How to distract one's self from a mood like this:

[batgirl]

Tonight I find myself depressed and anxious, and too mentally disorganized to start any activities. I am nocturnal, and tend to sleep when the sun rises, but due to fatigue from lack of meds (with my old antidepressants, I could do good on six hours of sleep) I over-sleep. I end up waking up too late in the evening, and I waste hours I could have spent trying to do other things. This trend is a huge trigger for me, and I've been slowly, slowly working to stop it. What I need right now is advice on how to keep myself from getting deeper into these moods once I've messed-up the plans in my day. How can I 'bounce back'? I always feel ruined and lamentful if a plan falls through, because I don't know how to cope.

[Foxjo]

Hi Batgirl
best thing to do is go and see your doctor about your meds.
maybe they arent helping much, im a monster if i dont get enough sleep! thats why i asked my gp for help, hes given me zopiclone (sleeping tablet) to try and get my sleeping back into a pattern. i sleep ALOT!! i believe i should have been born a cat??

try not to be too hard on yourself. i make lists and plans and hardly ever get them completed cos i feel so so tired. the last thing you need then is to be blaming yourself. that makes you feel worse. try and just have one goal a day and work up from there.
do you have any therapist help?
keep in touch, your not alone x
hugs
Fox

[batgirl]

Foxjo: I said lack of meds; I'm not covered by my insurance anymore, so I haven't been on anything.

[Foxjo]

Oh i understand now, your not in the UK,
it is hard to re-regulate your sleep pattern once you start to get into a bad routine.
Have you tried things like meditation, listening to calming music before bedtime?

[batgirl]

I wish I lived where there was socialized healthcare, I'd probably have less of a problem. Sleep isn't so much what I'm concerned about, I'm simply looking for any advice on how to snap back into more rational thinking after my day's plans go awry

[Foxjo]

the only way is to not be so hard on yourself.
the washing up / ironing /cleaning can wait.
do important things first.
like cleaning yourself, eating.

[ReddishOfRed]

I wish I lived where there was socialized healthcare, I'd probably have less of a problem. Sleep isn't so much what I'm concerned about, I'm simply looking for any advice on how to snap back into more rational thinking after my day's plans go awry

Hello batgirl,
I also have a persistent late sleeping pattern, and trying to change it has proved impossible. It also depresses me.... The only way I deal with it is by controlling my thinking together with making whatever effort I can - I rationalise, I talk to myself, I rearrange my thoughts and points of view, I keep restarting afresh, keep teaching myself to concentrate on positive, and I pray for strength for all this - I've got a strong real faith. I know, you said you are an atheist!

reddish.