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Old Jun 10, 2017, 10:25 AM
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It's the first weekend since a Latuda increase yanked me out me out of 3 months of crippling depression. Now I'm sitting here drinking my coffee thinking, "d*** my house looks disgusting." Sigh...so overwhelmed right now.
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 10:30 AM
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I'm sitting here drinking water (from Starbucks ) and thinking the same thing about my apartment and I haven't changed meds in quite a while. (But I did just have a flood.)
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 10:42 AM
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Yeah, I'm just hanging out on the forum putting off starting on this. Granted, most of this is my son's crazy mess. Kid can trash a house in 2 seconds flat. It's amazing.
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 10:50 AM
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I feel like that all the time lol I'm not much of a cleaner. My son also causes a huge mess. He's six so I have him pick up his stuff at least but the dishes, vacuuming, laundry, etc fall to me. Right now I'm physically sick (fever, sore throat, etc) and I really want to vacuum but I just don't have the energy. Much like when I'm depressed.

When I was young my mom never ever cleaned so most of it fell to me. I was only ten so obviously I didn't keep on top of it. The living room used to get disgusting. So what I used to do is use scotch tape to create squares. Then I would clean one square at a time to avoid becoming overwhelmed. I do the same thing as an adult, minus the tape. I take it one room at a time and reward myself with frequent breaks. Christina on here oftten says to set a timer for fifteen minutes and clean for that amount of time and then take a break. I do that too.

I am glad you're feeling somewhat better! You'll be able to get your house in order soon. Try not to stress too much about it.
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 10:51 AM
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Yeah, I'm just hanging out on the forum putting off starting on this. Granted, most of this is my son's crazy mess. Kid can trash a house in 2 seconds flat. It's amazing.
Yeah they can! Thank goodness my daughter cleans. We are going grocery shopping after this. We have little food. Just this and that kind of food, nothing to make a real meal. Pasta but nothing to put on it; less than half a loaf of bread, etc. My eldest son came over to do a deep clean on the apartment (where he doesn't even live) when we were getting inspected quite a while ago now. So nice of him! So they can go the other way, too.
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 10:57 AM
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We are going grocery shopping after this. We have little food
Ugh I gotta do that too! I think maybe I'll clean awhile and then go to the pool. Maybe pizza for dinner. Save shopping for tomorrow. It's a gorgeous day here.

On a side note, I feel kind of amped. Hoping I'm not getting hypo. But then again, who cares? I don't have credit cards anymore. Or maybe this is what normal feels like? I dunno...
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 10:58 AM
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Really need to clean my house as well. Left it looking like a tornado hit it when I left. I struggle with cleaning the house with my depression. Going to fully enjoy this week, not think about it and tackle it when I get back.
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 11:08 AM
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Ugh I gotta do that too! I think maybe I'll clean awhile and then go to the pool. Maybe pizza for dinner. Save shopping for tomorrow. It's a gorgeous day here.

On a side note, I feel kind of amped. Hoping I'm not getting hypo. But then again, who cares? I don't have credit cards anymore. Or maybe this is what normal feels like? I dunno...
That's what we did two nights ago: Got pizza because we had no food. Then last night we had leftover pizza. Now tonight we will have groceries. I just hate actually putting things away and walking around the store choosing.

I feel like I was amped/hypo when I went to the eye doctor. I spent ~$170 on my exam, ~$400 on my contacts and ~$250 on my glasses. (Guesstimates.) So then I felt poor. But I am loving how well I can see! Then I think "Well this script will expire in a year probably..." then I start to feel bad, but then I think how much better I can see, so I start to feel good... etc.
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 11:49 AM
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I can relate.

We have a cleaner come once a month to deeply clean the common living areas and my mother's bed and bath. It gets pricey, so we clean the other areas. I get behind when depressed, which has been a long time now.

I also try to break tasks down into 30 minute increments.

I have company coming to stay in a month and need to deep clean the guest area which has been a temp. storage area all winter. I need to sort and clean!

Overwhelmed is the word.


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Old Jun 10, 2017, 11:56 AM
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It's the first weekend since a Latuda increase yanked me out me out of 3 months of crippling depression. Now I'm sitting here drinking my coffee thinking, "d*** my house looks disgusting." Sigh...so overwhelmed right now.
You sound a bit better!
I am glad the Latuda is helping you.

Latuda helped me very much for the first two months or so. Then something happened and I had to add stimulants. I cannot say Latuda is doing nothing; it's just no longer enough.

I hope Latuda continues to help you!

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Old Jun 10, 2017, 01:51 PM
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I've got most of my living/dining room area done and kitchen isn't too bad. Running out of steam now.
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Wish I could get a cleaner too. I have to do short spurts because my back hurts if I try to do more. It feels good to accomplish something, even doing the dishes.
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 03:21 PM
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Yeah I relate to the cleaning. My apt was bad after the long winter depression. I can only do a little at a time bc of my back as well. Wish I could afford an ongoing cleaning person from a reputable company, but I just can't.

Yeah it gets overwhelming. I feel ya.
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Old Jun 10, 2017, 08:00 PM
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GREAT that you cleaned today! That's a huge accomplishment. I hope Latuda is "the" med for you.
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