The irregular sleep thing continues.

I have trouble keeping track of what day it is. Fortunately, my cell phone does a good part of my thinking and keeping track stuff, so I just keep checking the calendar to make sure. I'm trying hard to reverse this sleep rut. Now sleeping in long naps, one in the afternoon, one at night. The idea is to make the afternoon one shorter and the night one longer. This has worked in the past.

I'm not feeling depressed, just really tired and still mainly unmotivated. I don't have a lot to say today, but I want to make fairly regular posts, so this is sort of a place marker until I can think of something more interesting to talk about.

I am aware of several building blocks of maintaining stability with bipolar disorder. Some of which I do more successfully than others.

1. Medication -- the prescription kind yes, the self-medication kind, no. I also take Omega 3 supplements because there is some indication that they are helpful to people with depression. 
2. Exercise -- working on it!
3. Get regular sleep -- well, we see how that is going.
4. Eat healthy -- I'd rather not talk about that.
5. Get out into the light -- I think this is more important to folks living in northern climes, but I have to say that living in Florida in the summer, I get as little sun as possible. I had a sleep doctor who suggested that one way to help regulate my sleep would be to spend at least 30 minutes outside in the morning each day. 

I'll have to think about that.

So anyway, I'm not doing very much to help myself. Although, as I've mentioned before, writing can be helpful. I've kept a journal for years, but I like doing this blog because it makes me feel more accountable for everything that I say.

We'll see how that goes.