I typed out a long post explaining in detail everything that happened between last and this updates, but then I pressed a wrong button and it all got deleted. And I’m lazy, so I’m not going to type it all out again.
The long and short of it is, I am in inpatient in the Institute of Mental Health in Singapore (for Torontonians, the Singapore equivalent of CAMH). I have insurance that covers everything so I’m in a private ward, which is much nicer than the ward I was in when I was in Toronto. Which is nice, because I’m likely to be here for at least a month while my meds get a complete overhaul.
In the process I’m likely to get psychotic again for a while, which I’m not really looking forwards to because it’s not fun. But I guess it’s necessary, and I kind of wanted it, since other things weren’t working. I respond VERY fast to medication, in terms of side effects, therapeutic effects, and crap-I’m-off-it-time-to-get-psychotic effects.
I do like my new doctor though, and he knows what he’s doing (I think). And I’m on home ground (at least administratively). And most of my family is here. And I have a few friends here. So I’m in safe hands. Even if I do miss my friends in Toronto.
The technology here, even in the private sector, is more advanced than the hospital I was in during my time in Toronto. Everything is recorded electronically. My wristband has a QR code that the nurses scan when they give me my medications. In Toronto, everything was still on paper. The comparison is weird, because Canada is supposed to be part of the Global North and Singapore the Global South.
I get to use my phone here, too. And wear my own clothes. And use technology with long wires. Which is strange, because electonics were banned from my ward in Toronto. But it’s handy I guess, because at least I can keep my friends updated. And maybe even my webcomic (though I don’t have a proper scanner, or a photoeditor on my phone).
We’ll see how the next few weeks unfolds. Salutations
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