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Problem Taking Showers

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Oct 3 10:58am | Replies (141)

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@tburkart

I'm in the same boat. I wash the areas that need to be washed, but only shower about once a week. It's hard to get motivated to do anything.
I go for counseling and am on duloxatine and buproprion, but nothing seems to help.

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Bupropion. Isn't that Wellbutrin? I take 150 mg in the morning. Good stuff. Works for me. As far as a 70 year old man being washed by these personal care attendants ( not even cna’s !) reminded me of the first assisted care facility I went to where I had to be checked for bruises or cuts upon admittance on my whole body. I had to go in the shower naked with no water running to have an 18 year old girl check me from head to toe! The nurse said “you don’t need to be shy”

Men are worst. It feels weird to be asked by a big guy who works out if I wanted him to give me a shower like I was asked while in rehab.

An older cna or rn woman wouldn’t bother me. That’s what I need but all staff here seem like they are just out of high school. They do everything for me including showers if I want one. She serves me dinner then asks if I want a shower! Hell no!
Just seems creepy to me.

I’ll wait until I fall before I ask them to be in the shower room with me. Or at least, come close to losing my balance.