FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
5 23.7k hugs
given |
#201
Quote:
Ssssss...whoa, that IS stressful. A gesture of appreciation - um, yes! I'm sorry about the vase. How are you feeling today? __________________ |
|
Elder
Member Since Oct 2015
Location: US
Posts: 5,634
9 1,680 hugs
given |
#202
Yesterday's interview went south, mainly because the company started looking more and more like an MLM the more I read their promotional materials. They were promising bonuses right off the bat, explaining those bonuses with acronyms I couldn't make heads or tails of. They had testimonials of people who "changed their life" working for them with little real explanation of the actual job beyond "Sell! Sell! Sell!" Sell what, for instance? The promo materials wouldn't explain what insurance I was selling and the actual recruiters wouldn't either. Maybe it was, and I swear this is a real thing, alien abduction insurance? Actually, I would love to try and sell that to people, just to see their reaction!
On Planet Earth, I've got my doctor's appointment in two hours! I am excited! Well, as excited as you can be to go to the doctor. But still, proper medical care! __________________ "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." -Litany Against Fear (Dune) |
*Beth*, Mountaindewed, Nammu, Soupe du jour, Sunflower123
|
*Beth*
|
Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Jun 2016
Location: Where the sidewalk ends
Posts: 38,816
(SuperPoster!)
8 9,774 hugs
given |
#203
__________________ I'm Blue |
*Beth*
|
Elder
Member Since Jun 2015
Location: Czechia
Posts: 5,156
9 13.4k hugs
given |
#204
Thanks, @Jennifer 1967 and @*Beth*. And sorry for all of the typos in my post. My brain is not operating well. Sometimes I start to type the first version that comes to my head, then turn to a second mid-way. Also, when I first wrote it it was present tense. Then I updated and didn't change all to past.
My husband was kind in not showing any extreme reaction when I broke the vase. He fully understood what caused it. He said he'll try to see if he can get some money from our homeowners insurance. I kinda doubt that will work, though. So few people on bipolar forums write about clumsiness as a result of bipolar disorder and/or the medications. I feel a bit alone in having this side effect. I only recall Kay Redfield Jamison mentioning something similar in her memoir. Beth, I feel overwhelmed. I'm overeating to self medicate. I've had to push myself to do some basic things. I fear that pushing will have a limit. Nothing I do seems to be as good as usual. __________________ Dx: Bipolar type 1 Psych Medications: * Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg * Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg * Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 600 mg I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia. Last edited by Soupe du jour; Jun 29, 2022 at 11:56 AM.. |
*Beth*, Aurelius710, Nammu, Sunflower123
|
*Beth*
|
Crone
Member Since May 2010
Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system.
Posts: 74,002
(SuperPoster!)
14 57.4k hugs
given |
#205
Quote:
__________________ Nammu …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann |
|
*Beth*, Soupe du jour
|
*Beth*, Soupe du jour
|
Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Jan 2015
Location: USA
Posts: 26,557
(SuperPoster!)
9 95k hugs
given |
#206
Yum! Lunch was BBQ and all that comes with it. Good stuff.
The church called today. They will continue bringing meals for Wednesday night dinner for us although the program typically follows the school year. Very nice. They also wanted to make sure I’ll be home tonight. Someone has knitted me a prayer shawl with attached cross for helping brother as I did. Very touching and unexpected. I have surgery on that lesion on my tongue Tuesday afternoon. Fingers crossed that it’s benign. A good day so far. |
*Beth*, Aurelius710, Mountaindewed, Nammu, Soupe du jour
|
*Beth*, Aurelius710, Soupe du jour
|
Legendary
Member Since Oct 2004
Location: usa
Posts: 11,613
20 2,808 hugs
given |
#207
I managed to finish my two early summer terms classes with two As!!!!! On to the next class!
__________________ schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
*Beth*, Aurelius710, Soupe du jour, Sunflower123, wildflowerchild25
|
Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Jun 2016
Location: Where the sidewalk ends
Posts: 38,816
(SuperPoster!)
8 9,774 hugs
given |
#208
I feel like I have bad acne and my facial hair is really bothering me. I also have acne on my chest. The only thing that is different is the new stomach med I started Friday. Also I got my weekly injection a couple hours ago and I feel super sick to my stomach and lightheaded right now. I mean the doctors and pharamcists are aware of med interactions arent they? Or maybe not. I can't get my valium refilled until Saturday and I'm leaving Saturday morning and the pharamacy is so behind and its just a mess so my mom is going to bring it in on Friday morning and explain we need it Saturday morning by 10. Either way I'll be out of it by Friday afternoon. Also our car is being looked at tommrow morning and if its too dangerous to drive we won't bother getting a rental car we'll just cancel the trip. I'm personally ok with cancelling it. 3 years ago I would have been totally pissed. Now with the transition and post covid I just don't feel like traveling as much. I don't know how my mom feels but I don't think she'd be particularly devastated either. We still have our family lake trip in August.
__________________ I'm Blue |
Legendary Wise Elder
Member Since Jan 2015
Location: USA
Posts: 26,557
(SuperPoster!)
9 95k hugs
given |
#209
|
HALLIEBETH87
|
HALLIEBETH87
|
Silver Swan
Member Since Jan 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 17,190
(SuperPoster!)
16 2,717 hugs
given |
#210
Back to the phone bill troubles... I was supposed to get $30 off my bill for that Affordable Connectivity Program. But today I got my usual reminder of the amount that will be deducted and it was for the usual amount not a discounted rate. Now I'm paranoid again.
__________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 mg, Gabapentin 300 Mania Sept/Oct 2024 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
*Beth*, Mountaindewed, Nammu, Sunflower123
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
5 23.7k hugs
given |
#211
Quote:
I so appreciate that you've brought up the word "clumsiness." That is a much more accurate word than the phrase I've always used, which is "off-balance." I absolutely have that side effect from most psych meds - AP's for sure, but also antidepressants. I don't know about the mood stabilizers, because I've never been on one by itself. But it wouldn't surprise me if they also cause clumsiness. That terrible clumsiness is the worst side effect (besides weight gain) that I find so difficult with psych meds. Normally, my balance is excellent - hence, dancing, etc. But with AP's and AD's (specifically SSRI's) I feel anxious about walking (falling) and so on. I can't trust my own body. It's so discouraging - especially when doctors say exercise! -and I'm afraid to walk around the block! I'm so excited about skating because somehow my muscle memory has kicked in, perhaps because I began skating when I was a small child. That awful med Caplyta caused such a clumsy sensation that I didn't feel safe to skate (or drive, which also involves a sense of balance). Oh, no. You are by no means alone in that. Perhaps with our backgrounds in dance we feel especially conscious of the clumsiness? Just a thought. Now, onto your feeling overwhelmed. Do you have a sense that the increase in Seroquel will help after a few days? And that side effects (such as clumsiness) will subside? __________________ |
|
Soupe du jour
|
Soupe du jour
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
5 23.7k hugs
given |
#212
Quote:
Oh, yes - those, too. The tremor and dropping things. Such med side effects are always difficult for me to explain to doctors. A support group like the one we have on this forum helps clarify...so very, very helpful. __________________ |
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
5 23.7k hugs
given |
#213
__________________ |
HALLIEBETH87
|
HALLIEBETH87
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
5 23.7k hugs
given |
#214
I'm concerned about MuddyBoots and about Miguelsmom... If you see this, please check in. I hate worrying
__________________ |
Moose72, Victoria'smom
|
Silver Swan
Member Since Jan 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 17,190
(SuperPoster!)
16 2,717 hugs
given |
#215
__________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 mg, Gabapentin 300 Mania Sept/Oct 2024 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
*Beth*, Victoria'smom
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
5 23.7k hugs
given |
#216
Quote:
Have you called your phone company? __________________ |
|
Silver Swan
Member Since Jan 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 17,190
(SuperPoster!)
16 2,717 hugs
given |
#217
__________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 mg, Gabapentin 300 Mania Sept/Oct 2024 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
Legendary
Member Since Apr 2012
Location: Earth
Posts: 15,320
(SuperPoster!)
12 5,638 hugs
given |
#218
I'm sorry *Beth* haven't been on lately because So much is going on here. Miguel's not doing well. It looks like we have to move to the NE. I'm wracking my brain to see how we can do this. I'm so overwhelmed that I missed my hud paperwork day. Haven't even started it. I don't know what we are doing. I hate this I'm so scattered. H is no help with paperwork. I can't seem to start anything. I found an apartment. Miguel will be moving back in. Everything is so ****ed up. I no longer feel safe as a family where we live for many different reasons. My teeth wont make it till next year if we don't move now. They're giving miguel a hard time about changing T's/pdocs. My family is stressing me out because they don't want me to move. My anxiety is really high. I feel like my life is exploding. Miguel's rent came in really high. So high H no longer wants to pay. I don't know how we're going to do everything. I have to shower and cut my hair before therapy tomorrow. I haven't brushed my hair in weeks and I can't even guess when the last time I showered is. Everything is just to much I don't even know where to start. this whole thing sucks. I'm trying to convince Miguel to go back to school until we get up there and he gets into PHP. We can't hospitalize him yet it takes days of planning and encouragement to get him out of the house. He wants us over every day. I went from planning on on breading and training dogs to needing a letter to keep my 12 year old dog. With everything I haven't been on. I want to be normal, I want off assistance, this is to much to take. I'm apparently eating less then normal. It's just all snowballing. And my house is a disaster.
__________________ Dx: Me- SzA Husband- Bipolar 1 Daughter- mood disorder+ Comfortable broken and happy "So I don't know why I'm tongue tied At the wrong time when I need this."- P!nk My blog |
*Beth*, Aurelius710, Moose72, Sunflower123, wildflowerchild25
|
*Beth*
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
5 23.7k hugs
given |
#219
Quote:
Yes, they should have a customer service number. Try googling it. __________________ |
|
catches the flowers
Member Since Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
(SuperPoster!)
5 23.7k hugs
given |
#220
Quote:
You're not on medication right now? __________________ |
|