Bipolar Check-in #82

Ouch @Blueberrybook !! I hope you're okay now.

Today, I have a lot going on, trying to work this morning and go through applications to hire some seasonal people for my store. Things are picking up - I booked two candle making classes for this Saturday. Getting ready for my dad's surgery in two weeks, hope he's going to be okay. My bible study is tonight and I am really looking forward to that. I have to chair my AA meeting at noon and then I am having lunch with one of my AA friends afterwards. I am going to try and relax after that because I have to run out again in the evening. Just a lot going on, but it's really good to keep busy.

Had a tough time sleeping last night because my mind was running so much. Since I am going to be joining the Legion of Mary, I think it would really be beneficial to learn Spanish - I know a lot, but not enough for a full conversation. Downloaded the Duolingo app and it's super cute and fun. Having a lot of fun learning, but it's kind of fueling my manic mind.

@LadyShadow
It sounds like you are busy! It's awesome that you are learning Spanish. I took Spanish in high school, but I've pretty much forgotten all of it. I really admire others who are fluent in a 2nd language. My grandmother grew up speaking Czech at home at had to start school without knowing any English. She still remembers Czech but doesn't have anyone still alive to speak it with her. On the other hand, she speaks English just fine though she never lost her accent.

I called the dentist, and they can get me in today at 10 AM so just a little longer to wait. My dental anxiety will be a lot less once I just know what the diagnosis is on my teeth especially the one with the bigger chip that I definitely will want fixed assuming the tooth doesn't die and I need more extensive work on it. I am also changing dentists, and this will be my first visit to the new dentist. The quality of care has just gone way down at my old dentist office, and they have started to have insanely long wait times as well, so I have decided to change dentists. The new one has good reviews on Nextdoor by a lot of people, so hopefully it will be better than the old office.

im feeling overwhelmed and sleepy. i did get some sleep last night. hubby didnt let his alarms go off all morning like usual. work is alot today. planning for my group.

I met with the NP. We tried zoom but I can't get my app to unmute so we did it over the phone. She was really nice. She is decreasing my Geodon by 20mg. She seems to think that is causing my nausea. She says I've been on it for so long and on such a high dose that it could have just like crapped out on me and started making me sick.

She is also wondering about my bipolar diagnosis. I told her I dealt with bad PMDD but once I got my hystrectomy in 2021 my mood swings got a lot better. So she is wondering if it even was bipolar or just PMDD.

She does want me to wait on the Reglan until I meet with my pdoc to discuss it. I guess shes kinda swearing that the geodon and me being on it for 19 years is the issue.

I think? You lose weight when you stop an AP. I'm not sure though.