On track, I think

I had Thanksgiving with my family for the first time in about two years. We held it at my brother Joe's group home. It was first time I've had a get together with all three in-town siblings in about two years. We didn't cook; nobody had time to do that, and the one who did can't cook. So, my siblings had it catered.

I brought Dad who's now totally dependent from his dementia. He has Progressive Supranuclear Palsy,  which destroys his coordination as well as his mind. He'll speak and suddenly forget a noun. It's always nouns, common or proper. You have to wait for him to come out with the word for a minute or two. And the delay is getting longer. He can hardly walk. Getting him from the doorway to a vehicle could take twenty minutes. It requires constant attention to take him anywhere.

It was a surprisingly pleasant time. Everyone pitched in, nobody bickered, and if I had boring moments, and there usually are with family gatherings, I said screw manners and began to write in my notebook. It made things so much better. I wish I started it twenty years ago.

The day before, my shrink and I had a disagreement over medications. She would not raise my ADHD meds. She deemed it too dangerous, and what does that oath say? Instead, she raised my lithium dosage. I was leery of this, but I saw my Mom go off her medications enough to know better.

To my amazement, there was an improvement within days. Even better, the writing seems to be going smoother, I seemed to get a lot done the last few days. But won't have an idea if it's really going faster for another week at least. I usually don't have a lot of time to write on Mondays and Tuesdays.

So, maybe my mind wasn't wandering from ADHD. Maybe I was moping. I definitely don't mope now at all. Lithium might take a while to have an effect, but that's if you're starting it. If it's raised dosage, the effect could be pretty quick.