I don't think of myself as mentally ill, except when I'm actively in an episode, and even then I usually don't have enough insight to recognize that I really AM sick. I don't "feel ill" when I'm manic; I believe it only when I'm super depressed/sui. That's when I go to the hospital.
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
RX: Celexa 20 mg
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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