Personal Narrative: A Case Study On Idaia

When I arrived to the clinic Idalia was already waiting outside the clinic door. She said “Good morning” and smiled. I said good morning back. I asked her to let me turn the alarm off before I let her inside. After I turned the alarm off I told her to please come in. I turned all the clinic lights on and she followed me to my office. She sat down in the chair she usually sits in next the cabinets. She grabbed her arms and appeared to be shivering. I asked her if she would like me to turn the heater on and she said yes because she gets cold easily. Then she asked to go to the bathroom before we start. I grabbed a cup of hot water. I put my stuff away, sat down, with my note pad on my lap, and my tea on the table beside me. She came back in …show more content…
She said she looked up Abilify while she was at work and made the browser window small because she didn’t want anyone to see what she was looking up. She said when she looked it up all she really got to see was that Abilify treats schizophrenia. Idalia said she did not have time to read the rest because she had to go to a meeting but she said she went “ballistic “and was skeptical about taking it. She said that day she was feeling anxious because she had to give a speech at a meeting. She said she started thinking a million things like “I have private insurance”, “I don’t need to keep going to that clinic”, “I can get my own private doctor”, “I don’t have schizophrenia, why would he prescribe me that”. Idalia said she ended up calling a good friend that day who told her to” let the doctors do their job”. She said that her friend told her to stay at this clinic because she has been seeing Dr.B for years and this clinic knows her family history and has all her records. She said that her friend told her that she needs to stop fighting what the doctors tell her and that they are the professionals. She said that then she thought to herself that her friend is right and “here I was going to go again”. She said she was going to …show more content…
She said she had to give a speech at narcotic anonymous meeting about bipolar disorder. Idalia said she was anxious about speaking. I asked how she felt after she gave the speech and where the feelings of anxiety came from. She said she feared the stigma of being labeled "bipolar" and being “outted”. She said she never wanted to accept that she has bipolar disorder and denial has been deeply rooted in her. She said after the speech was over she felt good because other people were able to relate to her. I told her so overall this was a positive experience and she said yes. She spoke about how supportive is NA and her church group. Then she smiled. This smile is the one she usually has when she meets someone. I think I pointed out her smile but I’m not sure. She said she met someone, much older, and a Christian. I said “okay”. I asked her where and how they met. She said she knows him from group. She said she knows it’s something that they advise against doing but they’re just getting to know each other. She said she use to see him in meetings and then he stopped coming for a while. She said he was away in rehab because he had relapsed after 6 years of being abstinent. She said his drug of choice of alcohol and then said alcohol was never my thing. She said he is back at the meetings and is a recovering alcoholic. I asked her if she has had sex with