[Victoria'smom]

Today I spent the whole day planing to open an awesome homeless success shelter (center) budget and everything. But my head is so scadered I can't really form sentences and its buzzing to the point it hurts. I'm not sleeping (maybe three hours). My in-laws asked me to go to my pdoc but he's not there until the second of June. Currently I'm taking my son and husbands abilify but my t wants me to take the seroquel until pdoc is back and stop the abilify. Her favorite saying to me is "slow down, sleep and take the seroquil" but if i take it for the next 3.5 wks wont it no longer be PRN? plus the 20 lbs that ill gain in less than a month.Even my son told me I'm forgetting to take my night time med. I'm so scared that I'll flip out in front of my husbands family. I don't want to ruin my relationships again or go psychotic so I need to keep this in the hypo maniac stage. I have no Dr to turn to until June second and that is the last time I see my pdoc. Then there's the events for the next couple of months that I swear are going to get me comited.

Run down of the next couple of months:
This weekend I have to entertain 14 people until sunday.
Sunday we drive 2 NYC
31 we drive home.

June
2nd t
5 pdoc
11 Miguel tuns 12.

July
5 Moving th
8 leave for 6 wks
11 Miguel leaves we don't see him until the second week of September.

August.
15 come home
Pack
29 move cross contery

I don't need mania. Will 3 weeks make seroquel not a PRN and will I gain 20 lbs? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

You're right -- you sure don't need mania thrown in the mix(!) PRN question… don't know. Not sure that really matters though, at least definition-wise. The main thing of course is to sleep. It's absolutely critical to keep mania at bay. I don't take Seroquel, so can't comment on that. Personally, I "change it up" when it comes to sleep aids. Maybe that is an option for you? Ideally, not to have to take anything, of course. (Which is a big haha, atm for me too). When something is needed, I go with what will be required to do the job, by assessing how big the gap is between my energy level and sleep. Then choosing accordingly. If Seroquel is what it's going to take, then Seroquel is what it would be. I think your T is totally right -- slow down and sleep. And take the meds prescribed for you.

Remember to employ all those non-med sleep habits of course too. Something I find very helpful are earplugs. (Meds or not.) Brings down the input level --my brain's noisy enough as it is, you know? (Bet you do!)

[Victoria'smom]

Its hard to do all those healthy hygiene things with others around but I have too. I've never thought of ear plugs.

They're great. They take a little getting used to, but worth it. I'm totally partial to those orange cylindrical ones they sell in the hardware store. Holding them in while they're expanding in your ear really makes a difference. It's quite noisy where I live (by an airport and plenty of trains too) and it usually doesn't bother me (sirens though, not a fan of those), but at night, when Brain is too busy for its own good, even little sounds feed it.

(I've found those elongated ones that taper useless. But somebody must be buyin' 'em, because they're all over the place. To each his own.)

The Earplug Connoisseur
(Hahaha)

[Victoria'smom]

I have ones to prevent swimmers ear. So I'll try that tonight. So far I'm not stressed with all 16 people here but I'm fidgety as hell. I'm not even parinod when they speak spanish

[Victoria'smom]

I'm down to sleeping maybe 3 hrs with prn. I did well with all the guests and only flipped **** a couple of times. One was when I decided to not only pack for my visit to my mother in laws but use that time to sort and pack ALL of our clothes for moving. So needless to say my husband was not happy with sorting clothes at mid night when he had to start driving at 8 am but we finished it. I've also managed to stack over 400 Lego's in rows and pack them. yes, that is what I'm doing to quiet my brain.

I also talked to my friend who I completely alienated when paranoid. She completely understands I cant promise it wont happen again because she feels it's out of my control. Just that I need to try to give her a warning when things aren't going well. She said the only reason she walked away was to give me time to get my footing because having her there "conspiring" against me wouldn't have helped my paranoia or our relationship. I'm still paranoid but my husband isn't against me.

How do you know when you slip into mania? I wish I knew how to head this off better but I think I'm reaching the end of my coping mechanisms. I almost yelled at my father in law for trying to not let me carry a bag half my size and more than that weight. but I have to or i'll just pace.

Hope all is well here and know I miss you.

[Victoria'smom]

Any ideas how to keep it together while (hypo) manic would be greatly appreciated. How do you tell if your hypo or full blown manic?

[redbandit]

I don't need mania. Will 3 weeks make seroquel not a PRN and will I gain 20 lbs? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.[/quote]

I'm sure you won't gain 20 lbs in 3 weeks. (am I reading this correctly?) I did gain weight with Seroquel, but it was gradual. I'm not completely sure if I can blame Seroquel for my weight gain, actually lol

I hope you feel better soon!

[Marshellette]

Weight can be lost, don't stress out. Talk to a good friend about your stress level or husband and maybe they can help out with routine chores. Good luck honey.

[Victoria'smom]

My husband knows as my sentience structure is muddled when talking. I've planed both a going away party and a welcome party. Ive set up all my sons school stuff up, but am figity. My Mother in law is worried about me.everything needs to be done now. We don't currently have the money to do what I need to do so I'm begging and borrowing money. I've bought a new wardrobe that im going to altar them. I have gained 5 lbs but I think it was me messing with abilfy.

My husband is trying to calm me but its not working.

[pawn78]

You sound like you are going to the manic end, you need to slow down, if seroquel is what it takes, then do it.

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[Victoria'smom]

Im taking the seroquel every other day but given last night and today I'm wondering how often a person can take a PRN? I'm kind of feeling this is the light side of hypomania. So that tells you how skewed my view in moods are.

[pawn78]

Can you call your Pdoc, tell him it's an emergency, that you are experiencing signs of mania. If that's not possible, call around to other doctors for help. Does the Pdoc have a backup for emergencies? Mania can be dangerous, and it sounds like you need a doctor's help, if you can.

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