Thank you all!! I am home now and feel ready to take on whatever I must in order to get through this difficult time in my life. I took advantage of all the therapy groups and 1:1 time with the nurses, and now I have some shiny new tools to help me cope better with life's slings and arrows.
Looking back over the past week, I realize that going IP was one of the smartest things I've ever done. I didn't realize how much I needed to be away from my life until I'd been in there a couple of days, and now it's like "why the hell was I so scared of it?" I got my meds adjusted---now I'm on a crapload of Lamictal as well as more Zyprexa---and feel MUCH better.
Thank you all for the support, good thoughts and prayers during my stay. I know they helped a great deal. God bless you!
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
RX: Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg
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