9/10/24

 Today we had a meeting with a psychiatric nurse practitioner. It was a little over an hour. She collected Ethan’s history. He was telling her that he now has trouble concentrating and has very vivid movies in his brain that are distracting. 

These movies aren’t scary, just vivid and distracting idea/scenarios that keep him from concentrating. He has to overcompensate to eliminate mistakes at work.

We were given homework and the psychiatric NP also had some homework to do. We will meet up in 2 weeks and go from there.

As we were talking to her, I had an overwhelming sense of pride for what Ethan has been able to overcome. He was really depressed and angry at one point. He has been hopeless, anxious, and withdrawn. He has come through it  and grown from it. He is thriving with this job. He has his friend group that is genuinely nice and thoughtful, but immature and silly young men. Perfect and age appropriate.

While the appointments seem to be endless, I do feel like we are making progress.

Tomorrow I have another comp day. Too bad I will be mostly resting my back. Boo!