Bipolar Check-In #76

I did some more work around the house today with one of my kids. It's nice to be together working on the same thing because I enjoy teaching him practical things and he likes to learn.

I'm going over the skills I learned in the IOP program that I was in back in May and June. It's all very helpful and insightful. There's a personality quiz whose results described me perfectly, I'm thinking of having my family try it to find out how it works on them. The other people in the IOP program said it was accurate for them too.

I went grocery shopping in-person today for the second time since last Summer. I was ordering groceries online while i was sick. Whew, what an ordeal it is! I take my super-fine cart and go on the bus. I got some nice, healthy things to cheer me up, tho. I took a 90-minute nap after, i was so tired. It was another beautiful sunny day tho so cold earlier i had a hot camomile tea which i haven't had since Winter. It's the best kind of tea because it has mom in it!

Ugh. This week was rough. Here’s to the weekend! I just spent $67 at Kroger and I feel like I got
Barely anything! My facial cleanser was
$14 but at least it lasts a
While!

@June08 and @wildflowerchild25, such good news in your posts. Congrats on these achievements! Wildflower, I think there are many like your mom. My brother was like her. I know it's one thing to be "carefree", if that's the right word to use, but another to be neglectful of primary duties in life. My husband does most of such tasks on my behalf. When we were first married, he used to say I was neglectful, but that was way too harsh. Maybe I forgot a credit card bill once. If I was on my own, my solution would be to Simplify, Simplify, Simplify. I'm frugal, so that's helpful, too.

HALLIEBETH, I buy a few expensive beauty supplies, too, but they also last. In the end, such supplies are worth it if it keeps our skin healthy and youthful

I hired a real estate attorney to assist in my part of my sister's buyout of a piece of jointly owned property. I have to send my sister a letter stating my agreement to an amount, plus I included another standard request. The lawyer sent it to me as a pdf file, which only Hubby can modify on his computer. I can't stand when I have to rely on him for such things. He seems to take hours to do what I could do in 15 minutes. I think his ADD plays a part. It always has for tasks in the past, including at his job. On the occasions I've tried to rush him, he gets furious, so I have to step away and just...be patient. In the end, he does a great job, though. Everyone close to him teases about this. Poor guy!

Today we'll visit a friend for a bbq at his house in Prague. Normally he stays near where we live to oversee our property renovations. I often give him food I've made, especially goodies. He said he's preparing it for us, this time. I need to finally spruce myself up, as I've been neglectful. Then after next Friday, my hair will finally be done.

I'm feeling better today. I do have to be on a very strict food diet though in order not to have stomach issues. Coffee and soda isn't a problem. My mom and therapist still think I have an eating disorder in addition to the legit medical stuff. But do they think I enjoy eating grits and dry cheerios? I don't reaIly feel like its a choice at the moment what I've been eating to stay stable physically. The metformin doesn't seem to be making things worse as long as I stay on track.

I get that the eating disorder diagnois is on my psych records and is mentioned in my medical records as well. But like sometimes the lines are just blurred a bit.

Wild ! Great news on getting medical bills paid off ! We are almost done paying on a hospital bill for Steve. I swear it feels like its taking 107 years.

Nammu.. holy hot humid ? We got it here too. Sucks!

Soupe Glad you have a attorney for getting your Dads estate taken care of. Are you still able to talk to your Sister away from BIL ? Such a shame she’s in a relationship like that. Enjoy the BBQ

Hallie. Girl I go to the grocery store and cry. It’s ridiculous!

Buddah how are ya ?

Scooter, glad your able to use coping skills you learned in IOP ! That’s great your Son is involved and wanting to learn stuff.

Jane ! Congrats on going out to the grocery store. I know so many people that still do online ordering. I’ve done it before and I liked it. No impulse buying which is something I struggle with at times.

Hugs to anyone I missed, it’s not on purpose of course.. seems my brain can only hold some much at a time. Kinda of a LOL but not really!
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We finished a series on Netflix the other day. Called “Bloodline” talk about a wild ride. Highly recommend it.

Again it’s hot and humid as can be. I’m thankful every day we have AC. Steve’s breathing is really effected when it’s humid. He’s pretty much stuck inside.

Otherwise really nothing going on

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Hello friends been awhile since I’ve posted in this part of the forum but I’m gonna try to catch up

Glad you’re feeling better Mountaindewed

I started taking violin lessons. It’s with a private instructor. She lives in the DC area and I live in NY so our lessons are over video. She’s really good and a great teacher. Today was my first lesson and I already learned a lot and have a lot of stuff to work on between now and my next lesson next Saturday. Taking weekly lessons. I played violin in elementary and middle school in orchestra as a kid but am just now picking it back up at 29. Really excited to get back into it

In other news my psychiatrist of 7 years is leaving. Which is sad. I knew it was coming but it was still really sad. I don’t think we got a proper goodbye because I ended our video appointment too soon because I was worried I’d break down in tears which I did right after I ended the video chat. I’ve been seeing her since I was 22 years old. She’s been one of my biggest supports. I still have my therapist though who works at the same office and I’ve also been seeing her for 7 years. Thankful I still have her.

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I feel like I always end up with barely anything when I go to the grocery store and it’s like $70 worth but hardly anything to make actual meals out of

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Oh and I’m applying to be a peer specialist at a drop in center at the mental health clinic. My program manager recommended me to the person running it and I filled out the application and put down my references and everything. Now just to turn it in Monday. It’s a night shift. 10pm to 6am Saturday’s and Sundays. Which is really gonna mess with my sleep schedule but it’s a good fit for me and I do need a part-time job.

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I made my best salad ever! It really kicked @$$! Love that red wine vinegar! I also made shrimp salad sandwiches. They were kind of meh, but healthy, so whatever. I felt stale from being in the apartment, so i went down to the gym and exercised. It was a nice break. Otherwise i watched "Painkiller" on Netflix, a docudrama about the oxy crisis. I think it will do as much to squash the crisis as any lawsuit will.

@~Christina:

I loved "Bloodline" too! But just the first season. Love that Danny Rayburn played by Ben Mendelsohn. Did he have a death wish or what? So aggressive! You can't be that aggressive and get away with it. It's just provokes people too much.

Good luck.

Thank you

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I have a cart too to take on the bus to go grocery shopping glad you were able to get out and get some fresh food

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I’m sorry about your friend I’m sure whatever you write will be comforting to her

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Maybelle and Mustachio

I was wondering who ate my Oreo..

Good morning. I didn’t sleep last night at all because I stupidly skipped my Thorazine. I refilled my med case though this morning so I can take it tonight though.

Anyway, plans for today include walking to the store to buy some food. Then cleaning. Then practicing Carol of the Bells on violin and some scales. Then watching the movie Alien with my boyfriend.

I feel good aside from not sleeping last night

[QUOTE=Blue_Bird;7356608]Oh and I’m applying to be a peer specialist at a drop in center at the mental health clinic. My program manager recommended me to the person running it and I filled out the application and put down my references and everything. Now just to turn it in Monday. It’s a night shift. 10pm to 6am Saturday’s and Sundays. Which is really gonna mess with my sleep schedule but it’s a good fit for me and I do need a part-time job.

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Good luck! That’s what I do for a living!

[QUOTE=HALLIEBETH87;7356733]Thank you Haillebeth! I remember seeing some of your posts about it, I’m really hopeful that I get the position

When I think I'm mostly done with stress relating to my sister and the inheritance stuff, it turns out not to be. Please, please, please, let it be over soon! I hate it! I love my sister, but having her handle even a small bit of my life is miserable. It's not an equal relationship balance. Sorry for venting about this again and again.

Today we went out to lunch with my husband's youngest nephew. It was pleasant. He then came back to our house for coffee and to see the progress of our place. He hadn't since before the rooms were even done, let alone with all of our furniture and other stuff inside. I am glad that he's finally left, as I'm so tired.

Good luck! Hope you get it!

My mom fell today getting ready. Nothing needing an ambulance, thank goodness, but it was serious enough she didn't feel comfortable coming to town for Sunday service. She's taking it easy today.

I went ahead and went to Sunday service alone. They're starting the process of selecting a replacement for the previous pastor (and my late friend). Still a bit in the "unreal" stage. After service, they had me fill out a survey that was basically a "What are you looking for in a pastor?" form.

Without getting too deep into bylaws, the deacons pick the candidates and the church members vote for them with a 2/3 majority required. Luckily, I should still have membership by virtue of meeting my mom each Sunday for services. Call me entitled, but 20 years of friendship should grant me a say and a vote in who fills his role.

Good luck!

We got a bunch of new furniture but in the deal I got my very own reclining chair. They deliver it on Wednesday.

I think the work in the house is done, everything came out nicely.

I'm feeling my anxiety coming back today. It could be temporary.

I gained 30 pounds since I started seroquel in June. I think the weight gain is slowing now.