Bipolar check-in #70

A close friend of mine lost his wife last year & shared today that he is having suicidal ideations. I recall someone posting a three digit phone number for folks in crisis. Does anyone recall the number? Thanks in advance. To be honest, I doubt he will call, but at least I can pass on the info.

Soupe, thank yo!, that's very good to hear you went back and did well, it gives me hope

Thanks Nammu , I'm going to look into the course catalog and see what I can take, I'm thinking an art class and a literature class

Ahh it was dark,dark this morning when the alarm went off. Dark and rainy. But by the time I went off to aqua fitness the sun was out. Still it is now cool enough that I have to put clothes on over my suit. The leaves have mostly changed and are falling. Fall is well and truly here.

Mary a 92 yr old in out aqua and fitness class tore her hamstring so she’ll be out for a while. We might meet up for coffee Friday. But she might go out of state, so we’ll see. Gosh I hope I’m doing as well as she does when I’m 92! Two younger woman joined the group this week. They are only in their 40’s. Most of us are 60’s-70’s.

Yesterday I did some outside stuff. Except for the wind it was an excellent day. 79F our last at that temperature for the year. A cold front came though last night and it’s below average temperatures for the next week.

I’m trying to stay active ( get to all 4 of my aqua fitness and all 3 of my fitness classes, plus be active at home) to get my immune system activated and eat healthy ( cut my daily one soda) for the same reason as they keep saying on the news that this year is going to be bad for flu and covid. I’m betting with all I do I’ll run into carriers. So hoping a strong immune response will help.

ice cream for all plus swirly purple sparkle vibes

Had an appointment with my psychiatrist today. We talked about my volunteer thing and how its going well, focusing on tasks at hand and serving the food instead of getting lost in my anxiety and panicking. So I'm doing better with that. We also talked about college, I'm starting back in January. We talked about my history of rushing into things and taking on too much at once. I used to take 5 classes per semester. I had one really successful semester doing that then the following semester pretty much broke down and was a mess, unstable, and had to withdraw. It was too much and very overwhelming. I don't do well with large amounts of stress. So I'm taking things slow this time and only taking 2 classes. I'm gonna continue volunteering till mid November, then stop for the holidays, then just focus primarily on school until I feel I can manage it then look for a part-time job So I'm taking things one step at a time.

She also prescribed Metfomin to help with losing some weight I've gained on the antipsychotics I'm on. I was on it a long time ago and lost weight while on it, but I got off it because I was having side effects, but I was on 1,000mg at the time which she said was a lot so we're doing 500mg this time and hopefully that gives me the benefits of it without the side effects from the high dose. I'm exercising regularly and eating healthy too of course.

Volunteering again tomorrow, hoping it goes well again, just going to go and do my best.

Hope everyone is having a decent week

My husband and I stayed at my SIL's house for a few days to be closer to the new property we bought. It was nice visiting it daily. Revved up our excitement. But now we're back to the temporary Airbnb place again.

We took a walk to visit the parrots that live in an aviary at a neighbor's house. She has A LOT of parrots, which apparently piss off the neighbors...except us. We were talking to some parakeets, when in the corner of my eye I saw some movement outside the aviary. To my shock I saw a HUGE cat and it wasn't a domestic one. The woman that lives there works at a zoo and keeps some of the animals on her property. It turned out to be a Eurasian lynx, a wild cat with rather unique furry spikes on the tips of its ears! Luckily it was behind a fence, otherwise I would have likely panicked more than my shock. The bugger was looking straight at me, though.

I'm happy that Hubby got an appointment for his regular eye injection at a location near where we are. We're still working on other doctors. I asked Hubby to call back a psychiatrist who said she didn't have availability until January. I might as well take that appointment. It's possible that would be the closest I could get, anyway. Her office is close to where our property is. I have enough meds to last until then, and luckily am in a good place, mentally. Even despite the horrible stressors relating to my brother's illness.

So happy for you that your doing so well pushing yours your of your comfort zone !!

What classes will you be taking ? Are you going to classes on campus or online ?

I take Metformin for Diabetes and this time on it I just felt nauseous the first week or so but none of the horrible GI tract problems many people report. Hope it helps you lose weight . I’ve lost 22 lbs ! I’ll take those numbers.

Hugs !

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Saw Richard today and we had a good session.

Tomorrow I start my job. Like I’m looking forward to it but I’m not over the moon excited if that makes sense. I just want to do my job and collect a paycheck ! We desperately need money.

Well a storm blew through and literally blew the pretty leaves away wahhhhhh that seems to happen often. Boo hiss

Hope everyone’s week is going well

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A close friend of mine lost his wife last year & shared today that he is having suicidal ideations. I recall someone posting a three digit phone number for folks in crisis. Does anyone recall the number? Thanks in advance. To be honest, I doubt he will call, but at least I can pass on the info.

Thank you for the good wishes on my new job

Sounds like you have a lot of positives going on with your new home. Oooh I can’t be around parrots because thennI want a bunch again. 26 at one time ! Yes was manic but there were spoiled and happy. Steve couldn’t tolerate birds now the noise drives him crazy.

I’m terrified of wild cats. They are gorgeous of course but the bobcats around here are sturdy big guys ! They mostly keep to themselves thankfully.

Can you see your current Pdoc if need be until you can get established with someone new ?? Hope so.

Is your weather starting to turn ? I’m a huge Fall fan but not winter that follows lol

Hugs !

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No I don't wear a mask, but I only go out shopping maybe twice a week and during the mornings on weekdays when its not busy. I never eat out. At the doctors I wear a mask. My mom was freaking out more then me when the results came in and she was texting my sister and aunt and they were like "wtf, where did he get it from." Because I do very little compared to everyone else.