So I wasn’t going to post this, but thought I would. The purpose of this blog is to educate about mental health as much as it is to keep my friends informed of my progress on my triathlon journey. Tuesday has been really tough mentally.
For I had two pre-organised boxes of tablets at home when we packed for holiday. I would have sworn blind I had them and had packed them but to my dismay I only had one box. Well what does this mean in reality? You see the meds for bipolar disorder are multi faceted. You have mood stabilisers, tabs to stop you going too low and some to stop you going too high there are also ones to help you when all else fails.
Well guess what, I’m stuck in Africa with only my emergency meds.
Queueing up for the flight was a nightmare it was hot and sweaty, noisy and I’d had no evening or morning tablets. Que the emergency meds. The flight wasn’t much better I felt an emotional basket case, trying to hold it all together.
Well I survived the flight and made it home. Took my tablets and I feel ok again. Don’t forget your meds folks. This was written five days ago but thought I’d share.
Bipolar Ironman 