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Bipolar ForumsGeneral & SupportQ: How long w/o showering?
10/24/2011 03:28 PM
ZadieBlue
ZadieBlue
 
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I'm curious: What's the longest you've ever gone without showering? Of course I'm not fessing up until a few others have answered Shocked !!! Do you remember why?

Zadie

"I'm going to quit -- dried turkey." - Anonymous

"I forgot my mantra." - Annie Hall

"Knocked me on the head and sent me spinning
It was a blast I can't remember the last time
Stand between two poles and hold your arms up
I'll kick me over your head and stock down . . . " - Throwing Muses

Female, age 37

Bipolar I (mild)
• Episodes / cycling happen most often during Spring and Fall allergy season; some dissociation possible during episodes.
• GAD dx 12/11, PTSD traits, ED (in recovery)
• Boarding school survivor :)

PSYCH:
Adderall 15 mg x 2 • Prozac 40 mg • Ativan 1.5 mg • Geodon 120 mg • Starting Lithium again
(Levothyroxine 50 mcg • Atenolol 12.5 mg x 2 • Clonidine 0.1 mg x 3).

ALLERGY / ASTHMA -- (Winter / Spring cocktail): Levocetirizine • Alvesco HFA 160 mcg • Ketotifen Fumarate PRN • Flovent • ProAir PRN

Mercy Buckets to everyone!!!
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10/24/2011 03:31 PM  Top
platelet60
platelet60
 
Posts: 282
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The longest in 1996 or the longest in 2011?
Jesse

Lithium 1200mg
Risperidone 2.5mg
Lamotrigine 200mg
Bupropion 400mg

"As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave." -- Solomon ibn Gabirol

"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake

Not a doctor or a therapist -- you know the deal. I hope that someday my humble opinion and experience, taken with a huge chunk of salt, can help somebody.

10/24/2011 03:33 PM  Top
mem8156

three days caming and no hot water

and lazy and depressed at home

I live alone so who cares


10/24/2011 03:39 PM  Top
Catbaloo
CatbalooPosts: 4715
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I have gone longer than I care to admit without showering. Let's just leave it at that.

I'm too tired to shower when I'm depressed and too busy to shower when I'm hypomanic.

My opinions are just opinions, and should be taken as such. I am not an expert on medicines or BP disorder.

10/24/2011 04:33 PM  Top
usmcwife
usmcwife
 
Posts: 293
Member

Hmmm id say 4 days. even recently lol
http://bear-bipolar.blogspot.com/

10/24/2011 04:35 PM  Top
Arauna

I have to throw my lot in with Catbaloo; let's just say it was long enough! I had one this afternoon!

10/24/2011 04:39 PM  Top
ZadieBlue
ZadieBlue
 
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I keep thinking I'll be going to the pool and then showering afterwards, but I haven't made it to the pool since I got my hair done, which was last . . . It's been a little while . . . .

And yeah, I live alone and I'm freezing cold cuz the heat's acting up -- WHY in the world would I deliberately make myself wet and really really cold?!?

"I'm going to quit -- dried turkey." - Anonymous

"I forgot my mantra." - Annie Hall

"Knocked me on the head and sent me spinning
It was a blast I can't remember the last time
Stand between two poles and hold your arms up
I'll kick me over your head and stock down . . . " - Throwing Muses

Female, age 37

Bipolar I (mild)
• Episodes / cycling happen most often during Spring and Fall allergy season; some dissociation possible during episodes.
• GAD dx 12/11, PTSD traits, ED (in recovery)
• Boarding school survivor :)

PSYCH:
Adderall 15 mg x 2 • Prozac 40 mg • Ativan 1.5 mg • Geodon 120 mg • Starting Lithium again
(Levothyroxine 50 mcg • Atenolol 12.5 mg x 2 • Clonidine 0.1 mg x 3).

ALLERGY / ASTHMA -- (Winter / Spring cocktail): Levocetirizine • Alvesco HFA 160 mcg • Ketotifen Fumarate PRN • Flovent • ProAir PRN

Mercy Buckets to everyone!!!

Previous discussions I participated in:
Oops
unexpected trigger
So Very Sick - Help

10/24/2011 04:46 PM  Top
YorkieLove
YorkieLove
 
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I'm an Advocate

The longest I've ever gone is 3 1/2 days. I did take sponge baths though. I was in the field (army) and backpacking.
Lisa

My advice is purely personal. I am not a Doctor and there is NO substitute for getting proper medical diagnosis and advice.

Bipolar II, Depressed Severe

Lamictal 400 mg
Seroquel 150 mg
Effexor 150 mg
Inderal 10 mg
Ambien 5 mg
Lithium 1200 mg

10/24/2011 04:58 PM  Top
Cthebird
Cthebird
 
Posts: 2609
Senior Member

4 days without bathing my body and maybe longer not washing my hair. This was during the worst of my depressive days. The hair washing delay is because of a hatred for drying and styling it. Nowadays it is still a couple of days between hair washings, but I think the fact that I have some Lithium hair loss makes me not want to handle it too much.
Bipolar 1, Simple Partial Seizures, and migraines

Psychiatric meds:

Lithium ER (900 mg)*Tegretol XR (1400 mg)*Lamictal (100 mg)*Geodon (160 mg)*Navane (5 mg)*Seroquel XR (100 mg)*Klonopin (.5 mg)

Ativan 1 mg "as needed" (I rarely take it.)*Seroquel regular 50 mg "as needed" (Only if I'm getting elevated.)

Other meds:

Propranolol (40 mg)*Levothyroxine (150 mcg)

My mix is side effect friendly for me.

10/24/2011 05:06 PM  Top
pirateprincess421
pirateprincess421
 
Posts: 31179
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3 days. My hair gets all funky.
Princess Lainey

Lamictal 200mg
Risperdal 1.5mg
Trazadon 100mg
Klonapin 1mg
Lexapro 20mg
Wellbutrin 150mg

PS...I hate the snow

Please note that I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist. My opinions are personal only. This site is not intended to be a substitution for professional care, nor is anyone here qualified to make diagnoses.
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