[Wild Coyote]

Just getting in from taking my mom to the ER again. Gall bladder attack this time. She came home with me, as the attack let up. 7 hours in the ER.

Not going out again tonight. -6F without adding in wind chill.

We will see the New Year in at home.

Happy New Year to All!


WC

Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

Just getting in from taking my mom to the ER again. Gall bladder attack this time. She came home with me, as the attack let up. 7 hours in the ER.

Not going out again tonight. -6F without adding in wind chill.

We will see the New Year in at home.

Happy New Year to All!


WC

Sorry to hear that, WC.

I'm glad she was able to leave with you. Hopefully she's doing a little better now.

[Wild Coyote]

Thanks, Blue!


WC

[Sunflower123]

Happy New Year. Sending out hugs and best wishes to everyone on the thread for a peaceful, healing 2018.

[VerMOZZica]

Happy New year to everyone here on the PC Forums. I'm just spending a quiet evening at home. I'm just about to go to bed I don't have to stay up until midnight. Again I hope you all have a very happy new year !

[Nammu]

Happy New Years to all!

[xRavenx]

Happy New Year everyone. I hope that 2018 is a better year.

I'm just trying to stay positive, but that is difficult. I had dinner with family and committed my plan to not drink a lot of alcohol. I just had one drink and feel relieved that I was able to limit myself to just that. I'm a little bit gloomy to be honest and have my mind on a lot of the losses experienced in 2017 and feel a little lonely, but I'm glad the day and night are over with. Everyone around me is getting sick too, and I feel like I am starting to catch a cold. I'm supposed to go back to work Tuesday, so it's bad timing. It puts extra pressure on me to not miss any more days, but hopefully things won't get worse. My anxiety is still pretty high.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by xRavenx

Happy New Year everyone. I hope that 2018 is a better year.

I'm just trying to stay positive, but that is difficult. I had dinner with family and committed my plan to not drink a lot of alcohol. I just had one drink and feel relieved that I was able to limit myself to just that. I'm a little bit gloomy to be honest and have my mind on a lot of the losses experienced in 2017 and feel a little lonely, but I'm glad the day and night are over with. Everyone around me is getting sick too, and I feel like I am starting to catch a cold. I'm supposed to go back to work Tuesday, so it's bad timing. It puts extra pressure on me to not miss any more days, but hopefully things won't get worse. My anxiety is still pretty high.

(((((( xRavenx ))))))

Thinking of you.

WC

[bpforever1]

I am doing well and just ate chicken pot pie, salad, strawberry pie with coffee. I am happy!! Nice way to start the New Year's! I feel pretty good and want to start working again. I have some chores to do and administrative tasks. I also have other items to tackle for this year. I'm getting a teaching certificate also and am enrolled in courses. I want to also learn Japanese but keep procrastinating. I am semi-fluent but this is not good enough.

I feel this year will be a good year. I am going to try to avoid online dating sites for awhile. I have enough contacts with other men for now. There are just acquaintances except the man with an alcohol problem. He is doing well too and did not drink at all for New Year's Eve because he stayed alone and has a fever. It is also minus 15 in Michigan. I am going to keep in contact with him and try to encourage him. I hope to meet him again in the future under better circumstances. That is, I hope he will do something with his drinking by the next time we meet. Writing him keeps me busy too.

I'm doing wonderful and am truly happy!! Happy New Year to you all!!

[Naynay99]

I keep writing and deleting stuff on here.
I suppose I am okay. I'm still here and that's not nothing.
New Year's Eve was spent alone in my pjs(from the previous nite) watching reruns of
Breaking bad. Ah well. It's always a anticlimatic holiday for me. Makes those of us who are single feel pathetic if we don't have some fabulous plans. Unlike Xmas which is a family holiday, New Years is more a friend or couple thing. That's okay. To me as a teacher sept 1 always feels more like the new year than Jan 1 does anyway.

Wishing u all a 2018 that is Full of good things.

I am having really bad new year depression.

ugg it is terrible

having really bad thoughts about things

[xRavenx]

I can relate to all who are mentioning that New Year's is a trigger and causing even more depression....
This is exactly what I am experiencing, and the thoughts are even worse today then yesterday. I am just feeling really unworthy and lonely, yet at the same time feel the need to be alone to protect myself and just out of the need to isolate. My anxiety is through the roof, even on Klonopin. I didn't sleep until 5:30 AM and only had a light sleep. I see my pdoc Saturday, and I'm honestly not sure where to begin. I don't want to go on Lithium, because I am scared of needing all the blood work and health risks, but I have to be honest with my pdoc about the depression. My pdoc says we're limited as far as mood stabilizers, because I am on the highest Lamictal dose.

[hopeless2015]

Sending hugs to everyone!!

Been a lazy day here. Morning temps were -32. Not going out in that. Pot of chili on the stove right now. Back to work tomorrow. It will be good to get back into a routine.

[Pookyl]

Wishing everyone well from the hot part of the world. 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.) and 70% humidity. I’m having to run an aircon just to stop my meds melting together!

3 weeks of ‘normal’ although Sui thoughts for 2 days. It was weird because I was fixated on the Sui of someone else who is very much alive.

My pdoc wants me to trial TMS this year to see if that would help keep me stable. I’m almost willing to trial anything.

[251turnaround]

Tired tired tired! I even had two cups of tea!

I'm really missing the Adderall now, but otherwise I think I've been pretty stable the past week and a half.

[bpforever1]

I am doing ok. I still have a need to talk to my crazy family and called them but they don't pick up. So, I'm going to bed. Today, I accomplished some goals. I hope tomorrow I can wake up in the morning, take a shower, and go out. Afterwards, I want to do one module of my courses.

[99fairies]

Iv'e been up since 4am cleaning. I think I'm a bit hypo but I'm fine with that. My meds make it near impossible to go into actual mania. I'm sorry for all of you who are depressed and suffering right now. You are in my thoughts. Big hugs.

[Wild Coyote]

Terrible day. Migraine, feverish, cold symptoms starting, fatigued.
I hope tomorrow is better!

Love to All!


WC

[Naynay99]

Feeling a little less full of dread in rento my job.
Idk. It's freezing outside and I'm feeling like crap.
But I did manage to bring breakfast and lunch today, so ate healthy.
My coworker friends are doing a weight loss challenge between us- it should help motivate me a bit I think. I hope so.
I decided to go away for a long weekend to fla and my frIend said he may tag along which would be cool.
I suppose doing okay. Starting light box this week. Gonna have to use it in late afternoon bc I can't wake up any earlier than I already do for work. Hope it helps some.

[Nammu]

Broke the seal of the door and ventured forth into the artic cold on this warmest day of the year so far at 4F and -12 windchill got the ever important cheese and TP too. Dreaming of temps above 32F .....maybe someday soon?

The coolest thing in the world happened today

We're getting a f_cking blizzard on Thursday and I had to cancel my pdoc appt as a result, and now the earliest I can get in is Jan 31st. And who knows about my rexulti samples. Probably won't be seeing those in a while. And when I do get to see my pdoc, he'll probably say, "ok, enjoy your meds. never see you again" (because he's leaving the practice).

What an awesome month it's going to be, and sh_t has only just started to hit the fan

[scatterbrained04]

Yesterday I actually had a pretty good day. Got a lot of cleaning done around the house and my BF came over for dinner. I made sure to make pork and saurkraut for good luck for the new year.

Today I worked from home and mostly still am feeling pretty good. Go back to working in the office starting tomorrow after being out a week and a half. Afraid I'm going to get slammed with stuff. Really hope this better mood can stick around.

[liveforsummer]

Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy 2018

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by liveforsummer

Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy 2018

wishing you the same!
Great to hear from you!

WC

[Victoria'smom]

I didn’t think I’d make it through the new year. The thoughts were strong. I’m jealous of my husband being well enough to try and get into college again. I know he has about 12 years before he gets the degree he wants if he goes part time and it’ll be hard for him but I’m sitting here stressed as hell about volunteering 1x a week and celebrating a year of no hospitals.I know that’s a big accomplishment for me. Not that I wish him unwell but why can’t I just be happy for him? I know we’ll have to pay for it since he’s out of financial aid. (we had a habit of signing up for school when manic and failing out when depressed). I’m sitting here knowing I’ll never complete my degree. I’ll never really work. This is as good as it gets for me. I’ve decided to try to get my loans discharged. I waited on it because I wanted to go back to school but I’m looking at the reality that that’s not going to happen.