Happy new year everyone!
Last year was probably the best year in my life and I hope this year’s gonna be even better!
Last year I switched my meds from Abilify to Lonasen which is working great except that it causes constipation so I reduced the dosage a week ago. But it’s far better than Abilify which had alot of unpleasant side effects. On Lonasen my cognitive symptoms have improved and my head is clearer than ever. Also my mood has lifted up.
Then I moved to a larger apartment in last september. It’s much more comfortable than a one-room apartment. But when I tried to move, I did met with unfair treatment by the public office but I managed to solve it with the help from my lawyer. I’m on disability and they didn’t want me to move but I still don’t know why. They also insisted that they wouldn’t pay my October benefit because I paid October’s rent with my own savings, but when I asked my lawyer to make a protest against it, they paid immediately. I’d heard alot about such unfair treatment by the public office and it actually happened to me too.
And this year, I’m planning to start working as a translator. Probably from June. I need to buy a computer so am saving money atm. Right now I’m studying translation daily which was impossible just a few years ago.
Other things I want to do is travel. This year I’m gonna travel to Kanazawa in Japan with my mother. We also talk about travelling to Thailand and Italy in the near future.
I spent most of the time in hospital in my late 20’s. It took so much time and patience to get where I am today.
I had hallucination and delusion also but cognitive symptoms were what caused me pain the most. I didn’t want to live for the rest of my life believing that I’m stupid so when I was able to do all the procedure on my own for moving, I was like WOW I’m not stupid! Confidence built.
Thanks for reading.
I hope everyone will have a better year in 2017.
he’s turning a whopping 13 lol. I entered my first major depressive episode at that age so I’m hoping his is much better!