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Quick sleep update.
Jan. 17th, 2013 03:22 pmSo I went to bed reasonably early last night (about 11.30pm) though later than has been my habit for the past couple of weeks. I took a nap yesterday afternoon, and noticed that I seemed to take longer to get to sleep than I have on previous evenings. So, possibly the nap was the cause of slightly worse insomnia than usual.
Noticed while moisturising my face this morning that I have serious dark circles under my eyes, which sort of jibes with the constant tiredness. (Yay?)
( Thoughts about sleep and trade-offs. )
(As usual, no advice, please.)
Noticed while moisturising my face this morning that I have serious dark circles under my eyes, which sort of jibes with the constant tiredness. (Yay?)
( Thoughts about sleep and trade-offs. )
(As usual, no advice, please.)
One of the reasons that recovery is hard.
Jan. 16th, 2013 05:16 pmDoing too little is bad for me for a number of reasons, especially to do with my mood and energy levels.
Doing too much exhausts me, not only for the rest of that day but for some days afterwards (thank you, insomnia and non-restorative sleep).
Figuring out what lives in the gap between "too little" and "too much" is incredibly hard.
And there are complicating factors like - I currently have the suspicion that my mood would like more social interaction than my current energy levels will allow. The current situation is that I end up with almost no social life at all, and none that doesn't involve my parents. (I miss having a social life.)
Starting Just One Thing seems like a reasonable solution, but making a decision is hard, especially when there is so much I want to be getting myself to do daily. (Some candidates include playing the piano, writing, programming, exercising, and finding a choir.)
( Some rambling about today's activities )
(As usual, no advice, please.)
Doing too much exhausts me, not only for the rest of that day but for some days afterwards (thank you, insomnia and non-restorative sleep).
Figuring out what lives in the gap between "too little" and "too much" is incredibly hard.
And there are complicating factors like - I currently have the suspicion that my mood would like more social interaction than my current energy levels will allow. The current situation is that I end up with almost no social life at all, and none that doesn't involve my parents. (I miss having a social life.)
Starting Just One Thing seems like a reasonable solution, but making a decision is hard, especially when there is so much I want to be getting myself to do daily. (Some candidates include playing the piano, writing, programming, exercising, and finding a choir.)
( Some rambling about today's activities )
(As usual, no advice, please.)
I need better systems.
Jan. 14th, 2013 06:55 pm(As usual, no advice please.)
So one thing about the recovery thing is this: I keep having depression relapses for very predictable reasons.
The main reason for a depression relapse is not taking my medication. This is usually for one of two reasons - either I failed to request my repeat in time, or I have managed to lose some of my medication in the maelstrom that is my bedroom.
Neither is very good at all. (I'd love it if you guys could refrain from telling me off. I'm doing a good job of that myself.)
Which means I need a good way of putting my medications away when I first get them, and a good way of remembering to request new ones when my old ones run out.
It would also be good if I could sort out the online prescription refill, because I often can't face making phone calls. And this is an order of magnitude worse if I've, say, been off my meds for a week.
One thing I can do is sort out an automated reminder for prescription refills. In fact, I'll do that now.
(Or I could wait while they send me my password.)
Putting them away: I have a meds drawer, but it's full of lots of things, many of them probably out of date, and I don't really know where to start with sorting them out. I guess that could be a small project, something to do while I watch an episode of something. I'm watching a lot of tv at the moment, and trying to get things done while I do. Sorting out washing, bits of tidying, that kind of thing. It's helping, a bit. (There is clear carpet in my bedroom which is always a hopeful sign.)
So that's two things I can do.
I think my new password just arrived, and I think I've also reached the end of this post.
I'll try to check in on the meds thing in a month or so. Maybe I can see if these steps turn out to be as useful as I think they will be.
I use an awesome webapp called Remindeo to send my reminders. (I like them because they're free, you can have as many reminders as you need, and there's loads of space to add extra text. I use it for stuff like "you must call X - here is the phone number and here's what to say", because I hate phone calls and preparing a script in advance.)
Anyway! I was going to link to them, so here is the link:
Remindeo - free reminders, notes & lists
So one thing about the recovery thing is this: I keep having depression relapses for very predictable reasons.
The main reason for a depression relapse is not taking my medication. This is usually for one of two reasons - either I failed to request my repeat in time, or I have managed to lose some of my medication in the maelstrom that is my bedroom.
Neither is very good at all. (I'd love it if you guys could refrain from telling me off. I'm doing a good job of that myself.)
Which means I need a good way of putting my medications away when I first get them, and a good way of remembering to request new ones when my old ones run out.
It would also be good if I could sort out the online prescription refill, because I often can't face making phone calls. And this is an order of magnitude worse if I've, say, been off my meds for a week.
One thing I can do is sort out an automated reminder for prescription refills. In fact, I'll do that now.
(Or I could wait while they send me my password.)
Putting them away: I have a meds drawer, but it's full of lots of things, many of them probably out of date, and I don't really know where to start with sorting them out. I guess that could be a small project, something to do while I watch an episode of something. I'm watching a lot of tv at the moment, and trying to get things done while I do. Sorting out washing, bits of tidying, that kind of thing. It's helping, a bit. (There is clear carpet in my bedroom which is always a hopeful sign.)
So that's two things I can do.
I think my new password just arrived, and I think I've also reached the end of this post.
I'll try to check in on the meds thing in a month or so. Maybe I can see if these steps turn out to be as useful as I think they will be.
I use an awesome webapp called Remindeo to send my reminders. (I like them because they're free, you can have as many reminders as you need, and there's loads of space to add extra text. I use it for stuff like "you must call X - here is the phone number and here's what to say", because I hate phone calls and preparing a script in advance.)
Anyway! I was going to link to them, so here is the link:
Remindeo - free reminders, notes & lists
