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Originally Posted by glamslam
I am thinking of you. Do you have a day off from work soon? Sometimes just "resting" in bed helps me, complete darkness, cool temperature, snuggled under the covers. I have a stuffed animal, too. Shhh....don't tell anyone. lol
Can you take a personal day or call in sick? I think anything to reduce stimulation and stress would help. Staying indoors, Netflix if you can sit still, walks.
If you are a spender---give your credit/debit cards to a loved one now. Or freeze them in a bowl in the freezer. Keep a reasonable amount of cash on hand. Like an allowance. Also, instead of shopping, I "shop" by checking out library books, downloading free books from Amazon and adding items to my Amazon wish list.
Keep posting so we know how you're doing.
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Thank you! I do have off tomorrow and for once I have nowhere to go, so maybe I'll just stay close to home. I think I need to work on sitting still...it's so hard for me, but I know it would do me some good. I know that driving too much wouldn't be healthy for me since when I'm manic, I drive too fast, drop everything and drive somewhere far, as if everything depends on it. This leads to expensive fines.
Maybe I'll do a little bit of light exercise from videos. I do think keeping my credit cards away from me (taking them out of my purse and only holding onto a little cash) is needed. As far as work goes, I would like to take a few days off soon. I need to take them up to 3 weeks in advance, but it'll be something to look forward to as long as I can make it until then as far as slowing myself down. I have called out before, so if that's what I have to do, then I might have to. I've almost lost faith in myself to be able to control myself, but at least these are things I can do to manage, along with whatever my pdoc has in mind. Thanks so much for the ideas. (((hugs)))