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Old Jun 02, 2020, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bpcyclist View Post
Slept very well and feel quite good this morning, other than vast national grief and sorrow. The n'hood in Seattle, where my best pal lives, looked like a freaking banana republic last night wiht tear gas and flahs bangs and guns. Insanity.

I really hve to figure out how I can remember to take all my medications. I am alone here and I often forget to take some of them. I just don't know how to help myslef with this. I wish there was a service for people living independeently where we could go and get our meds every day. That would be perfect for me. Then, all I would have to do is show up. Pretty sure that, I could pull off.

Being in the hospital for so long was very good for my bipolar. I was way more stable being around all that support. I have to admit, given how hard it has been for me since getting out in 2016, that I sometimes wonder whether I should just live in a hospital forever. Maybe that is where I belong or something...

Hugs and love to all. Trying to remain apolitical here, but I did experience some hope this morning hearing Mr. Biden talk about Dr. King and Rosa Parks. Maybe we will get through this somehow.
Hiya bpcyclist. Assisted living can be expensive, but I don't think you need that, my friend. Hiring a person to stop by or call reliably, once or twice per day, is less expensive but I doubt that's necessary, either. At least not when we're relatively stable.

There are a lot of ways to remind yourself to take your meds. My most effective way is to put them in a place where I routinely go at pretty much the same exact times every day. Do you have such a place? I put mine in weekly pill boxes, because I just have way too many pill bottles to deal with. I'm lucky that my husband takes both morning and evening medications, too, so if I don't remember, he does, and we remind each other.

I have often heard that "doctors can be the worst patients". I'm not saying you're a bad patient, but just responding to what you wrote above. My father-in-law was a neurologist/psychiatrist and a real humdinger when he got sick. My husband also said he often "tried" the medications he prescribed for his patients. [Well, maybe it would be nice for the pdocs to try an antipsychotic, or two. ] My sister-in-law and brother-in-law are both retired doctors. Both have bipolar diagnoses. My sister-in-law has always self-medicates to chase hypomania. My brother-in-law used beer all of his life, until it ruined his liver. Now he finally takes medications, but the damage was done. Their mother (different than my husband's) died as a result of bipolar disorder.
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bpcyclist, Wild Coyote
Thanks for this!
bpcyclist, Wild Coyote