Your post was very emotional and I know I can not do much. I just want to let you know we are here for you. Yes is from long distances but we all felt your pain and try to bring suport or informations. My next post will be about some infos, I am no doctor, no therapist, i just try to put infos together.
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It does not sound like a mania to me, it sounds more like a depression. The symptoms you describe are symptoms of Sz, all of them , except crying for no reason.
There is no clear cause of depression, but doctors think it’s a result of chemical imbalances in the brain.
The influx of cortisol triggered by depression also causes the amygdala to enlarge. This is a part of the brain associated with emotional responses. When it becomes larger and more active, it causes sleep disturbances.
Amygdala is know to be responsible for fight or flyght response. It almost loom like you see no way out from a situation so yoh froze.
I wonder what’s the feeling behind the crying. Is it hopelessness, guilt, remorse, shame?
For exemple I have feelings of shame and guilt. Sometimes I cry, but I know those feelings are stuck in the kidneys, responsible for adrenals. If those are affected in short or long term(meds take care of it) we feel we can not fight( we might feel hopeless but is more complex)
You need to get some good sleep. Do you have some sleeping pills?
@anon57496651 gave you some good advices: church and prayers, yoga and meditations…and meds. they all add up.
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I must say I read your post couple of times and is very touching and inspireing. I am very happy for your oxigen level, it says a lot.
My pdoc want to put me on abilify. I never been on one, but any depot scares me.
Beware of coming out of Ap. A week without is not a big deal. But withdrawals are felt even months after that’s why one needs to taper them off.
Let’s avoid the god stuff as ya’ll know it’s against site policy and triggers members.
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Id recommend making an appt with your pdoc. Hope you feel better soon
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I am going thru something, not the same but can relate, am losing time, but I am still taking care of myself to some degree. I was nervous about the Abilify injection when I remember I had already gotten it last month and its just wearing off…I have trouble trusting the psychiatrist but i just have to trust them and put survival over fear without having to explain everything.
I wasnt trying to suggest church as advice or open up a religious debate.
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Maybe you could discuss this with your pdoc. Being overweight is a serious health problem.
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Yes, @crimby, my weight is definitely bad for my health. They want me to lose some weight before they’ll do knee surgery. I’m a high risk (blood clots), so they want to be extra carefull. I also know I’d feel better if I weighed less.
@TheFountainPen Things were great until I got moody. I started at 10 minutes and slowly added a little more. I was at 15 with no issues, no knee pain. Some mild calf burn afterwards, but it always went away fairly quickly and didn’t bother me more than, say, 30 minutes. I bet 20 minutes is doable. I did yoga, too, but I’d just started a routine and wasn’t great about remembering the yoga. I think routine is a huge key to exercising and getting other things done. Like, my hygeine isn’t great rn, but I still feel an overwhelming need to brush my teeth because it became such a habit. If I try to skip, I wake up in the middle of the night, bothered by it. So I don’t try to skip. I’ve at least got clean teeth going for me.
@Moon I most recently dyed my hair amethyst brown, but it ended up really dark. I’m waiting for the color to fade out a bit more, then I’m going brown and am going to see if I can have someone add some grey transitioning. I’ve just got so many darned greys; I’m at the point where I’m like, “Screw it!” and I’m just going to show off my greys.
@anon57496651 I’m sorry you’re dealing with emotions, too. I’m sza- bipolar type, and I think my bipolar part is at the heart of this. It feels like negative emotions rather than just a lack of feeling.
@LilyoftheValley I’m in weight management at the moment. We tried to get me a Wegovy script, but the pharmacy just says they are on backorder. I get crazy hungry. I’m glad I do my shopping online because then I don’t see all the sweets, and it’s easier to get only what’s on my list. Still, we eat out too much because of convenience. That not only messes up my diet but my budget, too. It’s pricey eating out all the time!
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I lost all my extra weight and am very stable on generic prolixin, fluphenazine. 10 mg at nine am and nine pm. hope this helps.
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My daughter is an angel. I had suggested that I need to go to the mall, and she’s insisting that we go. I haven’t showered, so my hair doesn’t look great, but it’s in a ponytail anyhow. I don’t think I smell bad. But I have a thing about not letting my daughter down; I feel like a bad parent all the time, so if she asks for something little, I’m pretty good about doing it. She knows I’m struggling, and I guess she’s decided it’s time I get my butt up. I’m dressed rn, so I better head out for a bit.
Also, I did message my pdoc. Fingers crossed. I don’t want to be on seroquel, but I’d rather gain weight than have all the damned paranoia and such. I imagine I’ll hear from her on Monday. I think my lack of movement is majorly an issue. My watch tells me I was up for 6 minutes yesterday. I guess that covers bathroom breaks.
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Hey @Happy_H i feel sorry for what you are going trough. We all know how if feels when you lack motivation. But you have a good motivation on your side.
Probablu your motivation will be so much Stronger if yoh think anything you do for yourself is for yohr daughter.
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Okay, I spoke with my pdoc. She agrees that it’s the seroquel, so we’re increasing the dose. Yay and oh no!
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