After being on the same medication since I was 15 years old (currently 41 years old), I’ve been taken off all of them to start from scratch. It’s hard and going to be a long process. I’ve since started new medication, but like all mental health medication, it takes a while to begin to work. I’ve also been advised (since being discharged from the hospital) that my current home is “not a safe place” for me to be while my body gets used to the new medication. All I want to do is go home.
In addition to the medication, I have been enrolled and participating in various group therapies, on a waiting list for a psychiatrist and given resources to help me find and obtain new low-income housing. However, I can’t start a lot of this much-needed ‘help’ without being at home. Although the medication is starting to help with my depression and anxiety conditions, I have not started anything for my ADHD, which is, in my personal opinion, vital as I have no motivation, no energy, can’t focus and am extremely irritable and agitated.
I’m also working on becoming more physically healthy, as mental and physical health are tied, and you can’t be physically healthy without being mentally healthy and vice versa. It’s not easy. It’s not fun. It is an entire lifestyle change in which I am committed to and trying my absolute best, but not being able to go home yet is very discouraging. Day by day, as they say.
Peace, Light & Love ❤
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