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I surprised the kids today

The boys have had a rough week and I wanted to do something nice with them. Lizze wasn't feeling well, so she stayed behind to get some rest. The boys and I ran a few errands before I decided to surprise them with Cici's Pizza for dinner. Cici's Pizza is pretty affordable, especially on limited funds. I just thought that they were a huge help today and really helped after I went grocery shopping. They brought in the groceries and helped me put them away. We ended up at Cici's Pizza and the boys loved it. We had a full Cici's punch card so it was insanely cheap. While we all missed Lizze, she needed her rest. The boys did well while we were their and I'm really prod of…

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March 18, 2018

My thoughts

This might actually be progress

I actually had a pretty good day for the first time in over a week. For the most part, I felt like myself again. That's a good thing because I've not been myself for awhile. I had a few rough patches today. I got very frustrated with the kids but I collected myself and apologized to them for losing my cool. When I say I had a pretty good day, I mean I wasn't sick, didn't cry and I was able eat without wanting to puke. I did experience anxiety and that wasn't fun but I survived it. This is progress and I think that's a really positive thing. If things continue along this path, I will be able to push through this and with any luck, put it behind…

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March 18, 2018

My thoughts

I think this might be good news

My amazing wife let me sleep in this morning because sleep has been so elusive as of late. To the best my knowledge, I didn't have crazy nightmares last night and I actually slept. It feels like forever since this has happened. I'm not feeling as bad as I have recently. I'm not as anxious, emotional and nauseous as I've been for the previous seven days. I actually feel mostly okay. Unfortunately, I can't really avoid stressful situations but I'm sometimes coping with them a little better. That's a big step forward and something I feel good about. I suspect that as more times passes between my last dose of Paxil, the better I continue to get. Nothing about this is overnight and it will take some time. I guess…

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March 17, 2018

Autism Parenting Confessions / Depression Confessions / My thoughts

A MASSIVE and IMPORTANT Update for the last couple of days

Hey folks. It's been a couple days since I've written anything other than an update on my tumultuous relationship with Paxil and there's a good reason for that. That good reason is, I'm fucking miserable. I'm anxious, stressed, emotional, not sleeping, nauseated and freaking out. None of this is really new information because it's the same side effects I've been struggling with since I took my last dose of Paxil, exactly one week ago today. Rather than focus on my current disparity, I want to catch everyone up on some of the things I've been meaning to write about but haven't, because of the stuff in the previous two paragraphs. School Related It was a shorter school week because of teacher in-service and end of the quarter stuff. The kids…

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March 17, 2018

Depression Confessions / Depression Management / Medications / My thoughts

This is what withdrawing from #Paxil is doing to me

I wanted to touch base and let you guys know where I've been. Since last Thursday, I've been really, really struggling both physically and emotionally. I was doing pretty good, or so I thought. For most of the last 90 days or so, I was going okay. I would feel changes each time my dose was reduced but for the most part, I adjusted well. When I took my final dose last Thursday, I thought I was going to be free. Instead, I find myself struggling more than I ever have before. To be clear, I'm not struggling with Depression, the Fisher Wallace Stimulator I'm using is helping out a great deal on that end. The problem I'm having now is how my body is reacting to no longer having…

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March 15, 2018

Cats / Maggie / My thoughts

Some sad news about our dog

Maggie is our roughly twelve year old English Staffy. We've had her since she was two years old and she's the best dog anyone could ask for. We have so many amazing memories with her and she's a loved member of our family. Sadly, I fear we're reaching a point in time where we may have some very difficult and painful decisions to make. Maggie is almost completely blind and deaf. She got tumors in several places, including places where they've already been removed. She's becoming very difficult to manage because she doesn't respond most of the time and just wanders around aimlessly, when we take her outside to use the bathroom. Tonight, she fell down an entire flight of step, only stopping when she slammed into the fire place.…

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March 13, 2018

Clozapine / Gavin / My thoughts

I was able to give Gavin his #Clozapine tonight

We were able to get Gavin's Clozapine refilled today. I had to make a few calls but the script was ready for pickup at 7:30 PM tonight. That's definitely a step ahead of what it's been for the last few months. I'm not sure if the new process we are trying with the doctors office is responsible for this pleasant turn of events or if it was the new bloodwork order, with very specific instructions. Maybe the stars aligned and everyone simply did their jobs. I guess the only reason I can is because I'd like to repeat this every week. It's a huge relief when I don't have so battle to get his lab results sent and his script refilled. All that truly matters right now is that I'm…

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March 12, 2018

Read more about the article We took the kids to the park this weekend

We took the kids to the park this weekend It's was cold but sunny and we needed to get the kids out of the house for a little while. We ended up at the park.

My thoughts / Photography

We took the kids to the park this weekend

We got out of the house for a little bit.

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March 12, 2018