This week hasn’t been too bad. My assignment has been to create my own feelings chart to use with my mood tracker – which I had hoped would be ready for next week’s tracker but it’s proving to be more complicated than I expected.
I can also see that I need to go back to using the pill box again. An hour after med time and I can’t remember if I’ve taken my meds or not. I have to assume I didn’t, but I don’t dare take them just in case I had. Using the pill box will solve that issue.
Mood Score Key:
Sliding Hypomania = 1 ~ Hypomania = 2 ~ Mania = 3 ~ Baseline (My Normal) = 0
Sliding Depression = -1 ~ Depression = -2 ~ Severe Depression = -3 ~ M = Mixed State
Energy Score Key:
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: ~
Sunday ~ June 3, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0am/-1pm ~ Irritation: 0am/0.5pm ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 2:30am, up at 6:30am – 4 hours total
napped 4:30pm to 9:30pm – 5 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 8am
- 75mg Topamax @ 10pm
Meals
- 2 cups of coffee
- 20oz. bottle Dr. Pepper
- ? slices of pizza
Today’s Feelings
- Tired – physically (long day)
- Irritated – as the day wore on, the boys wound up which rubbed me wrong and as a parent this is very normal: nobody wants to see their kid forget their manners, which kids often do when excited – it happens
- Content/Thankful – took me awhile to identify the positive or neutral feeling I have even though I’m not in a bad mood
Notes
- brother from California showed up late last night to visit
- niece graduated from high school today as valedictorian
Monday ~ June 4, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 2am, up at 6am – 4 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- forgot am meds
- 75mg @ 7pm
Meals
- ? cups of coffee (lost count after lunch – more than 3)
- 1 slice of leftover pizza
- 2 cheeseburgers and pasta salad
Today’s Feelings
- Cheerful most of the day
- some Frustration during the BBQ
Notes
- expected Special Olympics practice to be canceled due to rain, but Tuxedo Cat didn’t come home on the bus so Scholar Owl and I headed over to the school to find out what was up – we discovered that today was the day they were presenting the ribbons they earned from Regionals so I’m glad we went over there early
- family BBQ and hung out with my brothers and company into the wee hours of the morning
Tuesday ~ June 5, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: -1 ~ Irritation: 1 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0.5h
Hours of Sleep: bed at 2am, up at 6am – 4 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg @ 7am
- 75mg @ 7pm
Meals
- 3 cups of coffee
- 1 large cup coffee from gas station
- 1 slice leftover pizza
- 3 cheeseburgers and green salad
Today’s Feelings
- physically tired
- joints hurt today – suspect it was due to chill, damp weather
- patience with the boys lower than normal today
- thoughtful
Notes
- therapy Tuesday
- family BBQ for nephew’s birthday party
- binged watched Aggretsuko on Netflix – enjoyed it greatly, wished it had been longer, pretty much covered similar topics my therapist talked about sadly
Wednesday ~ June 6, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0.5 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 1h
Hours of Sleep: bed at 9pm night before, up at 6am – 9 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- forgot AM meds
- 600mg Ibuprofen @ 12pm
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 4 cups coffee
- 1 slice leftover pizza (last one)
- 1 personal frozen pizza
- 1 bag microwaved popcorn
Today’s Feelings
- Annoyed
Notes
- Dad had my brothers check my car as a pre-inspection, claiming I don’t take care of it since I never clean the trash out of it – seriously, soda bottles in the back seat doesn’t mean it’s never had an oil change – it’s just I don’t have them do this shit because they are always too busy
- didn’t get much writing done at all – barely one chapter outlined – this is how this entire week has been
Thursday ~ June 7, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at midnight, up at 6am – 6 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 4 cups of coffee
- 3 plates of spaghetti with meat sauce
- handful of Sixlets
Today’s Feelings
- Content, despite lack of focus
Notes
- wasted the day I feel by chatting on Scribophile instead of focusing on my outline
- I did render and edit the image for the Page of Swords card today but I didn’t get around to posting the writing prompt for it on the Chaos Pen blog like I wanted to
Friday ~ June 8, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at ?, up at 6am – ? total hours
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 1 large coffee from gas station
- ?oz. iced tea
- 2 cups coffee
- 1 egg, sausage and cheese om bagel sandwich from gas station
- 1 6″ Italian sub
- 1 1oz. snack bag of chips
Today’s Feelings
- Content
Notes
- Bocce day of the Special Olympics – Tuxedo Cat’s team placed in 4th
Saturday ~ June 9, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 1 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at ?, up at 5:30am – ? hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 1 large coffee from gas station
- ?oz. iced tea
- 2 cups coffee
- 1 6″ Italian sub
- 1 1oz. snack bag of chips
Today’s Feelings
- Slightly Annoyed
- Proud
- Mostly Content
Notes
- Main event day of the Special Olympics
- One would expect that a writer could easily come up with a list of words to describe core emotions to use with a mood tracker easily. I suspect I’m over thinking this.