huh, why…
Rituals
What ordinary rituals did your family have? Perhaps you always got ice cream after baseball games, or went fishing on Sundays. Do you feel like it brought you closer as…
Sometimes it’s still weird
Dear Timmy Sean; Sometimes it’s still weird. Sometimes I still have moments when I forget that you’ve died – surely we just had a fight, and you left? And eventually…
Beginnings
Recall a time in your life when you made a fresh start. How did your life change? Well, there was the time that I moved out of my dad’s house…
Big Feelings
I have most of a post written that I’m just not sure about posting, because… it doesn’t exactly put Tim in a shining light. It will probably come as no…