Bipolar Check-in #82

JaneOnceMore · Yesterday at 03:55 PM

@Blue_Bird:

Thanks for sharing that you feel the same way about haircuts as i do. There's this old idea that women LIKE to go to the 'beauty salon' but it's not true for many of us.

@Nammu:

Thanks for sharing about the virtues of being boring! I feel the same way. Definitely a balancing act, but as i get older i appreciate peace, quiet, and privacy more and more.

Moose72 · Yesterday at 04:30 PM

It’s hard waiting for my dna test results! I feel good on my current med but who know what category it’s in. I still wonder why I have to come in in 3 1/2 weeks instead of when my pnp gets the genesight results in less than 2.

Crazy Hitch · Yesterday at 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird

Sorry that happened, were you able to get ahold of her and find out what happened?

I will message her on Monday and ask …

Blue_Bird · Yesterday at 09:23 PM

Turns out my sister has a spider infestation in her apartment building and the exterminator is there so she’s coming over tonight to spend the night with me, should be fun having company

HALLIEBETH87 · Yesterday at 09:27 PM

omg a spider infestation is m worst nightmare! have fun with her!

Blue_Bird · Yesterday at 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by HALLIEBETH87

omg a spider infestation is m worst nightmare! have fun with her!

Yes mine too I’d be terrified. Thanks we should have fun!

BeyondtheRainbow · Yesterday at 10:13 PM

Welcome back @MuddyBoots ! It's good to see you looking like you feel better. I'm glad you had a good pdoc while IP.

June08 · Yesterday at 10:13 PM

Good to see you @MuddyBoots

Even though I don't need another one, I treated myself to a new water bottle today. I don't like shopping for much, but I absolutely love getting a new water bottle or tumbler. It helped me feel a little happiness amidst all this depression.

I got myself to do laundry, tidy up my bathroom, and sweep/mop. Tomorrow, I need to grocery shopping and lesson plan.

Mountaindewed · Yesterday at 10:16 PM

I fell asleep from about 4:30 this afternoon to 8:30 tonight. I was so tired. I feel better now. I ate a protein brownie when I got up and I am listening to music. I listened to that song that song about the night of the 21st of September.

BeyondtheRainbow · Yesterday at 10:21 PM

Big day tomorrow. We have the inspection on the new house so we're going to go look at it. I'll be so glad to see it for myself instead of the weird angle photos the realtors take to make things look bigger.

I really hope I like it because I'm stuck there anyway.

So far I've had 2 doses of PRN Seroquel and am going to take more at midnight. I have to get up at 7:30 to get ready to leave. That's really early for me.

Today I did laundry that piled up while I had COVID and then started working my way through a file box. It's mostly tax papers that I no longer need to keep since I'm beyond the 7 year mark. There's also good stuff that makes me smile like my letter telling me I was officially licensed as an occupational therapist in the state of _________. Shredding is going to take more than one movie.

I can't believe I'm preparing to move from here. I'll be fine in the new place, it's just strange.

My therapist is back in 9 days! He's going to be mad at me for skipping 4 weeks (or he'll think I don't need to see him as often and the minute that's not true. I hope I can get him to understand).

Scooter9 · Today at 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird

Practiced violin, my next lesson is a week from today on Saturday the 28th. I need to buy some new rosin. I think in about 3 months I'm gonna change my strings. I have a set of insanely good quality strings my ex boyfriend (we're still friends and still talk) got me for a gift at some point I haven't used yet because my current strings were still okay, it takes like 6 months of regular playing for strings needing to be changed. So in I'd say 3 months I'll need to change mine to that really nice set. Interested to see how they sound when I do, they're some of the best. They're $75 for a set. There's even better ones you can get that are even more expensive. But those are considered standard good quality. The ones I have on my violin now cost about $20 for the set. If I like the new ones I might stick to them. $75 every six months to replace them isn't that bad I guess. Idk I'm kind of tempted to change them now

Working on several scales right now and still working on the game of Thrones theme song.

Anyway, I also got on the treadmill for 30 minutes. And watched the new version of the horror movie Candyman, it was really good.

The new strings will probably sound better, but you'll have to tune them quite a bit before they sound right.

I played string bass and never liked tuning it. I enjoyed learning how to play but I didn't like reading sheet music, I usually tried to memorize the music. That only gets you so far though, once the music gets long and complicated then you gotta read the sheet music.

You get different types of rosin too, so maybe look into that as your playing improves. I remember that I used to like a purple colored rosin because it was more grippy and was good for the lower notes, but that was 40 years ago so I'm sure things have changed

Scooter9 · Today at 12:13 AM

I'm still feeling pretty low.

I really have to do things this week and I'm not sure how I'll be able to do them. I guess I'll have to grind it out, as my kids would say.

I'm finding that my family just doesn't understand the variability of bipolar and doesn't appreciate the energy needed to appear normal when in reality I feel awful.

I've been living with this disorder for more than 20 years, you'd think that they'd have at least a basic understanding at this point. But, no, they do not and advice like ' drink more water' isn't helpful.

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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,240 (SuperPoster!) 11 14.8k hugs given	Yesterday at 09:23 PM #624 Turns out my sister has a spider infestation in her apartment building and the exterminator is there so she’s coming over tonight to spend the night with me, should be fun having company __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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HALLIEBETH87 Legendary Member Since Oct 2004 Location: usa Posts: 11,478 19 2,791 hugs given	Yesterday at 09:27 PM #625 omg a spider infestation is m worst nightmare! have fun with her! __________________ schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety celexa, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin
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BeyondtheRainbow Wise Elder Member Since Apr 2015 Location: US Posts: 9,511 (SuperPoster!) 9 10.8k hugs given	Yesterday at 10:13 PM #627 Welcome back @MuddyBoots ! It's good to see you looking like you feel better. I'm glad you had a good pdoc while IP. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel
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Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 38,117 (SuperPoster!) 8 9,444 hugs given	Yesterday at 10:16 PM #629 I fell asleep from about 4:30 this afternoon to 8:30 tonight. I was so tired. I feel better now. I ate a protein brownie when I got up and I am listening to music. I listened to that song that song about the night of the 21st of September. __________________ I'm Blue
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