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Matt's issues are getting so intense
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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 477194" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Yes Hound - the bus route is the big thing right now. I told him I would ride with him until he is comfortable, and he is open to that. And yes, I can physically find the time to do it. However, I am hoping that this clinic can help with all of this. I want them to really be the ones to ride the bus with him and practice calming techniques, etc. I will see what they offer.</p><p></p><p>In one of your other posts you mentioned Travis not being able to pick up the phone, without considerable difficulty, and that is Matt. OMG. Just to pick up the phone and arrange something takes an act of congress - mostly - again - because of our society. He gets stuck in those phone trees and he just has a lot of trouble navigating them. It is stuff like this that I see, and I find so frustrating. If it was 100 years ago - I think his life would be totally different.</p><p></p><p>As far as medications - that is the other really difficult piece. This clinic does work with medications with the patients, which is good - however Matt cannot take any sort of benzo. He goes stark raving crazy. His new psychiatrist gave him Vistaril, which is not a benzo, and he still had the same side effect. Not sure I understand why - but he is clearly not able to do a lot of the medications that help with anxiety. He cannot do the SSRIs either. Possible they could add an SNRI, as Effexor worked pretty well for him for awhile. I don't know, Matt knows what works and what doesn't so he will have to figure that out. For me Klonipin has been a lifesaver - but for him - it makes him ballistically suicidal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 477194, member: 3301"] Yes Hound - the bus route is the big thing right now. I told him I would ride with him until he is comfortable, and he is open to that. And yes, I can physically find the time to do it. However, I am hoping that this clinic can help with all of this. I want them to really be the ones to ride the bus with him and practice calming techniques, etc. I will see what they offer. In one of your other posts you mentioned Travis not being able to pick up the phone, without considerable difficulty, and that is Matt. OMG. Just to pick up the phone and arrange something takes an act of congress - mostly - again - because of our society. He gets stuck in those phone trees and he just has a lot of trouble navigating them. It is stuff like this that I see, and I find so frustrating. If it was 100 years ago - I think his life would be totally different. As far as medications - that is the other really difficult piece. This clinic does work with medications with the patients, which is good - however Matt cannot take any sort of benzo. He goes stark raving crazy. His new psychiatrist gave him Vistaril, which is not a benzo, and he still had the same side effect. Not sure I understand why - but he is clearly not able to do a lot of the medications that help with anxiety. He cannot do the SSRIs either. Possible they could add an SNRI, as Effexor worked pretty well for him for awhile. I don't know, Matt knows what works and what doesn't so he will have to figure that out. For me Klonipin has been a lifesaver - but for him - it makes him ballistically suicidal. [/QUOTE]
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