#Grief, #COVID19 & Fever
Grief Reading this post, I fear that I come off as self-centered, concerned more with my physical health than grieving my mother's death. Perhaps that's denial. It's hard to properly grieve when dealing [...]
Balancing Act Self-Published to Amazon Kindle for Now
To simplify my life, I decided to self-publish Balancing Act - Writing Through a Bipolar Life to Amazon only for now. My mother's health is touch and go right now. Self-care and [...]
Funneling Exercise: Admired and Called
Characteristics I admire: Compassion, Creativity, Bravery, Love, Intelligence
Recovering from Hypomania
Recovering from hypomania and fatigue. Need to relax, slow down, and heal.
2019 Goals
White Christmas with snow-dusted ponderosa pines Christmas 2018 Christmas was both beautiful and bittersweet. We spent the holiday among snow covered ponderosa pines with close family, dearly missing our recently departed [...]
What I’ve Done Recently
Frustrated, Defeated and Hypomanic The weekend before last, I was frustrated, overwhelmed, feeling defeated, and mildly hypomanic. I felt like a failure as a mother, for I hadn’t been able to get my [...]
Irritable. Hypomanic. Parenting Fail.
Trying to keep hypomania at bay. NAMI training this weekend. IBPF panel next Tuesday. Frustrated with parenting newly adult son with social anxiety and migraines.
Low Carb Low Fat Diet
Saw my internist today. Here's my new diet regimen to lower my triglycerides: 100 gram carbohydrates per day, 60 grams fat day, no more than 5 nuts (preferrably walnuts), no olive oil (save [...]
Liver Panel Lab Results
So, back in November both my internist and my psychiatrist wrote out lab requests for me to fill. Put it off until January because I was nervous as to what the results might [...]
New Year's Resolutions
Love more Worry less Exercise more Eat better Laugh more Stay stable Finish my memoir