I've been trying to get on the full dose of Lamictal for a few months now. First I started with depakote which gave me intense mood swings and I sprained my dominant wrist in a fit of rage. Very bad. I work as an artist for a large corporation. I took time off for it to heal but by then I had switched to Lamictal and I was still having mood swings.

My boss worked it out with me so I could work fewer hours, work from home some days and come in later every day so I could stay healthy and stable during those bouts of insomnia. I somehow made it through the busiest time at work. I stayed extra hours and did my best but I had to pause my dose at 50mg to do so. The mood swings from each increase were too much. Now that we are out of the season I requested to work from home for a few weeks for the final two increases. And they said yes! They even gave me a huge raise a few weeks ago at my review @-@

I feel like I don't deserve it (my bf says I do) and I'm asking too much (he also says I'm not) but there's no other way for me to stay on the medicine and get better. This could have gone really terribly so I feel so lucky to have an understanding manager and boss.

P.s. I haven't told them I'm bipolar... But they know I'm dealing with something. I'm just so relieved it's going to work out.

Edit: sorry I tapped the button by accident before I typed anything xD

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