[Moose72]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

Just spent 1 hr trying to resolve one of my stolen credit cards... ugh

$973.78 worth of fraudulent charges charged to my account.

Thank god the card has been canceled and no one can charge anything to it anymore.

I'm sorry that happened to you!

[bizi]

WE had $3,000 taken from our checking account. awful
sorry
bizi

[Unrigged64072835]

Sorry that happened to you, Blue.

Not much happened today. Daughter did laundry so will have to do ours tomorrow. Debating on whether to go to church tomorrow.

[Moose72]

I took a shower tonight so I just can throw my clothes on in the morning before church. The director is cracking the whip on people being late.

[Nammu]

Thanks to getting some sleep I actually did stuff today, nothing fancy just routine stuff that was falling by the wayside. Showered, washed the bedding, returned stuff to the store bought groceries and got gas before my pts run out. Feel like doing something more but now that I'm back in my tiny home town there's nothing to do.

[bizi]

nammu, sounds like a productive saturday!
bizi

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by Moose72

I took my son out today. Stopped in to the fish store. Been there bazillion times but not recently. Asked them what it would take to start a 30 gallon cube salt tank. Turns out that with coral fish tank etc it would be $300-500. My hypo spending side was so close to buying!! I then thought I could wait for my tax refund so we left. Now I just think of how many bills that is. Sigh

Is this hypo mind or rational mind or a combo? I can't tell. I still want a fish tank!

[VerMOZZica]

Having a pretty quiet saturday. Didn`t get much done today.

[bioChE]

Originally Posted by Moose72

Is this hypo mind or rational mind or a combo? I can't tell. I still want a fish tank!

You've said in other threads that you're poor. Spending $300-500 on a fish tank isn't something I would do if I were having problems buying groceries and gas. It's not necessarily hypo to want something, but I think you did the wise thing by not buying the tank and taking time to think about it.

In other news, yesterday my shrink increased my Lamictal from 200 to 300mg. We're trying to stave off the depressive episodes I've been having, and I hope it'll work. I had asked for Wellbutrin, but he said he didn't want to destabilize me. Fair enough, I can see that point of view. Still want the Wellbutrin though, for the antidepressant properties and for the activation/energy side of things. We'll see.

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by bioChE

You've said in other threads that you're poor. Spending $300-500 on a fish tank isn't something I would do if I were having problems buying groceries and gas. It's not necessarily hypo to want something, but I think you did the wise thing by not buying the tank and taking time to think about it.

In other news, yesterday my shrink increased my Lamictal from 200 to 300mg. We're trying to stave off the depressive episodes I've been having, and I hope it'll work. I had asked for Wellbutrin, but he said he didn't want to destabilize me. Fair enough, I can see that point of view. Still want the Wellbutrin though, for the antidepressant properties and for the activation/energy side of things. We'll see.

Why would Wellbutrin destabilize you? It worked wonders for me but I was coming off mania when I was put on it. Go figure.

As for poor, I pay my bills every month. Can't unrich people have dips? I'm still bipolar and still get the "I need to buy this urge". Your posts to me have been rather personal and negative lately and I'm not happy about it.

[bioChE]

Originally Posted by Moose72

Why would Wellbutrin destabilize you? It worked wonders for me but I was coming off mania when I was put on it. Go figure.

As for poor, I pay my bills every month. Can't unrich people have dips? I'm still bipolar and still get the "I need to buy this urge". Your posts to me have been rather personal and negative lately and I'm not happy about it.

Hey Moose, I apologize for offending you. That's not my intent at all. The crux of what I was saying was in the last sentence which was praising you for making the wise decision to take time and plan for the expense. However you do it; if it's a tax return splurge or whatever, that's a great way of planning for the purchase.

My own finances are very tight due to a couple large debts I incurred while manic, and the only way I've gotten ahold of it is to work with a budget and do my best to plan for expenses. It's done a lot to curb my own impulse spending, and I commend anyone who takes the time to think before dropping a large sum on an impulse purchase. You asked if it was hypo, and I don't think it was. It's perfectly natural to want things - the hypo behavior would have been to buy the tank and then add on a couple really expensive fish.

Regarding the Wellbutrin, I think the doc is afraid of pushing me towards mania. Part of the reason I want it is because you have shared your positive experiences with it, and for that I thank you. The depressions I've experienced over the last months have been kinda dark, and they appear out of nowhere, last for a couple days, and then lift. It's a strange set of moods that I've not experienced before, and I'm kind of at a loss regarding what to do about them. My fear for the Lamictal increase is that it has the potential to make my mood flat and not let me experience any joys.

We'll see what happens. Again Moose, please accept my apologies for offending you.

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by bioChE

Hey Moose, I apologize for offending you. That's not my intent at all. The crux of what I was saying was in the last sentence which was praising you for making the wise decision to take time and plan for the expense. However you do it; if it's a tax return splurge or whatever, that's a great way of planning for the purchase.

My own finances are very tight due to a couple large debts I incurred while manic, and the only way I've gotten ahold of it is to work with a budget and do my best to plan for expenses. It's done a lot to curb my own impulse spending, and I commend anyone who takes the time to think before dropping a large sum on an impulse purchase. You asked if it was hypo, and I don't think it was. It's perfectly natural to want things - the hypo behavior would have been to buy the tank and then add on a couple really expensive fish.

Regarding the Wellbutrin, I think the doc is afraid of pushing me towards mania. Part of the reason I want it is because you have shared your positive experiences with it, and for that I thank you. The depressions I've experienced over the last months have been kinda dark, and they appear out of nowhere, last for a couple days, and then lift. It's a strange set of moods that I've not experienced before, and I'm kind of at a loss regarding what to do about them. My fear for the Lamictal increase is that it has the potential to make my mood flat and not let me experience any joys.

We'll see what happens. Again Moose, please accept my apologies for offending you.

Thanks for explaining! Yes I was thinking of my tax return. However I do have two kids at home (and one away) and that money might just be better spent on them.

From what I've read, Wellbutrin does not have a reputation for mania like Zoloft does as they are different types of anti depressants.

You'll still need lamictal with an antidepressant. I was on Zoloft (mono therapy) before diagnosis and still hallucinated. I didn't realize that's what was happening at the time though.

Thank you for you apology and your pm. They were very welcome.

[bizi]

drank a bottle of wine and
walked 2 miles (40 minutes) in the neighborhood with hubby.
bizi

[Standup2me]

Wanting to leave the province where we live, but the housing market has bottomed out.
So I am feeling trapped, and angry at myself for coming here in the first place.

[bizi]

Originally Posted by Standup2me

Wanting to leave the province where we live, but the housing market has bottomed out.
So I am feeling trapped, and angry at myself for coming here in the first place.

YOu are human and did what you thought was right for you at the time.....
bizi

I really don't know where the weekend's gone

saturday just went by really quickly

can't believe it's all ready sunday

[Wander]

Well, made it through work today. Last night I was physically tired but VERY agitated so I went to bed and meditated (well tried) for a while in hope I would fall asleep. Being awake was too painful. Instead I lay there for nearly five hours, apart from getting up a couple of times, and couldn't meditate or bring myself to do anything productive. I ended up sleeping till 7am, about 5.5 hours sleep. I felt awful when I woke but managed to take some meds (extra Abilify and Clonazepam) and get to work.

The odd thing is that somewhere throughout the busy work day I switched into energised and happy. I came home and played guitar for an hour. Now I feel like going to a party but have nowhere to go. BP is a funny thing. Just hope I can sleep tonight but at least the next few days are full of downtime. Oh, I forgot, I am seeing my pdoc on Tuesday (the one who ditched me over religion but I have to see until I get a new pdoc), with my parents too. I only hope he doesn't trigger me or try to push me into taking Topomax. I think considering all the stress I am under I am doing well so I don't think med change is needed.

[Moose72]

I'm up wide awake ready to go to church. My son is not. I'm going to wake him up soon. My daughter is up though. That's what I get for going to bed at 8.

[bizi]

Wander I doubt he will make any med changes....sorry you had a rough sleep last night.
going kayaking as an anti superball activity with a girl friend of mine later this afternoon.
on to my 2nd cup of coffee, then out to brunch with hubby.
bizi
Make it a great day yall!

[Moose72]

Church went well. Now we are getting our steps in wandering downtown. Stopped to fuel up on a submarine sandwich. Going to resume step counting soon.

[Moose72]

Wander, don't let him push you into topomax - especially if he's not going to be around for the follow-through.

[Smileonmyface]

proud of myself for staying more even-keyed lately. Maybe that is thanks to the latuda. i will hope so.

[scatterbrained04]

I feel like a monster.

[bioChE]

Having a good day. Went to church where I heard the sermon, then helped with the refreshments afterwards. Worked on a birdhouse that my daughter and I are building, and now going to a kids' club. Will be home just in time to catch the kickoff. Good so far, and looking forward to a good rest of the day.

I don't know if it's my new Monster Energy replacement supplements or what, but the last days have been really good ones. Hope to continue the streak.

[hopeless2015]

It's been a good weekend, still sleeping a lot though