Journal Entry for July 28, 2009
July 28, 2009 11:57am
Progress
20 %
Goal End Date is Jun 30, 09 149 days ago.
Current Weight (Lbs)
242
Body Mass Index (BMI)
36
AriYule
2:46pm, June 23, 2009
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About Me
AriYule
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About Me
Searching for balance in an unbalanced world. I'm married to a wonderful man, no kids. I've been in the wholesale flyfishing business, mostly tying flies the past few years, for over twenty years. Pretty boring huh? I've been bipolar my whole life and haven't gotten along with people very well. I'm suprised I've been with the same man for 16 years. We've learned together about my BP and are very close.
Searching for balance in an unbalanced world. I'm married to a wonderful man, no kids. I've been in the wholesale flyfishing business, mostly tying flies the past few years, for over twenty years. Pretty boring huh? I've been bipolar my whole life and haven't gotten along with people very well. I'm suprised I've been with the same man for 16 years. We've learned together about my BP and are very close.
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Interests
Outdoors, Photography, Sewing Baby Quilts for donations to various groups. I love to go out and feel one with nature. I don't fish but I love to be on the water, especially the Green River. I like movies and pretty mellow music. Neil Diamond is my all time favorite.
Outdoors, Photography, Sewing Baby Quilts for donations to various groups. I love to go out and feel
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Journal Entry for July 27, 2009
July 27, 2009 10:58am
I lost a couple of pounds, probably by accident. I am feeling better physically. Getting over my surgery, bad tumble and bronchitis. I'm hitting …
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Back on Seroquel
July 24, 2009 7:43am
After being off os Seroquel for the past month, and being on a manic high for most of that time, I started Seroquel again on Wednesday night. I …
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Goals
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Support Groups
Close Bipolar Disorder
Been bipolar all my life but not diagnosed and start treatment until 2001. I remember spending every day angry, with temper tantrums,not likeing anybody. This is when I was very young, 3-4, it only got worse as I grew up. I did my first hospital stay in 2001.
Treatments
- Abilify Not Working
- Only used it for a week in the hospital. I didn't sleep the whole week.
- Ativan Working / Worked
- Works too well, helps me shut out the world
- Celexa Somewhat Helpful
- Only worked for a while
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- Probably the best antidepressant Ive ever been on plus helps with the aches and pains of depression.
- Depakote Working / Worked
- Worked but I felt like a slug all the time
- Fish Oil Working / Worked
- 4000 units/day
- Geodon Working / Worked
- It helps me settle and feel good but I can only afford it ocasionally
- Group Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Groups are too stimulating for be to participate in
- Lamictal Working / Worked
- Keeps the manic in me suppressed
- Seroquel Working / Worked
- Another one that helps settle my racing thoughts, helps me sleep.
- Topamax Working / Worked
- Too many side effects-I could hardly breathe or talk
- Wellbutrin Working / Worked
- Worked just fine until I landed in the hospital again and different docs always want to change everything
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- Been taking since Feb 2000 one of my first meds along with Wellbutrin
Open Anxiety
Treatments
- Ativan Working / Worked
- Breathing Exercises Somewhat Helpful
- Breathwork Somewhat Helpful
- Hypnotherapy Not Working
- Meditation Not Working
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- Trazodone Somewhat Helpful
Open Obesity
On Jan 1987 I weighed 287 lbs. I am 5'8. Jan 3 1987 I had a gastric bypass. Lost 90 lbs in 5 months. Been bouncing up and down since then.
Treatments
- Gastric Bypass Surgery Working / Worked
- I lost 90 lbs the first 5 months. Got down to 192. That's where it stopped. I swore I would never again get over 200. Ya right! Since then I have yo-yo'd anywhere from 200 to 240 which is where I am now. The surgery did have some kind of bad side effects which I guess are lifetime problems. I would do it all over again if I could afford it.
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- Works well as long as I can make myself do it.
- Topamax Working / Worked
- I was on Topomax for Bipolar for a while. I lost weight easily with just a few diet changes. I had to discontinue because of conflicts with other meds.
- Willpower Working / Worked
Open Diets & Weight Maintenance
AriYule hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Stress Management
Treatments
Open Personality Disorders
Type: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)BPD is just one of the many diagnoses on my chart. I fit many of the characteristics-short bad friendships, cutting, fear of loss, extreme anger and rage, and so on. You know the full range.
Treatments
- Talking Working / Worked
- Been working with a therapist for the past 8 years-very helpful
Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is another quirk I've had forever. No special treatment for it since other disorders take precedence
Treatments
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Seroquel Somewhat Helpful
Open GERD & Heartburn
I've had GERD for almost twenty years now. There are lots of factors that make it better or worse.
Treatments
- Antacids Working / Worked
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Somewhat Helpful
- Baking Soda Somewhat Helpful
- Dietary Modification Working / Worked
- Pepcid Not Working
- Pepto-Bismol Somewhat Helpful
- Prilosec Working / Worked
- I've found this to work the best for me.
- Raising Bed Position Working / Worked
- I sleep on an adjustable bed, this really helps.
- Tagamet Not Working
Open Arthritis
I've had some many bone/joint injuries from when I was just little, that having osteoarthritis was inevitable. I started feeling it in my teenage years.
Treatments
- Glucosamine/Chondroitin Working / Worked
- Seems to help, better if it has hyluronic acid added
- Ibuprofen Working / Worked
- Naproxen Working / Worked
- Surgery, Knee Replacement Working / Worked
- Tylenol Working / Worked
Open Agoraphobia & Social Anxiety
I've always had social anxiety but having such a hard time to even leave my house has gotten increasinly worse over the past couple of years
Open Diabetes Type 2
My husband has diabetes. I need help feeding him.
Treatments
- Glipizide Somewhat Helpful
