FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
Grand Poohbah
Member Since Apr 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,897
11 1 hugs
given |
#1
So right now is a perfect time for some spring cleaning since I am a little hypomanic. The problem is no matter how much junk we get out of the house and reorganize the house still looks like a tornado hit it. So then that pushes me to the irritable side of hypomania. Which then can lead to my crash. I like the hypomania because I finally have energy to do things and some motivation. Problem is I can get a little OCD and stuck on one thing. It is really hard to find a balance with all these different moods and emotions flowing at the same time. It is so hard to explain it to anyone who has never experienced. That includes our Ts. They say they understand but do they?
|
Reply With Quote |
Anonymous41462, Jedi67, Unrigged64072835
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
#2
When I think of spring cleaning I think of nitty gritty cleaning, not mess clearing. I'm not 100% sure if you've still got messes bothering you. If so, superficially make things look good first, then concentrate on the details.
When we have guests coming, I find myself doing the "make everything look good" part and my husband wastes time on a project that no one will really notice. What he does is great, but not as the big picture task to be done. If it takes hiding dirty pans in the oven and kicking stuff in a closet and shutting the door at first, consider doing that. Then perhaps open the oven and cleaning the pans, then the oven. Then opening the closet and organizing the mess in there. I recently cleaned my pantry and replaced the contact paper on the shelves. That did make a mess while being done, but the rest of the house looked passably fine in the meantime. One nitty gritty project at a time. |
Reply With Quote |
Grand Magnate
Member Since Jun 2012
Location: East Coast
Posts: 3,537
11 3,826 hugs
given |
#3
I wish I could be hypomaniac so I can get some cleaning done. But I agree with bird dancer, one project at a time.
|
Reply With Quote |
Anonymous46341
|
Grand Poohbah
Member Since Apr 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,897
11 1 hugs
given |
#4
So I decided to go through the kitchen cabinets to get rid of things we never use. I tried to get rid of a place setting that we haven’t used in 18 years but my wife through a fit. Her mom is a hoarder and she got a little bit of it in her too. So we compromised and moved them to a lesser used cabinet. At least now cups won’t come flying out at me when I open the cabinet. Really wanted to get rid of the couch in the garage but found out that the drywall ceiling fell on it and blocking it. Plus it is raining so maybe next weekend. Our kids just have too much stuff. We want to sell it but don’t have time to deal with that. I am so itching to get that couch gone.
|
Reply With Quote |
Anonymous46341, Jedi67
|
Silver Swan
Member Since Jan 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 16,482
(SuperPoster!)
16 2,556 hugs
given |
#5
I just did some basics today- kitchen, laundry, general picking up, take the trash out, etc. I feel better now. Maybe tomorrow I'll vaccuum and clean the bathroom- though I did do a little bit in there, too.
__________________ Wellbutrin XL 300 mg Loxapine 50mg Ingrezza 80 mg Ativan .5 mg 2x/day Propranolol 20 mg 2x/day Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
Reply With Quote |
Anonymous46341
|
Veteran Member
Member Since Mar 2019
Location: Western, NY
Posts: 575
5 1,913 hugs
given |
#6
when my kids were young and before I was diagnosed I would get hypomanic just looking at their rooms. my wife would yell at me for clearing out stuff they still used. these days when I'm hypomanic, I tend to re-organize everything over and over again until they look exactly the same way when I started. I do have a routine for cleaning but when hypomanic, I have to be more mindful when I can or I'll throw out our furniture if no one is looking. that would really land me in hot water.
__________________ "Do or Do Not. There is No Try" - Yoda, Jedi Master Diagnosed 2008 Bipolar II with Mixed States, Rapid Cycling with Anxiety / Depression: Meds: Zoloft, Latuda, Gabapentin & Depakote. |
Reply With Quote |
Anonymous46341
|
Reply |
|