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Posted by LlurpsieNoodle on August 1, 2007, at 12:38:05
my husband doesn't work regular hours and he goes out of town a lot. I like it when he's on regular schedule, but lately that seems to be interrupted a LOT.
Now he just left and won't be back until maybe midnight. And I feel alone and uncared for.
Would that count as a reason for a moodswing towards the negative?
Of course, at other times he's HOME all the time and then I go crazy too... maybe it IS the meds, but today I feel sad that he just left.
I wish I had enough brain left to read harry potter. I tried the first page. hopeless.
Now I'm working on my Therapy Quilt. I started it back in April when things were really bleak for me. I pieced a square a day, and one day I had 12 squares. Then I added the borders one at a time. then the whole top was pieced and it sat folded until moving was complete. 2 nights ago I got out the backing fabric and batting and pin-basted the whole mess and now I'm about halfway done (machine) quilting it.
I call it my TQ because it is about the right size to cuddle up with.
The colors are aqua rust and lavender, varied batiks all with some fleck or stripe of gold. kind of crazy, like me.
-Ll
Posted by B2chica on August 1, 2007, at 14:33:12
In reply to okay, I *think* i know one source of mood swings, posted by LlurpsieNoodle on August 1, 2007, at 12:38:05
interesting...lurpsie..you made me think.
i've had similar mood swings lately and they don't seem related to stuff in therapy...one thing i've noticed is about my DH schedule. it is irradic also. sometimes he goes in later and stays late, sometimes early and gets off early, sometimes he comes home, is home for awhile then not long after i'm home...he leaves. it's SO frustrating...and it angers me. maybe partly cuz he's not home as much, but i almost think its because so much of my life is unpredictable right now, that it would be nice if i could "count on him", like when he's home and can help me with little one and such. i would just like some consistency at home...
..so i understand...and agree.b2c.
Posted by OzLand on August 1, 2007, at 22:51:10
In reply to okay, I *think* i know one source of mood swings, posted by LlurpsieNoodle on August 1, 2007, at 12:38:05
Obviously his comings and goings can be a factor in your mood swings. It is important to have stability in one's life as one tries to deal with different stuff--for you the meds, new location, new therapist, new pdoc, trying to find a job. Why wouldn't you have mood swings. DAH!
My therapists schedule for me is so changeable with him being gone a lot of Fridays, and I feel like I am already dealing with enough instability internally and externally with my job, my husband and his stuff, and with the meds. Is my mood unstable right now. Yes it is. Right now I feel okay, but it doesn't take much to throw me over the edge. And my tendency is to withdraw from supports as my therapist keeps pointing out to me about him and me even. So, I have decided I will go to my women's group next Monday, and my husband and I have tickets for the Democratic Debate next Tuesday at McCormick Place in Chicago on MSNBC at 6 p.m. Central Daylight Time. So everyone watch; I will be there: Hah, no one knows what I look like!! But I will be there no matter how rotten I feel.
Oz
Posted by Phillipa on August 2, 2007, at 11:31:12
In reply to okay, I *think* i know one source of mood swings, posted by LlurpsieNoodle on August 1, 2007, at 12:38:05
I hated it when my husband didn't have regular hours and I was scared being alone at night in the house. Now he's doing the EBAY and we're together a lot. He would rather paint boats but I pointed out to him that he will not always be physically able to climb all over the boats and crawl on his knees and he should have a job that he can do if something should happen and as he ages. Makes sense to me. Love Phillipa
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