My Support Forums - View Single Post - Bipolar Check-in #85

Blueberrybook · Jan 03, 2025, 11:12 AM

I sympathize with everyone having sleep problems lately. My sleep hasn't been the greatest the past couple of nights, I've had trouble falling asleep, and I've had bad dreams every single night. Last night, I lay there 3 hours before I fell asleep. I got 5 or 6 hr of sleep, so not as bad as a lot of you, but I definitely need more sleep than that. And I was so hot, it was uncomfortable even though the thermostat said the temp in the house was what is normally is. Hopefully, not hot flashes, I really don't want to have to deal with that. Maybe I'll be able to nap this afternoon. I am wondering if I need to reduce the amount of time I am using the SAD lamp. My lamp doesn't have different levels of light; it just has 1 setting.

Did pilates this morning. I tried to draw, but I couldn't really find my groove this morning, my drawings were rough, too impatient to concentrate well I think even though I was able to read my book okay for an hour or so. I feel a bit agitated and on edge. I am also frustrated with my stupid period. I spent a whole WEEK spotting brown, and I thought surely my period was almost over. This morning, I wake, and I'm bleeding red. OMG, is this going to be a 2 week period or something? I don't know that I actually am in perimenopause, but I suspect so. My gynecologist basically said anything goes at that point.

I need to go to the pharmacy & the library as I have a couple of prescriptions and book holds about to expire, but the 2 are in opposite directions, and I don't like that when I do errands. I also want to get my errands over with, but the library doesn't open until 1 PM on Fridays. I really wish I felt better this morning; maybe it's hormones or something, I haven't been so edgy in awhile.