So, on Feb. 28th I had an appointment with my new therapist. She noticed that I was talking REALLY fast, and asked a few questions.....and well, I hadn't been sleeping, I had a lot of energy...long story short, she called my pdoc and said something is up.

My pdoc is out of town, but over the phone decided to increase my dose of Invega to 9mg. She just assumed I was going manic.

Now, I know it's important not to let me go up, because then I must come down.

But I explained CLEARLY to BOTH of them that I had four 12-oz cups of regular coffee AND a 16-oz latte with 3 shots of espresso in it. Hello! That's why I couldn't sleep! It's got nothing to do with mania.

And why am I not allowed to just feel a little bit energetic and happy? That weekend - the 25-27 - I cleaned the whole house top to bottom, it actually looked presentable for a change, and I exercised, cooked, played with my daughter - it was GREAT!

Now that she has me doped up, I could barely clean off the kitchen table this weekend, the bathrooms are disgusting, I didn't wash the dishes (hubby did), I didn't cook (we had microwaved crap)...it's a totally different picture.

Why is it so WRONG to have energy?

I'm considering just dropping to a smaller dose, but I don't want to get in trouble for it.

How do I explain to my pdoc and therapist that it really wasn't mania?