I'm doing OK today so far except a headache, and I can't take NSAIDs because of the ulcer stuff, only Tylenol, which might as well be candy, so there is no point to taking it.

My pdoc only addressed the sleep & not depression issue yesterday. He feels good sleep is more important in bipolar, and I can't fault him on that, I agree sleep is super important for me. He did not lecture me on trying 50 mg trazodone, but when I told him it left me unreliable with the alarm clock, he told me to cut the 50 mg in half for 25 mg, take the trazodone along with all my night & sleep meds an hour earlier than I wanted to go to bed (trazodone taking 1, just over 1 hour to affect me). It actually did work for me last night; I hope it works again tonight.

I took my car in for an oil & filter change and fluids check (think it may need some transmission fluid, and that is an awful pain to add to my car. The mechanic used to be in walking distance from my house, but it moved (not horribly far, but way out of walking distance). I told owner (the ownership is passing from father to son, which is probably related to the move) I need the car back in at a certain time, so I can pick my daughter up from school. Their driver took me back home, and they will manage it, even if they run late, have the driver take me to my daughter's school and wait on her then take us home. They are very good, not just the mechanics stuff but in bending over backward to help customers. Though perhaps we get special treatment, as some years I felt H & I kept them afloat financially due to so many car issues. I pick my daughter up as a walker, but the actual walk is long due to having to take a roundabout route to walk from school to home (probably 30, 45 min.) because the direct route has no sidewalks and is along a busy street, which later becomes Main Street in the old part of town. A nearby church lets parents pick up their children as walkers, walk across a field, get their children, then go back to the lot and drive home, which is what we do. Much less stressful than the car rider line, faster than taking the bus.