A new chapter begins.

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts" ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Today a chapter in my life ended.  Maybe a whole book.  I don't know yet, all I know is that this chapter is done, and now I'll start a new one.

As I was finishing the paperwork for my discharge, we went over my (long) list of meds, and my diagnosis.  Nothing new.  Major Depressive Disorder - Severe without psychotic features (yay, I'm not psychotic...) - recurrent.  Yeah, I get depressed more often than I'd like.  2nd diagnosis: Anxiety disorder NOS (not otherwise specified).  Again, nothing new.  Good to know I don't have any personality disorders going on with that too.

I had a total of 4 days of PHP (partial hospitalization) which was 5 hours of therapy a day, and 18 days of IOP (intensive outpatient) which was 4 hours of therapy a day.  Now I will go to outpatient, which will be roughly 1 hour a week, and an outpatient group which I assume is 1-2 hours per week.  Big step down.

I'm starting school up again at the end of next month, actually exactly one month from today.  I have my chem final on Monday.  It'll be good to get that out of the way...finally.  I was in the hospital during finals week :-s  I'm taking just 2 classes this fall, and that's about all I can handle.  2 classes, 15 hours of work, and 2 kids.  Yep.  I'm good.

I'm good.