I have to be at work at 7, though I can't really get anything done till 8. In the interim I do things like take the quizzes on PC. I try to do that weekly just so I can track mood differences.

At 7:15 this morning, I scored "possibly mildly depressed" and no mania.

It's 2:30 pm and I'm in the abyss.

This used to happen a lot pre-Lamictal -- I'd be fine from 8 to noon and suicidal at 12:01. Unfortunately, since the Lamictal nearly killed me, I can't take it anymore. Geodon didn't do a thing and I've been back on Risperdal since early January, which knocked out the mania, thank god -- but I'm wondering whether to chalk today up to PMS or the need for a med change.

I'm new to this bipolar stuff; they always thought I was just unipolar or at most BP II -- till extreme stress threw me into a full-blown manic episode. I'm still less familiar with it than I am with depression, but I don't know how to classify these episodes anymore. Can anybody help?



CB