We used to be up and about on a Sunday, dog walks, church, shopping and community, now we stay in Molly’s bedroom, today the goal is to slowly make attempts for her to take a bath, help her feel freshened, maybe get dressed or maybe not. It’s a ‘no” Clean PJ’s and back to bed…

Flat affect is when you feel emotions but show practically nothing visually. I feel flat, I feel like I am moving in slow motion, conscious of everything but it’s all such an effort. I get it’s the longevity of Molly being unwell but I could scream for some reprieve for her and me!. I have…

Friday 13th October 2023. The update today was: 1. Start regular (not PRN) Lorazepam up to 6mg per day to treat the catatonia. 2. Stop Venlafaxine. 3. Introduce Bipola Depression medication (potentially lamotrigine tbc…) 4. Look to reduce or change current antipsychotic in the future once Molly’s mood is stabilised 5. Be aware of stressors…

Beckham inspired me not to…………… Come on Claire, keep on keeping on. I write tonight with a heavy heart, I left Molly a couple of hours ago.. another weekend where I sit beside her while she refuses to get up or even leave her room. Nothing but negativism – Molly is shutdown. My patience has…

You must have 3 or more of the following for a diagnosis: Stupor Catalepsy Waxy Flexibility Mutism Negativism Posturing Mannerism Agitation Stereotypy Grimacing Echolalia Echopraxia Right now Molly is or has been presenting with Stupor, (absence of spontaneous movement) Mutism, (no speech), Agitation and Negativism (motiveless resistance to instruction or attempts to move unplanned and…

(Now let me see… are the words of the autistic boy in The A Word series which was amazing and when I say it or write it I think of him.) Now let me see… before I tell all about Catatonia and Autism shutdown I will update you about the events that occurred prior to…

Well hello again, it’s been a while but I am back and ready to re- visit Mollywood and let you all know what 2020 has brought be it good or bad…. 2020 has been a strange one for all of us not just those who walk in the fields of Mollywood but the whole world.…

Tomorrow I will be at Molly’s tribunal a hearing set usually in the hospital where you are sectioned (not in a court room)

October 2019 Well who would of thought that I would be diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, I naively thought that was a disorder relating to soldiers so it is ironic that recently I said “call on your army”. I have been struggling to think and at one point couldn’t even bear to have the…

Well it’s been a turbulent couple of months, a turbulence I have dared to rear it’s ugly little head! Mental health warning signs, I am hyper vigilant to them naturally, no one could go through a mental health sectioning experience and not be! ‘Mother knows best’ is so true no one can see what we…