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Old Mar 05, 2010, 01:27 AM
Claire89-2 Claire89-2 is offline
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It sounds like you are going through a really difficult time with your mood and medication shifts. It can be so disruptive to your sense of well-being.

I hope things even out for you soon.

- Claire

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Originally Posted by Pughead View Post
I scored high in Mania, Depression, and Dissociative disorder. The latter is new to me, but it is consistent with what I've been experiencing the last few months, and the past several days in particular.

I forget if I drove to work or not, or where I parked, even though I always park in the same spot. Today I asked one of my kids who dropped them off at daycare, because I honestly couldn't remember, and it was me. Now, I'm whacked out because I'm going down on lamictal and up on depakote at the same time. I'm also reducing my xanax at night, so my sleep is messed up. But generally, I've gone from elated and excited (lamictal only) to just kinda indifferent and grumpy...and very irritable with my kids and pets. I also have some sort of phonophobia (sensitive to loud sounds) type of thing going on. I don't feel like working because the stuff I'm doing is uninteresting, for me at least. I'm working on some stuff that takes a lot of brain power, but to me, the end result is lame. Even the more complex projects that are pending, I really don't care about right now. Even though I'd normally (hypomanic is normal for me), I'd be really into them and seeing how they develop over time. But right now I don't really care. Bad timing because I have a lot of projects in the queue and in the works, both at work and at home; though, most of them are related.

Oh well, I shouldn't be surprise when adding a depressant (depakote) to the mix.