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Sep 17, 2024 at 07:51 PM
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I keep going from happy and hyper to a total ***** irritable. t says my mania has truend into a mixed episode. im not delusional but seeing things.
help me plz by telling my some coping skills yall use when like this? im struggling. i see new pdoc oct 4. ive been struggling since july. __________________ schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
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Bizi is bizi
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Sep 17, 2024 at 08:50 PM
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I am sorry you are struggling.
It does sound like a mixed mania. Maybe you can do a bit of research on line or even just these forums for threads that have mixed mania in the thread. I have never experienced a mixed mood. sorry Hugs to you((((((((HUGS))))))) bizi __________________ lamictal 2x a day haldol 2x a day cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, fish oil coq10 multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine Remeron at night, zyprexa, requip2-4mg |
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Sep 17, 2024 at 08:58 PM
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im struggling with focusing but ill try. ty
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Sep 17, 2024 at 09:17 PM
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This is weird sounding but it does help me.
My therapist draws an infinity sign on his white board (I also do it at home on a white board; I'm sure you can do it on paper but the sensory experience with the white board helps me somehow) and then has me trace it 10 times with my dominant hand and then 10 times going the other direction using my non-dominant hand. It supposedly engages both sides of the brain and sort of tunes them out from the mixed thoughts. I know it's odd but it's cheap and does work for me. Another thing I've done is using ruled paper and color across the top line with my dominant hand, the 2nd line with my non-dominant hand, 3rd with dominant, etc. I do have to make myself choose colors at random so my OCD doesn't kick in. This is basically the same thing but it lasts a long time if you fill the whole page. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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Sep 17, 2024 at 11:06 PM
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I had a whole routine around a very hot, very long bath with scented salts, salt scrub, ice water and putting my head under the water. The ice water was to drink and pour over my head because it got very hot. My skin when I got out was red and I had to stand up carefully because my blood pressure would drop, but oo I’d feel soo relaxed. I had I few plastic glasses full of ice water, I’d hold the ice on my face and head until it melted. Then when the water cooled I let some out and run the hot water to fill the tub back up. I’d just let my mind go numb. Nothing just feel the hot and the cold. Then when I was finally ready to let go and get out I’d let the water drain and all my cares went down the drain with the water.
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Sep 18, 2024 at 02:47 PM
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Another thing my therapist had me do once (and this is harder to find than it was 18 years ago) was to shred phone books. I'm sure magazines (which our local libraries often have free) would work too. It kept my hands busy and me in one place for a while.
The hospital had me make potholders on a loom once. I could only do it in the supervised room but it did help. The nurses spent a lot of time trying to find something I could use as a hook in my room after the day room was closed but it didn't work. It did give me an odd collection of nursing supplies though. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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Sep 19, 2024 at 04:45 PM
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been seeing swirling silver objects. idk. worried if i dont switch pdoc she gonna try to MAKE ME go to IP and im not unsafe and dont need that. i see new pdoc on october 4. my mind is muddled. im not reallt irritable anymore. more depressed mostly
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