Posted by wishingstar on February 23, 2007, at 18:09:52
I had a sort of humorous, sort of neat experience at work today. I shadowed another girl who does the same job I do with one of her clients, a 7 year old boy. We took him to McDonalds after working with him for lunch. As we were sitting there, she pulled out his meds and gave it to him.. and said "I'd better take mine too.. anti-depressant". Didnt say it to be funny or attention-seeking.. it was just a side comment. I had no intention of telling anyone I was on meds, but since that happened, I pulled out mine too (I had to take them then anyway) and said "me too! adderall". I got quite a kick out of it. Two clinicians and a client, all taking their psych meds together over lunch. :p
Apparently she suffers from depression and anxiety. We didnt talk about it too much but seem to get along well so who knows, maybe this is a positive thing. :) I've heard some amazing stories of relationship/family dysfunction from the other social workers I'm working with. I guess personal experience really does draw people into the field.
Monday I see my first "real" client. Yikes.
(PS- I'll pay someone to pay attention to me right now? I'm pretty desperate, hence this useless post. Humor me.) :)
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