Bipolar check in #39

Checking in. Good day so far.
Went to the gym this morning - still feeling like dying at the 20min mark. I hope my body gets with the program sooner rather than later. I am just sooooo unfit and moving my heavy body is hard work.

Hope everyone is doing ok. Hugs to those who need them.

Maybe not PC for city dwellers but the reality is the overpopulation of deer is very harmful for the eco system. About 10 years ago they put a limit of up to 8-10 per person! Food banks were filled to the Max, so much going to soup kitchens. The herds had to be thinned. Around us more people than not depend on venison to feed them year round as long as they process and freeze correctly.

There are reports of more of the “ wasting disease “ is growing and now there is a form of tuberculosis being found in deer up North.. these animals need to be removed from breeding.

As long as a hunter eats or donates what they harvest I have no problems. Trophy hunters ??? I loath that they exist.. monsters !

Tell the nephews to bring you some!!

Ohh sounds yummy !!

I'm now on Prednisone due to an asthmatic/bronchitis type of thing. I'm not even going to try to sleep.

I hate this drug so much but it saves my life all the time

Yes I love that App !! Really big savings can be found I havent tried the pick up service yet, but I do plan on trying it, probably if I get my yearly bronchitis and too worried about my husband going out in peak flu germs times etc in our town. I have legit called my doctors office last year many times asking if they are seeing alot of flu or other lung infections ... I we can decide if it’s really smart to go out even tho we had our flu shots I don’t want to take risks with especially my husband health.

Agree 100% yeah my theory of the wasting desiese is that man is not as good as natural predators at thinking the herds. Man shoots the big bucks and prime game while the natural predators take out the sick and infirm. Man leaves the weaker animals to propagate.

Your able to notice your not doing so well already in various areas of your life. Yet your choosing to not take your medications as prescribed ?? when you just shared numerous things that you know are causing problems? This just confuses me

As for your needing 3 hours to deal with your hair ??? Obviously your not brushing it daily. Why has your personal hygiene gotten to this point? That’s a sign things are not going well.. brushing hair daily is at most 5-10 mins at most ?

Your playing with Fire and you will get burnt.

Your wanting Miguel to be serious about taking his medication and working to feel better ... yet your showing him again those things are not important to you. Parents should = role models.

Good luck.

I can't sleep....again.

Worried that the Effexor has made me manic

Oh damn I’m so sorry your dealing with this. Yes the prednisone is awful for people with BP. I can’t sleep more than 1-2 hours a night when taking that vile much needed medication.

I finally see the pulmonary specialist this Thursday and I’m sure I will be put back on a high dose of prednisone, again almost 9 weeks I’m dealing with it.

But we need to breath !! Feel better soon

Hi whatever,

If you feel you do better on Seroquel, then please do call you pdoc..

What's it like when your mood swings upward?

I do recall your having noted that "human faces are bothering me," in the past.

Is it possible you are experiencing a mood swing?

I am so sorry you are feeling unwell !

Keep reachiing out!

is there anything you can do that helps?

grounding exercises help me when im feeling a bit manic

Exactly !

I hope you are feeling better.

I have been taking my meds as prescribed since before August. I don't go off this meds because they're so easy. I was on this medicine before August and taking it regularly but it wasn't a high enough dose. Just in the past month have they raised the dose to 20 milligrams. I only know it was before August because that's when I started at the other clinic. My head spinning so I'm talking instead of writing. So I am taking my medicine even though I'd like to stop. I'm a put a tickeron the bottom of my signature again.

I haven't brushed my hair in a while. I usually don't go out without my hair brushed but recently it's like whatever. I know I have to figure out something to do with my hair . It's way too long it's almost down to my butt it takes way too long to brush. Usually I get it cut in the summer and then let it go out for the rest of the year but the past two years I haven't got it cut.

I want to keep this happiness. I miss this me. Things may not be going the best but I'm happy and that should count for something.

How are you doing now?

I'd left a post for you, yet I had failed to tie it to one of your posts so you would know. My apologies. I was just checking in with you

Only got 4 hours of sleep. It's my own fault though. I had quite a bit of caffeine yesterday. Might take a nap later.

Good Morning Scooter!

Have been thinking of you and am wondering how you are doing this morning? I hope your pdoc has gotten back to you.

Hi WC - I had quite the evening and night but it looks like the episode has passed.

Things got a little difficult to handle for a while but I managed. I avoided certain activities as you suggested and did something else.

I skipped my Mirapex dose and managed to sleep and stay in bed for the night even though my sleep was broken up.

My pdoc got back to me late and suggested I take Mirapex in the morning and see how things go for a couple of days.

I took it this morning and 6 hours later I'm ok: not hypomanic. At work, I'm working quickly and thinking fast but not like yesterday. Maybe things will continue to calm down.

That was a really awful experience. Such a big boost from being depressed right to the other extreme. It's hard to describe the huge contrast it was for me. After struggling to keep myself from going to low, I was suddenly way up.

Thanks for thinking of me

I fell asleep around 3am, woke up and I'm feeling quite a bit better.

Checking in. I’m in a good mood and feel happy today. Today’s trip back to WOW was only a little awkward and I had a good time. I love pot luck meals. So many delicious treats!

I slipped away twice to resolve a conflict that I was having with someone on PC. I increasingly find that if you respond with an open heart and mind when you’re able things have a much better chance of working out. It is now resolved satisfactorily.

The movie last night, Overcomer, was good. It’s religious in theme and I really enjoyed it.

I’m putting my pinched nerve on the back burner for right now. I’m going to address things in order of severity. Seems logical to me. I have a test tomorrow and Friday. The test I’m waiting on is November 19th and they’ll be able to tell me the results as the test proceeds. I’m calm and zen now about these issues. It helps to type it out though.

Hugs to all.

Winter has arrived here. First was the time change that brought the dark an hour earlier, now snow. Wish I could hibernate.

I hear you on it getting dark early and wanting to hibernate. Did you get a lot of snow?

Not so much, I think it was 4 inches over night then it started snowing again and has been snowing the last couple of hours. It's just so early and it last so long. If it only snowed December and January maybe even part of February it would be a lot more tolerable, but snow for 6 months is much to much.

6 months is a looonnnggg time to put up with snow.