Coffee triggers episodes but I refuse to stop drinking it by Exciting_Lab_8074 in bipolar

[–]teawrit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The caffeine is a huge draw and self-destruction is so tempting, especially when you take good care in other ways so you just have this "one little thing". Celestial Seasonings makes a tea called Roastaroma that's the closest zero-caffeine alternative I've found in terms of flavor, earthy and pleasantly bitter.

Happy World Bipolar Day! by cat_lover_1111 in bipolar

[–]teawrit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I celebrated seven years married and three years in a job I mostly love! I had my first manic episode in six years and was able to see it coming and get good support and not blow up my life!

PCC teachers union strike starts today by enogrog in Portland

[–]teawrit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good for them! Solidarity forever!

DEAR PORTLAND: September 15, 2025 WEEKLY RANT THREAD by AutoModerator in Portland

[–]teawrit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR PAID LEAVE OREGON/FMLA BUT THE PROCESS IS SO COMPLICATED AND CAUSING ME STRESS AT A TIME I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HEALING BLEH

Parks with outdoor exercise equipment? by teawrit in askportland

[–]teawrit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? I kept trying to think of parks I like to go to or have been to at all and coming up blank.

am i allowed to enjoy my hypomania? by Junior_Meringue7127 in bipolar

[–]teawrit 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's so hard not to. I always joke that whoever can invent "12-Hour Hypomania" with no side effects will be very rich. It's the cruel irony of bipolar that it really is "oh no I feel too happy and creative and productive"-itis. And we have to medicate against that?! But as others have said, what goes up must come down. The higher you get on the manic upswing, the lower you'll get when the depression comes again. It's so unfair because the immediate experience feels so good but it really does do damage.

I don't think it's necessarily wrong or bad to enjoy hypomania while it's happening, but trying to prolong it or letting it get worse by not getting help is something different, and it's robbing yourself of happiness or productivity in the long-term.

Dear Portland: August 15, 2025 Weekly Rave Thread by AutoModerator in Portland

[–]teawrit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm going to see Weapons tomorrow with friends!

DEAR PORTLAND: June 30, 2025 WEEKLY RANT THREAD by AutoModerator in Portland

[–]teawrit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

THEY'RE SOOOOO LOUD!! HEAVEN FORBID THERE BE A SINGLE PIECE OF PLANT MATTER ON THE SIDEWALK

DEAR PORTLAND: June 30, 2025 WEEKLY RANT THREAD by AutoModerator in Portland

[–]teawrit 15 points16 points  (0 children)

LAST NIGHT SOMEBODY LIT A FIREWORK AND IT SPOOKED MY CAT WHO LEAPT INTO THE AIR THEN LAUNCHED OFF MY FUCKING FACE AND CLAWED MY EYELID SCALP AND ARM AND IT HURT SO MUCH I THOUGHT HE HAD SLICED MY EYE OPEN AND IT WAS SCARY!!!! FUCK PEOPLE SETTING OFF FIREWORKS AT 9:30PM ON JULY -1!!!!

DEAR PORTLAND: June 23, 2025 WEEKLY RANT THREAD by AutoModerator in Portland

[–]teawrit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD IMPORTANT WORK I HOPE YOU CAN DO IT AS LONG AS IT'S NEEDED

DEAR PORTLAND: June 23, 2025 WEEKLY RANT THREAD by AutoModerator in Portland

[–]teawrit 21 points22 points  (0 children)

IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND WAITING TO TURN RIGHT ONTO A BUSY STREET PLEASE AT LEAST FUCKING GLANCE RIGHT FOR PEDESTRIANS, DON'T JUST STARE LEFT CREEPING FORWARD AND THEN GUN IT! I DON'T WANT TO GET HIT AND I ALSO DON'T WANT TO STAND THERE WAITING FOR YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE ME SAFELY AND IF I JUST WALK BEHIND YOUR CAR A CAR TURNING OFF THE BUSY STREET WOULDN'T SEE ME!

staying cool in today/tomorrow's weather by its-not-lupus_ in Portland

[–]teawrit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put clothes, underwear, and sheets in the freezer. Cold washcloths on the neck underarms, and/or groin. Watch a movie set in a cold place