Night Shift

Good morning everyone.

Hi @Kurra, glad you have joined us in this 24 hour night shift, drop in chat centre, or whatever it happens to be at the time. Awesome news about the meds helping you so much! I too have been on various meds for about 25 years now (bipolar with anxiety and depression). Mine are working pretty well at the moment but I've also just got back home from a trip down south, which often energises me. Hoping I can keep up the positivity without getting too high or else slumping, which is a bit my pattern even on the meds. At the moment I am feeling overwired a fair bit of the time but it's not too out of control.

@PeppiPatty, the hand-dyed fabrics are gorgeous. Your Charlie Brown avatar is a happy sight, my friend.

@Appleblossom, wonderful to read you having good times with music and travel.

@Shaz51, thanks for asking how I am. Very active creatively and feeling happy about that. It's the main thing I have to give to the world (whether the world is highly interested or not, hehe).

@Tufflife, hope your friend is doing okay. Are they still in hospital?

@eth, how are you today? Hope @BlueBay is doing better after a night's sleep. The internet here was at a crawl last night and my web pages kept timing out on my replies.

Best to everyone I haven't mentioned. May today treat us all well.

Good morning @Mazarita I'm doing well today thanks. Just took myself out for brekky of pancakes and yummy coffee for mother's day (no family here as you know). How are you today? It's a lovely morning here.

Hi @eth, Happy to hear it's a lovely morning for you. Yum pancakes. I love maple syrup. I'm good this morning. Just uploaded one of my videos to the web. I wish I could share it here but it would give away my identity. But I don't think you saw the one I made for one of @PeppiPatty's poems a while back so I'll share it again (I made it under the name Mazarita so it is fine to post here):

Beautiful @Mazarita and @PeppiPatty. The words, the music and the imagery work really well together. Skills!!!

Thanks @eth. It means a lot that you appreciate what we have done.

Did you have a good sleep last night @Mazarita? What are you up to today?

@eth, the melatonin definitely got me to bed earlier than usual (about 10.30pm). Did wake up for a couple of hours in the night but it's early days with it yet. Feeling fine this morning, not groggy as I was warned I might. I was wondering whether you and @Former-Member had tried the prescription/hormonal grade variety, or the over-the-counter herbal formulation. The pharmacist I spoke to said the prescription version was the only one effective for serious sleep problems.

@Mazarita I haven't tried it at all. My GP prescribes another sleeping med for me that I use occasionally to break the cycle. Glad to hear you had at least a slightly better night. Are you still feeling 'wired'? I think that's the word you used in another post. If so it might take a few days to settle down again.

@eth, ah, that's right, I remember now you said you didn't know about melatonin. I'll keep you posted on how I go with it. Yes, still wired. Doing relaxation and breathing to try to keep myself from spinning too far. The meds help stop it from going extreme too (more than anything else really, but it all helps). Plan to get out for another walk today. Autumn and Spring are the best times of year here. Will ring mum later (after midday as she has always had unusual sleep patterns too).

Sounds like you're doing all the right things @Mazarita.