My therapist asked me to join the mailing list on Psych Service dogs from

Psych Dog . org List Serv

This was the email I sent to the woman.

I have invited her to respond to the blog posting if she chooses. And will not censor her responses if she chooses to do so.

EDIT: This is out of order of the exchange, but her last response in email
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During the time with ServiceNet it seems I carried between 6-8 Axis I different diagnosis labels at any one time. Things floated in and out at various times and some things stayed the whole time. Honestly it seems a bit of overkill to have that many, someone should have realized something was not right sooner ( Read more... )

The person that is helping my therapist and I with the service dog provided this list of books to look into. If anyone has any others, please feel free to add. I need to see if any of these are available via the Talking Books

Don't shoot the dog by Karen Prtor
When pigs fly by Jane Killion
Bones would rain from the sky by Suzanne Clothier
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Stopped by Social Security on the way home from therapy today. For once the office wasn't packed ( Read more... )

With everything going on, I think I forgot to mention that they dropped the disciplinary action ( Read more... )

It was a bit confusing, there was more than a little double speak. They said that in situations like this there are 2 avenues they can persue, one which is a meeting to discuss what is happen and the other is a formal hearing. When I asked why they didn't go the discussion route as it seemed a much more appropriate approach, which they agreed, I ( Read more... )

This is what my therapist wrote to be presented at the hearing. She didn't want to get too deep into details, but to provide enough information that they could understand what was going on. Lets hope it helps ( Read more... )

Been trying to figure out a way to blog about this. And there really isn't a good way. But, since most of what happens my life is in this journal it doesn't make sense to leave this out ( Read more... )

They want me to wear this silly watch for 2 weeks to keep track of when I am moving, or so they can interptert when am awake and asleep. Then they are going to do a sleep study and go from there.

Just wondering if anyone has used one of these Actiwatch devices.

Going to see a neurologist about the nightmares and sleeping problems. Therapist suggested mentioning the sensory integration stuff as well, but warned that not all neurologists view sensory integration as a valid complaint.

Will report back how it goes. Bringing along a lot of inf from all the previous testing in hopes that it helps.