Bipolar Check-in #82

MuddyBoots · Sep 28, 2024 at 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunflower123

Speaking of epidurals…they gave me two epidurals with 7 redoses. None of it took effect. Quite literally in labor for 22 hours feeling everything. Don’t regret a thing though.

Duuuuude...at that point I'd've probably asked for the frying pan. You are a bonafide badass

Sunflower123 · Sep 28, 2024 at 12:07 PM

I’m feeling a little more hopeful today. Usually when the weather is gloomy for several days my mood goes down. I didn’t have the usual store of summer sunshine I get from the pool either. Too sick to go this year.

We got hit with some heavy wind and some flooding but only a bit. My prayers are with anyone impacted by the recent weather.

I’ve been healing my relationship with food on this Ozempic. Decided to have a slice of pizza with alfredo and pepperoni. Wrong choice. My system did not like it at all with the medication onboard. Although I’m following several people who have been through this journey and am learning what not to do, some things I still learn firsthand.

I hope everyone has a peaceful day.

Nammu · Sep 28, 2024 at 12:09 PM

Oo I’m weird. All I had was back pain. I went to a midwife and their solution was a cold can of soda to lay on! By the time I’d arrived I was too dilated for any meds. It was fast. I made my husband walk with me throughout the night. Then I called at 8am, I didn’t want to wake the midewife if it was false! Ha. Less than 4 hours after arriving my bundle arrived.

I stayed in bed this morning. I woke earlier than planned and said hell no. I was in that twilight zone, not really asleep but dreaming. Ooof, what dreams. I feel much, much better. I’m not irritable at all. I feel reborn. I just needed to dream! I’ll keep my pdoc and see if I can get prn meds for sleep.

Mountaindewed · Sep 28, 2024 at 12:47 PM

I don't get why they won't do hystrectomys on people who want them for mood swings and mental health in general. Its a literal life saver. But no, you need to be trans or have cancer and even that isn't a guarantee.

I'm doing fine today. No coffee for the first time in weeks and my stomach is fine for the first time in weeks. My mom says I look depressed. My moods are fine though.

raspberrytorte · Sep 28, 2024 at 12:48 PM

I didn't want the epidural. Needle in my spine? Hell no! For me the whole labor and birthing process was just incredibly uncomfortable, not really painful. Honestly, I've had worse period pains. At least contractions only last a few minutes. Period cramps don't let up. I just found the whole experience gross and uncomfortable. Very gross.

HALLIEBETH87 · Sep 28, 2024 at 01:26 PM

I slept SO GOOD for the first time in months. and im not hung over at all. i slept til 9 am. im not irritable today

Blueberrybook · Sep 28, 2024 at 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by HALLIEBETH87

I slept SO GOOD for the first time in months. and im not hung over at all. i slept til 9 am. im not irritable today

That's awesome! There is nothing like good sleep!

I'm in a pretty good mood today and slept well last night. Had a nice jog this morning and sauteed sausage, chopped onion & minced garlic for a 15 bean soup I will need to start in an hour or so. I even remembered to soak the beans overnight this time around

Just got finished dealing with the cats' litter. H prefers we order this one brand that is low-dust, and the litter itself is great, but it comes in a 40 lb. large bag. The only way to really deal with it for me is to parcel it out & scoop & fill 1 gallon ziploc bags first. It is such a pain.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday!

Mountaindewed · Sep 28, 2024 at 03:03 PM

Possible trigger:

I just took 40mg of melatonin and 2 Dramine

I am just frustrated for some reason. I don't know why.

Possible trigger:

my bathtroom smells like cum and **** and my brother spends at least an hour a day sometimes 2 in there but my mom won't talk to him. But the smell is disgusting.

I don't get what his issue is. Its something new he is doing. He is special needs.

But yeah I'm just kinda pissed right now.

JaneOnceMore · 05:33 PM

I'm still tolerating my mild depression. I watched a new Ellen DeGeneres comedy special on Netflix. It was mildly amusing, pleasant. The audience kept roaring and i didn't think it was THAT funny, but i guess she has a big following. Still keeping up with walking my dog three times a day. Not sure how i am managing to get out of bed at 7:20am, but i seem to be doing it. Getting headaches tho.

"People don't like me when they first meet me. But after they get to know me they really can't stand me!"

Hugs to all in need!

Victoria'smom · Sep 28, 2024 at 06:49 PM

So I'm getting rid of my SDit my mom and dad miss her to much. I'm not attached yet. Next summer or after my senior dog passes I'll try again. My parents are picking her and the kid up.

Moose72 · Sep 28, 2024 at 07:40 PM

Went to my first hearing voices group meeting today. We all shared - one guy is schizophrenic and we talked about meds. I told him about my genesight test and he didn’t really understand how it works.

June08 · Sep 28, 2024 at 10:31 PM

I was able to get a good amount done before depression stole my momentum today. One of the things was going to get my IV fluid treatment. I've decided infusion centers would be a great place for therapy dogs to be. I'm a dog person so always thought it would be cool if I one day ended up with a counselor or pdoc who had one at their office.

While waiting for my IV fluids to be done, I was thinking about how I feel like an imposter with both my bipolar diagnosis and my POTs diagnosis, sometimes telling myself that my symptoms aren't bad enough for me to be upset with either diagnosis, as if there is some cookie cutter version of each diagnosis that I have to fit in to. I know this is ridiculous to think, but I still struggle with it.

HALLIEBETH87 · Sep 28, 2024 at 10:40 PM

tryig to be productive today but the rain made me lazy lol i did read two chapters about motivational interviewing and cbt for school

Crazy Hitch · Sep 29, 2024 at 12:55 AM

Took a drive to the mall in the rain today. My partner bought a new scale because our one is bust. 3 weeks left off work and I’m not feeling any better!!! Depression and anxiety still at the forefront.

Busy week coming up. Monday my son’s OT comes here. It’s a pain because we’ve had to clean everything up. Tuesday we go to his paediatric appointment. Thursday I see my new psychologist. Hoping it’s good

raspberrytorte · Sep 29, 2024 at 06:42 AM

Feeling kind of down about my big *** right now. 😞 I've surpassed the one-size-fits-all weight limit in tights.

At least Husband likes my big ***.

My hair is now black.

I'm feeling much better anxiety wise. I was taking Claritin for a good week straight for my allergies. 🤧 I stopped taking it because I thought maybe it was making me anxious like benadryl was. I guess it was. So I'm feeling much more like myself. I'm going to tell my therapist about the Claritin when I talk to her tomorrow. I'll just deal with the allergies!

Got three hours of sleep last night. 🌙 Four the previous nights. I always take an hour long nap in the morning though because my loxapine/seroquel combo makes me awfully sleepy.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday. ☺️ ❤️

I'm just going to clean like I usually do now (try to fix the vacuum because I somehow managed to break it putting it back together again!) and do some ezine stuff. Gotta get that up by tomorrow night! And it's a MONSTER 👻 of an issue!

Nammu · Sep 29, 2024 at 07:00 AM

Taking a break from the high dosage ambien. Got 2 hours of sleep, woke up from an anxiety dream. Funny in the dream I couldn’t sleep either, but I lived in a huge apartment in a big city and had live in help!

Mountaindewed · Sep 29, 2024 at 07:02 AM

I didn't fall asleep until 11. I was up watching a bit of SNL. After that I fell into a deep sleep and I got up to use the bathroom around 3 and I fell asleep for a couple minutes while trying to use the bathroom and I started dreaming about politcs.

But I feel good at this moment but I always do in the morning. I'm really motivated to get back into shape. I've put on weight since getting sick and being on various meds. But all my family has now seen me and they haven't said anything. But anyways, I just feel like now I'm not hiding and can improve myself. Or some ****.

Moose72 · Sep 29, 2024 at 07:30 AM

I’m having lunch with N2 today! I don’t see her that much even though she lives in the same town. She’s the one that’s picked me up from the psych hospital an hour away and took me too urgent care when I had Covid.

Moose72 · Sep 29, 2024 at 07:49 AM

I had all three of my kids with different amounts of pain meds. With N1 I had an epidural at 7 cm. Took me two hours to push him out. I think I would’ve done better without drugs. With N2 I had a spinal at 10 cm! Useless! The snarky nurse said “You can take a NAP now!”! I pushed her out right there in 20 minutes. Because of these experiences I decided to go natural with N3. I even got pitocin in but nothing really hurt until I got well into transition and then there wasn’t even time to pick up the phone! I pushed for four minutes including stopping so they could get the cord from around his neck. Once he was out I felt this whoosh feeling and the whole room was bustling with people! I was meditating that deeply! It was an awesome feeling and I’m glad I went drug-free with him. In fact the NICU team was called because N2s breathing was so bad from the spinal!

Blue_Bird · Sep 29, 2024 at 08:43 AM

Good morning! I got some Oreos with Orange crème in the middle for the Halloween season 😀

One of my cats woke me up earlier than I wanted to get up. So I got up at 7am even though I wanted to keep sleeping lol she was persistent.

I bought an iPad ! It will be my very first one. It’s a 9th generation one. Really excited to be able to watch movies and stuff on it. I prefer watching movies and shows etc on a tablet than on my phone or laptop. So it’ll be nice to have a tablet again. The case I got for it arrives today. The screen protector and actual iPad were delayed in transit so it’ll be a couple days till they get here.

I’m doing laundry right now. Mostly spending the day watch shows. Supernatural, Naruto, The Witcher. Might draw a bit later.

Feel pretty good though I am craving coffee and I ran out and am hoping the headache doesn’t start.

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HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,613 20 2,808 hugs given	Sep 28, 2024 at 01:26 PM #806 I slept SO GOOD for the first time in months. and im not hung over at all. i slept til 9 am. im not irritable today __________________ schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin

HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,613 20 2,808 hugs given	Sep 28, 2024 at 10:40 PM #813 tryig to be productive today but the rain made me lazy lol i did read two chapters about motivational interviewing and cbt for school __________________ schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin