thread on which to be factitiously Mentally Normal (NOS)

[Mitchy1nge]

nobody was wondering but not only am I still alive, the horribleness of my back pain has completely stopped is all a bit tender and traumatised but hooray for me

and partial hooray for the weirdness that is tramadol I suppose

Work is over for the holidays. Hurrah!

Can you do tomorrow for me at work please?

Agh. Rubbish name change fail.

Mitchy, do you get dizzy on lithium? Can't tell if this is lithium-induced dizziness or general eat-more-protein dizziness.

No, I don't think so. Absurd calorie deficit/restriction and or seroquel have caused that sort of thing. I stumble around a bit when I am slowly poisoning myself with lithium but not at lower levels, really can't remember the early days of it though and was on quite heavy duty Other Stuff so is all a blur now :)

hooray for mp and her holiday from the mentally disordered!

am on a mission to increase the lean mass of my bottom after recent bouts of binge riding, it is actually bruised

(pacing around the stove end of the kitchen shouting COME ON COME ON COME ON while The Omelette - sundried tomatoes spinach mini mozzarella balls and THREE fucking eggs - cooks itself)

oh and have been to JL and Waitrose and done my Christmas shopping so have all day tomorrow to ride, muck out, cuddle long lost friend (love having her around again!) and maybe pack a few things for our overnight stay

am enjoying the running on empty exhilaration of the sleep deprivation and meal skipping but The Omelette will sort me out

Caulkhead I suffered from dizziness when I started lithium but it went away after a while.

Ah MP you star. That is exactly what I needed to hear. I asked the pharmacist as he helpfully said "either carry on or stop it". I don't even feel safe to drive, so it's encouraging that it will stop.

Successfully managed to kill the thread with my lithium-induced thanks.
Sorry

Woo

Not a dead thread Caulkhead

Am phenelzine-induced rather than lithium-induced but it all amounts to the same thing

Hope everyone's well.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

not dead here, has been chaotic - #1 has been having a bad time that looks a lot like mania so #2 under instruction to keep her in a darkened room, topping up her diazepam (is all we have) levels every so often - will come back as early as I can. Is really her insistence that 2 or 3 hours sleep is plenty and her out of character expenditure, otherwise she is just shouty and horrible to be around. Average length of a manic episode is about 3 months isn't it? I hope it is 'just' extreme stress.

Oh dear. That's kind of unfortunate.

Merry Christmas.

I'm back home and struggling.

Hey Snowy, what's up? Have you got support?

The voices are bad. I can't ring anyone.

As in there isn't anyone to ring, or you feel you can't do it?

I can't do it, there are people manning the phones at CMHT.

What's stopping you? What will happen if you ring them, do you think?

Can you distract yourself with knitting or something like that? I have no experience of voices, so tell me if what I'm saying is ridiculous.

Sorry to hear you're having a bad time Snowy I wish CMHTs would provide alternative contact details like email as sometimes that would be easier when phones are difficult. Do you have a plan in place for what to do when your voices are being problematic?

I wish I could email too. I'll just have to get through it.

Hoping things are improving for you this evening Mouse.