[sanityseeker]

Feelings are all over the map the last couple of days. Not depressed thank goodness and not particularly manic though sort of I guess in that I feel fuzzy and hyper and crazy ideas about how to fix my life are flying around in my head. Not so much today since I have been mostly focused on kicking a major migraine today. It finally eased off some and the busy thoughts are back again.

I can't trust my brain right now but I feel desperate to find answers to pressing questions. I talk myself down one minute only to wind up again the next. I am tired but buzzy all at the same time. I want to make a decision about something instead of all this wondering what I should do about this that and the other thing that seems so important right now. I tell myself it can wait and even set a date so that I can let it go for now but the list seems not to have an end.

Anyways..... I guess I just have to keep chasing away the obsessing with whatever I can think of in the moment to slow things down. Thought if I wrote about it I might see some solution but it looks like I just need to keep doing what I am doing. Remembering that my brain is playing tricks on me right now and I just have to hang on for the ride till it stops.

sanityseeker. I fell behind on reading a lot of the threads over the last few days, sorry to not write earlier.
I hope you are doing better today!

[Special-K]

Are you on any medication?

I get migraines too, Excedrin Migraine is a miracle from above. Took 3 this morning & kicked my headache.

[leah0306]

sanityseeker, i have been dealing with the same issues lately...not sure when u posted this?, todays Friday, god im a mess....being like this is sooo fkd up, hope it passes for u quickly, leah

[sanityseeker]

Thank you guys. It was just last night that I posted so no worries about being slow to respond. I am still pretty mixed today but things are moving a little more slowly in my head then yesterday so I am hoping things will level off some more. Thanks for your good hopes.

My headache was gone this morning after a few hours of sleep. I took some Migraine Tylonols which work best for me. I have tried many others but always come back to the Tylonols. I actually had to trudge to the drug store yesterday to get some because I had run out and the Advils I did have were useless. I don't think I have tried the Exedrine Special-K so I will keep that in mind too.

I feel the headache trying to work its way back so I might take a couple more T's before it gets too strong a hold. I just worry about the effects on my liver so I try to hold out as long as I can.

The busy brain is no doubt the trigger to the headaches so I am trying to do what I can to slow things down in my head.

I am sorry leah that you are going through the same junk right now. It is disruptive. I just start doing one thing and before I know it I am off doing something else or redoing something I already did because I think it should be done differently.

I am glued to PC at the moment just to keep a sense of focus for a while.

Wishing you all a blessed day. Take good care and thanks again for your support. I am taking lots of deep breaths.

May you be well soon.

[sanityseeker]

Thank you Byz. The headache is back again today but not too disruptive so far. I feel more balanced then I have for a few days so all in all a pretty good day.

Wishing you a wonderful day Byz.

[sugahorse1]

Hey there Sanity - I am so going through the same stuff right now. Last weekend and week I was hypomanic for most of the time. This weekend, on Saturday, I started with a serious migraine. And Sunday it was back. This morning it is starting to raise its ugly head again. I've been getting more migraines since I've been on Sodium Valporate, which is a bit concerning.
Do you find that the migraines mainly come with the mixed episodes?
I feel fuzzy and like I'm not really here.

[sanityseeker]

Hi Suga,
You may have something there about the migraines being more regular during mixed episodes. I get them when I am depressed too but they are triggered from the anxiety induced crying meltdowns.

I know that fuzzy, not really here feeling. That's how I feel when on the edge of mania. I think maybe that is why I flip from doing one thing to another. Trying to find something that will settle the sense of detachment. I tend to drink a lot of water when I am like that. I also do a lot of mindlessness type exercises. Things that will cause me to focus on one small thing for as long as I can. Like looking at all the details of a flower or watching a bee fly around the garden or closing my eyes and listening to the birds sing. I also love to look at the clouds or rock cliffs and finding all the faces and shapes in them. These kinds of things help to slow my thinking down and I can often then return to a task and stick with it for more than a few minutes at a time.

I am feeling more level today. No headache, no fuzzies. No wild imaginings. Its all good today.

I hope you start to feel better soon. Keep me posted ok. Eat health, drink plenty, breath steady and laugh whenever you get a chance.

[Skully]

It seems everyday I am having the same issues. If you find a solution please let me know!!!

[Gently1]

When I was 40 I started getting migraines and my main pre-migraine mood would often be 'jittery' " worried " without reason, often the day before. Then I would wake up with the migraine, I eventually learned to recognise the signs and take advil and it would prevent or soften the morning migraine.

Because if ignored the migraine just created more anxiety as I tried to force myself to work. Then the post migraine was a fussy head. Now that my migraines have almost disappeared as I am being treated for depression. (and without work stress)

Don't know that this helps but it seems migraines are their own beast.

[ffgal]

I used to take Imitrex , which i think may be discontinued nut not sure. I take Treximet now, which my doc said is the new version of Imitrex. It works great, even better than Imitrex did. Treximet will usually make me feel much better in about 30min. & I get very severe migraines.

[BlackPup]

If my head gets to crazy and I can't stop thinking round and round all over the place.... I try to slow down, and if I can't then its time for yummy drugs... Temazipam, seoquel, and/or risperidal... (all prescribed by my friendly doctor) after I wake up I am usually alot better...

[sanityseeker]

Thanks everyone for sharing your discoveries. BlackPup's mention of slowing down when thoughts get racy reminded me of something I do with my son. He often notices before I do that I am starting to operate in hyperspeed so we came up with this game of sorts. We call it the slow motion game. When he notices I am talking really fast or doing something really fast he will call out for the slow motion game. It is the signal for us to both start doing whatever whe are doing in slow motion. Talk in slow motion, do the dishes in slow motion, cut the veggies... whatever we are doing we do it really slowly. Like a slow motion movie. 9 times out of 10 we end up laughing at some point. But it really works. If he just told me to slow down chances are I would react badly. This way, because I have given him permission to make the call I have to do it.

Another technique I use, particularly if I am feeling angry and ready to ripe someone's face off in a wild rage is to whisper. I don't let my voice rise above a whisper. Especially if I am mad. It is amazing how well it calms my rage.

I learned this from trying to discipline my son when he was younger. I realized one day that yelling at him was getting me nowhere. If anything it just made me more upset. He just seemed to be able to ignore me no matter how loud I spoke but if I whispered he listened. He had to pay attention to hear me so suddenly I had his full attention. The calming effect was an added bonus and it made me think it might work in other situation too so now I use it whenever I feel the anger rising.

Even better is a slow talking whisper. It is especially good if I am coping with a migraine.