Thread by @lisa63artist

2020, a helluva year for everyone & I had my share of it. Beyond the pandemic, justice & rights movements, US presidential election, west coast on fire while gulf coast hurricane-pelted, mixed with randomness like murder hornets,

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I was left to recover myself from psychiatrist stopping 5 meds, no taper, then covering up her actions. Jan-March I largely spent nursing myself through withdrawal illness, reaching out on twitter for help & finding the right community,

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while at the same time pursuing a psychiatrist switch at the mental health center. This involved filing a human rights complaint, but since the psych lied, my claims of rights violations were deemed baseless, but I held my ground. Yet,

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when granted a new psych, asking only for meds withdrawal help, this dr insisted my withdrawal was return of bipolar disorder & she wanted me back on drugs. My online friends supported my decision to leave mh care, but

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my health issues raged on. In April, stabbing pain had me in ER for kidney stones. Dealt with that horridness as med drs threw bipolar in my face, evaluating my need to be transferred to psych. Pain, opioids given to recovered addict,

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devices shoved up…all of that would tax any person’s psyche. Luckily, I was discharged. In July, as I came out of kidney stone thing, my mouth started hurting. Had a big hole in a wisdom tooth, other problems with my teeth,

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thus I now entered 2 months of tooth extraction & heavy cavity filling. Good thing that $1200 check came…then went to the dentist (worth it as she was best dr I’d had in withdrawal). After all that, sat back for a breather, but

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instead, my older sister suddenly died of a heart attack in Oct, followed by my stepsister’s mother dying of a heart attack 2 days later. Much family emotion & dynamic to sort out, try to feel, help, listen, best that I could.

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Still trying to keep me & Iris on a functioning, comfortable level. My 2020 doesn’t show typical accomplishments. But I grew so much, came to know me & others’ struggles better. If I stay alive, I have much yet to hear & report back in 2021.

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