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Posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 11:32:01
uuuugh!!!!!! just lost long post.
ok lets see if i can recreate it.i need some assistance.
my depression has creeped in. and i have terrible akathisia going on.Akathisia first, its only really affecting me at nights. i dont know if it is the
Vyvanse or the haloperidol that has caused it? any guesses.
i noticed before i was taking haloperidol off and on but i really noticed it when i started vyvanse, it became intense. i was taking .5 haldol and now upped to 1mg and that seems to help a lot if i take it at least an hour or two before bedtime, thought still present.any suggestions as to what to do to stop it? or which is the cause.
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Next, my mood. ok. there are two possible causes psychological (due to my job loss) or biological due to:
1. Pristiq finally pooped out and old adderall was keeping it covered,
2. Vyvanse just isn't up to the job (which i did notice its not nearly as effective as the old adder all)
3. haloperidol is onsetting some depressionSo are there any suggestions as to what i may do next?
1. go for trying new AD
2. drop the haloperidol
3. try another stimulant? (if there's even one left that i haven't tried) -ive been on (Strattera, Ritalin, Ritalin LA, Adderall (4 mfg's), Dexedrine different strengths, and now Vyvanse (at max of 70mg daily)**************************
i have appt with pdoc on aug 9th (soonest i could get in).
also, i know that the stims really seem to make a difference. I'm wondering if there are any DRI's out there that are used as AD's? or if there are any DRI's that anyone may suggest or list as possibilities?
i know i'm probably headed toward nardil but that means a total washout and i'm hoping to go on some interviews and dont want to be homebound or in outpatient hospital. then again while i'm unemployed is the time to do med switch.
ALSO, my insurance ends the 31st of this month.... :(anyway. any assistance is grateful.
thank you
-b2c.
Posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 16:25:25
In reply to DRI's????, posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 11:32:01
Anyone try Desoxyn?
can anyone compare it to Adderall or Vyvanse?thanks
b2c
Posted by SLS on July 25, 2013, at 16:34:00
In reply to DRI's????, posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 11:32:01
One option for treating depression is to add Wellbutrin to Pristiq. Some people consider Wellbutrin to be a combination DRI + NRI.
Q:
1. Why are you taking Haldol? Why was it chosen over the other antipsychotics?
2. What are your symptoms of akathisia?
3. Why are you taking stimulants?
- Scott
Posted by Phillipa on July 25, 2013, at 16:53:18
In reply to Re: DRI's???? » b2chica, posted by SLS on July 25, 2013, at 16:34:00
Could that combo be causing the akathesia?
Posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 17:33:35
In reply to Re: DRI's???? » b2chica, posted by SLS on July 25, 2013, at 16:34:00
-i've been on wellbutrin and it was Awesome but it soon pooped out. then several years later i tried three versions again with no luck. so i doubt the wellbutrin will work. but thanks. is there another one that may augment well?
-taking haldol because my anxiety was unbearable and gabapentin was no longer cutting it.
now i'm using it basically to cut out akathisia and to help get to sleep as i also have insomnia at nights (but tired during dayand i make a point not to sleep during the day as that would totally mess up my cycles). So i'm basically tired all the time except when i need to go to sleepugh.my symptoms are mostly in my head but sometimes radiate to my body.
i call it 'restless leg syndrome in my brain". it feels sort of like there is dancing rabbits in my head, i get severely agitated, restless, it is both a physical sensation and a mental torture. i sometimes feel like my brain wants me to scream. many times what will make it feel better is to turn my head from left to right quickly (sort of like head banging only side to side on a pillow) that seems to help a bit also.
i normally listen to Radiohead "spinning plates" i think the beginning of that song describes best what the inside of my head feels like. it seems the bilateral music helps me so i have a song list on my iPod for those nights. it helps me to not jump off a bridge due to the cacophony of crazy inside.and stims for both ADD and (mostly) to help my mood.
Thanks for any insights Scott.
i truly appreciate your insight.
-have Mixed BP, anxiety, ptsd, ADD
-currently on Vyvanse 70mg, Pristiq 100mg, Haloperidol 1mg evening, and sometimes Gabapentin during the day. However, with Vyvanse i dont have the extreme anxiety that i did before. But i also think due to my mood drop as well. Oh and i just stopped my perphenazine because i noticed that it was making me to sleepy durin the day now (stopped when on dexedrine as it wasn't working and depression coming back fast and could barely get out of bed).
been on over 30 meds. the only ones that work really well are zyprexa but still trying to loose the last 40lbs i put on last winter, and Adderall, but you know the story to the mfg changing...
ugh. sometimes i just want to throw in the towel.b2c.
> One option for treating depression is to add Wellbutrin to Pristiq. Some people consider Wellbutrin to be a combination DRI + NRI.
>
> Q:
>
> 1. Why are you taking Haldol? Why was it chosen over the other antipsychotics?
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> 2. What are your symptoms of akathisia?
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> 3. Why are you taking stimulants?
>
>
> - Scott
Posted by SLS on July 25, 2013, at 18:32:24
In reply to Re: DRI's???? » SLS, posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 17:33:35
> -i've been on wellbutrin and it was Awesome but it soon pooped out. then several years later i tried three versions again with no luck. so i doubt the wellbutrin will work. but thanks. is there another one that may augment well?
Remeron.
> -taking haldol because my anxiety was unbearable and gabapentin was no longer cutting it.What about using an second-generation (atypical) antipsychotic like Seroquel?
> now i'm using it basically to cut out akathisia
Putting out the fire with gasoline?
I am not aware of Haldol being used to treat akathisia. It is known to cause it, though.
> and to help get to sleep as i also have insomnia at nights (but tired during dayand i make a point not to sleep during the day as that would totally mess up my cycles). So i'm basically tired all the time except when i need to go to sleepugh.
Remeron might go well with Pristiq to help with depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
I read your descriptions, and I am having a difficult time characterizing them as being symptoms of akathisia.
Have you ever been manic? Have you ever experienced a psychotic episode? When was the last time?
- Scott
Posted by chumbawumba on July 25, 2013, at 18:36:26
In reply to DRI's????, posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 11:32:01
Haloperidol could be the cause of akathisia I should think, it's a classic side effect of that med.
Taking an old school antipsychotic along with an amphetamine stimulant seems a little wacky...I would think the two are cancelling each other. Who the heck prescribes haloperidol anymore anyway? I would think something like seroquel would be better. It has a little bit of an antidepressant effect as well.
As far as stimulants go, maybe modafanil (Provigil).
Posted by rjlockhart37 on July 25, 2013, at 18:50:20
In reply to think i meant DRA's--Desoxyn anyone try?, posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 16:25:25
methamphetamine is more potent....i've read its more smoother but causes more dopamine release than regular amphetamine....when its in a pill form its more suttle, but it basically is an enhanced version of adderall....
Posted by rjlockhart37 on July 25, 2013, at 18:57:54
In reply to DRI's????, posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 11:32:01
the only DRI's there are Mirapex [Pramipexole] but its not a reuptake inhib....its a agonist for dopamine its used for parkinsons diesease....but its complicated because sometimes the effects are diffrent and also a doctor may not use it as an option.
Another thing you could look too is wellbutrin, yet its not a total dopamine reptake, it has small moderate effect...i've been on it 3 times in trials...the only thing it can cause anxiety.
this is not antidepressant, but Focalin XR would defintly be a effective DRI...since it is....i don't know if you could combined with Vyvanse, i knew someone who took Focalin and Adderall together...adderall in mourning, focalin at 5pm...
there were DRI's but they where taken off the market .... but there is something called cabergoline but its complicated, its another Parkenson's diesease medication and those are kept away from non parks. treatment....
check out focalin...
r
Posted by b2chica on July 26, 2013, at 10:42:27
In reply to Re: DRI's???? » b2chica, posted by SLS on July 25, 2013, at 18:32:24
-been on remeron. cried for the week i was on it. I was actually on it for sleep, but didn't even help with that...
-been on seroquel, worked great for sleep, best rest i had in years but in less than a month i got severe cognitive blunting.yes, very much putting out the fire with gasoline. but last night i realized it wasn't the haldol that was helping me sleep. it was my drinks before. last night i was up till 2:30 then finally took a hydrocodone and got to sleep around 3. Then woke up about 6:30 this morning. i'm tired but can't sleep, even when i try.
i have been manic in a sense that it was dysphoric mania, not good, agitated, angry (mostly at self), depressive with energy.
i have been dx with Bipolar II, psychotic depression and bipolar with mixed episodes.
your guess is as good as theirs. My pdoc now really hasn't given me an exact dx.yes i've had psychotic episodes but its been a whileum let me think a minute. Probably last fall sometime. Though now that you mention it i've been having my visual "oddities" for about the last three months, getting a little more frequent, but i just thought it was because of the uncontrolled anxiety, or haldol?
*******************i think due partly to my lack of sleep i'm in a bad place today. From the time i woke up. Im thinking bad thoughts. i got into my 'stash' of old meds and i gathered about 5 bottles ready to throw them out, but my pharmacy won't take them and told me the capsules i'm supposed to empty out first, THEN flush it. So i did that with the prozasin (sp?) but as i was emptying each capsule i kept looking ahead at all the dexedrine and vyvanse that i needed to do that to and i was thinking how much easier it would be to take if i just mixed it all with milk and took all the powder. Literally opening every capsule was torture. so i stopped. dumped what i had, but couldn't throw away any of the dex, or vyvanse. put it all back in my lock box.
i called my pdoc's nurse pract. and left msg for her to call me if she can.
I'm at library now. was able to take myself here. (where there is internet) to talk to someone. till i hear from her.
i really wish i could see my proc. but its two weeks and he's out of town so there's no chance of upping that date.
if you want i can list all the meds I've been on. (that's the one thing i've done since the beginning. i've kept record of what i took, when started and tried to put when stopped as well.
b2
Posted by b2chica on July 26, 2013, at 16:57:36
In reply to Re: DRI's???? » SLS, posted by b2chica on July 26, 2013, at 10:42:27
i'm low.
i dont care about anything (with the exception of my girls) but even them i can't seem to have the energy to parent. so i'm being a bad mom and stalling to pick them up from daycare. DH will be gone overnight so i have to find a way to deal.
i had three total breakdowns since this morning. crying...almost wailing for about 10min or so, then subside and about 1/2 hour to hour later it would hit again.i was very suicidal, it was just too tempting with all those 'stashed' meds.
so i took my Buspar, Dexedrine (15mg), Phentermine 30mg, Vyvanse 50mg, and some sedated, all my two bottles of melatonin, all my ability, and klonapin. dumped them in a baggie and walked into my pdoc office and told the receptionist that i needed to get this out of my house and if they would take it. she was hesitant, and i expressed that i CANT have it in my house right now.
She took it.Now i STILL have not heard from nurse pract, i called at 8:30 this morning....still nothing. shes probably mad cuz i cancelled my tuesday appt with her. oh and i asked receptionist and her next available appt is August 23. ya, i wont last that long.
This is horrible.
Then i was hoping to get desoxyn rx so called pharmacy to see if its available (as i seem to have that bad luck).
no go, i called 4 pharmacies and none had it in stock. they could order it but would take till after July31st so no ins. coverage.
THEN i did on last call contact a pharmacy that could order it but it should only take a couple days to get. but they need rx first..HERE's THE KICKER.....
for the last 1/2 hour i've been trying to call the office and i keep getting this 'disconnected' message. that i need to check the number and call again. it is not available????? WTF???so i guess i needed to go there, but now i have to pick up kiddos and dont want to go in....ugh.
its such crap. i only need a phone call. ive now left three messages.
does that not red flag something/??? that i have an urgent need?
*******************
well i decided to numb my suicidal feelings and crying spells.
i've taken 1200 gabapentin, 1mg klonipin, 1mg xanax...
i'm numb and spacey, but still aware of my aggression inside. and energy to harm myself.
this would also be a good time to go to outpatient hospitalization. BUT i only have ins for not even one more week. so that would not do me any good either :((Dear God, what is next for me.
what do i do?b2
Posted by chumbawumba on July 26, 2013, at 17:33:49
In reply to any help at all?, posted by b2chica on July 26, 2013, at 16:57:36
Boy those feelings sound familiar. Ugh, i can relate and I'll bet a lot of other people here can too. The meds thing is going to take some time to sort out. The thing that has helped me in the past when I've been going through rough feelings is social support. Isolation is not good. Got any sympathetic friends or family you can call? Someone who can keep you company through the worst of this. Also, something to take your mind off how you are feeling. Anything, preferably involving social interaction.
Posted by chumbawumba on July 26, 2013, at 17:50:36
In reply to any help at all?, posted by b2chica on July 26, 2013, at 16:57:36
Actually after reading your posts I'm concerned for your safety. You have bipolar with some psychotic features yet you are using amphetamines?... Desoxyn no less? Plus alcohol...plus hydrocodone...plus xanax...plus klonopin...plus gabapentin. This is not good. I think you need medical attention or you are headed for an overdose.
Posted by b2chica on July 27, 2013, at 15:16:55
In reply to Re: any help at all?, posted by chumbawumba on July 26, 2013, at 17:50:36
i think that is what i was hoping for last night
an accidental od.i ended up texting my pdoc. he called back within an hour. I'm SO GLAD.
i ended up babbling some over my tears. but told him Everything.
especially about the pills, my urge for taking the powders instead of flushing them.etc \told him all about my symptoms and all that was going on.
he told me to stop the klonapin and haldol and just take the xanax for now. he told me that the best and safest thing i have is the gabapentin so if i needed i could take up to 2100mg (which i've easily taken even more than that before. but at least that helps calm the agitation a bit.i did stop the alcohol. as he was very worried about that.
also he told me he would call the office and MAKE SURE they contacted me TODAY.
and guess what. first thing this morning 8:30 the nurse pract called me. anyway she said she would check some things out and give me a call back 'today'.
the secretary called about an hour ago and said she found a pharmacy that still had corepharma Adderall (but 1/2 hour drive from here) and i would never make it before they close. the thing is, i was told 1)they are backordered till 2014 and 2)when insurance called company they told the lead pharmacist for my ins. that they are discontinuing the adder all so i don't believer that just because they have it this once that they can get it again.i might try to find a website of CorePharma and see if i can call anyone there. course quite frankly i don't know that i'd even believe them.
ANYWAY
i REally wanted to try desoxyn. So she wrote a rx for desoxyn and since no pharmacy in town had it in stock there was one grocery store that could get it in two days. so i went there with rx in town and gave it to her.. however i am a bit concerned that it was only for 5mg. i don't know how they compare but i was taking 20mg Adderall TID ??AND to top it all off my insurance ends July 31st! #@($*#*^&#$&(()()!!!!!!!!
SO I'VE GOT to figure all this out in 4 days. actually one because they can't order till monday, hoping it will be in tuesday and i think wednesday is the 31st..WHY!!!! Did this have to happen NOW!!!
GOD i HAD myself right now!
i just want to say screw it all. screw everything and just .just go away.but again. my ins runs out the 31st. so i'd have to do it before then! so family could at least get some money
i think the 31st is going to be a bit of a danger day for me. i might have to consider hospital.
but no money.GOD WHY NOW!!!!!!!!i've got to stop thinking and talking about this now.
gotta run.and ps. when i was on the good adderall, i was NOT having any of my typical auditory or visual 'oddities'. so i dont know that its about the stim but about the dopamine agonist.
thats why i pray desoxy will work because its more like adderall than the other stims.
b2c.> Actually after reading your posts I'm concerned for your safety. You have bipolar with some psychotic features yet you are using amphetamines?... Desoxyn no less? Plus alcohol...plus hydrocodone...plus xanax...plus klonopin...plus gabapentin. This is not good. I think you need medical attention or you are headed for an overdose.
Posted by polarbear206 on July 27, 2013, at 17:07:34
In reply to Re: any help at all?, posted by chumbawumba on July 26, 2013, at 17:50:36
> Actually after reading your posts I'm concerned for your safety. You have bipolar with some psychotic features yet you are using amphetamines?... Desoxyn no less? Plus alcohol...plus hydrocodone...plus xanax...plus klonopin...plus gabapentin. This is not good. I think you need medical attention or you are headed for an overdose.
Very good advice above and I totally agree!! You need in-patient help. You are totally going in the wrong direction for proper treatment. This is very disturbing that you are fixated on stimulants. Please consider.
Posted by polarbear206 on July 27, 2013, at 17:18:28
In reply to Re: any help at all?, posted by polarbear206 on July 27, 2013, at 17:07:34
Also, gabapentin is not a top choice mood stabilizer and is low on the list. With your host of symptoms, you need something like Depakote to help you in this state. FIRSTget the cycling under control.
Posted by b2chica on July 27, 2013, at 20:20:06
In reply to Re: any help at all?, posted by polarbear206 on July 27, 2013, at 17:18:28
the weird thing is that right now i feel (in a weird way) good. i'm very aggitated that i want to hurt myself but refuse my voice. I want to be impulsive and JUST DO IT. but i am refusing. i'm not doing it. i just took a klonipin, but remembered i wasn't supposed to take that one anymore. i just want these urges to stop. and now i just want to take a dozed of my xanax.
Man why do i have these URGES!! this energy of wanting to do it. i dont understand.
but like i said i in a sense, feel rather good but have and angered energy, and it is telling me i NEED to do something. but i dont know what.i dont feel sad, in a sense. i think i do but i also have this really negative energy that hates. that wants to harm, like a teenager that just 'wants to do what they want to do and to hell with the consequences!
in fact i think the only thing stopping me ARE the consequences. I used to work in rehab and i've seen many 'failed' attempts.the thing with this disease is that no matter HOW much your mind wants to die, your body naturally fights to survive. (regardless of how much of you survives)
i just had to get away and write to you guys. Tell someone how im feeling. honestly i just want to dope up and go to bed.
its just after 8:00 so if i can make it another hour without doing something stupid, i can just load up and hit the bed.and wait and wait for one last script. pray that it works.
******************
i still haven't heard from the guy that wanted to hire me. the hire date was listed as yesterday. :(
so i think at this point i'm expecting a lovely email next week saying sorry i wasn't chosen.
and then i'm fu8ked. then i have nothing. i'll become stupid, and TOTALLY worthless. sucking money from my DH just like he says anyway. before i could fight that because i worked too and my money went to my dr appts and medications. but now that i useless ... have nothing.i cant even be a mother right now. i want to separate myself from them because i dont want them to pick up on my feelings. plus i dont know how to talk to them. i want to just curl up under covers and stay there.
i have nothing.
i am nothing.
my DH is right. i do nothing, i dont contribute, i have no money now, i'm useless, and i do nothing but suck ALL the money from DH and waste it on my doctors. he says i'm addicted to all these things.
maybe when my ins runs out and my meds run out i'll just go off them all....
thats what i deserve.
then i can truly shrivel up and die.b2c
Posted by b2chica on July 27, 2013, at 20:42:30
In reply to Re: any help at all?, posted by b2chica on July 27, 2013, at 20:20:06
i wish i had the internet at home so i can at least keep in contact with someone....with you folks.
so i can vent my feelings. and talk to someone else that understands.i just read up on mixed mania and boy does that fit. heres what i found from wiki.
**********************In the context of mental disorder, a mixed state, also known as dysphoric mania, agitated depression, or a mixed episode, is a condition during which features of mania and depression, such as agitation, anxiety, fatigue, guilt, impulsiveness, irritability, morbid or suicidal ideation, panic, paranoia, pressured speech and rage, occur simultaneously.
Typical examples include tearfulness during a manic episode or racing thoughts during a depressive episode. One may also feel incredibly frustrated or be prone to fits of rage in this state, since one may feel like a failure and at the same time have a flight of ideas. Mixed states are often the most problematic period of mood disorders, during which susceptibility to substance abuse, panic disorder, commission of violence, suicide attempts, and other complications increase greatly.
************************************Yep. thats me.
i feel pretty good, but aggitated a h#ll. energy to harm , yet i'm exhausted to even get off a chair. my brain wants to just look at the wall. nothing complicated at all....how am i going to deal with this with no insurance?
MAN i am SO screwed.i wa thinking. what about medicaid, or disability? would that be a possibility for me since i'm unemployed?
can you have both?b2
Posted by Phillipa on July 27, 2013, at 21:00:18
In reply to Re: any help at all? assistance?, posted by b2chica on July 27, 2013, at 20:42:30
Not sure about the Medicaid as no idea how much your husband makes money wise. But you should have no problem getting Disability. Please be good to yourself. Phillipa
Posted by SLS on July 27, 2013, at 21:09:54
In reply to Re: any help at all? assistance?, posted by b2chica on July 27, 2013, at 20:42:30
You need to do something immediately.
What are your options?
What would prevent you from going to a hospital emergency department?
This probably isn't a good time for you to be your own doctor.
- Scott
Posted by Tomatheus on July 28, 2013, at 18:35:19
In reply to Re: any help at all? assistance?, posted by b2chica on July 27, 2013, at 20:42:30
b2chica,
How are you doing today?
To answer your question about government assistance, applying for disability benefits might be worth doing (but see the next paragraph). Some individuals who receive disability benefits also receive Medicaid, but it's my understanding that the government evaluates household income and assets in determining eligibility for Medicaid. Those who receive Social Security disability benefits become also become eligible for Medicare after they've been receiving benefits for two years.
Do you think that you can work? And to what extent do you think that changes to your treatment regimen might reduce any impairment that you might be experiencing? If you think it's doubtful that you'd be able to hold down a job, even with a better treatment plan in place, then I think that applying for disability benefits would be the most sensible thing to do. However, if you think that you would most likely be able to hold down a job given a few tweaks to your treatment plan, then maybe it would be better to plan on applying for more jobs if the employer that you interviewed with recently decides not to offer you the job that you were applying for. If you're not eligible for Medicaid and you apply for disability benefits now, I don't think you'll be eligible for Medicare until two years after the point when you start receiving disability benefits, which of course is a long time to wait for medical coverage. So, I think that if I were in your position, I'd probably keep looking for work if I thought that holding down a job were a likely possibility. Being passed by after applying for and interviewing for a job can be discouraging, but you'll never really know what good job opportunities you might be missing out on if you don't keep looking. Applying for disability benefits is something that you could also always do, but unless you're eligible for Medicaid, medical benefits would take a long time to kick in for you if you're approved for disability. If you could work and end up finding a job that includes health insurance benefits soon, then that would likely work out better for you than applying for disability benefits would.
I hope that what I've written will be of some use to you in figuring out how to best address your problem of not having any health insurance, but please feel free to disregard anything that I've written if you don't find it to be helpful. Losing insurance coverage is a difficult thing to have to go through, and it of course is my hope that you can resolve the situation that you're in so you can get the coverage that you need as quickly as possible. It's also my hope that you're taking as good of care of yourself as you possibly can. Don't be afraid to reach out for help if you think that you might need it. You sounded really discouraged in much of what you wrote yesterday, and I think that your feelings are understandable. However, as Scott noted last night, it sounded like you needed some immediate help yesterday. I first and foremost hope that you're doing ok today, and I think that if you're still feeling really discouraged that you might also want to try either telling someone close to you how you're feeling or calling a crisis line for assistance.
Well, I hope I haven't made this message too long, and more importantly, I hope that this message finds you in better spirits relative to yesterday. Please feel free to let us here at Psycho-Babble know how you've been doing.
Take care,
T.
Posted by b2chica on July 29, 2013, at 11:59:24
In reply to Re: any help at all? assistance? » b2chica, posted by SLS on July 27, 2013, at 21:09:54
> You need to do something immediately.
> What are your options?
> What would prevent you from going to a hospital emergency department?
> This probably isn't a good time for you to be your own doctor.
> - ScottScott you are right. last night was terrible. i was thinking of going to ER but opted to take 4 more gabapentin and 1mg xanax. that knocked me out. i feel better this morning.
HOWEVER, yesterday i went to pharmacy to pick up xanax rx and started talking to pharmacist about my symptoms. He started reading off some of the side effects of vyvanse. all i could say was THATS ME. irritability, anger, agitation, sadness, depression worsening depression, suicidal thoughts.....
I did take vyvanse this morning knowing all that, however i need something otherwise im a zombie in bed and cant even watch my children.
The good news is the Desoxyn (which is a DRA, what i'm hoping is closer to the Adderall) will come in to pharmacy tomorrow. so i have one day to decide if it works before my ins cr*ps out.i need to email that guy i interviewed with and need to tell him that i do need to know if i got the job or not, as i need ins coverage.
but i want to wait this this evening incase he calls .
yes i'm still uselessly hoping.its just so frustrating cuz he all but told me i had the job. everytime i met with him.. he even wrote the job description USING my resume! i mean wtf?
that's why i was really hoping on this job.i was starting to obsess on a death date. the 31st. hoping that as it wsa the last day of my insurance, my life ins would still go to my family.
anyway i txt my pdoc that last night but did not hear from him. then i txt him this morning and told him what i discovered about side effects.to be honest i want to go to the hospital. if my damn insurance wouldnt end on wednesday id go in today and stay till at least the 1st or 2nd of august just to get over those obessive thoughts.
i wonder if they can admit me and promise to release me at 11:30pm on the 31st! ha ya right.
but that would be great.later all
b2
Posted by b2chica on July 29, 2013, at 12:05:03
In reply to Re: any help at all? assistance? » b2chica, posted by Tomatheus on July 28, 2013, at 18:35:19
as to holding a job. my last job was in the field of disabilities so my boss was very understanding and supportive when i had to go to the hospital or if i was out due to med changes.
i just dont see any other job especially in the real world being like that.
i worked at a university in research. so the fact of the ever changing work, worked well with my jumping mind and the encouragement to learn more was always there. like i need.
also the sick days allowed for my treatment needs. even when i was seeing a therapist three times a week i was basically working 6 hours days for almost a year. and there was never even a threat of being written up..and i could only hold a job if my meds are working. which with my history. about every year or two i need to do a total change up.
i'm not sure what to do. all i know is i just need to find out for sure if i have the job or not.
should i email him now? or wait?
i dont want to piss him off....however the 'hire date' was listed as last friday....
:(thank u for support T.
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Posted by Tomatheus on July 29, 2013, at 14:32:37
In reply to Re: any help at all? assistance? » Tomatheus, posted by b2chica on July 29, 2013, at 12:05:03
> should i email him now? or wait?
> i dont want to piss him off....however the 'hire date' was listed as last friday....
> :(I think that it might make sense to e-mail or call the guy you interviewed with soon to inquire about the status of the hiring process. Employers, from what I know, generally tend to see contacting them as a sign that the person really wants the job.
I wish you luck with the job situation, and I hope that the next few days will go ok for you. Please take care of yourself, and if you need immediate help, don't hesitate to reach out for it.
T.
Posted by Phillipa on July 29, 2013, at 21:03:16
In reply to Re: any help at all? assistance? » b2chica, posted by Tomatheus on July 29, 2013, at 14:32:37
Did you get the job? P
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