Before You Are Seen
Write a journal of your feelings, of stressors, of symptoms.Look at how your energy or muscle tightness changes in the course of a day or your activities.
Or with certain people.
Notice what you are doing when symptoms occur or get worse.
Work at trying to describe your symptoms clearly.
Complete your paperwork. Ask others if they agree with the statements you make.
Look at the website reading list and self help books mentioned.
Observe your thoughts even when you don't say what you are thinking.
Look at sleep hygiene sites:
- http://www.sleepfoundation.org
- http://www.scienceofsleep.com
- http://www.Bettersleep.webmd.com
- A woman's guide to sleep disorders
- Sleep Disorder for Dummies
- No more sleepless nights
- The promise of sleep
Look at the web sites mentioning interactive cognitive therapy for free.
If you feel suicidal go to the Emergency Room now.
If you are at this site wondering about a loved one and what you can do, consider going to the local court house and taking out a court order for treatment. You would need to state on a form they give you that your loved one is a danger to themselves or others because of a mental illness and you have seen or heard them say or do things in the past thirty days that suggest this. You don't have to be a doctor to do this.