Bipolar check-in #47

Hi bpcylist. I hope you are able to get outside a bit or pick a pleasant project to focus on. Need not be a huge undertaking. Sometimes just getting started brings forth motivation that is otherwise unexpected. I really find that various coping methods can help break the patterns of the "blips", yes as I call them. Not always, but a lot.

This is the second time in 30 days that I had convinced myself that I took my evening medications, when in fact I didn't. What happens is 1 am rolls around and I'm telling myself "I know I took them. I just know." Then when I actually go downstairs and check, I didn't. I just flat out don't sleep, if I miss/forget/skip my Seroquel XR. Both times I took them around 1:30 am or so. This morning, and the last time, I suffered mild consequences in the morning. It's so important for me to always take my medications and to take them no earlier or later than between 5 pm and 9 pm.

I had a video session with my psychiatrist yesterday. He allowed me to stop the morning dose of Seroquel XR, which was 50 mg of the 700 mg. It was unique, usually I do almost all of the talking (I'm more than capable), but yesterday he did a lot, too. We actually talked mostly about his upcoming vacation, the location, and his take on video sessions. It was a light-hearted conversation. I felt quite good afterwards.

Thanks, BirdDancer. After reading this, I realize that I took some meds this morning, but I am not sure which ones or how much. I really need to get a pill box thingy. Maybe next month when I get paid...

No need to wait -- they sell pill boxes at Dollar Tree. I find them indispensable.

That's my kind of store. Do you know if they are open here, IZ?

Thanks, BirdDancer. After reading this, I realize that I took some meds this morning, but I am not sure which ones or how much. I really need to get a pill box thingy. Maybe next month when I get paid...

Make your own until you can get one. Daily envelopes. Use an ice cube tray and label each row with the days. Portion them out in little baggies and write the name of the pills and what time to take them on each. Get creative. Just use the concept in a way that gets you by. Dorking up your meds is a path to no place good.

Make your own until you can get one. Daily envelopes. Use an ice cube tray and label each row with the days. Portion them out in little baggies and write the name of the pills and what time to take them on each. Get creative. Just use the concept in a way that gets you by. Dorking up your meds is a path to no place good.

Good suggestion, fern--thanks. Nurses are definitely the worst patients, but doctors are for sure the second worst.