I just got back from a meeting with a registered nurse, who has psychiatric qualifications. She said that I am not Schizophrenic, but rather, appear to be suffering from Bipolar Disorder. I did experience what could be considered a hypomanic episode last Monday, which lasted for 2 hours. During these 2 hours, I had racing thoughts, was easily distracted, felt euphoric and elated, was very social and wanted to do things, felt like I didn't need to sleep, food or water, and was irritated when my mother stopped me from doing what I wanted. As mentioned in my first post, my father does have Bipolar I Disorder.

So, the ARPN prescribed 2.5 mg of Abilify, to be taken twice daily, one at 8 am and the other at 5 pm for the voices anddelusions, which still occur, and 150 mg of Trileptal for my mood swings and irritability, and also to prevent a full blown manic episode. 150 mg is the first dosage, which is tonight. Tomorrow, I'll take 300 mg. This, in an attempt to neutralize the symptoms. Hopefully, she wasn't wrong...