Been a busy week with prepping for NaNoWriMo mostly. Got my book’s outline done and trying to work on the character sketches. Normally this is the easiest part for me but this time around coming up with names has been a chore. Maybe I should have gone about this my usual way without all the planning? But I know me and the way I write. I’m pretty certain that without an outline the end of November would have seen me with either next to nothing or a convoluted mess. Hoping that I will have at least all the preplanned characters’ names and a rough idea of who they are down before the 1st of November so that I can jump right into the writing part full throttle. I have no doubt that as usual the characters will take over at that point.
Mood Score Key:
Sliding into Hypomania = 1 ~ Hypomania = 2 ~ Mania = 3 ~ Baseline (My Normal) = 0
Sliding into Depression = -1 ~ Depression = -2 ~ Severe Depression = -3
Energy Score Key:
Severe Low = -2 ~ Low = -1 ~ Normal = 0 ~ High = 1
Irritation Score Key:
None = 0 ~ Mild = 1 ~ Moderate = 2 ~ Severe = 3
Anxiety Score Key:
None = 0 ~ Mild = 1 ~ Moderate = 2 ~ Severe = 3
Migraine Score Key:
None = 0 ~ Mild = 1 ~ Moderate = 2 ~ Severe = 3 ~ Extreme = 4 ~ Aura Present = A
Sleep Quality Score Key:
Bad = -1 ~ Normal = 0 ~ Great = 1
Special Notes for the Week
Menses Start Date: ~
Weigh-In at Med Clinic: ~
Saturday ~ October 22, 2016
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: -1 ~ Irritation: 1 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed @ 1am, up @ 6am, took a nap @ 1pm-5pm – 9 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7:00am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7:00pm
Meals
- 3 Cups of Coffee
- 2 Hot Dogs
- 1 Sub Sandwich
- The last slice of my birthday cake my sister got for me – still waiting on the photos for it
Notes
- Little Bear is unusually cranked today. Not sure if I am perceiving it this way because I feel tired and grumpy or if he is just truly cranked. At least I survived the school dance last night. Just wish they had turned the heat down for it. Not a complaint I normally make, but seriously you don’t need it kicking out that much heat for people dancing. Most of those poor kids were shelling out money for popsicles and sitting outside of the dance room listening to the music. Who plans these things?
Sunday ~ October 23, 2016
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: -2 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed @ 12am, up @ 7am – 7 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7:00am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7:00pm
Meals
- 5 Cups of Coffee
- don’t remember what I ate
Notes
- Seriously do not understand why I feel so tired. Like it’s deep in my bones kind of tired. I hope I’m not coming down with a cold or something.
Monday ~ October 24, 2016
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: -1 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0A
Hours of Sleep: bed @ ?, up @ 6am – total hours ?
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 5 Cups of Coffee
- 2 Hot Dogs, Sub Sandwich
Tuesday ~ October 25, 2016
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: -1 ~ Irritation: 1 ~ Anxiety: 1 ~ Migraine: 1A
Hours of Sleep: bed @ ?, up @ 6am – so I don’t know total hours
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
- 600mg Ibuprophen @ 7pm
Meals
- 3 Cups of Coffee
- 1 Large Coffee from Gas Station
- Fried Chicken, Red Bliss Potato Salad, Sugar Snap Peas, Pineapple
Notes
- I think I did pick up a cold from that school dance. I’m tired all the time and ache all over with stomach trouble. Sucks. My middle son is dealing with the same thing. Little Bear just brimming with energy as usual however. I can’t keep up!
Wednesday ~ October 26, 2016
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: -1 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed @ 10pm night before, up @ 6am – 8 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 5 Cups of Coffee
- 2 Bowls of Macaroni (one with meat sauce made from scratch)
Thursday ~ October 27, 2016
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed @ 10:30pm night before, up @ 6am – 7.5 total hours
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 6 Cups of Coffee
- Smoked mozzarella wrapped in thinly sliced hard salami – there is a name for this, but I forget and my favorite is the ham (bought a whole package, the ham is in the middle so I’ll get to it) and the other kind is pepperoni
- Leftovers for dinner – mostly fried chicken, a few strawberries though
Friday ~ October 28, 2016
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed @ 9pm night before, up @ 6am – 9 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 6 Cups of Coffee
- Piece of Fried Chicken for Lunch
- Small bowl of homemade tomato bisque (I hope I spelled that right, but it’s a soup made of tomato and milk – not a cream of tomato the way my dad makes it, almost a tomato chowder but without onions and potatoes – it’s actually very plain and as a child I HATED it)