Red Iris Atelier

Red Iris Atelier Dollworks by Mindy Freeman

06/07/2024

Just checking in! I am doing somewhat better. It's amazing what not asking anything of yourself for a while can do to relieve stress... After some very supportive replies from most of my waiting customers I took a few weeks where I didn't even think about doing any work. I'm back at it again now, albeit slowly.

My recent really bad side effects have backed off to a tolerable level to where I can function fairly normally once more. I still haven't really gotten anywhere on finding the right med combo, though. I am, however, feeling hopeful again for the first time in quite a while after starting with a new psychiatrist whom I have a lot more confidence in as this is his one and only specialty AND he himself has the same condition so I really feel heard and fully understood!

Planning for the soon-to-be 5 year old's birthday party will keep me pretty busy the next few weeks, but I anticipate having the next two heads done by the end of next week, then the rest of my list ( 3 more) by the end of July. August will be kid and travel focused with family visits out of state. September will be just for me! At least during school hours...

If I happen to finally stumble into the right med combo then I may reopen in October (for a limited number of orders). If not, I might just hold off until the new year and make sure I'm really in a good spot first.

Thank you everyone for your support and your kind words.

Commission - Bombing Narae N412.
04/30/2024

Commission - Bombing Narae N412.

04/18/2024

I’m not dead! I’m not well, though…

I’ve been on a medication journey that’s seen a prescription change every 4-6 weeks for the better part of a year now attempting to find the med/dosage/combo that’s going to get me feeling human again. With each change there’s been new side effects and some of those have been fairly debilitating. So between my poor mental state and the physical side effects I’ve been experiencing (and a huge dump of orders that all came in at the same time right after Christmas) I’ve fallen so far behind on my work. I feel like a complete piece of sh*t for how long my current customers have been waiting, and, of course, that makes me start to spiral and just makes everything that much harder. Most days lately I’m lucky to complete an hour’s worth of work. I am honestly doing the best I can right now and sadly that’s just not very good. I ran out of spoons months ago. I promise I am trying.

I haven’t taken any new orders since mid-January and once I am finally able to finish what’s already on my plate I’m going to be taking a few months off to focus on my health. I hope to be able to start working again when the kid starts school in the fall.

If anyone would like to know more specifically what I’ve been dealing with do feel free to message me. I believe that visibility and transparency for mental health is extremely important and if my experience and struggles can help anyone else then it’s totally worth it. I am very fortunate to have a good support system of close individuals, decent health insurance, and a team of medical professionals working with me–I /will/ come out the other side.

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