Medication - I am now off antipsychotics. After the bad reaction I had to abilify and having to stop the med, I am doing good without them. I have learned to pull out my skills when I need them (something I couldn't have done a couple of years ago) and keep myself stable.
As far as any pain goes, there are times my knees still hurt but for the most part all the pain associated with the medication is gone. All the x-rays and blood work done by my doctor came back negative, meaning that all the pain was truly associated with the medication. I don't see my pdoc until about October. I'm sure he'll be glad to see that I'm doing well without the Antipsychotic.
Work the past week has been stress free and almost like a vacation with the boss being on vacation. This of course comes to an end when he returns on Monday. There will be instant stress returning to the office. I have brought work home this weekend because I don't dare go into work on Monday with things still in a state of not working the way he will expect.
Things with the house are moving along. I had to write out a check for half the probate and appraisal cost and have it sent to my sisters' lawyer. Probate will not release the paper work until they are paid. So, if my sister actually pays her half in a timely manner, the closing should be scheduled shortly and I will be done with her. This of course means getting someone to figure out how much I will owe in Capital Gains Tax, paying my lawyer and a few other things that will cause me to pay out more money, which pisses me off. But, the bottom line is - it will be all said and done and the Bitch will be out of my life.
There will be no more reason for her to be a part of my life at all.
Things with Robert and I are going okay. He is once again, working as much as he can in order to make extra money. This is hard on me and we need to talk about some things concerning this but things usually work out. He gets focused on what he is doing and doesn't seem to have time for anything else.
The other thing I'm trying to do is get my daughter started on looking for colleges. She will be starting her senior year in a couple of weeks and my get her butt moving on this. She knows what she wants to do, it's just a matter of what schools and in what areas without breaking the bank.
She will get there and she will do fine. She does have some time before things have to be done but she will put things off as long as she can if I don't keep reminding her.
I will be stopping group therapy in 2 weeks. I have come to a point where I just don't need as much therapy as I required at one time. I will continue therapy once a week. That I'm not ready to give up yet since there are still things going on in my life that I require support for and making to many changes at one time isn't a good idea. We will take one thing at a time and when the time is right make changes as necessary. I would like to make more medication changes before I even consider cutting back on my therapy.