The Mindstorm

Category: psychosis

  • The Devil You Know

       We’re learning the hard way that the old adage is true. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. To be fair, it was a bit broken. Tim went on Clozaril a month before his 15th birthday and last fall we decided it was time to try and get him on to another atypical antipsychotic…

  • Nothing Is What It Seems – Part Two

    If you didn’t read part one, click here. In 55 minutes, the reality we’ve been living in was questioned.  The prognosis we’d been operating under was debated. The fate of Tim’s future quality of life was mulled over.  This was all the result of one question posed by the doctor. If Tim’s cognitive issues are…

  • Shouting at the Wind

    I got the third call in two weeks today. Tim’s psychosis seems to be rearing its head fast and furious this year.  Just this week he’s lashed out at classmates, broken a window, thrown items at and yelled at staff.  He’s told his case worker that the voices are back and are loud.  We went…

  • Wordless Wednesday: It’s Back…

    “Psychosis” by Kamil Gris

  • The Endless Loop of Revolution 9

    Spring Break is always a dicey time of year for our family for a number of reasons.  All three kids have Spring Break off of school a different week than Tom does at the school he coaches at, so Tom has to work while the kids are off.  The break always falls in March, Tim’s…

  • Loping

    Photo by Hey Paul Last Thursday, Tim called his regular daily call, and said he’d had a really bad day at school, but didn’t want to talk about it.  Made me wonder why he called, but I had been expecting a call like that.  A few days earlier, his case worker called and said he’d…