This is why I can't bring myself to say "mentally ill" in reference to myself outside of an episode. I am NOT sick. I'm only ill if I'm depressed (it's hard for me to think of hypo/mania as being 'sick'). I suppose that doesn't make a lot of sense and I'm being selective about what I consider to be illness. But it works for me.
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
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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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