My friend was discharged. I wasn't too happy about it, gave the med student my two cents over the phone, but what's done is done. Hoping for the best.

I was so tired I literally started falling asleep at the beginning of my class. I was half hallucinating. I spoke with my professor after class. We talked about my sleep in general as well. Decided I'd wait until after the midterm to see if I'd drop.

After that, I did the smart thing, or so I thought. I went to see the psych nurse and tell her that my tiredness was still a problem and, more importantly, that I was getting hyper. Hyper is nice, but stable is better. I figured my psychiatrist would probably reduce my dose. Maybe I'd get a sleep study done. She called me later. He is not going to change my medicine and I have to get psychotherapy. I've told him before that I was seeing someone. Anyway apparently he wants her to contact him (I told her a few weeks ago that he wanted to be kept abreast of how I was doing).

Now, I know I'm assuming, but I think he doesn't think meds will help me because I'm borderline (actually he has said both things separately, but I can't recall if in conjunction as well) and only psychotherapy will help. Well... meds have helped quite a bit in keeping me stable, and psychotherapy has helped a lot, and I'm still not seeing the borderline bit but I'm trying! I just don't identify with it. I think DBT sounds great for plenty of folks, not just borderline (I haven't done it myself).

In any case, I'd like to say my hypomania is Doctor Approved at this point. I did the responsible thing. Now I'll try to manage my food and sleep better and see how high I get. If only it didn't cycle in the same day... reminds me of my first psychotropic med, but that was worse.