Bipolar check-in #64

Welcome back Jane! Thanks for the support.

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Thanks Jane ! Glad you’re back

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😳 Wow! It's not cheap to move. And as to your last two sentences... 😲

Thanks everyone for belated birthday wishes !

Beth ! Good for you for doing a formal complaint ! Hope the new provider will be a great fit !!

Soupe how was the fair?

Moose I’m so sorry you deal with migraines. I use to get at least 7-8 a month but I only had one very mild after my Hysterectomy in 2004 and none since. They are brutal. I hope you can get the at home injectable’s so you can get relief faster.

Well I woke up in agony. We got a dumb cold front move through yesterday and my Fibro and PsA is brutal !!! I even asked Steve to get up with the dogs this morning. I always do it because most mornings he really needs his breathing treatments and inhalers before he can walk much. But this morning I just could not get up.

I took a shower but even the water hitting my skin had me in tears. None of this pain is new and usually I just deal with it . Chronic severe pain really sucks the life out of me sometimes. So today I guess I’ll whine. Ugh

Hey I’m Missing Wildflower… anyone know if she’s okay ?

Gentle hugs and cookies to anyone in need

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Migraine is back. 😬😣 And at this point if it gets worse I'll have to call an ambulance to take me to the ER as I've taken the max amount in the last 24 hours.

I swear migraines are hormone related mine stoped after menopause.

Oh I’m so sorry. Back in the day I don’t recall what my medicine was called but it too was limited. I could only get like 15-16 for a month. They are terrible.

Mine sure seemed to be. They picked way up in perimenopause and now after menopause I still get 1-2 per month but they are not a big deal. I usually even am able to tolerate light during them. I can only have 2 useless triptans with the MAOI I'm on so I get scripts for vicodin. I haven't needed a refill in 3 years and still have plenty. I don't miss the awful ones from the past.

Hope you feel better Moose and that it lasts.

I almost wonder if she has a mental illness of some sort. If so, such behavior still shouldn't be allowed to affect others in such significant ways. That's why I sort of thought she might be better served by a career field that limits interaction with people who need good bedside manners.

Yes, you do, @whatever2013. I like the way you think on this!

I find satisfaction in life depends on how we think about things. Two people in the exact same situation can feel notably different depending on how they frame different situations in their minds. The brain is a powerful and interesting organ.

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Originally Posted by rwwff HI all, haven't posted in a long time, just checking-in in the checking-in thread. Seeing my semi-new pdoc this coming week and been a bit down for a couple months, with some SI each evening when I get tired. Not sure why, there's no reason for it; not to mention that I've worked fairly hard at actually getting tired and going to sleep at about the same time each evening (9-10pm). Kinda concerned as I haven't talked about that with this newish doctor before and I'm not sure where he'd draw the line. I just really don't have time to spend in a hospital right now, and think it'd be more than a little overmuch for what I'm experiencing. I do wonder a bit whether dropping the trazadone has led to this state of affairs, it is an antidepressant after-all. I just felt proud of myself at the improvement in my sleep routine and being able to keep it going without the assistance.

Hi rwwff, I'm glad you've checked in. It's wonderful that you've established a good sleep routine. I do hope you'll tell your pdoc about how you've been feeling. You know how it goes...if you're only "having thoughts", but don't have "a plan" your pdoc will almost surely look at medication, rather than hospitalization.

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Originally Posted by ~Christina Thanks everyone for belated birthday wishes ! Beth ! Good for you for doing a formal complaint ! Hope the new provider will be a great fit !! Soupe how was the fair? Moose I’m so sorry you deal with migraines. I use to get at least 7-8 a month but I only had one very mild after my Hysterectomy in 2004 and none since. They are brutal. I hope you can get the at home injectable’s so you can get relief faster. Well I woke up in agony. We got a dumb cold front move through yesterday and my Fibro and PsA is brutal !!! I even asked Steve to get up with the dogs this morning. I always do it because most mornings he really needs his breathing treatments and inhalers before he can walk much. But this morning I just could not get up. I took a shower but even the water hitting my skin had me in tears. None of this pain is new and usually I just deal with it . Chronic severe pain really sucks the life out of me sometimes. So today I guess I’ll whine. Ugh Hey I’m Missing Wildflower… anyone know if she’s okay ? Gentle hugs and cookies to anyone in need Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ugh, I'm so sorry you're in such pain. Yes...chronic pain is vicious.

That's right! Wildflower....are you out there? Please check in

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Originally Posted by Moose72 Migraine is back. 😬😣 And at this point if it gets worse I'll have to call an ambulance to take me to the ER as I've taken the max amount in the last 24 hours.

Oh, no. Migraines are hell on earth. Keep us posted

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Originally Posted by Nammu I swear migraines are hormone related mine stoped after menopause.

I had screaming migraines, I'd be in such pain and so sick, from my teens through menopause. I still get them, but they are mild and treatable. I agree with you.

Two days ago I felt that I needed to call my daughter and leave a message for her. I did, nothing major. Just told her I was thinking of her and hope she's doing well, and that I love her.

I must have been feeling her need for support. Then today, all day I had the "haints"...felt like something was dogging me. Nothing to do but wait when I feel like that.

When I spoke with David tonight he said he'd just gotten off the phone with our daughter, that she had called him. Our daughter, N., lives in New York City, she's going to university there for her Ph.D. Last month her husband (they've been married for 10 years) flew out to see her. He told her he'd met someone and is involved with her. He wants a divorce.


I'm not surprised at all, for so many reasons. It's sad, though.

Well, I have to figure out how I'm going to sleep tonight. Took a bit of Seroquel last night and slept great. Oh, I suppose I'll take it again tonight. Hopefully the new provider on Monday will have some ideas.

Hugs and love all around. I hope that everyone who is in pain feels better tonight.

@rwwff, it's nice to see you here again. I'm glad to read that you have a good sleep routine. As for SI's, I'd certainly hope you could talk about them. I should think that if you have no set plan that your newish pdoc wouldn't push hospitalization. If we were hospitalized every time the thought went through our heads, many of us would be living at the hospital. I'm sure you can easily differentiate them from other past ones.

@~Christina, I'm sorry you are in so much pain from your fibro. I hope the weather and other conditions improve so you get some relief. I'm sure Steve doesn't mind taking over the morning dog walking duty every so often. Occasionally my husband puts on breakfast for me.

We did go to the expat fair. As with similar things, Hubby immediately disliked it. I let him go outside for a bit, while I wandered around, but there's wasn't much there for me, either.

Right outside was one of the city's main squares with a Saturday market (mostly fruits and veggies). I bought 1 kg (a little over 2 lbs) of fresh strawberries at a great price (90 czk/$4) and also the best-looking Italian flat leaf parsley I've seen to date, in CZ. We also splurged on a gorgeous wreath that was handmade by a lovely young woman. She was there with her fiancé who was selling pomlázka (decorative Easter whips), which along with pus#y willows, are part of the Czech Easter tradition. They were telling us that they would go to Denver, CO for their honeymoon and then drive perhaps as far as Seattle. Nice young couple! We also bought decorated eggs with a specific design from a part of Moravia (in Czech Republic). We'll give the eggs to a friend in the US as a gift. The wreath is now hanging near our entrance door. Easter traditions seem to be a big deal in Czech Republic, even though most Czechs aren't that religious, at all. It's more of a spring celebration, nowadays. Sorry the picture is sideways.

I saw the funniest thing yesterday. On a candy bar wrapper, there was a "Nutrition rating" with A, B, C, D, F. In the case of that bar, F was highlighted in red. I thought the rating system sort of useful, but had to laugh that I was eating such a "nutrition failure".

I once worked with this woman who was really vain. She made a big fuss about only eating a single power bar at work all day long while the rest of us ate lunches.

One day we compared her power bar to a candy bar. It was pretty much nutrionally a Snickers with a wrapper that made it sound healthy.

The smiple rating scale makes sense. I wonder what her power bar would get?

I finally manged to get up at 1:00 (yse that needs work) and didn't nap except for dosing on and off a bit for 45 minutes in the late afternoon. That's a huge improvement. I also look a little less exhausted.


But now it's 3:10 and I've been up for 30 minutes and so far I'm not getting sleepy. I'll have to take klonopin if I don't get sleepy soon. I want to be functional enough to drive to therapy on Monday. I won't see him in person for a few weeks then; one week I'm staying home to avoid germs and the next is my surgery.


I got a very nice note from my family doctor who had sen my stuff from breast center #1 and was offering support and sorrow for how things worked out there. He's a nice person. I need to write a note back but not now. No getting involved in anything. He's been my doctor for 17 years, when he had just finished residency. We've been through a lot together.

Time for some hot tea? I guess. I don't want it but maybe it will help.

Most of the time it would be good to know.

I hadn't seen this rating before (even in CZ) so am unsure why/how/where it started. It's hard to believe that the company, itself, implemented it. After all, it would seem counterproductive marketing. "Beware, this candy is horrible for you!" I looked at the label and the only countries mentioned were Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, but the brand is Danone which is present throughout Europe, based in Paris, France, but founded in Barcelona, Spain. Some of the company's products are branded in the US under the name Dannon (like yogurts), but I'm assuming this nutrition rating system might be either country specific or maybe EU? But again, it's the first I've seen it.

Yeah we have strange names for lots of things here. And not too long ago we had a prime minister who got around in public and on tv in his budgie smugglers…. But he was just an idiot.

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Originally Posted by Soupe du jour I almost wonder if she has a mental illness of some sort. If so, such behavior still shouldn't be allowed to affect others in such significant ways. That's why I sort of thought she might be better served by a career field that limits interaction with people who need good bedside manners.

The first moment I saw her (online) I thought she looked and acted unstable (to say the least). Several reviewers wrote that they believe she has a mental illness. She certainly seems paranoid. And she's creepy. It seems to me that the only work that woman should do is a job in which she is given a solid routine and tightly supervised.

Ooh, fresh strawberries sound so good. Your wreath is just gorgeous! So artistically created. I adore wreaths and hang one on my door for every new season. But, this spring I have a large Ukranian flag on my front door. Would be a miracle if I don't have to leave it there for summer, too

Thanks for the comments. Hopefully I'll be honest enough to get a little extra help; I hate this feeling in the evening, thinking I'm just a burden to everyone around me. Makes no sense, and yet it comes on anyway.