So I havent been without a babysitter for more than a few days since I got sick last year. I used to do everything but I used to have a lot of confidence. Ive lost a lot of my confidence in myself since I became schizophrenic. Ive developed this fear that my kids are going to starve with me. My husband says its ridiculous and that I do great when I take care of them but I cant shake the fear. I think its because I took care of them for a few months psychotic and I dont personally believe I was feeding them very well.
So Im a little nervous to go back to 24/7 kids. Ive got four kids in the house. But surely if I could take care of them psychotic, I should be a whiz at this on my meds, right?
hey,
Medications can do wonders so stay with them! It’s a hard grind sometimes but they can have side effects and cause sedation. Ultimately though it’s all about keeping your stress down. Stress increases symptoms. Stress causes problems so making sure your looking after yourself is the most important thing.
No need to rush. Just take it one step at a time and it’s not a bad thing to have some help. I know it’ll come to the time when you need to do it by yourself but it’s also important to wait till your ready.
Becoming diagnosed and getting help is something that takes a bit out of you…it takes time to get on top of things but I’m sure you’ll get there!
One small step at a time!
A friend in the struggle,
rogueone.
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Getting ready to fire my babysitter. 20 more minutes.
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So that didnt go down like I expected. She started crying and said she’d work for free to pay us back, that shes had a problem with stealing for awhile and shes been talking to her counselor about it. At least shes seeing a counselor I thought. I didnt fire her and now Im going to have to go through the credit card bills with her and add up what she stole so we can take it out of her paycheck. And then police the credit card every month and maybe put some sort of spending limit on it. I guess Im a pushover.
I have schizophrenia and she has cleptomania or whatever its called. Who am I to judge? I guess I will try to make this work. Im just not sure I can afford her lol
Moved to dx-other. You’re very kind for giving her another chance.
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I was trying to be businesslike and not sympathetic but when I realized she had a mental illness I couldnt help it. That means I definitely cant trust her. I will have to police her and she will probably relapse.