A low-spooncount type of day.........

[poltr1]

It's overcast and unseasonably warm out (60s F). But all I've accomplished today is sleep, get The Girl dressed, sleep some more, eat lunch, sleep some more, and catch up on email and LJ. These are the days when I wonder if something's physically wrong with me, that I am needing so much sleep. Or maybe it's all mental (i.e. SAD and/or depression). And I'll probably be up half the night because I can't fall asleep.


But I finally got around to doing the '2004 in a nutshell' meme. Here's my 2004 in Review, based on the first sentence of the first [public] post of each month.

To continue where I left off on yesterday's post.............
Like most men here in the US, I watched the Big Game last night.
I got a call from the computer shop this afternoon.
This weekend is the local Mensa chapter's annual Regional Gathering, the DAMNations RG.
[Just another rainy day...]...which is always a good day to sleep in, if you don't work 1st shift.
As we've done for the past couple of years, we stayed with our friends S and C, who live in the southwest corner of Columbus.
One of my ongoing food traditions has been to eat clams on the half shell on the 4th of July.
Here is my LJ profile page.
Tonight I turn my roving eyes to.....the funny names of companies and business, along with humorous slogans.
From mooneflowerz.
(I should be working on the assignment for the career counselor, but this is more enjoyable.)
Believe it or not, the animated TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer turns 40 this year!

Comments

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. I'd argue a bit with calling SAD or depression all mental, actually. Have you talked to a doctor? Both generally do have concrete, physical treatments.

[poltr1]

Yes, I have. Details in email.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Fair enough!

I feel your pain...

[suecochran.livejournal.com]

I've had "inertia" for what seems like months now. I'm not "depressed" (I damned well better not be with all of the psych meds I'm taking) but I'm excessively sleepy, and haven't been able to get much more done than dishes, laundry (and those often are done much later than I ought to let them go until), getting food, getting Matthew to and from school. I sleep a LOT during the day, and always wake up tired no matter how early I get to bed.

What I SHOULD be doing, and I don't really know why I keep forgetting to do it, is take my meds earlier in the evening (they all have sedating effects which could last until morning) and USE MY LIGHT. I spent around $200.00 about 12 years ago to get a "full spectrum light" and then I haven't used it much.

However, I'm not the main breadwinner in the household (thank goodness) so I don't have terribly much motivation to work on the intertia. Have you looked into getting a full spectrum light? I know also that before I developed neuropathy in my feet, I used to enjoy walking and working out at the gym. Both help with depression (I know it's hard to just get started with excercise when you're depressed, but it really has helped me in the past).

In any case, good luck with finding some answers that work for you.