I had a migraine that started Friday and Tuesday was the first day without any symptoms. Sometimes migraines make me a little hypomanic, probably related to a lack of sleep. I had at least one night and maybe 2 when I felt too bad to sleep. I ignored how I felt until today when I realized I was EXTREMELY irritable and also getting quite paranoid. My hypomania had become a mixed episode.
I think that I noticed it more quickly than I might have in the past because this respite has been the first in so long. The paranoia was significant though. First I was very upset because gold hardware/knobs were used on the interior doors in my house when I requested silver because I do not like gold. It's just a me thing, gold isn't my favorite. I had requested this several times and I felt totally ignored. I felt myself blowing it totally out of proportion. At absolute worst I spent $30 and spend a day redoing it. Life goes on. Then I called my mom at my sister's and she was weird on the phone and texted about "something going on" or something. At first I was sure that I had done something terrible and would never see the girls again. This in spite of the fact I'm scheduled to watch them Friday. I even thought about the suicide attempt that would go with that. It scared me. And then it got even worse because I became certain that Geraldine's tumor markers were back and were elevated. That led to a crash course in recurrence of her tumor. It recurs more than I'd like but not for months after surgery. So I can relax there. I'm not sure they even test for the markers yet. It turned out to be a very stressed sister needed help being 3 places at once.Thursday, October 31, 2013
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I totally get the doorknob thing - I feel the same way. The first thing I did when we moved in to our house was change out the doorknobs!
At least you weren't paranoid about the doorknobs. You KNOW you had requested silver and your preference was ignored/forgotten. Glad you were able to get a good quick fix with that annoying detail. May it ever be so!
Very sorry to hear you've been kicked into a mixed episode. It's amazing to me that you are not caught up in it, that is, you have keen insight into what's going on. You see the paranoia in each instance and are able to apply reasoning. Was the family aware?
Glad you're in close touch with excellent Dr. Brain. I know you're thankful for her.
I will stop to pray that you get balanced very soon.
Not invasive hugs, Michal
Rachel-Thank you for confirming I'm not being excessively picky here. It's being fixed but my mom felt really awful asking for it to be, even though she knew I'd asked, written it down, and later when we were in the house we found a copy of the plans with the request written on it. I feel like it was petty but it was going to bother me and that's the exact reason I brought it up initially.
Michal-Thanks for noninvasive hugs.:)
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