No vicodin again yesterday. BUT...I'm crazy again. Really dangerously low impulse control - high agitation - classic mixed state. I drank a vodka yesterday so I'd calm down enough to teach class. To nonbipolar people that might sound awful - but I'm in danger of saying mean things...or more like HIGHLY honest things that will damage relationships for a long time. After I am back to normal - the people around me are still not, may never be back to normal. I'm not risking it. And it worked. I made it. I was still a bit disorganized - it is hard to care when I feel resentful and BOY do I feel resentful. I resent not being able to walk in the sun without hats and stupid cotton evening length gloves. I resent being forced to appease the egos of doctors so I can get the meds I need. I resent having to explain yet again my ailments and feel like a fucking hypochondriac when I'm more disciplined and courageous than the fucking idiot I'm briefing. I resent behing handed a faulty system (grading) and then measured on my mastery of that system rather than my skills as a teacher. I resent students who suck up - it is insulting. I resent the money I'm spending just to be normal. I resent the insurance companies pretending to be a resource and then rejecting over half of the cost of diagnostic testing - when I used THEIR preferred supplier. I resent the idea that I have to live to 70 or 80 and PAY FOR IT. OH and most of all I resent that I no longer have fun. I used to love travel (can't get on an airplane) I used to love going out to dinner (can't have a glass of wine - although I have a glimmer of hope there. The vodka didn't make me sick this morning so maybe every once and a while?) I resent the regular things too. My body getting mushy and back fat - oooh how I resent back fat. I exercise every day. I eat balanced meals. I resent how all the clothes are made in China and are UGLY and they all look the same. That's enough for now. I did take a valium to sleep around 11 - I was still wired. I stayed up grading papers. Im grateful to have my energy back...but it's a mixed blessing. I now have the energy to be really resentful whereas before I was just sleepy and depressed.
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