Last night I slept the first half of the night well. I woke up about three in the morning to use the bathroom and was up and down several times over the next few hours. At one point I felt like my heart was racing but don't know for sure. I ended up sitting up in a chair for a few hours until I felt comfortable enough to lay back down. I have noticed since I started taking Abilify that I'm not really tired but my head kind of hurts a little. Today I also noticed a slight tremor in my left hand. I'm not going to make a big deal about any of this yet and continue to give this drug a chance.
I'm not doing very well with following a diabetic diet at all. I have never been a big fan of vegetables and have a hard time eating them. I know I have to learn how to eat correctly in order to be able to control my diabetes but it's just so hard. When I saw the doctor all he did was prescribe me a lot of Metformin and say he didn't need to see me back for six months. How is that giving me any sort of guidance on how to control this disease. He also diagnosed me as being diabetes type 1.5 which I had never heard of before. I've said it before and I'll say it again that he and his staff have poor customer service skills. Somehow I will figure how to correctly eat on my own and get this diabetes under control.
I got a letter from Social Security today conforming that I applied for a reconsideration since being denied benefits. The best part is that I didn't have to do anything now that I have a lawyer. I finally feel like I have someone on my side. She told me she'll get everything in order for my case and that I don't have to do anything except ask questions and show up for appointments. The lawyer gets 25% of my back pay which is totally worth it to me because they're going to do all the leg work. The only thing that kinda stinks is that it may take up to a year.
I stopped at my uncle's house today and ha a nice visit with him and my aunt. He found out that his Pet Scan is going to be this next Tuesday at 8 a.m. I told him I would take him and that it actually works out good for me because I need to have my blood drawn to check my Lithium level and A1C numbers. The only problem is that I'm going to have to miss the group session I started attending on mindfulness last week. This will be the third time they've met and the second time I've missed. I'm thinking about just dropping out of the group all together because when I gave my uncle my availability I wasn't in the group yet and told him that my Tuesdays were open.
I’m a 46 year old man who’s been dealing with Bipolar my entire life. It wasn’t until 2013 that I was diagnosed and this blog is my story. As you’ll see there’s been many lapses in my posting but I’m going to try and get back with it. I’ve had a lot of trouble during my lapses but I continue to remain optimistic about my bipolar hence the title Optimistic Bipolar.
The mindfulness class sounds really interesting, I hope you can stick with it.
ReplyDeleteThe class on Mindfulness is really awesome. We are learning different techniques to deal with people and doing different Mindful activities each week. We've colored, did word searches and my personal favorite is meditation. I'm learning to focus on one thing and really take note the different attributes of that one thing. We only have seven more sessions and I've already signed up for the session in spring.
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