Bipolar Check-in #83

Its not more advanced! Im not that kind of girl! Its just regular reply!

Also i hope they can do something for your finger before it freezes that way!

Can I get some insight? I have these little red blisters all over my arms and chest and I just picked at one and it started bleeding.

Is this serious?

Allergic to laundry detergent?

Its been the same laundry detergent.

I did start a new med though and I've been very tired lately and not hungry.

Chicken pox? I know it’s rare but I had lots of red bumps that turned into blisters.

@Nammu

Thanks for the latuda info! I'm not worried about weight gain. I'm already on seroquel. Can't be worse than that!

@Mountaindewed

Allergic reaction to new medication? Stress? Random, but I was so stressed out once we got my daughter home from the hospital after she was born I broke out in itchy red bumps on my shoulders and chest too. Kind of sounds like what you have. Doctors told me it was from stress.

I know it's not really more advanced, but to get the button you have to press "go advanced" unless it's a reply that automatically brings you to the "official reply page" or whatever you want to call it instead of the quick reply button. (I changed the theme though, so maybe it's laid out different?)

But let's be honest, is there such a thing as "regular reply?" I KNOW NO REGULARITIES! (you can ask my ovaries)

Oh, i never do post quick! I have EXTREMELY long pages, and that is at the bottom of the page. I have my profile set for last posted at top. Plus i was always very regular.

I forget, are you on Lamictal (and had any recent dose changes or have been taking it inconsistently)?

I wouldn't think it's too serious, but I'm just saying if I were on Lamictal, and how I take it's changed, and got a rash all over my arms and chest, I'd freak. I know SJS is really rare, but my first NP that prescribed it instilled the fear.

I know you've already had a couple other replies too, and I'm going to say allergy to something else or stress is more likely. We're getting fall changes here and I tend to get rashes just from the air changes (drier, dust from heat kicking on, different pollen, etc.) so that could be it.

I am on lamictal but I've been on the same dose for awhile

I do worry a lot about SJS. They are not itchy though and Dr. Google says it could be like leukemia or some scary ****. But yeah I have been pretty stressed.

I'm thinking of getting my B12 levels checked. I have most of the symptoms and my GI stuff can be the cause of a defiency.

@raspberrytorte we have had the windows open nonstop these last couple of weeks. I have a doctors appointment on Tuesday. I can ask him. We did finally just turn on the air and it feels great.

Got my brand new black pea coat in the mail. Fits like a glove, and only cost sixty dollars! Only problem is that some of the buttons are discolored kinda brown, so they're going to need to be replaced. 😔 Easy enough fix though! No problems.

Concert last night was great.🌙🤘 Bands were amazing. Husband and I had a fun time. Had three beers, which I normally don't do because of my meds and I don't particularly enjoy how alcohol makes me feel, but I have a soft spot for Blue Moon 💙 and it was hot in there! I had to squeeze my way out of a crowd of people and a mosh pit at one point. Feeling particularly tired and lazy today though. Yawn. My cat wouldn't let me sleep in longer because she was hungry, so I was like, "Fine! I'll get up!" About to doze off right now though.

Daughter's thirteenth birthday is on Wednesday. I'm going to be really obnoxious and write TEENAGER on her cake in black icing. HAHAHAHA. We already call her a teenager and she always gets defensive and says, "I'm not a teenager!!!!" She certainly acts like one. Lol.

KMFDM in Milwaukee is week after next! Yippie!

Shyt man. I just remembered my scary psychiatrist appointment on Monday. Going to have anxiety diarrhea now!

We have to take our male cat to the vet on Monday too so we can get a refill on his prescription cat food. Poor guy has to get a thermometer up the butt. 😟 Feel so bad for him. Lol. Oh yawn.

What else?

@June08

It's great you can tolerate wellbutrin at all! That shyt made me so anxious it was intolerable. I couldn't stand it. I wish it would have worked out for me. Makes me very sad it didn't.

I'm having racing thoughts today. I haven't been able to concentrate to read well at all

im obsessing. and im pissed off at ben

"So why aren't you doing the things you usually do? You haven't been doing anything for weeks."

"Because, as I mentioned weeks ago, I've been freaking depressed"

"And you weren't depressed last week?"

"Yes, I was. But I couldn't cancel the trip"

"And you're still depressed now?"

"Yes I think I am, but maybe I'm just getting used to it now"

"Sure."

Conversation with my wife.

ugh my husband thinks hes more qulified abotu my meds than my dr thinsk to do google. fool my dr has been a dr longer than youve been alive!!!

I'm sorry Hailey.

I spent the day with a few friends. Well, two friends and one person who only talks to me when this group of people is together. It was nice to see them but also reminded me of how much I've pulled into myself lately. I'm not really sure what happened. I'm naturally a quiet person, but for some time now I've struggled with things to say when with people. My mind is completely blank and then, afterwards, I sometimes barely remember what we talked about even though I thought I was present. If I work hard to remember, I usually can, but it slips my mind pretty quickly.

I didn't get up as early as I wanted to today because I really needed to sleep, but that means I need to get a ton done tomorrow since I slept in and was at my friend's house all day. The end of first quarter is this week so there is a lot of grading, especially since they only give us a few days after the end of the quarter to submit final grades. They made our grades due during our fall break, which is right after the quarter ends.

My depression hasn't been to bad today but my anxiety is up, especially when I think about the week ahead.

Ugh. I think our fridge that looks like it hasn't been replaced since 1955 (slight exaggeration lol) is slowly dying. The light in it keeps on going off and then it feels like it stops cooling. Have to call the apartment manager on Monday about it. What a hassle. I hope they can fix it without needing to completely replace it. That would be such a pain in the a*s.

Editing raspberry coming in: Oh, and my mom texted me out of nowhere. Fudgcicle. I don't know what to do. I'm thinking about just not responding.

I’m feeling blue.

We went to visit my partner’s dad in hospital. He’s much the same.

Came home and put lessons up for my students even though I’m not going to be in tomorrow. I feel freaked out and I’m not sure why.

I can't sleep because of this dumb stomach pain and nausea. I took zofran and tylenol. my anxiety and moods are decent. I have a pdoc appointment at 3 on Monday and I'm not sure if I'll have an answer about another GI med by then. It depends on my pdoc. My GI doc is really on top of things.

I have some purplish red spots on the right side of my stomach too. I just picked one and it bled

I don't know what easy bleeding means but I checked my blood the other day with my pinkie feeling and the kleenex was pretty full of blood. Just from checking my blood.

My husband is asleep and I just wanna be loud and obnoxious like has while I’ve struggled with sleep since mania started in August. He knew I hadn’t slept and he’d still
Play music when he woke up or turn the tv on loud and ignore is alarms abd is have to keep waking him up which means I was awake for the day st6 am rather than at my alarm at 8am.

Now my body’s so used to his damn alarms he ignores I’m awake at z6 am daily while he sleeps

Doing fine.

Hoping people come to the Personality Disorder forum. That's more my struggle at the moment, since Seroquel has helped immensely as an addition to my 400 of lamictal

Still having racing thoughts. I hate this.

Well, happy Sunday. Unsure exactly what you're going through, but it's nice that all of us on earth are here together. A chaotic era for us all. Tomorrow could be the best day ever, and there's only one way to find out.

B E Z ☮️