My Support Forums - View Single Post - Bipolar Check-in #86

Blueberrybook · Jan 27, 2025, 01:34 PM

Oh my goodness, I am SO agitated. I was reading when my phone calendar dinged a reminder that I had a doctor's appt. with my gastroenterologist early this afternoon. That was the first I'd heard of it. Usually they call and text a million times in advance. I went onto the portal and sure enough an appt. was listed for this afternoon. I tried calling the doctor's office, and I get an answering service! WTH?! During business hours even! I leave a message and finally someone who barely speaks English calls me back. It sounded like someone calling from India, but then again maybe not as my gastro doctor has a background from there. I asked if I cancelled my appt. today if I'd get a cancellation fee, the guy says yes then says no, not if I reschedule. So I reschedule and the next appt. is in April. Whatever. I am not having any current gastro issues, it's all followup post ulcer surgery from 2018 and just to renew my prescription Prilosec. I've got plenty of extra anyway as the doctor long ago told me to change from 2 a day to one a day but the prescription keeps filling with 60 pills/month. Probably will still end up with a cancellation fee, but H was sweet; he's working from home today, and my call was on speaker; he said if I get a fee, he'll call them himself and yell at them.

Long story short, that shot my stress & anxiety sky high! I don't like being blindsided by a doctor's appt. I didn't even realize I had in a couple of hours (and one that takes 45 min. to drive to) and then not being able to reach what I consider a credible reliable person after routing through a calling service. And my drawings didn't turn out today, I'm on my period, I'm dead tired. Cat litter is coming by UPS this afternoon, and it's a pain as it comes in a 40 lb. bag, and the only way to deal with it is to first parcel it into 1 gallon Ziploc bags.

I just need to calm down. I took my 50 mg Seroquel and a prn hydroxyzine. Waiting for it to kick in. I just know my period is amplifying things astronomically.