Bipolar Check-in #82

Blue_Bird · Today at 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook

@Blue_Bird Do you take anything to help you sleep? Can you reach out to your pdoc and let him or her know you are not sleeping well and if something can be done? You accomplish a lot with no sleep! I wish I could be half as productive.

I take Thorazine for sleep. Most nights I sleep well. I don’t really need a med adjustment , this doesn’t happen super often, just occasionally and I threw my schedule off my taking a 5 hour nap yesterday morning

raspberrytorte · Today at 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird

Thank you! That means a lot to me. I guess I just have this instilled belief that I must have a job or something to be productive or have done something meaningful in my life. I tried working, I tried 4 retail jobs last year in the span of like 9 months and I ended up leaving them all because it was too overwhelming and made me really unstable. I mean I guess I’m proud of myself cause I did stick with one for 3 months and became a talent captain but still I couldn’t handle it. I can’t handle traditional work. Which is why I just volunteer now. It’s a lot less stress. Idk why but I guess maybe because society instills the belief in people that they must work to be productive members of society I feel self conscious that I don’t work or worried that I’m being “lazy”. So I guess that ends up making me feel like all the stuff I do, exercise, art, music, etc all my hobbies and stuff is pointless cause it’s not moving me in any direction. I know that’s not true really but part of me is stuck on that belief that the stuff I’m doing isn’t important or doesn’t really matter

@Blue_Bird

I totally get this. I also can't work. Except I feel like a failure at life because I'm not making a ton of money off my writing and am not famous, probably because society instills in you that success = money and fame. Plus I'm just the editor of a tiny ezine. Honestly, it makes me want to cry. I feel like I've accomplished nothing. 😒 It's depressing. And my life is over half over do I'm just fcked.

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