AFTER INSTITUTIONALIZATION……..WHAT?

AFTER INSTITUTIONALIZATION….. WHAT ?

·        Follow up with your Psychiatrist regularly. Discuss your feelings, thoughts and emotions with him / her in order that your medication may be suitably modified.

·    DO NOT STOP YOUR MEDICATION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES without consulting your psychiatrist, even on the advice of another physician/psychiatrist.

·        Follow up with your personal counselor on a regular basis. Discuss your feelings, thoughts, emotions and the events that have transpired in the past fortnight with him/her.

·    Live a disciplined and structured life-style, incorporating time management skills, which means walking, grooming, eating, resting, exercising, and sleeping at the correct time.

·      Do regular Meditation – helps you to concentrate and be away from multiple thoughts. It also helps you to divert and relax the mind in disturbances.

·        Do not be afraid to reveal your feelings to your loved ones. They will only help you.

·        Live a healthy life-style – Have a good nutritious diet, get sufficient exercise, enough rest and observe proper hygiene – bathing, brushing, grooming, etc.