[Patsy Cline]

I'm beginning to worry because my sleep has decreased and although I have started sketching again, I find myself sketching 'till 4am when I have to work the next day. Today I felt like I was on a roller coaster. Normal, sad, irritated, angry, normal, fast...all in one day. I'm currently annoyed thinking about this because I've been relatively well for months! I spent almost a year with minor, short-lived bouts of depression and no mania. The past 3 weeks I spent battling the worst depression I've had in quite some time and now all I'm so overwhelmed with so many different emotions. It's unbearable. I don't want to change meds. I don't want to test out new meds anymore. I'm losing my footing :/

[optimize990h]

Hello, Patsy Cline.



I saw you know your way around the website and have posted in the appropriate forum. I am hoping you find PC forum and the members useful for you.

[Patsy Cline]

Originally Posted by optimize990h

Hello, Patsy Cline.



I saw you know your way around the website and have posted in the appropriate forum. I am hoping you find PC forum and the members useful for you.

Hello optimize990h!
I wish I would have found this forum sooner. I don't feel so alone anymore. This group really DOES get me. I'm so tired of people giving me advice when they have NO idea what it's like to be me.

Thank you for the lovely greeting

[~Christina]

I understand the not wanting to try a bunch of medications. Do you have coping skills you can use to help maybe bring you to a more regular level?

Mindfulness? Meditation? Self grounding ? Yoga? Sticking to a sleep schedule? Exercise? Diet?

I do believe that we have the ability to help ourselves minimize episodes if they are caught soon enough.

Welcome to PC . Glad you have found us

[Patsy Cline]

Originally Posted by ~Christina

I understand the not wanting to try a bunch of medications. Do you have coping skills you can use to help maybe bring you to a more regular level?

Mindfulness? Meditation? Self grounding ? Yoga? Sticking to a sleep schedule? Exercise? Diet?

I do believe that we have the ability to help ourselves minimize episodes if they are caught soon enough.

Welcome to PC . Glad you have found us

Hi Christina!

I wish I could stick to a sleep schedule. Ever since my latest roller coaster ride started, sleeping comes when it wants to come. This evening I slept from 7p to 11p. I'm sure I'll be up all night. Diet and exercise ...I don't have the patience for either one right now. It's taking every last ounce of sanity to get myself to work. I'm obsessed with thoughts of quitting. All my thoughts are running together, meditation...incapable. So I guess my coping skills are zero to none. I have done nothing right except for one thing, I've alerted 2 people that I'm at the dark orange color for terror alert. And I will be contacting my psychiatrist to schedule an appt within the next few weeks.
Thank you very much for your warm greetings

[Mollywisk]

Originally Posted by Patsy Cline

Hi Christina!

I wish I could stick to a sleep schedule. Ever since my latest roller coaster ride started, sleeping comes when it wants to come. This evening I slept from 7p to 11p. I'm sure I'll be up all night. Diet and exercise ...I don't have the patience for either one right now. It's taking every last ounce of sanity to get myself to work. I'm obsessed with thoughts of quitting. All my thoughts are running together, meditation...incapable. So I guess my coping skills are zero to none. I have done nothing right except for one thing, I've alerted 2 people that I'm at the dark orange color for terror alert. And I will be contacting my psychiatrist to schedule an appt within the next few weeks.
Thank you very much for your warm greetings

Hi Patsy

I am like you with sleep and it makes BP worsen according to my pdoc.

I'm on a medical leave and working on a sleep routine and schedule. While I feel very stupid that it takes this much attention and work to do what others do easily, after 2 weeks I'm finally about 50% there. I am trying to go back to work in a week and working hard to be able to go to sleep and wake up on a schedule that will allow me to work.

If you need suggestions,please let me know

Best
Molly

[Victoria'smom]

My sleep schedule sucks but here's what we do. Set an alarm for 8 hours lay down until the alarm goes off. It's annoying as **** but your racing thoughts will keep you company or you'll pass out but no electronics. welcome.

[Patsy Cline]

Originally Posted by Mollywisk

Hi Patsy

I am like you with sleep and it makes BP worsen according to my pdoc.

I'm on a medical leave and working on a sleep routine and schedule. While I feel very stupid that it takes this much attention and work to do what others do easily, after 2 weeks I'm finally about 50% there. I am trying to go back to work in a week and working hard to be able to go to sleep and wake up on a schedule that will allow me to work.

If you need suggestions,please let me know

Best
Molly

Molly,

I'm so glad that you have this added time to work on yourself! I totally understand why you say you feel stupid. We all know you're not, but it's that frustration of seeing others do things with minimal effort, then there's me...(you and others on this forum) who have to work so hard to do the simplest things. SO frustrating!
Next week my work load will be light and I plan on taking some time out for some self help.
Any suggestions that you may have would be most appreciated!

[A Red Panda]

Like MM, I follow a very strict sleep schedule. I go to bed somewhere between 9-10:30pm. My alarm for work goes at 6.

I stay in bed those hours, no matter how much I want to get up. Sometimes I'll get up at 5am, but I'm absolutely not allowed to get out of bed before then. If I'm awake, well, then I'm just laying there daydreaming or thinking about whatever my brain thinks is a fitting subject.

At least my body is getting some rest, if not my mind.