Grinch

Monday my pdoc diagnosed my current state as a severe mixed episode. I often am mixed but usually moderate is as bad as it gets except for brief periods. I've spent the week with horrible, intense, and wild mood swings.

Today I woke up with bronchitis. Which would be bad enough (especially since I'll be exposing my nieces tomorrow) but bronchitis means that I have to use the asthma treatments I usually choose to not use, opting for some mild wheezing over the mood swings. But now I'm on the inhaler and need to do the nebulizer but keep putting it off because it is so loud and I don't want to listen to it.

I can tell I'm going to be a just what everyone wanted this Christmas...germy, moody and tired.

I'll be wearing my grinch suit to warn people (not really but I wish I had a grinch suit).

It's horrible being sick for the holidays, and I am sure the mixed episode makes it much worse. I wish I had some good advice for you-- but I do have some good wishes. I hope you make it through the day, and feel better soon.

I feel you. Today I came down with a debilitating migraine and am currently sitting in the dark with an ice pack on my head watching TV movies on the Oprah channel.
Earlier in the day I had a mini meltdown crying because it's so uncomfortable and the Christmas season is just a ****** time for me in general.
I'm hoping it will get better by tomorrow so I can at least participate in some family stuff with my in laws. That's stressful in and of itself but I feel so guilty about not beIng there.

You can borrow mine ....

I know it sucks to be sick at this time esp around family .... But I want to wish you a Merry Christmas anyway ... peace my friend.

Everyone is always sick during Christmas around here. Last Christmas eve our daughter was running a 101 degree temperature and we both had the flu. Right now my husband has the flu and is running a temperature so I don't think we're going to be able to visit my parents tomorrow. And I feel like I'm getting what he has.

Sigh.

I hope you feel better soon rainbow. Big hugs!

I'm sorry to hear about your bronchitis. I had it a few years ago. Not fun. My neck is still a bit stiff/painful from the last bit of tonsillitis I'm going through. I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks everyone. I made it through Christmas festivity one with only a bunch of harsh coughing. Next is tomorrow morning, possibly watching my nieces open presents on facetime and then my mom, brother and I do gifts and then my mom and I drive to my sister's for Christmas 3 with their family. I get lots of purell and cough drops.

Hopefully my steroid for my asthma will not affect my mood until tomorrow night. I have to do breathing treatments too which is not good since they agitate me. But my asthma is really angry right now. This is why everyone needs vaccinations. I am allergic to the Dtap shot and so rely on herd immunity for diptheria, pertussis and tetanus and herd immunity failed me with pertussis and I got the full-blown, horrible illness 5 years ago. That damaged my lungs and left me with asthma and now every cold or bronchitis is a bipolar nightmare.

Blech.

Sorry to hear that you're sick. I've had bronchitis before and I know how painful that is.

I do hope you feel better soon and manage to get through all the festivities.

I survived. I'm strangely now engaged in a conversation with my sister about hurt and anger regarding our brother who is a s*x off#nder (sorry, but don't want anyone to accidentally find me that way), recently sentenced and we're coping very differently. This is our first really open conversation about it in 2 years. But weird day for it.

I managed to not rip anyone's head off or cough on anyone so I think my work as someone with a mixed episode and bronchitis was done.

Now I need to use the nebulizer, wait for cough syrup time and take a PRN so that I can make up for last night's 3.5 hours of sleep.My mood is too high to sleep right now and the neb. won't help but hopefully the PRN will in a few hours. I am really tired.

And so glad that is over.

I'm sorry to hear about your brother. That must be very hard.

I managed to survive today too, and it was nice to see my family. My sister and I used to be very close when we were kids, so I hope we'll be able to hang out and talk more often. I drank too much but oh well. It is christmas. Lol! I'm probably going to be so sick tomorrow!

Merry christmas!

It's not easy. He was just sentenced a few weeks ago and that's been difficult. I'm in a very angry phase (although anger is not really right, more hurt and feeling betrayed and disgusted and struggling to understand how he could do what he did) right now. My sister hasn't had anything to do with him since and this is our first real discussion of it. I'm SO GLAD the holiday is over and I can deal with how I'm feeling for a while without seeing him.

I'm glad yours went well. Hope you are ok in the morning!