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  • Waves_and_Smiles
    Waves_and_Smiles Posts: 5,263 Forumite
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    edited 18 July 2014 at 2:23PM
    I would say yes, call them Duke. From what you have described it is a mental health crisis and he needs help. He doesn't need to suffer unnecessarily and he shouldn't be suffering this badly on the correct medication. A week can feel like a decade when things are really bad and by now if the medication was enough and/or appropriate he should be getting some relief. If he agrees to it then please do call them, they can rush through a medication change right now. Involving the crisis team can also give his usual doctors a kick so they will be a little more vigilant, just make sure you or someone else he trusts is with Harry at the time so that you can help him describe what he is going through. We tend to get confused about what we feel when things are bad and not describe things properly. I am thinking of you both, please let me know how Harry gets on.
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  • whitewing
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    I would say, yes too, if only to get some advice for yourself.

    Well done, WaS. Tell your DH that my son once went to nursery in fancy dress for Halloween, and couldn't hold his willy properly due to the false nails that he was insisting on wearing.
    :heartsmil When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with glad cries of "Me too!" be sure to cherish them. Because these weirdos are your true family.
  • Awww! That is so cute, whitewing. I bet your son looked amazing, though! My partner laughed and launched into a tale about man pee and shorts, I never knew it would turn into such a conversational subject for him!
    Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened - Anatole France

    If I knew that the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant apple trees today - Martin Luther King
  • whitewing
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    In my experience, men don't need too much encouragement to talk about gross subjects.
    :heartsmil When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with glad cries of "Me too!" be sure to cherish them. Because these weirdos are your true family.
  • I totally agree! He is definitely on a roll now. I had no idea the topic would provoke this reaction but at least I am not embarrassed anymore, it seems accidents are a regular occurrence for men, particularly after a few beers!
    Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened - Anatole France

    If I knew that the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant apple trees today - Martin Luther King
  • whitewing
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    What is being chucked out today, WaS?
    :heartsmil When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with glad cries of "Me too!" be sure to cherish them. Because these weirdos are your true family.
  • Over 50!!!! old bills from 2002 onwards! I am struggling with it a bit because I have had them for years and there are feelings about throwing something away because I am rejecting it now it is no longer useful, no matter how long it has lived happily with me. I shall do it though! My partner is going to shred it all and then recycle it.
    Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened - Anatole France

    If I knew that the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant apple trees today - Martin Luther King
  • whitewing
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    Some mice are going to be happy with their new bedding then.
    :heartsmil When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with glad cries of "Me too!" be sure to cherish them. Because these weirdos are your true family.
  • Waves_and_Smiles
    Waves_and_Smiles Posts: 5,263 Forumite
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    edited 18 July 2014 at 3:10PM
    Awww! thank you for that! That was the perfect thing to say, whitewing, I love mice. I feel so much better about it now, it is going to make little mice comfortable.

    I have saved lots of mice having 5 cats at once at one time. Three pretty much ignored every mouse and just watched them, one would put her front paws on them and then meow curiously for someone to tell her what to do next and the other would gently pick them up and drop them at my feet. When they ran away she would catch them again and put them back. I never had a dead mouse, I managed to get every one out to freedom and safety including one baby who was so small it looked like a toy.
    Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened - Anatole France

    If I knew that the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant apple trees today - Martin Luther King
  • Pyxis
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    Well! Inspiration has struck! (Yes, it was painful, but I'm getting over it now!)

    I was thinking about the Cupboard of Doom, and how I love that name, as it makes me laugh, and turns a potential source of stress into something funny, and therefore less stressful! (I wish it were only a cupboard for me though. I've so much stuff to sort through and decide which to part with, that for me it's the House of Doom!)

    Anyway, there I was, giggling at the name, when, lightbulb moment, I suddenly thought that it would make a cracking name for your autobiography! 'The Cupboard of Doom' is bound to make people pick the book up and read the synopsis at the very least!

    On another level, it's also an allegory for your episodes, or for certain 'states'. During an episode, you're 'shut' in a cupboard, where you can't see or hear people, and they can't reach you. You're alone in there, in the dark and trying to find the light. Shut in with the voices and the fears. And then gradually, a little light comes through the keyhole, and then through the gaps around the door, until eventually, the door clicks open, and you can push it wide open and step out again.

    And I'm sure you'd do a better job of finding other analogies for 'the cupboard'! Including an amusing one!

    I can see it on the bookshelf now: 'The Cupboard of Doom' by Waves Andsmiles! :T

    Now, WaS, I won't mind a bit if you don't like that idea! So don't fret about that! :rotfl:
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