Tomorrow (Tuesday) I have my first appointment since 1994 with a psychiatrist, so we can begin getting my meds figured out.

Wednesday I have my second appointment with the therapist that I saw last week, so we can dive into this. I hear a lot of people say they dislike therapy, but when I went long ago I liked it. Probably because I don't have a best friend to confide in or bounce ideas off of. I have to pay someone to be my friend because I tend to run off the "free" friends.

Thursday is another appointment with my regular MD, who was the one who put me on Celexa a couple of years ago, and then when I mentioned several months ago that I didn't think it was the right dose she doubled it and it threw me into hypomania and led to my most recent problems.

I also need to pick up the paperwork she is filling out for FMLA and short-term disability so I can get all of that sent off to HR.

So far, I have enjoyed my time off (which officially began last Thursday and it is now Monday).

I downloaded "The Best of Ask a Bipolar" on my Kindle and I've been reading it. Great info.

I've done quite a bit of reading for enjoyment, which I usually don't have time for.

Got some cleaning and organizing done around the house.

The insomnia continues, and I know I really need to get myself on a sleeping schedule and stick to it, but once I finally fall asleep I have been letting myself sleep without an alarm in hopes of waking up feeling like I've actually slept.

I ran out of money, which isn't cool. I have 26 cents to my name and have since Friday. But I get paid tomorrow, so it will be OK.

My dreams have been weird. I think some stuff is going on in my dreams to work out my issues. The dreams I have been having for the last couple of years have seemed to be related, and lately my dreams feel almost like they're tying up loose strings from those dreams. A lot of revisiting of scenes and topics.

On another note -- and I'm probably sharing way too much at this point -- my daily poop problems (stress at work?) are no longer a problem.

Meanwhile, I continue to scroll through this site and read more posts.