I do recommend one thing that I wish I'd done...get a notebook and keep track of the meds you take, doses, side effects, dates, etc. I was diagnosed in 1992 and have been on lots of different combinations and now it's hard to remember what meds I've taken and what side effects I had, which makes it harder for a doctor to know what to try now when I need a med adjustment. Especially because you might switch doctors or move or something.
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From the movie The Hours: "If I were thinking clearly, Leonard, I would tell you that I wrestle alone in the dark, in the deep dark, and that only I can know. Only I can understand my condition. You live with the threat, you tell me you live with the threat of my extinction. Leonard, I live with it too."
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