Bipolar check-in #71

I hope my internet doesn't go down and definitely don't want the power to go out. At my old apartment, the power would go down once a month. It was so frustrating since I couldn't sleep without my CPAP.

Is that picture from a children's book? That wabap looks familiar to me. (Wabap is what Noah called rabbits when he was 2 or 3.)

Blue! I’m giving you MASSIVE hugs for talking about things from your past. That’s huge ! Kudos for being so brave.

Soupe. Glad you made it to NJ and your GP could help you with thyroid meds. I hope spending time with your Dad, sister and brother make wonderful memories.

Nammu! Hope you don’t get any bad weather. I have no idea how you handle winter there anyway lol give Sir a scratch got me. Hope your Mum is doing well with PT

Beth ! I think my post was confusing lol I can’t seem to make sense less confusing lately! How’s your weather. I’ve been focused on the brutal weather predictions. How’s Sydney been doing? More stable blood sugar wise ? How are all your babies doing?

Muddy ! Stay warm and safe. Hope your power doesn’t go out.

Moose stay warm! Books to me are the best gifts ever. Your giving someone a escape from typical busy life !

Hallie I just gotta say YOU NEED TO BE OKAY ! I love ya ! Since I’ll actually have cell service I will give you a call tomorrow lol

Rainbow how’s your weather going to be ? Hugs to Abby? Will you see your nieces for Christmas?

Wild how are you ?!

Bizi How are you since your acct? Thinking of you.
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Well we are a few hours into this long Shyt drive.

I saw Richard today and I legit asked his help on using very firm boundaries while in Florida. Steve still isn’t really taking into consideration having the dogs with us.. being different this time. normally we had a cheap hotel room. Dexter and Sirius just got on the bed and slept.

Well this go around I’m staying with Amanda and Steve with his youngest son. Steve’s taking Dexter with him and of course Gus with me.

This is Gus’s first trip anywhere. I’m guessing he already puked despite Dramamine. We have a back seat dog hammock. I’ll check at the rest area.

I just want my kid and Netflix and I’ll be happy for the week.

Everyone stay safe !

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The anticipated wind chills for this storm where I live in eastern part of us is -25 f. I wish I was lying.

I see a lot of you are preparing for this awful stor
! Here it will be a lot of rain but frigid temps once the rain is gone. Today 50 degrees, tomorrow it starts at 50 degrees in the am and then by evening it will be around 20 degrees! The water will be flash freezing on the road and it will turn to black ice very quickly. Over the weekend it will be low twenties with terrible wind chill. We are not going anywhere on Christmas Eve so at least we won’t be outside for that!

Unfortunately CR’s Guinea pig Herbert did die yesterday. I was about to take him to the vet today to be put down because he was obviously miserable but nature took its course. At least the poor thing’s not suffering anymore. CR was very sad and crying and really wanted a New Guinea pig but because he doesn’t take care of the other one except for feeding and watering we said no. We will likely get a tropical fish tank. I used to keep them as a teenager/young adult and I really love them. We’ve never had space but without Herbert’s cage on top of the dresser we can put a fish tank there. I’m excited. CR was placated by this.

Work is going ok, I’m just waiting for 1:15 on Friday for winter break to start! Only 1.5 days!

Well the snow never materialized and it just looks cold out there. But the sun is shining and visibility is good. Yes it was a lot of yelling about nothing. It seems to be a pretty average Minnesota winter day out there. I’ll have to watch the news at noon and see if maybe the stretches between towns are too windy to travel safely but,….all that excitement and,…nothing. Not here any way.

My sister has cancelled their trip thankfully. They said they will go next week. I didn't sleep good last night and I am so exhauasted and I am not hungry. I've only had a piece of bread today. I am not going to force myself to eat if I'm not hungry. I don't care how pissed my therapist gets. I'm hoping to take a long afternoon nap.

Well, I kind of put myself in a pickle. I thought I had a refill on my Vraylar but I don't and I'm down to two pills, and I'm without an appointment and bad weather. I will figure it out I'm sure -- but for the first time in a long while, this problem is one I created and could have been avoided if I had just gone to my original doctor's appointment. I usually am at the whim of those around me, but I definitely did this one to myself out of negative experiences and not wanting to deal with anything. I hope I don't suffer too much in the meantime. I'm hoping my doctor will accept a telehealth appointment if I don't request Adderall (he likes an in-person appointment for a drug screening when on controlled substances). I have therapy tomorrow, maybe she can advocate for me some to get an appointment scheduled away.

Today is my sister's birthday and because of the weather we aren't celebrating today, but my brother's birthday is next week and he is going to be in town. I think we are gonna celebrate their birthdays and Christmas all together. We'll see how it goes. I'm not looking forward to being around so many people, even if it is family.

I watched the noon news. It may not look bad out there from where I’m sitting but the temperature is -11F and -37F with feels like temperature so 🥶 very dangerous out there, not that I’m planning on going anywhere. So yeah I can see canceling things for the extreme temperatures. And I guess out in the open the driving conditions are bad. The extreme temperatures are for today and tomorrow.

I took a nap and I woke up feeling totally weak and exhausted. Like my whole body just feels weak. In my hands and my legs. I had eaten a yogurt before taking a nap. I made some ramen and I took my afternoon meds but I still feel just like blah physically and I'm cold but I sweated through my shirt too. I'm hoping its not a big deal although the last time this happened I got covid the next day. My mom said not to project and to try moving around.

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Originally Posted by Moose72 Is that picture from a children's book? That wabap looks familiar to me. (Wabap is what Noah called rabbits when he was 2 or 3.)

Aw, "wabap" is sweet. It looks familiar to me, too. I can't place it, though.

Utility poles! @Nammu that's terrifying!

Aw, rest in peace Herbert. Poor CR. I do think you made a wise call @wildflowerchild25 to opt for the fish

All of you with the extreme weather conditions are definitely in my thoughts. @MuddyBoots that little generator sounds divine.

Our weather is just ugly. 52 degrees, foggy, bone-chilling damp. Why is the fog in other regions of northern California "enviable" and the fog in Ireland "poetic" and when Paris was cold and grey, oh! It was "intellectually stimulating"! But the fog outside my window just plain blah? I guess it's all relative, after all. Same grey old fog, different locations.

Alas, I am off to do a large amount of laundry. Gosh, there sure is a lot of laundry during the cold months!

I hope that's what happens to us, but I doubt it. My mom said accumulation would only be 2 inches- if that's true, great! But i thought I heard up to two FEET! It's supposed to start in an hour.

I hope it turns out to be nothing major for you too.

The wind chill is -23 and my head feels like its going to explode. I went into the garage without a jacket shoes or socks to get a yogurt and of course the yogurt wasn't where I thought it was. Now I have on a flannel hoodie, my Adidas sweatpants, and socks. I'm also halfway under my burrito blanket and a throw blanket and I am pretty comfortable. Fedex was able to deliver my jeans I had to reorder. My mom said the driver looked miserable. So overall I'm better now then I was earlier. I needed to take a few of my nausea meds and some tylenol though.

It's raining now and is supposed to turn to freezing rain and black ice with at least 6 inches of snow. We also have 40 mph winds coming too. I told N3 to call into work because it will be horrible to drive in when he's on the way home- and possibly on the way there.

State of emergency here. I was able get a few more gifts for Miguel they're small things razor, toothbrush, game card. I don't know why I feel like a failure this year I'm so emotionally drained. I'm resting a lot. Need to shower just can't.

Omg this weather. Ugh! Snowing is coming down quick.
Wind chills are -25 right now

Yeah. Weather. I think everyone is going to get a warmup next week, though.

I've lived in the same area my whole life. Until about 5 years ago normal temps ranged from about 35° to about 75°-80°. It's 19° right now and it's been under 25° all week. This past summer we had temps over 100° for 3 days and the rest of the month was about 80-90°. Extreme temps really make my fibromyalgia flare up and a flare causes a lot of anxiety. Right now my bipolar needs to get outside and take a walk before it convinces me to go to Etsy and get on a spending spree.

Ohhh brrr 🥶 real feel is -39 in both F and C. I had to run the garbage out. Oh ugh, not the first thing I want to do in the morning in the dark. Winter solstice was just celebrated Wednesday but you can barely tell yet that the days are longer! Actually up here what solstice means is that winter is here with a vengeance. The next two months are the most snowy and the coldest. These are the months I wish I could hibernate, January and February.

I don’t think abilify is going to work out I’m waking up extremely early (4-5am). That’s how mania starts for me. I’m going to give it some time, maybe it’s just the initial effect. I hope it is. I’ll be very sad if I have to go back on haldol.

At least I was able to go to the grocery store to get some baked goods for Christmas morning before work instead of after. It’s 53 degrees right now but by the time I leave work it will be 30.

((((( mm )))))

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Originally Posted by buddha1too Yeah. Weather. I think everyone is going to get a warmup next week, though.

Well, hi there! How are you these days, Buddha?