Official Mental Health Thread

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Plankton

I wish I could have talked to my Mom about her drinking, but I was in a downward spiral myself at the time. Booze and pills sent her into a Grand Mal seizure and she went into a coma, only to come out of it weeks later with the cognitive abilities of a 3 month old. This was our life for 13 years. Taking care of her until she passed away peacefully. I gotta give my Step-Dad a lot of credit for just being there for her around the clock through the entire thing. My brother too.

Goddamn

That’s brutal man

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Goddamn

That’s brutal man

I appreciate that my friend.

My daughter only got to meet her real self once, and that was a week before it happened and 2 months after she was born. One of the hardest things still is knowing what a great Grandmother she would have made if only she'd have put down the sauce and pills. Once in a great while, in her altered post coma state, I could see in her eyes as she looked at her granddaughter that she knew that she was a part of her.

I've grown past it, but there's still a part of me that hurts. Always will.

[Lisnaholic]

That's really tough on you both, Fluff and Plankton. That kind of long term care/toleration must be terrible to maintain day after day.

Grandparents enjoy their grandchildren in the movies, but it doesn't always work out that way: my son, for example, never met his Brit grandparents.

[Marie Monday]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

That's really tough on you both, Fluff and Plankton. That kind of long term care/toleration must be terrible to maintain day after day.

It is, I had no idea you guys went/are going through that. Hugs

[Plankton]

I don't tell much of the things I've gone through mostly because that's all in the past and I've come through the other side a little wiser and a lot is really personal, but if I think there's a chance someone will get something out of it, I'll post up a bit of the story. Enough to get the picture anyway. Sometimes I ramble though.

Just trying to help others.

I do appreciate that though, Marie. Thank you.

Back to your regularly scheduled program...

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Plankton

I wish I could have talked to my Mom about her drinking, but I was in a downward spiral myself at the time. Booze and pills sent her into a Grand Mal seizure and she went into a coma, only to come out of it weeks later with the cognitive abilities of a 3 month old. This was our life for 13 years. Taking care of her until she passed away peacefully. I gotta give my Step-Dad a lot of credit for just being there for her around the clock through the entire thing. My brother too.

Holy god that's awful. I can't imagine doing that for 13 years.

[WWWP]

That's rough plank, I'm sorry. I couldnt do it.

My bf's mom got hooked on pills after surgery then went all-in on booze and ended up homeless, ultimately dying of "wet brain." It's a horrible thing for a child to witness of their parent.

[The Batlord]

Step dad sounds like a G though. I know if it were me and I brought her home and set her up in her bedroom or whatever and just looked at what my life was going to be for the next basically forever it would probably feel like the world just ended and I was the only one who knew it. What it takes for someone to probably feel the same damn way and then nut up and get the **** on with it for 13 years deserves a very hearty handshake.

[WWWP]

Originally Posted by WWWP

Update on my ish:

Was supposed to start therapy this week, am still working a limited schedule to accommodate it, got sober and quit caffeine for it, have been waiting an entire 12 months to start.

Got a message last friday that my therapist will be on leave until the end of summer. They said I could call the front desk if I wanted to schedule something for then.

Broken as **** piece of **** system, imagine if I was still suicidal and this kind of hurdle came up smh. I am stable I promise but my mind does instantly go to like "kill yourself and make your therapist find your body" levels of petty.

Update:

My psychiatrist has apparently gotten the boot and is no longer working for the department. So now I'm back to square one. I'll still be able to get my prescriptions filled but am further away from actually getting treatment than when I started.

[OccultHawk]

Wow. That’s pretty intense. And frustrating. Sorry for the setback. Maybe you could contact the psychiatrist?