Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
i need help i have to find ways to stay focused on the things i need to do in everyday life
life skills for routine tasks grocery lists paying bills on time keeping in the here and now
i have been forgetting to pay some bills only 1 month behind on on or two the cable last month electric month before they are low so i paid 2 months ok but still a big chunck of my check
i am concentrating so much on crafts trying to reach some stability that i am losing control of my everyday tasks
i do wash shower change clothes most of the time but some down days i do not even do that
my cycles are rapid 3 days up 2 down other 2 are the going up or down building up rapidly during the day or night
i find myself forgetting to eat meds i am good with most of the time 7am and 7 pm
this lockdown has my mind clouded my routine is suffering and i rarely know what day it is even days of the week
ithe drive has lessened but it is still there on my up days and i push it on my down days
how do i regain control my days and nights are reversed i do not really start functioning until 7 pm rest of the day kind of wandering around drinking coffee smoking
i am forgetting to eat i lost all the weight i gained but i am ok with that but i have to eat
i have lost my living skills and need to get them back
help please if anyone feels the same way
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Set aside a time each morning or an hour or so after whatever time you get up each day to check your Calendar and see what you need to do that day. You daily activities should include everyday things like showering, washing laundry a few days a week, running the dishwasher once a week or so. What days you need to sit down and pay bills....all the practical things. Put the days you need to pick up your medication refills and all of your Dr. appts. Get in the habit of checking your Calendar each day.
Don't make it to difficult as that tends to make you want to not do it.
Just easy, straight to the point reminders of the everyday things that need to be done.
Take care,
Kat
i set a certain time for sleeping eating getting up washing etc trying to keep it a little strict until i get used to an good routine set alarm for meds rarely forget just a reminder trying to fill day so i do not get so bored during the day walking around everytime i go out to smoke not far to gazebo and around and back taske one cigarette i sit on the bench a half hour for sun and air
it feels good to have something that i have to do thanks