Weeks of Depression
I’ve been depressed off and on for weeks. I wake up with it and often go to bed with it. I’ve had to modify my life to take care of it. I’m going out with friends more- more lunches and coffee meetings. I want to work- but it’s time to just work on the depression.
It takes time. Nothing is going on. There were no personal triggers- at least not big ones. I had a manic episode a few weeks ago and this is just the downswing that comes after. I wish I were manic! Though I know that is just as bad.
So, today is tough. I always feel better when my room and house are clean- but it’s hard for me to do it when I’m depressed. My mother came over and helped me. It’s amazing how much it helps the depression.
This is one of the strategies in Get it Done When You’re Depressed. Ask for help with cleaning- it really makes a difference.
My life is fine- the bipolar is the problem. I must remind myself of that all day.
I will get better! I will go to bed feeling better than I did when I woke up. That is my goal!
Julie
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I need help and I don’t know how to seek it. I was taking 300mg of Lithium 2x a day and Zoloft 100mg 1x a day, but the Zoloft made me sick. I stopped taking the meds because financially I am not able to do this anymore. I am a single mother of 4 children; ages 13, 10, 9, and 7. My 7 yr old has also been diagnosed with a mood disorder, ADHD, amongst other things. I started realizing his symptoms and it started to sound like me, but since I am an adult I can control them more than he can. I know I have bi-polar and I read all of your blogs and it sounds so wonderful to know there is someone out there like me. The problem is that I don’t have friends or family that believe I have this or even actually care. I just have my children. They say I’m making it up and how come I have it now and I didn’t when I was a kid. I tried explaining things to them, but they refuse to listen. They seemed to forget my “little incident” as they called it when I was 15 yrs old, (I am now 30) I tried to commit suicide and I was then taken to a psychiatrict ward and January of 2008, I had tried to choke my boyfriend (of 11yrs) and ended up in there again and he ended up leaving me, but who could blame him. Plus, he didn’t believe that I have bi-polar, he just says that I “act” stupid and that I am just a “drama queen” I really don’t know what to do anymore. I’m just tired of all this. I’m tired of being mad, sad, happy one minute and the next I want to just scream and rant and rave. The thoughts that just keep going through my brain that just won’t let me sleep or concentrate. I just feel lost. Could you please help me? I don’t know what else to do and I don’t know where else to find help anymore
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