Thanks Moogieotter for your interest and vote of confidence!

Last night I took my first dose and did not get to sleep until about 3 a.m.

Took my second dose tonight...... feel kind of lightheaded and out of it. Headache. I also feel energized. And thirsty. This is a sobering journey.... it's hard to give my control over and try something new. It is hard to believe I am taking an ANTI-PSYCHOTIC. It says in big letters on the bottle. When I got this bottle they didn't give it to me in a blue pill bottle, rather in the bottle it came in. I will ask them to switch it next time as I don't want my neighbours seeing the ANTI-PSYCHOTIC bottle. LOL It's difficult sometimes to accept that I have bipolar but I guess I still think of bipolar as BP1 and not the more nuanced experience of BP2.

Moogieotter it's interesting to see you're still on Prozac. My pdoc eventually wants to see if we can take me off of it. I don't totally mind as I've been on it for 7-8 yrs and have difficulties having orgasms from it. But I also love that it has kept my GAD down to a dull roar and has mostly taken away any anxiety and panic attacks. So I don't want to get off of it completely. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

ETA - I will see my regular doc to get a baseline for blood sugar and cholesterol in mid-Jan.