your average day??

I can relate to feeling like I have to pretend everything is ok. I didn't want people to see the ugliness of BP. I was afraid of what would happen if people really knew. I was also afraid they wouldn't understand. In the end, it didn't work to pretend. I just increased my loneliness and didn't teach those around me about bp. I became resentful because I didn't have support even though those around me didn't know how bad it was.

So, I started describing it to my loved ones so they could understand. Then I had to ask for what I needed. I got understanding from some but not all. It is a process, but I feel better and I've found out who really cares about me.

Molly, I'm really worried about your stressful job and long hours....plus working on a PhD! Stress is a really big trigger for most people with bp. Pay attention and see how it affects you. Even if you didn't have bp, your lifestyle is very demanding and probably not healthy. Please take care of yourself.

Getting back to what is an average day.

I go to work 9 hours a day. I have to rest when I get home for an hour or two because I'm mentally exhausted. This bugs me because I want to be doing something, but I just can't. I usually do fun stuff like cleaning and taking care of the pets' litter. Now, I'm spending time looking for and applying for jobs. I may watch a bit of tv or read or surf the net before I go to bed. I have to sleep at least 8-9 hours a night. I wish I had more time and more energy. I used to do so much more and had many goals and a packed schedule. Now I just try to make it through the week and maintain a full-time job. I absolutely hate the limitations of bp and don't want to accept them.

Hi guys (hi Dan! Long time!)
I get up at 4-430. Get to the gym by 5. Work out til 550 shower get ready go to work at 7. I'm a project coordinator so I am all over the place at work. So many cookie jars to put my hands in. Take my meds around 8 am- lamictal, abilify, clonazapam. Try to get through the day. One at a time. Hoping I don't overreact or cry or get paranoid that people are talking about me or that they think i am crazy. I sometimes convince myself that everyone there hates me. Im paranoid like that i guess. Hope like h*** my son doesn't have a melt down at school or camp. Try not to tell the annoying people at work how I feel about them when they annoy me. Come home. Walk my dog. Clean the house make dinner talk to my son clean up dinner mess, try to find time to talk with my fiancé. Do laundry. Pick out gym and work clothes for next day. In bed by 10 do it all over again.

I'm starting to hate my meds. I don't wanna take them anymore.

Dan. You need a hug. But I don't know how to hug on this app. ((Dan))

It's been a bad day Treehugger

I do have daily habit. I wake up, look at the clock and calendar. then I drag myself outta bed to let my dog out and feed her. I've been decide whether I want to eat breakfast should go back to bed. when my son wakes up he wakes me up for his list of school work to do for the day depending on his mood. I Either go back to bed or take a shower depending on my mood. by that time I remember that we have something to do that day I have a million and one that I have to do that day.

I spend my mornings dragging myself, my son and my husband out of bed and getting each of us showered and dressed appropriately for the day. I cook the 2 boys breakfast, or I declare fend for yourself day. my husband usually cook something on fend for yourself days if he feels well enough.

we spend the afternoon doing some school activities, going to appointments, running errands or relaxing. as soon as public school lets out we have tons of kids here.

then we have karate Monday, Tuesday, Friday 5-7 & some Saturdays. we spend Wednesday in therapy and that the psychiatrist's office for all three of us and then my son goes to church at night. Thursday night is drawing night so we spend from after dinner to bed drawing or doing other art activities. At 10 ish I take my meds and spend the rest of the night here or Facebook until my invisible bugs are too much and I go to bed. is my husband goes to bed first I'll go to bed with him. the weekend is spent with my sons best friend over and me playing referee.

Get about 4-5 hours sleep, wake up have my morning coffee, have a short yoga session, shower and get ready for work, come home around five, make dinner for my kids and I. Visit with my kids and catch up on their day. Then I do my exersices or go for a run or both. Sometimes with my oldest son or my sister or just myself depending on the day. Spend some more time with my kids depending which one it is we will do something they like to do. Get the houshold chores done. Fit in some quiet time to myself and then shower and pack us all up and we stay at my partners house or just our house again depending on the day. Days off work are different as I have a lot more time for other things. But usually I don't have a lot of down time.

Off of work for this week and injured so I have way more time to cruize the forums. Tho I am starting to feel guilty for not being active.

I don't know if there is a too much or too little, it all really depends where you are at. Sometimes tho with depression we actually can do to little which can feed into it more but we each have to draw that line for ourselves I guess. I probably boarder on doing to much a lot of the time. I dont have a car so all my errands are usually on foot. I buy food as I go so almost daily. My daily routine really depends on what I am doing. I was doing yoga for an hour and half 7 days a week. I have scaled that back big time to make room for other fitness goals. Training myself for a half marathon right now but I also like to bike and do other activities with my kids.

Always find myself wishing there was more time.

I just try to relax when avoiding stress and it seems to work for me

I wake up two hours before work and get something to eat. Then I catch the bus and go to work. If I work earlier and have a lot of free time after I might go to a friends or find a place to eat. If its a long shift I usually go home and rest. Wednesdays I play trading card games and eat wings.

I need to start studying and applying for jobs.

Im pretty boring.

I work retail, so sometimes I work at 9 and sometimes I work at one. If I work at nine, I wake up, go to work with no motivation, count down the nine hours until I get home, pour myself a drink, and Netflix. If I work at one, I do the same thing, only I wake up four hours later. The night before, I'll drink a little heavier since I won't have to be in early. Maybe I'll cry a little bit, if no one's around. On my days off, I try to get things done, but it's getting progressively more difficult to concentrate, or find motivation to do anything. Sometimes I just stay in my pajamas and pig out. Or I shop. Or I cook up a storm. I try to go out of town every once in a while to distract myself, but I haven't been able to lately. I've been trying to get some writing done, but that's been difficult, too.

Not even just boring. Kind of sad.

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I don't know why, but I love hearing about everyone's days. I find it amazing that anyone can work long hours like that. I wonder if we'd all be healthier if we started having same schedules (like 8 hours of sleep every night, regular meals, exercise, and relaxation, etc)

So, my day is get up at 5 with kids (ages 4 and 8) and make breakfast for me and kids. This is our happy family time every day. (note, it does not include husband. Well, it's still nice.). Get them on the bus (7 and 7:45), then work out, either at the gym or working up a sweat doing chores- yard work, cleaning, whatever. Kill two birds with one stone I think. Then I eat. Then take care of misc. things (meetings, appointments, shopping, therapy, etc) then nap, then .... Ok, holy ****, I guess I am about the laziest person here. I don't know what I do until 4pm when the kids get home. Then, dinner and hanging out with husband if he's home, bath, bedtime around 8pm. I'm usually asleep by 10 unless it's one of THOSE nights.

Now I am trying to decide if I should go back to work part time, or continue going as above. If I don't go back to work, I will be spending time looking for a cheaper house, and getting this one ready to sell. We also have a totally ghetto property that is uninhabitable now, but I enjoy going over there and working on it. I can't really fix it up properly because that would mean spending money. No job, no money. But with a job, no time.

I should add, my little girl has serious health needs, so that is a HUGE source of stress, which I can't control or eliminate.

Ok, so that is my story. Thanks for reading. :-)

My schedule changed recently, since I took on my husband's job at the bakery. On Monday I get up at 6 to have an inventory call with my boss at 6:15, then hurry to get dressed, to go to Vernon's (produce place). Then I get to work at 8, take my lunch from 11-12, get off at 5, then go to Chef's Mart and Sam's Club to finish shopping. Get home around 7. Eat, take my meds, then pass out around 10. On Tuesdays and Fridays I just go to work at 8, get off at 5, go home, eat, go back to the bakery to close the register, go walking, come home, mess around on the internet, then go to bed. On Wednesdays, it's mostly like Tuesdays, except that I have to do inventory, so that takes an hour, so I don't go walking. On Thursdays, I get up at 5, so I can do the inventory call at 5:30, so I can go to Vernon's, then be at Sam's at 7:00 when they open up, do shopping real quick, then come to my full time job from 8-5, then I go to chef's mart after work. Maybe go walking. It just depends how I feel. Saturdays, I get up whenever I feel like. Go into work from 6pm-7pm, then repeat what I usually do at night. Sundays are like Saturdays, except I have to do inventory at the bakery as well as closing.

I think I work too much. IDK why I took on my husband's job. I guess b/c I wanted the money...who knows.