Bipolar check-in #46

I like free options. Thumbs up for this.

Hi all,

newbie here. Another good solution is an app on ios called Medisafe. Its really nice because you can schedule meds throughout the day with reminders. Its very customizable. You can even have it remind someone else when you miss a dose, though I admit that I had to have my wife set this up on account of barely being technical. I hope that if you try it you find it works for you.

For my check-in, I'm exhausted today. Adjusted my dose of trazodone done to 150 mg today, so I'm hoping I'll be able to wake up better in the mornings and not be as groggy.

I don't use a pill box but I do use a free app called medisafe. It sends me a reminder to take my morning meds at 8am and my evening meds at 8pm. After you take it you mark it as taken in the app, so if you forget if you took it you can look at the app and see. The app also has goodrx built in, so you can see if you could get your medicine for cheaper, and it also notifies you about drug interactions.

All in all, I recommend! here's the website

Thanks for this tip, swimmingly. Welcome. Hope you get some rest!!

I feel like I'm missing out. I went for a walk today and it didn't do anything for me.

I feel joy and happiness only when something is happening. As soon as it's over, I go back to my low mood.

I eat, I feel good for a few moments, and then go back to feeling low.

This is not new, it has been going on for almost 3 years now. I'm just getting tired of it and am afraid I'm missing out on life.

Just going through the motions... "fake it until you make it" but never actually making it. So what's the point of faking then?

I see my therapist tomorrow at 2pm, really not doing well with psychosis stuff so I'm worried he'll want to send me inpatient or admit me to PHP.

Hey, Scooter--are you able to do any kind of vigorous aerobic exercise by chance? Running, which I hated to do, partly saved my life when I was so depressed in 2008. Cannot run now, so use the bike. Great for me. Exercise is as effective as meds for most depression. Just a thought.

Sending you strength, falcon. I just went through months of bad psychosis. Trilafon has really helped a lot. A ton.

If I go into PHP they're gonna start me on Clozaril, which I kinda want to do.

Thanks for the strength, and I'm glad the Trilafon has helped you

Yeah, I thought for sure it was Clozaril fo rme, but the pdoc said, no way, there are plenty of other good options first.

Hi swimmingly,

Welcome to PC's Bipolar Forum.

I hope you'll find the information and the support you may be seeking.
Hoping to see you around.

Well, I am really agitated today. I woke up in a good mood and was all happy and smiley, but now I am angry for no good reason. I feel like punching something.

I want to distract myself with TV, a book, etc., but I can't be bothered to do anything. I am just too angry to do anything and my concentration sucks right now. And of course, these problems only agitate me further.

I may need to go out for a bike ride later on because I think it may relax me. Or maybe I can take a klonopin because I got a new script.

I’m very restless today and nothing I’m doing is settling me down. I can’t focus. Probably time for clonazepam.

Welcome to PC, swimmingly! I'm glad you joined us!

I'm fine today. I was a little annoyed this morning that out of the blue my husband said that his friend and his friend's wife were going to visit us today. I know that many people don't mind unexpected drop-ins, but they are too stressful for me. I like more notice than a few hours. Plus, very often when his friend wants to get together, he won't commit to a time (even to come) until the last minute. That's even more stressful for me. So hubby and I were rushing to clean up the house. I was also thinking that I had little to offer as snacks/ hors d'oeuvres. I was thinking I'd have to go to the dreaded grocery store. I had some cookies yesterday, but ate a lot of them. Then about 20 minutes ago, they cancelled their visit. Well, sort of rude, sort of a relief, and at least my house is clean. I sweated up a storm. I will need to take a shower!

Nothing else I want to mention.

Lemme know if I can help steer you in the direction of a good headphone.

Get out there and distract yourself.

I do find that this kind of irritability and agitation is almost always associated with some emerging mania. Along wiht all this impulsiveness you have been sharing, I think you seem to be heading that way, at least from where I sit.

Been binge-watching Yellowstone with Kevin Costner. About a dysfunctional ranch family in Montana. My granddad was a rancher in Texas. Much of Oregon looks exactly like the scenery in the show, filmed at Yellowstone. Oregon, Idaho, Montana, parts of CA, all look extremely similar once you get inland near the mountains. Impossible really to tell where you are. Could be anywhere out here.

Anyhow, it has taken me back to West Texas and my childhood. Sure do miss my grandparents a lot. Wish we had never left Texas. Yes, there was way more financial opportunity, but to me, at this stage of my life, the chance to have a family I would take over big money any day of the week. Money really is the root of much evil. You need a place to stay that is safe and food and healthcare and stuff. Education. But other than that, all it does is get people into trouble, making terrible decisions and chasing things that mean nothing.

I got my bloodwork results back and it was decent. My creatinine is higher then it was before but he’s not worried. He said just to avoid certain pain medicines. But they couldn’t get the full bloodwork for some reason despite the fact there were two nurses getting my blood last Wednesday. So I have to go back on Friday. I was really hoping not to have to go back for a few months. I find it stressful going anywhere right now let alone a doctors office that’s located inside a hospital.

Doing pretty good to be honest I have been pretty stable lately with a few minor bouts of depression and mania. Went for a 160 mile motorcycle ride yesterday with the wife

I went for a walk again today. A little bit under an hour but close counts. This is what- the 4th day in a row that I've gone? Now I want a nap, but I got up only 3 hours ago? I got myself into some construction work today and ended up driving on the left side of the road. They had marked it one way and the other side was clearly blocked off. Luckily the road I wanted wasn't far away to get back on the main route. My mom keeps calling me "skinny". I'm quite sure that isn't the case but maybe I look a more normal shape. It's supposed to thunderstorm later this afternoon. I told n3- he says he's not going anywhere today. Weaning off the seroquel seems to be going just fine- still able to sleep normally. (This dose is just for sleep my pdoc said.)

Forth day in a row, almost or around 1 hour each? That's great! I wish I could say that. Keep at it, Moose!

Yes around 1 hour each, give or take. I like walking because then I can talk with my friend on the phone the whole time which makes the walk go faster. Fourty pounds down and about 40 to go!

I'm glad that your doctor is watching your creatinine level. I've heard of some psychiatrists being quite delinquent about that testing. Do drink a ton of water, too. I'm assuming you take Lithium based on your post. I had to stop that medication because of mild kidney damage. I can say that since I stopped (6 years ago???), my creatinine slightly improved, but I doubt it will ever be normal again. The goal is to at least keep the number the same. My nephrologist (kidney doctor) always tells me to "drink a lot of water". And that's even after I stopped the Lithium.

I don't know what happened today. It started off the best day ever, but now but I have plans like every day and I just don't want to. I don't want to go through with any of the relationships I started (both romantic and platonic). I wish I really had just dropped off the face of the earth, not figuratively for years. Idk if this makes any sense. It doesn't to me.