If I'm late on a dose of my daytime meds (Lithium and Trileptal), I will either get anxious or hypomanic. If I'm late taking my Xanax, I will start to worry excessively or have an anxiety attack. If I forget my nighttime meds, I notice because I can't sleep.
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...Out of night and alarm
Out of terrible dreams
Reach me your hand!
This is the meaning that we suffered in sleep:
The white peace of the waking.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Song of the Nations"~
Diagnoses: Bipolar 2, OCD, Chronic Worrywart 
Meds: Lithium (reducing), Trileptal, Latuda, Risperdal, Klonopin and Xanax PRN
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