{"id":172,"date":"2014-04-18T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanyelshadow.wordpress.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2015-06-15T05:46:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T05:46:17","slug":"why-frequent-psychiatrist-visits-are-essential-to-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"Why frequent psychiatrist visits are essential to mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know whether you readers have noticed, but there&#8217;s been a distinct lack of creativity around here lately.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been feeling well. My mental health declined and I started feeling a bit blue. And then I got antsy and irritable. Both of these things are bad signs that I&#8217;m relapsing. Swings are bad!<\/p>\n<p>When I first started feeling unwell, I was holding off because I knew I was seeing my psychiatrist soon. And then I missed the appointment. I rang the useless receptionists and they couldn&#8217;t fit me in for another month because Psych.C was moving offices. So then when I rang the new offices, the old receptionists had fucked up the appointment. So then I couldn&#8217;t be fitted in for another month.<\/p>\n<p>In the mean time things were deteriorating rapidly. So bad I was taking time off work which had never happened before. I didn&#8217;t want to do anything and I snapped at people. I ended up with my home in jeopardy which didn&#8217;t help either.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I took double doses of my medications and this morning. It&#8217;s irresponsible, and I&#8217;ll keep my psychiatrist informed next time I see her. I&#8217;ve had enough of feeling like crap.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope it works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know whether you readers have noticed, but there&#8217;s been a distinct lack of creativity around here lately. I haven&#8217;t been feeling well. My&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=172\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why frequent psychiatrist visits are essential to mental health<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6nzXS-2M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58,"url":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=58","url_meta":{"origin":172,"position":0},"title":"The Mental Health Issue #1","date":"February 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I could have sworn I'd introduced you all to my mental health issues before. 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