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-43 with windchill today. The University cancelled classes and gave staffers the option to use a benefit day, which I did. Not leaving the apartment today. Hugs to all and stay warm if your in the vortex!!
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Do stay warm! I saw on the news how wicked cold it is today in the Midwest and around there. Stay safe!
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It's nowhere as cold in my state as it is in some today, but it's still cold at around 20 F. We have deck builders repairing our deck today. At least it's sunny right now where I am. They said it would snow last night, but luckily that amounted to nothing. I'm hoping they'll finish the work today. I put out two thermal carafes for them - one with boiling water and one with hot coffee, along with sugar, milk, spoons, teas, and disposal hot drink cups and lids. I might find some snack to offer, as well.
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Brrrrrrr!!! We have negative windchills also so they cancelled school which means I’m off work too!!! But, it’s not quite as cold as your home town! I do have to go out as I have a t appt and I’m so glad she didn’t cancel! __________________ ***** Every finger in the room is pointing at me I want to spit in their faces then I get afraid of what that could bring I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert in my mouth Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now Tori Amos ~ Crucify Dx: Schizoaffective Disorder |
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Went to work today but felt like **** so I came home. I got a dr note for today and tomorrow so that they won’t yell at me. Not sure if I’ll take off tomorrow though. I probably will since I have to note. And then I seriously, seriously can’t take anymore days. Ever. For the rest of the year. Damn depression screwing everything up.
My therapist suggested I get the happy light to encourage myself to get out of bed in the morning. She also suggested keeping peppermint essential oil near my bed and putting some on my temples and behind my ears as soon as my first alarm goes off. I’m really getting desperate with winter. I can’t stop fixating on it. I can’t stop thinking about how ****** it is and how it’s not going to be better for at least two months. However I must focus on next week. It should be a smidge warmer next week and maybe even sunny one of those warmer days. That would be nice. I can’t afford a happy light right now so I’m not sure what to do on that account. I already have some peppermint oil so that’s worth a shot. Why not right? Can’t hurt. My therapist also recommended looking into cbd oil for pain management. Just until I can get the surgery in June. I’m not sure about it. I wouldn’t even know where to go to get it and I wouldn’t want to get it online because it’s unregulated so you can’t tell what you’re getting. I’m not sure. I have a prejudice against marijuana and I know CBD is not marijuana at all but still. __________________ Of course it is happening inside your head. But why on earth should that mean that it is not real? -Albus Dumbledore That’s life. If nothing else, that is life. It’s real. Sometimes it f—-ing hurts. But it’s sort of all we have. -Garden State |
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__________________ May we each fully claim the courage to live from our hearts, to allow Love, Faith and Hope to enLighten our paths. |
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WC __________________ May we each fully claim the courage to live from our hearts, to allow Love, Faith and Hope to enLighten our paths. |
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Well I haven't checked in awhile.
I was so spoiled this Christmas by my sisters. Got tickets to the Lion King! It was breathtaking! Took my son. I cried through most of it. We were in row G. Just right by the isle. Which is super cool if you've seen it you'll know what mean. If you are going to go, I don't want to spoil it. It's by far my son's and I favorite Disney movie. It came out the yr he was born! On the bp front, I'm slowly coming off lorazepam. She switched me to diazepam. We are decreasing by 2 mgs every month. I started out on 20 mgs and now I'm on 12. But I made a huge mistake with my meds . I was so drowsy and tired on the diazepam that I lowered my trazadone by a lot 3 months ago. Just thinking of the mass fatigue and not the antidepressant part I got extremely suicidal. I finally realized it about a week ago. We increased the trazadone back up some. I'm feeling much better. My son: he is ok on and off. He's been off weed for about 4 months. He's on 7.5 of Zyprexa and gabapentin and 20 of prozac. He can be very exhausting. He goes into rages at times and is OBSESSED with politics. He has a new pdoc, I've had the same pdoc in the past and he's not very good. But to switch at this place now takes a lot to prove why you want to switch. Being on medicaid for mental health help for ppl with psychotic disorders absolutely sucks!!!! Right now he thinks he's being drugged at the gym and we'll all the time. But he won't tell his treatment team for fear of being over medicated. I tell them over the phone as he will not let me go in to his appts. I hope everyone is well. If not, lots of hugs to you. Last edited by Anonymous41403; Jan 30, 2019 at 05:16 PM.. |
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My father is holding steady. I get the impression he is showing his personality and being nasty to the staff at the hospital. He got agitated the other day and somehow managed to pull out his feeding tube (surgically implanted) despite being in restraints and having an abdominal binder covering/protecting it. I feel bad for his therapists and nurses; I've dealt with patients like him before and it is exhausting.
My therapist and pdoc were really impressed that I told him everything I did last week. I'm still a bit anxious about some of what I said but I think it's going to be ok. Based on the tube pulling I imagine he is still somewhat confused. The truth is that I said more than I thought I'd say because I thought he would be in a coma. I prayed for the right words and I said what came to mind and felt right at the time. I need to trust that it was right. My cat has 2 infected paws again. I'm supposed to keep socks on him. They lasted 35 seconds. A cone of shame is next but I'm not going out in this dangerous cold to get one. I know it's a waste of money; he'll either get it off or be so miserable I'll take it off. I understand the recommendation but he's a cat and his instincts are to not tolerate such things. He's getting a new med that costs a small fortune when it is warm enough for it to be shipped (so Monday). stay warm! __________________ 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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yes, it's a soft Elizabthan collar.
I'm also supposed to wear a nightguard and that's a great analogy. The horrible cold lasts through tomorrow and then we're to get snow. I just learned that. Our driveway it dangerously icy and with more snow it may be impassable. So I may not have to make a choice about the collar; it may just be impossible. __________________ 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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Freeeeeezing here!
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My problem with my nightguard is I take it out and throw it in my sleep. Then I can't find it because ti is clear. I need a red one or something. I wish I could wear it.
Freezing here too! __________________ 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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So kind of you !!! Was high of 26 here I can’t imagine 50-60 below !!! I think I’d die. __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ |
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Little Plastic Castle - Ani Difranco
YouTube This song is my mood. Electrifying! Not irritable...kinda want to dance naked in the rain. Except it feels like negative something out there and snow is on the ground. But, oh the joy...it is radiating from my skin. And my daughter was dizzy from me spinning her all around. It is a glorious evening. All I want to do is sing and be beautiful. I am hopping out of my skin. Climbing out. Sneaking away. And it’s getting me into the perfect kind of trouble. Like elastic stretched on a really pointy index finger, ready to bend, to let loose across the room. Stinging everything it touches. My brain is on fire 🔥 __________________ ***** Every finger in the room is pointing at me I want to spit in their faces then I get afraid of what that could bring I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert in my mouth Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now Tori Amos ~ Crucify Dx: Schizoaffective Disorder |
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I don't know what to say except I wish warmth and sunshine for those of you in the midwest.
Tomorrow I've got to go to the hospital where I get ECT for a second opinion. The second opinion is a legal requirement because at one time ECT was over-used and abused by doctors as behavioural discipline. Now a second pdoc has to agree that the patient is lucid enough to give consent. Since my regular pdoc has been ill this week I contacted the hospital about a solution. They've got me meeting with someone I don't know at all. I'm a little anxious. Then, Friday I go back for the ECT treatment itself. This will be a nicer trip, though, considering my best friend is taking me. We get two hours to chat on the way there, but I'm not very chatty on the way back. You can guess why. __________________ >< |
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Saw my T today. Much needed !!!
I’m kinda stuck in my own head lately due to PTSD , sucks. Very cold here not like further north, I just cant imagine living in that. Everyone stay warm and safe __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ |
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I just promised I’d get up and wash the damn dishes by hand in 20 minutes because I “need some structure right now”. 🙄 MAJOR 🙄! Hello...I’m not a freaking machine or some small decomposing child. But, whatever. My t said I need to “listen to him.” (Within reason of course).
__________________ ***** Every finger in the room is pointing at me I want to spit in their faces then I get afraid of what that could bring I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert in my mouth Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now Tori Amos ~ Crucify Dx: Schizoaffective Disorder |
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