Today's ward round was bittersweet. My psychiatrist confirmed that today's depot was definitely my last one and I had it about an hour ago, so no more injections!! He told me that I'm starting on the quetiapine tonight, 100 mg, and then it'll be increased by 100 mg most days until the 22nd when I'll be on 800 mg. I'm a bit nervous about that dose because I was only on 600 mg last time, but hopefully the extra 200 mg won't make that much of a difference.

With regards to leave, he's said that I can have four hours unescorted leave everyday and despite asking for more at the weekend, he refused. I wanted extra leave as my sister is coming down at the weekend, and despite me explaining this, he told me that would be too much too fast for me. He also didn't mention me coming off the section until I asked if I was being kept on the section, to which he replied that I was. I think the reason for being kept on the section this time is because of an incident (which I won't go into here) last week.

But at least I'm allowed home now for a few hours. And it's only another week until my next ward round. That said, the days don't half drag by here!

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