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I told them she will say to me when I offer to help or ask why didn't she ask me to help, "Oh, I don't want to bother you," or "I got so-and-so to help," etc. And then she'll turn around & tell them that I wasn't available to help.
I told them that when she calls them for help & if they aren't free, to tell her to call me or better yet, they should call me so that she can't report back that I wouldn't help.
I told them, to help them understand some of the communication difficulties I
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have, about the changes in my psych med and also that I’m working on getting tested for ADHD. Though I’m off the Effexor now, I can still tell it’s not completely out of my system and I’m still having bouts of mania & quick to anger. The depression end feels a lot calmer. *whew*
We shall see how much of what was talked about today sticks. Our family isn’t known for patience nor do we have a good track record of, “let’s work together.” It’s more, “NO! I can do this on my own, I don’t
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need no stinkin’ help!”
(well drat, I thought I had the word count correctly and there would be just 3 posts. Oh well, I shall live.)
Thanks so much everyone for your support and helpful advice and for listening and for just being YOU! ♥️
Meanwhile, Ms. Mads thought it important to join me as I typed out this long novel of a post.