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#661
I had an anxiety attack Wednesday morning so intense i thought i'd have to go live in a psychiatric boarding home. It's taken a while to heal from it. I was really shaken. It happened because i didn't sleep well the night before. I slept well that night and okay last night and am feeling steadier. No more anxiety.
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#662
I've been having issues since July.
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#663
I'm sleeping just 3 to 4 hours
I think it's Rexulti, my pdoc increased the dose a little earlier this week. The same thing happened when I started it and resolved in a couple of weeks. I've been having some really strange dreams, but during last night's short sleep I dreamt about a technical problem I was trying to solve. I got up early and worked on the problem and solved it, much to my surprise. I'm heading out of the city tomorrow with my family to a small town to watch a play. We're having dinner before it starts because it ends late, so we'll be back at home very late. It's ok though since I'm sleeping so little. Bonus that I won't have to drive. I'm 3/4 through a book I started last week. I'm having the Kindle app read the text to me as it goes along. It's a computer voice so not as good as an audio book, but it makes reading easier. __________________ * Dx: Unspecified Bipolar and Related Disorder * Rx: Remeron, Prozac, Klonopin My avatar picture is a photo of the Whirlpool Galaxy I took in April 2023. I dedicated this photo to my sister who passed away in July 2016. |
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#664
im so sleepy. im so busy i have no time to be this sleepy. i did notes for work and then 3 of my assignments. im getting nervous for the end of the semester
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#665
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They're ones specifically meant for anxiety. My husband got them from one of his coworkers to help with his own anxiety. He claims they don't help him.... but it definitely helped me! Holy cow! It was better than a seroquel! It's better than gabapentin or diazepam. I don't do drugs usually obviously, and don't plan on making a habit out of this since it's illegal in WI, but the shyt really calmed me the fck down. It was great! __________________ The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days. 😊 - anonymous The night belongs to you. 🌙- sleep token "I'm scared. I'm old. I want to go home!" 😁 - anonymous |
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I don't know anything about how if/how it works with things like apple pay though. I originally got it for the extra health features, but ended up just using it for the basic health features and so I can get text notifications without my phone's volume being on. Sometimes, I get a text from the office or a coworker so like that my watch can notify me without having my phone's volume on. I have a June birthday too! Although, I guess people here might assume that because of my username . __________________ Lamotrigine: 300 mg Bupropion: 150 mg Risperidone: 3 mg |
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#668
It was time for another IV this weekend. I went to the spa type place instead of the infusion center to save $50 and dodged having to tell the woman who did the IV about my bipolar disorder diagnosis. She saw lamotrigine and asked if I had seizures. When I said know, she asked what it was for. I just said for my mental health and she moved on. I'm not feeling very well this evening (partly because I was due for an IV and partly because I overdid it yesterday) so am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow.
I wasn't the best teacher this week, but I am trying to be gentle on myself about this because having the kids do so much independent work is the only way I could start to dig myself out of the whole I have of to do items. And, I still have more to do...If I'm feeling well enough, I'm getting lunch with a friend tomorrow so that will be nice. Bipolar symptoms are okay too. __________________ Lamotrigine: 300 mg Bupropion: 150 mg Risperidone: 3 mg |
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#669
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#671
@Victoria'smom is it legal for you? Does your pdoc know you are using them? I'm not trying to be critical, I just was reading about clozaril levels last night and one of the things it said was that marijuana can either drastically increase or decrease clozaril levels. Which makes me think other APs are probalby the same. I had no idea although I know my pdoc is very careful to ask if I have started drinking or using any drug including marijuana. That would be why I guess.
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It is legal, I've kinda amped up my usage since this whole thing from 1x a month to almost daily. I don't know if this current psychiatrist knows but it's in all my notes. I didn't partake until I moved here. I eventually have to tell my therapist this is how I'm coping with everything. I'm on no medication. I refuse to take the trazidone because I don't fall asleep on it fast enough and sitting there "knowing" you're going to die if you fall asleep and feeling like you can't breathe the whole time is not fun. I'm med less until earlier is Wednesday.
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#673
So my son had an unfortunate accident. He dropped his iPad face down in gravel and the screen shattered in so many pieces. Cost me $350 for a new screen, iPad case that is much sturdier and a glass screen protector. I’m not mad it was a pure accident and he was sooooo upset about that iPad means everything to him. I’m grateful we got it fixed on the same day a few hours later. That sums up my day. Wandering aimlessly around the mall whilst waiting for his screen to be fixed. My son got to jump on bungee rope swings in the mall. He loved that. Shame his eyes are red and swollen from crying so much when his iPad broke. Just love my little man.
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#674
Went to sleep at 8. I tried calling Caleb but he didn’t answer. Then at 3:45 I see he texted me- texts never wake me up- at 10:05 pm. Just “you awake?” Nope! Shoulda answered at 8! He knows I take gabapentin at night!
Now he wants to eat at his weekend breakfast place which opens at 8 when he knows we’re eating as soon as he gets here- trip takes 2.5 hours. He said “you had a donut!” Yeah at 5:30! I just hope we can see everything at the museum. He has to use a wheel chair because he can’t walk that far. The wheel chairs could be sold out when we finally get there. I like to get places early and he knows this. __________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 mg, Gabapentin 100 Mania Sept/Oct 2024 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) Last edited by Moose72; Today at 07:15 AM.. |
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#675
I can't handle edibles, I had to stop them a few months ago. I was using them pretty regularly but they kept causing intense panic attacks, sometimes even psychosis like symptoms. Then I sticked to vaping THC. Then I eventually stopped that as well. It's completely legal in my state. I think I do better without THC but I know it helps some people. My psychiatrist still asks me every visit if I've been using THC even though I haven't touched it in like 3 months. I started getting paranoid about the possible interactions with my meds, I'm on several. So I figured it'd be best to stop
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#676
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Awesome! Yeah mine is the beginning of June, so I'm a gemini Yeah the fitbit Versa 4 would probably be a good choice then __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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#677
Now he won’t answer his phone. I hope he’s on his way. He was supposed to call when he left.
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#678
I woke up at 3 with what I thought was bad anxiety. But then I got sick a couple times. And so I thought it was a stomach ache. So I took a Zofran and fell back asleep but Zofran makes me anxious. So I said eff it and I got some Dramamine. Which doesn't cause any anxiety, it actually helps with my anxiety and nausea more then any prescription thing I have.
So now I feel a lot better both nausea and anxiety wise. Covid wise I'm still feeling things a bit. I saw a bit of the news this morning and then I turned on an old season of a reality TV show. I think I'm going to go off the grid awhile regarding current events. I'm kinda worried we're heading into a dystopian world. Musk is getting scary. __________________ I'm Blue |
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#679
My partner thought it was a great idea to take the dog for a walk at 4:30am! Problem is my bedroom door is right next to the front door. You see the problem?!?!
I’m going grocery shopping today then I want to go to a cafe by the beach. My son loves to bathe there. Oh we also need to pick up a new vacuum cleaner too. So a few things on the go. Man I’m tired. I’ve already had my cup of coffee for the day so I’m not going to have another one …. I’ve lost 2kg on Contrave since Wednesday. I’m quite pleased about that. I’m going to buy more nuts and some beef jerky because it’s protein…. |
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#680
Today I filled 2 laundry baskets with dirty clothes. Well, one dirty clothes and one sheets with some clothes to top it off. I just threw the first load into the washer. I absolutely have to put it in the dryer because it has my only jeans and some other things I need badly like underwear and socks. I hope I can run the other load too and then tomorrow I can change my sheets.
It has been weeks since I did laundry. It looks like I have 6+ loads to get caught up. Then I have to sort out summer stuff because I don't have enough storage space to have more than one season out at a time. I'll worry more about that later. Right now it is just about having clean jeans, clean pajamas and clean socks/underwear. I keep a lot of socks/underwear around for times like this but I'm starting to run through even my big stockpile. I know this is little but I'm proud of myself for doing this. I've just not felt like it and the worse it got the less I wanted to do it. Then it snowballed. I also have to take my weighted blanket to the laundromat. But that can wait for Monday. I don't go to the laundromat often but I assume it is busiest on weekends. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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