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Originally Posted by north-polar-coaster
I ended up not bringing my wife after considering yours and LacunaCoiler's advice. I wouldn't have any issue bringing my wife anyway as we are really close, have literally no secrets between us, and we're pretty good communicators and allow each other to be right or wrong (we both have problems with interpreting what each other says, so there's a lot of grace). But you do bring up good points and it probably would have confused things if it got to that.
I did end up getting a diagnosis, and from what my pdoc says, she's starting me on pretty low doses (I think pediatric doses? I could be wrong, I'm not familiar with the dosing of Risperidone and Lamotrigine...) Also, my second appointment is in one month, so yesterday's visit will have a quick follow-up at least.
Thank you for your support!
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They have a step up protocol for lamotrigine (lamictal) to keep you from getting the rash.
At my first diagnosis about 23 years ago, I went alone and the pdoc asked permission to phone interview my wife. I think that is helpful because we BP II people often don't recognize our hypomania as anything more than "better after being depressed".